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* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: The Stenomask and bottle of lye.
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: Also Max Devore, though his business in TR-90 is strictly personal.
* [[Covers Always Lie]]: The [http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166254250l/10589.jpg American paperback version] depicts a lake, which is the extent of its accuracy. The naked woman in the badly-done CG of the lake and the little shack in the distance bear no resemblance to anything in the story, and the denuded trees seem a bit unlikely considering that the part of the story set on the lakeside takes place in ''July''.▼
* [[Cosmic Horror]]: It is implied that the intervention of an "outsider" is what caused the ghost of Dark Score Lake to become vindictive, though its nature or origin is never explored.
▲* [[Covers Always Lie]]: The [http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166254250l/10589.jpg American paperback version] depicts a lake, which is the extent of its accuracy. The naked woman in the badly-done CG of the lake and the little shack in the distance bear no resemblance to anything in the story, and the denuded trees seem a bit unlikely considering that the part of the story set on the lakeside takes place in ''July''.
* [[Creepy Child]]: One of the ghosts haunting Sara Laughs is that of a crying child. It appears to disturb Mike more than the others.
* [[Damsel in Distress]]: Mattie Devore all over the place.▼
* [[Dead Little Sister]]: Bill Dean. He doesn't like talking about it, either.
* [[Dirty Cop]]: George Footman.
▲* [[Damsel in Distress]]: Mattie Devore all over the place.
* [[The Dragon]]: Rogette Whitmore is one of the more unlikely examples in literature.
* [[Dropped a Bridge on Him]]: {{spoiler|Mattie Devore's murder is sudden, brutal, and completely senseless. Michael later realizes he has written many fictional murders of this type, and is disgusted with himself.}}▼
* [[Driven to Suicide]]: The fate of most of Jared Devore's accomplices, though not Jared himself.
▲* [[Dropped a Bridge on Him]]: {{spoiler|Mattie Devore's murder is sudden, brutal, and completely senseless. Michael later realizes he has written many fictional murders of this type, and is disgusted with himself.}}
* [[Erotic Dream]]: Mike has an explosive and disturbing three-way orgy with Jo, Mattie and Sara Tidwell in one of his dreams.
* [[Even Evil Has Loved Ones]]: Max Devore provided well for his children and truly seemed to love his youngest son, Lance, though even that love had its limits.
* [[Fauxshadow]]: Mike lives in the town of Derry, which will lead the savvy King reader to assume that its dark history will play a role. All of the creepy, supernatural stuff only starts to happen after he leaves, however, and he never goes back once he's gone.▼
* [[Face Heel Turn]]: The result of certain individuals becoming a [[Living Bodysuit]]. Max Devore ''appears'' to pull one of these late in the book, in the opposite direction.
▲* [[Fauxshadow]]: Mike lives in the town of Derry, which will lead the savvy King reader to assume that its dark history will play a role. All of the creepy, supernatural stuff only starts to happen after he leaves, however, and he never goes back once he's gone.
* [[Genre Savvy]]: Mike is a novelist, so he knows a good trope and frequently identifies them when he comes across one in his life.
* [[Happily Married]]: Mike and Johanna.
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