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* [[The Alcoholic]]: Johnny Marinville used to be one, and Tom Billingsley is one.
* [[Alternate Universe]]: ''[[
* [[All Myths Are True]]: Averted in-universe; the legend about the origins of the ancient evil is not quite true.
* [[Anyone Can Die]]: Well, it's a [[Stephen King]] book.
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** [[Justified Trope|Justified]] in that the [[Big Bad]] is an eternal [[Eldritch Abomination]] who can control the wildlife - the smaller and less complex the creature, the more absolute his control over it is. It's possible it could have called the spiders from hundreds of miles away.
* [[Most Writers Are Writers]]: One of the main characters, Johnny Marinville, is a writer.
* [[Name's the
* [[I Don't Like the Sound of
* [[Religious Horror]]
* [[Shell-Shocked Veteran]]: Although Johnny is not technically a veteran because he only went to the [[Vietnam War]] as a journalist, the trope still applies to him. It's eventually revealed that his experiences {{spoiler|caused him to literally die inside.}}
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* [[Significant Anagram]]: The very tall sheriff is called Collie Entragian. Entragian is an anagram for "near giant".
* [[Stupid Evil]]: Discussed. One character wonders why, if Tak regularly needs new humans to use as hosts, did he slaughter everybody in a city in the middle of a desert. He mostly gets this trope as an answer.
* [[Taking You
* [[Speaks Fluent Animal]]: Tak can not only talk to animals but also give them orders in [[Black Speech]].
* [[Trigger]]: The song "Good Lovin'" from The Young Rascals triggers Johnny's Vietnam War flashbacks.
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