Dreamcatcher
First published: 2001
Characters
Once upon a time, in the haunted city of Derry, four boys stood together and did a brave thing. Certainly a good thing, perhaps even a great thing. Something that changed them in ways they could never begin to understand.
Twenty-five years later, the boys are now men with separate lives and separate troubles. But the ties endure. Each hunting season the foursome reunite in the woods of Maine. This year, a stranger stumbles into their camp, disoriented, mumbling something about lights in the sky. His incoherent ravings prove to be disturbingly prescient. Before long, these men will be plunged into a horrifying struggle with a creature from another world. Their only chance of survival is locked in their shared past - and in the Dreamcatcher.
Characters
| Alice | From Alice in Wonderland |
| Animals | All the animals in the area where the Alien landed were leaving |
| Barkays | Band mentioned in passing |
| Beavis | From Beavis & Butt-Head |
| Buddah | Mentioned in passing |
| Bugs Bunny | Children's character |
| Butt-Head | From Beavis & Butt-Head |
| Cain | Of Cain and Abel |
| d'Artagnan | Mentioned in passing |
| Dire Straits | Band mentioned in passing |
| Dorothy | From Wizard of Oz |
| Fred Warning Orchestra | Their music was played to people in Gosslins Barn |
| God | Mentioned in passing |
| Hercules | Mentioned in passing |
| Jar of Flies | Band mentioned in passing |
| Jesus | Mentioned in passing |
| K.C & the Sunshine Band | Band mentioned in passing |
| Lad | Border Collie in the car with Mr Gray/Gary Jones. |
| Mar-Kets | Band mentioned in passing |
| Matchbox Twenty | Band mentioned in passing |
| McElligot | Character in a Dr Seuss book |
| Methuselah | Mentioned in passing |
| Moses | Biblical character |
| Motley Crue | Band mentioned in passing |
| Noah | Character from the Bible |
| Pearl Jam | Band mentioned in passing |
| Pecos Bill | Character seen in the 1981 Derry Days festival |
| Pennywise | Name spray-painted on a sign left by the Losers club at the site of the Derry Standpipe |
| Pink Floyd | Band mentioned in passing |
| Pogo | Mentioned in passing |
| Pointer Sisters | Singers mentioned in passing |
| Rage Against The Machine | Band mentioned in passing |
| Rambo | Mentioned in passing |
| Rolling Stones | Band whose song Sympathy For The Devil was the A-Team's song |
| Santa Claus | Mentioned in passing |
| Satan | Mentioned in passing |
| Scooby-Doo | Kids cartoon character - a Dog. |
| Shaggy | Kids cartoon character in Scooby-Doo show |
| Stubb | Character from Moby Dick |
| Superman | Comic book character |
| ?, Bernie | Part of Blue Group. |
| ?, Big Lou | Cabin Counselor at Camp Agawam |
| ?, Bill | With Marsha, Charles and Darren Chiles in Jefferson Tract |
| ?, Cathy | Worked behind the counter at the Bridgton Pharmacy |
| ?, Chantay | George Pelson said that she was a singer at the Jackson Browne Concert in the Civic Centre in Portland in 1988 |
| ?, Charles | Smoking a joint with an unnamed man, Bill, Marsha, and Darren Chiles in the shed in Jefferson Tract. |
| ?, Colleen | History department secretary at John Jay College |
| ?, Dana | Part of Blue Group. |
| ?, Darlene | Waitress at Dysart's |
| ?, Dave (Lonesome Dave) | Heard on the radio on WWVE. |
| ?, Duncan | With Richie Grenadeau when they picked on Douglas Cavell in 1978 |
| ?, Frankie | Brother of a guard at Jefferson Tract. |
| ?, Marcy | A name thought of by Gary Jones after he was hit by a car 15/3/2001 |
| ?, Marsha | Smoking a joint with an Unnamed man, Bill, Charles, and Darren Chiles in the shed in Jefferson Tract. |
| ?, Milt | Works at the West Wharf |
| ?, Randi | George Pelson said that she was a singer at the Jackson Browne Concert in the Civic Centre in Portland in 1988. |
| ?, Sam | Name that Mr Devlin called his son Henry Devlin |
| ?, Scott | With Richie Grenadeau when they picked on Douglas Cavell in 1978 |
| ?, Susi | George Pelson said that she was a singer at the Jackson Browne Concert in the Civic Centre in Portland in 1988. |
| ?, Tommy | Part of Blue Group. |
| ?, Trish | A woman that approached Pete Moore in September 1993 after she lost her car keys. |
| Abel | Of Cain and Abel |
| AC/DC | Band mentioned in passing |
| Aladdin | Mentioned in passing |
| Aldrin, Buzz | Astronaut mentioned in passing |
| Armstrong, Neil | Astronaut mentioned in passing |
| Arnold, Kenneth | Saw 9 UFO's as reported in the East Oregonian on 25/06/1949. Worked as a Fire Control Officer |
| Bava, Mario | Mentioned in passing |
| Beckwith, Mr. | Mailman of Gary Jones |
| Bellson, Frank | One of Owen Underhill's men. |
| Bergman, Ingmar | Actor mentioned in passing |
| Bertinelli, ? | One of Owen Underhill's men. |
| Blackey, Joe | One of Owen Underhill's men. |
| Bonds, Gary U.S. | Sung at the Derry Days parade |
| Booth, Edwin | Thought of by Henry Devlin |
| Bradbury, Ray | Author of the story "The Crowd" |
| Brando, Marlon | Actor mentioned in passing |
| Briscoe, Dr. | Doctor of Douglas Cavell |
| Brocklin, Dave | Father of Kendall Brocklin. |
| Brocklin, Kendall | Son of Dave Brocklin. |
| Brodsky, Emil (Dawg) | Army Tech Sergeant |
| Brokaw, Tom | Voice on the tape played to Abraham Kurtz |
| Browne, Jackson | Singer who held a concert in the Civic Centre in Portland in 1988 |
| Bryson, Pinky | One of Owen Underhill's men. |
| Bumppo, Natty | Mentioned in passing |
| Byrum, (Weasels | The), Creatures that can be grown from the Byrus (Ripley's Fungus) under certain situations |
| Callaghan, Tommy (Pukester) | Shot down in June 1995 near the Croat Border. |
| Calvert, ? | Was the aide-de-camp of Abraham Kurtz |
| Cambry, Gene | In Blue Group with Emil Brodsky |
| Cameron, James | Mentioned in passing |
| Carter, Jimmy | Mentioned in passing |
| Castonguay, ? (Old Man) | Barber in Derry when Joe Clarendon was a child |
| Cavanaugh, Mac | One of Owen Underhill's men. |
| Cavell, Alfie | Father of Douglas Cavell |
| Cavell, Douglas (Duddits) | Friend of Joe Clarendon, Pete Moore, Henry Devlin and Gary Jones. |
| Cavell, Roberta | Mother of Douglas Cavell |
| Chantays, The | Band mentioned in passing |
| Chessman, Maureen | Wore short skirts to church |
| Chiles, Darren | Smoking a joint with an unnamed man, Bill, Marsha, and Charles in the shed in Jefferson Tract. |
| Clapton, Eric | Musician mentioned in passing |
| Clarendon, ? | Brother of Joe Clarendon |
| Clarendon, Joe (Beaver) | Friend of Gary Jones, Pete Moore & Henry Devlin. Husband of Laurie Sue Clarendon, but divorced. |
| Clarendon, Lamar | Father of Joe Clarendon. |
| Clarendon, Laurie Sue | Wife of Joe Clarendon. Now divorced. Married name of Laurie Sue Kenopensky |
| Cleland, ? | State Police Officer who shot at a UFO as reported in the Oklahoman 12/05/1965. Mentioned by name 19/09/1965 |
| Clinton, Bill | Voice on the tape played to Abraham Kurtz 14/11/2001. |
| Coleman, Al | One of Abraham Kurtz's men. |
| Conklin, Gene | One of Owen Underhill's men. |
| Coontz, Patrick | Father of Robert Coontz |
| Costner, Kevin | Actor mentioned in passing |
| Croce, Jim | Singer mentioned in passing |
| Cronkite, Walter | Mentioned in passing |
| Cruise, Tom | Actor mentioned in passing |
| Damon, Johnny | Works at MacDonald Motors with Pete Moore. |
| Davis, Edward | Neighbor of Franklin Roberts in Kansas. |
| Deal, Bonnie | Went to school with Gary Jones |
| Dean, James | Actor that died |
| Deforest, Roy | One of Owen Underhill's men. |
| Defuniak, David | 19 year old student at John Jay College. He was caught cheating on a mid-term exam by Gary Jones |
| Denbrough, Bill | Name on a sign left by the Losers club at the site of the Derry Standpipe. |
| Dern, Bruce | Actor mentioned in passing |
| Devlin, Henry | Psychiatrist friend of Gary Jones, Joe Clarendon & Pete Moore. |
| Devlin, Mr. | Father of Henry Devlin. |
| Devlin, Rhonda | Ex-wife of Henry Devlin |
| Diller, Mr. | Worked behind the drug counter at the Bridgton Pharmacy |
| Dillinger, John | Infamous gangster |
| Doors, The | Band mentioned in passing |
| Dubay, Steven Bishoff | One of the 3 men that threw a gay man into the Derry Canal. |
| Dunn, Danny | Kid in mystery books read by Gary Jones |
| Earp, Wyatt | Mentioned in passing |
| Edwards, Tony | One of Owen Underhill's men. |
| Eichmann, Adolf | Mentioned in passing |
| Elgart, Dagwood | Name thought of by Archie Perlmutter |
| Eliot, T.S. | Writer mentioned in passing |
| Everett, Howie | One of Abraham Kurtz's men. A sentry |
| Fawcett, Farrah | Actress mentioned in passing. |
| Flynn, Errol | Mentioned in passing |
| Fonzerelli, Arthur (Fonzie) | Joe Clarendon had a Fonzie Jacket as a kid. |
| Ford, Gerald | Republican house leader when quoted about UFOs in the Michigan Journal 09/10/1965 |
| Fortunato, ? | Mentioned as being bricked up in a wall by Montresor |
| Friedman, Carl | One of Owen Underhill's men. |
| Fudd, Elmer | Dog owned by Pete Moore as a child |
| G, Kenny | Heard on the radio |
| Gacey, John Wayne | Serial killer |
| Gallagher, Kate | One of Abraham Kurtz's team. |
| Garciaparra, ? | Played for the Boston Red Sox in number 5 |
| Garfunkel, Art | Singer mentioned in passing |
| Garton, John | One of the 3 men that threw a gay man into the Derry Canal. |
| Gerritsen, Terry | Navy Psychologist that debriefed the survivors of the Alien landing |
| Gibbons, Evell | Author mentioned in passing |
| Gibson, Mel | Actor mentioned in passing |
| Glover, Danny | Actor mentioned in passing |
| Goldfarb, ? | Name that was mentioned in passing |
| Gosselin, Reenie | Wife of Old Man Gosselin |
| Gosselin, Reginald (Old Man) | Owner of Gosselin's Country Store in Jefferson Tract. |
| Gould, Stephen Jay | Scientist mentioned |
| Gray, Mr. | This is a name given to the Gray alien that took over Gary Jones. |
| Grayboys, The | Aliens. |
| Grenadeau, Richie | Boyfriend of Tina Jean Schlossinger. Played for the Tigers until he was kicked off the team. Broke his nose during a match in 1978. Homecoming King in 1978 |
| Hall, Tom T. | Mentioned in passing |
| Hanlon, Mike | Name on a sign left by the Losers club at the site of the Derry Standpipe. |
| Hanscom, Ben | Name on a sign left by the Losers club at the site of the Derry Standpipe. |
| Hardy, Frank | Character in children's detective books. |
| Hardy, Joe | Character in children's detective books. |
| Harvey, Paul | Voice on the tape played to Abraham Kurtz |
| Hemingway, Ernest | Author mentioned in passing |
| Highsmith, Patricia | Author of "The Talented Mr Ripley" |
| Hitchcock, Alfred | Voice on the tape played to Abraham Kurtz |
| Hitler, Adolf | Mentioned in passing |
| Holmes, Sherlock | Detective mentioned in passing |
| Holsapple, Arthur | Name thought of by Archie Perlmutter |
| Hoover, J. Edgar | Mentioned in passing |
| Hoxton, Andrew | Farmer who spoke about Red Tinged Wheat in the Roswell Daily Record 04/10/1947 |
| Iscariot, Judas | Biblical character |
| Jackson, ? | Worked with Joselyn McAvoy during the Cleanup in Jefferson Tract |
| Jacobson, ? | Dean at John Jay College |
| Jagger, Mick | Singer in the Rolling Stones |
| Janas, Andy | Driver in the army group at Jefferson Tract. |
| Janas, Mr. | Father of Andy Janas |
| Janowski, Mrs. | Owen Kurtz's personal hygiene teacher at school |
| Jekyll, Dr. | Mentioned in passing |
| Johnson, Freddy | One of Owen Underhill's men. |
| Jolson, Al | Singer mentioned in passing |
| Jones, Carla | Wife of Gary Jones. |
| Jones, Gary Ambrose (Jonesy) | friend of Henry Devlin, Joe Clerendon & Pete Moore. |
| Jones, Janet | Mother of Gary and Mike Jones. |
| Jones, Joey | Child of Gary and Carla Jones |
| Jones, John | Child of Gary and Carla Jones |
| Jones, Lindsay | Father of Gary and Mike Jones |
| Jones, Mike | Brother of Gary Jones |
| Jones, Misha | Daughter of Gary and Carla Jones |
| Jones, Noel | Child of Gary and Carla Jones |
| Kaspbrak, Eddie | Name on a sign left by the Losers club at the site of the Derry Standpipe. |
| Kellogg, Miss | Maiden name of Mrs Underhill |
| Kenopensky, Laurie | Sue Maiden name of Laurie Clarendon |
| Kenopensky, Mrs. | Mother of Laurie Sue Kenopensky |
| Kilborn, Lars | Mentioned in passing |
| Kilroy, George | Friend of Lindsay Jones |
| Knopfler, Mark | Musician in Dire Straits |
| Kurtz, Abraham Peter | In charge of the UFO and Alien cleanup. Born Robert Coontz but changed his name. |
| Lake, Ricky | TV Show host mentioned in passing |
| Larson, Gary | Cartoonist mentioned in passing |
| Lennon, John | Singer mentioned in passing |
| Leone, Sergio | Director mentioned in passing |
| Lindley, David | Musician with Jackson Browne in the Civic Centre in Portland in 1988 |
| Little, Rich | Mentioned in passing |
| Lorrington, ? | Guide from Mass Water Authority that showed Gary Jones around Quabbin Reservoir |
| Loveless, Patty | Singer mentioned in passing |
| MacDonald, Dick | Owner of Macdonald Motors in Bridgton |
| MacLean, Alistair | Author mentioned in passing |
| MacLean, Norman | Writer quoted at the start of the Epilogue |
| Maloney, Paddy | Name thought of by Archie Perlmutter |
| Mantell, ? | Air Force Captain who was killed when chasing a UFO in 1948 |
| Marsh, Beverly | Name on a sign left by the Losers club at the site of the Derry Standpipe. |
| Martineau, Mary Jo | Gary Jones had his first Junior High School crush on her |
| Martinez, Pedro | Red Sox player. Douglas Cavell has a cap with his signature on it. |
| McAvoy, Jocelyn | One of Abraham Kurtz's team. |
| McCarthy, Kevin | Actor in an old horror movie |
| McCarthy, Mrs. | Mother of Richard McCarthy |
| McCarthy, Richard (Rick) | Found by Gary Jones when he was lost in the woods |
| McCaskell, ? | Ex Wife of Deke McCaskell |
| McCaskell, Deke | Proprietor of a store near Quabbin Reservoir where Mr. Gray/Gary Jones stopped |
| Mearns, Hughes | Writer quoted at the start of Part 3 of Dreamcatcher |
| Mellon, Adrian | Gay man killed 21/7/1984 when he was thrown into the Derry Canal |
| Melosevic, ? | Mentioned in passing |
| Melrose, ? | Cooks third at Jefferson Tract that cooked for the Army men. |
| Miles, Freddy | Character in the "Talented Mr. Ripley" |
| Milhone, Kinsey | Author who wrote detective novels. |
| Montresor, ? | Bricked Fortunato up in a wall |
| Moore, Mr. | Father of Pete Moore. |
| Moore, Pete | Friend of Gary Jones, Joe Clerendon & Henry Devlin. Works for MacDonald Motors in Bridgton. |
| Morales, ? | Caltech scientist who reported seeing a UFO as reported in the L A Times 19/11/1978 |
| Moriarty, Professor | Enemy of Sherlock Holmes |
| Morin, Jeannie | Gary Jones's therapist after his accident |
| Morrison, Jim | Singer in the band The Doors |
| Nell, Aloysius | Police officer in Derry in 1982 |
| Newman, Barry | patient of Henry Devlin. |
| Newman, Mr. | Father of Barry Newman. |
| Newman, Mrs. | Mother of Barry Newman. |
| O'Brian, Danny | One of Abraham Kurtz's men. |
| Oakley, Annie | Mentioned in passing |
| Oswald, Lee Harvey | Shot John Kennedy. Mentioned in passing |
| Otis, Steve | Friend of Richard McCarthy |
| Pan, Peter | Children's character |
| Parker, Robert | Author read by Gary Jones |
| Parker, Sarah Jessica | Voice on the tape played to Abraham Kurtz |
| Parmeleau, Norm (Macaroni) | 7th grader in 1978 who swallowed macaroni through his nose |
| Parsons, Ray | One of Abraham Kurtz's men. |
| Patton, George S. | General played by George C Scott in a movie |
| Pelson, George | Saw the Jackson Browne concert in the Civic Centre in Portland in 1988. Friend of Joe Clarendon |
| Perlmutter, Archie | Aide-de-camp for Abraham Kurtz for the alien cleanup in Jefferson Tract. |
| Pig, Porky | Children's cartoon character |
| Pitt, Brad | Voice on the tape played to Abraham Kurtz |
| Poirot, Hercule | Character from a book |
| Powers, Austin | His signed poster was on the wall of Douglas Cavell's room |
| Presley, Elvis | Singer mentioned in passing |
| Price, Vincent | Actor in The Crucible |
| Randall, ? | General in charge of Abraham Kurtz. Worked from Cheyenne Mountain |
| Rapelow, Dick | Neighbor of the Underhill family when Owen was a child. |
| Rapelow, Irene | Neighbor of the Underhill family when Owen was a child. |
| Rasputin | Mentioned in passing |
| Richardson, Marvell | One of Abraham Kurtz's team. |
| Rinkenhauer, Ellen | Mother of Josie Rinkenhauer |
| Rinkenhauer, Hector | Father of Josie Rinkenhauer. |
| Rinkenhauer, Josette (Josie) | A girl that Pete Moore once knew. |
| Ripley, ? | Character in the movie Aliens played by Sigourney Weaver |
| Ripley, Mr. | From Ripley's believe it or not |
| Roberts, Franklin | Neighbor of Edward Davis in Kansas. |
| Robideau, Kent | Friend of Joe Clarendon |
| Robideau, Sean | Friend of Joe Clarendon |
| Roethke, Theodore | Writer quoted at the start of Parts 1 & 2 of Dreamcatcher |
| Roosevelt, Franklin Delano | Mentioned in passing |
| Roper, Becky | Friend of Richard McCarthy who went hunting with him when Richard got lost in November 2001. Sister of Nat Roper. Maiden name of Becky Shue |
| Roper, Nat | Friend of Richard McCarthy who went hunting with him when Richard got lost in November 2001. Brother of Becky Roper |
| Rossiter, ? (Old Man) | Character thought about by Archie Perlmutter |
| Rothschild, ? | Name that was mentioned in passing |
| Ryan, Meg | Actress mentioned in passing. |
| Sagan, Carl | Believes in UFOs and alien life |
| Sage, Anna | With John Dillinger when he was shot. |
| Sample, Tim | Voice on the tape played to Abraham Kurtz |
| Schlossinger, Tina Jean | Homecoming queen in 1978, and girlfriend of Richie Grenadeau |
| Scott, George C. | Actor mentioned in passing |
| Serbs, The | Searching for Tommy Callaghan when he was shot down in June 1995 near the Croat Border. |
| Seuss, Dr. | From the Dr. Seuss children's books |
| Shakespeare, William | Author mentioned in passing |
| Shratt, Mary | Girlfriend of Gary Jones when he was 21 years old |
| Shue, Becky | Married name of Becky Roper |
| Smitty, ? | Part of Blue Group. |
| Spielberg, Steven | Hollywood movie director. |
| Stevenson, ? | Had a nosebleed at a logger's cabin that was used as shelter near where Henry Devlin's Scout crashed |
| Streisand, Barbara | Singer mentioned in passing |
| Sutherland, Donald | Actor mentioned in passing |
| Sylvester, Lionel | Dairy farmer who employed Pete Moore as a child |
| Thatcher, Margaret | Mentioned in passing |
| Tickman, ? | CalTech scientist who reported seeing a UFO as reported in the L A Times 19/11/1978 |
| Timarova, Elaina (or Ilena) | Russian woman that committed suicide by throwing her body into Shaft 12 at Quabbin Reservoir in the Fall of 1995 |
| Tozier, Richie | Name on a sign left by the Losers club at the site of the Derry Standpipe. |
| Tracker, Phil | Owner of Tracker Brothers Shipping Trucking and Storage in Derry. Brother of Tony Tracker |
| Tracker, Tony | Owner of Tracker Brothers Shipping Trucking and Storage in Derry. Brother of Phil Tracker |
| Trask, Davey | Told Gary Jones about a picture in Tracker Brothers office |
| Trask, Mr. | Derry High School Principal in 1982 |
| Trezewski, Ted | One of Abraham Kurtz's men. |
| Turgeon, John (Butch) | Worked at Burger King. Son of Marie Turgeon |
| Turgeon, Marie | Mother of John Turgeon. |
| Twain, Shania | Singer mentioned in passing |
| Udall, George | One of Abraham Kurtz's men. |
| Underhill, Katrina | Daughter of Owen Underhill |
| Underhill, Kellogg | Brother of Owen Underhill |
| Underhill, Mr. | Father of Kellogg and Owen Underhill. |
| Underhill, Owen Phillip | A-team leader that worked for Abraham Kurtz. |
| Underhill, Randi | Mother of Kellogg and Owen Underhill |
| Underhill, Rita | Wife of Owen Underhill |
| Unwin, Christopher | One of the 3 men that threw a gay man into the Derry Canal. |
| Uris, Stan | Name on a sign left by the Losers club at the site of the Derry Standpipe. |
| Van Gogh, Vincent | Painter admired by Henry Devlin. |
| Vedder, Eddie | Singer mentioned in passing |
| Ventures, The | Band mentioned in passing |
| Von Trapp, The | The Von Trapp family from Sound of Music |
| Walken, Christopher | Actor mentioned in passing |
| Walston, Ray | Actor in My Favorite Martian |
| Wayne, John | Actor mentioned in passing |
| Weaver, Sigourney | Actress in Aliens |
| Webb, Jack | Actor mentioned in passing |
| Welk, Lawrence | People used to say that Gary Jones looked like him. |
| Wells, H.G. | Author of War of the Worlds |
| White, Mrs. | Pete Moore's 4th grade teacher |
| Williams, Tennessee | Playwright |
| Winfrey, Oprah | TV Show host |
| Withers, Dr. | Family doctor of the Newman family |
| Wolfe, Thomas | Writer mentioned in passing |
| Woods, James | Actor mentioned in passing |
| Yoder, ? | One of Underhill's men |
| Young, Angus | Musician in AC/DC |
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