Derry: The First Interlude Summary

Mike writes in his diary that he believes that Derry is haunted. Strange things happen in Derry, violent things, in cycles that seem to span twenty-five to twenty-seven years. Mike is an amateur historian and spends a great deal of his time talking to the old folks in Derry. There seems to be a code of silence in Derry keeping people from talking about the darkest, strangest moments in Derry history. However, Mike has gotten a few people to speak and has learned about voices coming from drains, murders that were allowed to take place in town, and hate crimes that seemed to come out of the blue. All of these things happen in regular intervals, as though there is some force at work, some force that feeds off of violence and tragedy.

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