Chapter 5, May Summary

Rev. Lester Lowe, pastor of the Grace Baptist Church, has been preparing for the church's annual Homecoming Sunday. It's an important event because it's the only day of the year when the church is filled with worshippers. The night before Homecoming Sunday, Rev. Lowe has a terrible dream in which he is preaching his sermon with a force that is unlike his usual bland delivery. The topic of the sermon is "The Beast Walks Among Us," and in it, he tells the congregation that Satan is everywhere in Tarker's Mills — in the drug store, at the bus station, in the local restaurant. As the dream continues, Rev. Lowe notices that all the members of the congregation are turning into werewolves. As he tries to scream that "the beast is everywhere," he becomes aware that his own voice has becoming a...