Started yet another story. This one is called The Tower. This one I would really like to stick with and maybe write a substantial portion during my semester break, when I could bang out a considerable chunk especially if I am still not working.

Here is the beginning:

The tower appeared in the town square of Tyler Springs early on a Tuesday morning. As the whole town was either asleep or preoccupied by other endeavors, no one saw the stone edifice erected; and even after the first light of morning revealed the tower’s presence, no one would have been able to say if it had actually been built there or merely dropped upon the town square as is. However, anyone who truly believed the tower to have been built in a single evening was probably not someone upon whom one relied for accurate information.

The first one to see the tower was Melvin Driscoll, the owner and operator of the nostalgically named Mel’s Diner, which occupied approximately one thousand square feet on the southwest corner opposite the square. Still half-asleep and focused only on brewing the first pot of coffee for the day (all of which he would likely imbibe before the first patrons dragged themselves sluggishly through his door), Melvin did not see the tower or the eerie shadow it cast over his establishment beneath that month’s full moon. As soon as Mel entered the diner, turned on the lights, and locked the door behind him, the darkened morning and everything that crawled, lurked, or loped through it was lost behind the glare that shone upon the storefront glass.

However, the light in Mel’s Diner was not the first artificial light of morning in Tyler Springs’ town square. High up and through narrow slits around its stone façade, a twinkling glow, as if cast from firelight, crowned the tower and then was extinguished.

The idea was inspired by:

Although the story, which I envision as more Lovecraftian than anything, will ultimately bear little resemblance to the lyrics, the song nevertheless provided the impetus for the the story’s germination. I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge the inspiration provided by the new Stephen King novel yet to be released. We’ll see how it goes, especially since I am intrigued about where the tower came from and what might be lurking within.