The Big Dark

CONTENTS

GEOMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE

1 THE NIGHT THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING

2 BEEP BEEP, THIS WASN’T A TEST

3 THE FIRST DAY AFTER

4 HEAR THE WHISTLE BLOW

5 THOSE WHO NEED

6 MIGHT, MIGHT, MIGHT

7 WHAT SHE SMELLED

8 GRONK HAS AN ANSWER

9 PLEDGING ALLEGIANCE

10 CONSIDER THIS YOUR GAVEL

11 BAMBI IN THE HALL

12 WHAT MRS. ADLER SAID

13 THE RETURN OF BARF MAN

14 NOT ANOTHER WORD

15 THE JUMPED-UP JANITOR

16 TRACKS IN THE SNOW

17 VENISON JERKY

18 A TERRIBLE SURPRISE

19 MILES TO GO BEFORE I SLEEP

20 HUNGRY YELLOW EYES

21 TRAY BON, HE SAID

22 PROMISE YOU ME

23 BEGGARS NOT WELCOME

24 ANYWHERE BUT THERE

25 THE DOOR AT THE END OF THE HALL

26 BUTS AND BEES AND HONEY TREES

27 INVISIBLE TOYS

28 REMEMBER THE INUIT

29 BETTER THAN CHRISTMAS

30 MIGHT, NOT RIGHT

32 KING MAN MAKES A PROMISE

33 IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR

34 LUCK OF THE DRAW

35 REMEMBER THIS

EPILOGUE, OR WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THE END

FOR THOSE WHO ARE CURIOUS

ABOUT RODMAN PHILBRICK

ALSO BY RODMAN PHILBRICK