The characters / Recurring character
Richard Sloat
Richard Sloat is recorded in 2 distinct storys.
Black House recalls Jack's childhood friend Richard Sloat and describes his later life, explicitly continuing the Talisman relationship.
Stories and supporting passages
Black House
Read the passage Spoilers · Story context
“My God, Dale,” he said, “it’s perfection.” Here we will find our former traveling companion, who in his own boyhood knew a boy named Richard Sloat and, once, too briefly, knew yet another whose name was, simply, Wolf.
Black House recalls Jack's childhood friend Richard Sloat and describes his later life, explicitly continuing the Talisman relationship.
The Talisman
Read the passage Spoilers · Story context
… eyes), Speedy Parker had become closer to him than any other friend, with the possible exception of Richard Sloat, whom Jack had known approximately since the cradle. And now, counteracting his terror at losing Uncle Tommy and his fear that his mother was actually dying, he felt the tug of Speedy’s warm wise presence from just down the street. Again, and uncomfortably, Jack had his old sense of being directed, of being manipulated: as if a long invisible wire had …
Black House recalls Jack's childhood friend Richard Sloat and describes his later life, explicitly continuing the Talisman relationship.