However, most seem to show little or no interest. The clerk at the counter announces the event over the loudspeaker of the store to the sparse number of patrons. Mike shows him a pamphlet with his picture on it from the store announcing the event. The man at first seems totally oblivious to what Mike is talking about. Mike heads to the counter and tells the man there he is here for his book event. When he arrives he sees a stand setup but no one is there to greet him and there doesn't seem to be anyone there lined up to see him. The next morning Mike wakes up and promptly leaves, He heads to a book signing he is scheduled to attend in a small book store. The room is a regular room and Mike falls asleep. He even breaks out of equipment which he uses to test for the presence of supernatural forces. As time passes Mike walks around and checks the place out. Later we see Mike in the attic room that is claimed to be haunted but it seems totally mundane and harmless. He just wants to stay in the room so he can study it once again like he has done so many other times. He seems to be very apathetic to the history of the place and clearly feels he knows as much as he needs to. Mike however, seems totally perfunctory about these stories. As he talks with the couple they try and tell him all about the history of the lodge and how a servant of the house once hanged herself and the female head of the house lost all five of her children to tuberculosis in the bed Mike will be staying in.

He travels from place to place, staying at supposedly 'haunted' places and then writing summaries of them for his books. It is explained quickly through their conversation that Mike is an author of cheesy horror tour guide books. They tell him how they've been expecting him. He walks up to the front desk and starts talking to the elderly couple who run the establishment. The movie opens with a strong rainstorm on a road.

Stephen king 1408 short story