Jake Randall was trying to escape evil.

But when he arrives at his new home in Oregon, he discovers he has a story he just has to write. He starts typing away on his old Royal typewriter. But when things start to go wrong with it, he has to get it fixed. Because he can't seem to write it any other way.

A new shop appears in town, just when he needs it most.

The proprietor is an odd man, but Jake needs him. Because he knows the story he is writing may be the best he has ever written. What he doesn't know is that it may be his last.

"There are times when I sit down, ready to write, with no idea what words might begin the story. It's like an itch in the mind. Words are the only cure, calamine lotion for the desire to create." --Jake Randall