Part of the The Dark Tower Series
Charlie the Choo-Choo
Fantasy | Horror | Speculative
24 Pages
By Beryl Evans (aka Stephen King)
Originally a fictional children’s book within The Dark Tower universe, Charlie the Choo-Choo became a real-world publication in 2016, written under the pseudonym Beryl Evans. At first glance, it reads like a cheerful picture book about a smiling train and his devoted engineer, Bob. But under the surface, there’s something…off.
Charlie isn’t just a train; he’s watching. The story’s tone rides a fine line between whimsical and unnerving, making it feel like a bedtime story from another dimension. It’s a strange, brilliant meta artifact for Constant Readers, loaded with eerie foreshadowing for Roland’s journey and Blaine the Mono’s madness.
This is The Dark Tower lore disguised as a children’s book. And once you’ve read it, you won’t look at story time the same way again.