The Night of the Tiger
The story is narrated by Eddie Johnston of Sauk City, who impulsively joins Farnum & Williams' All-American 3-Ring Circus and Side Show as a roustabout.Johnston enjoys circus life, but fears Mr. Indrasil, the fiery tempered lion tamer, who is rumored to have only nearly killed a roustabout who angered him.On one night, Johnston witnesses Mr. Indrasil baiting Green Terror by jabbing him with a pike until being frightened away by a mysterious green-eyed shadow.[3][7] Tyson Blue described "The Night of the Tiger" as "enjoyable"[8] but noted "the ultimately unsatisfying nature of the story, with its plethora of unresolved loose ends and plot inconsistencies."[10] Revisiting the story, King himself judged it to be "a perfectly respectable tale, albeit one obviously written by a guy who had only begun to learn his chops".