小说描述在冬季，一家三口单独看管因大雪封闭而不能营业的旅馆，
本来丈夫要在这幽静的环境中完成他的小说，结果却因幽静而性格大变。
而他的儿子也因此有了超感应能力，
并能够看到旅馆中过去曾发生的恐怖的杀人事件，并与黑人厨师进行着精神沟通。
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- 1 JOB INTERVIEW
- 2 BOULDER
- 3 WATSON
- 4 SHADOWLAND
- 5 PHONEBOOTH
- 6 NIGHT THOUGHTS
- 7 IN ANOTHER BEDROOM
- 8 A VIEW OF THE OVERLOOK
- 9 CHECKING IT OUT
- 10 HALLORANN
- 11 THE SHINING
- 12 THE GRAND TOUR
- 13 THE FRONT PORCH
- 14 UP ON THE ROOF
- 15 DOWN IN THE FRONT YARD
- 16 DANNY
- 18 THE SCRAPBOOK
- 19 OUTSIDE 217
- 20 TALKING TO MR. ULLMAN
- 21 NIGHT THOUGHTS
- 22 IN THE TRUCK
- 23 IN THE PLAYGROUND
- 24 SNOW
- 25 INSIDE 217
- 26 DREAMLAND
- 27 CATATONIC
- 28 "IT WAS HER!"
- 29 KITCHEN TALK
- 30 217 REVISITED
- 31 THE VERDICT
- 32 THE BEDROOM
- 33 THE SNOWMOBILE
- 34 THE HEDGES
- 35 THE LOBBY
- 36 THE ELEVATOR
- 37 THE BALLROOM
- 38 FLORIDA
- 39 ON THE STAIRS
- 40 IN THE BASEMENT
- 41 DAYLIGHT
- 42 MID-AIR
- 43 DRINKS ON THE HOUSE
- 44 CONVERSATIONS AT THE PARTY
- 45 STAPLETON AIRPORT, DENVER
- 46 WENDY
- 47 DANNY
- 48 JACK
- 49 HALLORANN, GOING UP THE COUNTRY
- 50 REDRUM
- 51 HALLORANN ARRIVES
- 52 WENDY AND JACK
- 53 HALLORANN LAID LOW
- 54 TONY
- 55 THAT WHICH WAS FORGOTTEN
- 56 THE EXPLOSION
- 57 EXIT
- 58 EPILOGUE/SUMMER