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William Diehl (December 4, 1924 – November 24, 2006) was an American novelist and photojournalist.
At 50, Diehl was a successful photographer and journalist, when he began his writing career. His first novel, Sharky's Machine and the 1981 film of the same name is directed and starred Burt Reynolds. Diehl saw it shot on location in and around his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. Its cast included Vittorio Gassman, Brian Keith, Charles Durning, Earl Holliman, Rachel Ward, Bernie Casey, Henry Silva and Richard Libertini. It has been the most successful box-office release of a film directed by Reynolds. Diehl relocated to St. Simons Island, Georgia in the early 1980s where he lived for the next 15 years before returning to Atlanta. While living on St. Simons, he completed eight more novels, such as Primal Fear, with the 1996 film adaptation.
He died of an aortic aneurism at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta on November 24, 2006, while working on his tenth novel. He was survived by two children, a boy and a girl from whom he was estranged.
"The Hunt" is episode 84 of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. It originally aired on January 26, 1962 on CBS.
Hyder Simpson lives with his wife and his hound dog, Rip, in the backwoods. Mrs. Simpson does not like having the dog indoors, but Rip saved Hyder's life once, and Hyder won't be parted from him. Mrs. Simpson has seen some bad omens recently and warns Hyder not to go raccoon hunting that night. When Rip dives into a pond after a raccoon, Hyder jumps in after him, but only the raccoon comes up out of the water. Next morning, Hyder and Rip wake up next to the pond. When they return home, Hyder finds that neither his wife, the preacher, nor the neighbors can hear him or see him—they seem to think that he and Rip are deceased.
Walking along the road, he encounters a fence he doesn't recognize, and decides to follow it. Presently, both come to a gate tended by a man. Simpson asks him if he is Saint Peter. Explaining only that he is a gatekeeper, the man explains that Simpson can enter the Elysian Fields (Hell in disguise). Simpson is appreciative, but disheartened to hear that there is no raccoon hunting there, nor are there any of his other usual pleasures. When he is told that Rip can't enter and will be taken elsewhere ("up the road"), he declines and angrily goes on down the "Eternity Road" rather than enter the gate without his beloved dog. Simpson states "Any place that's too high-falutin' for Rip is too fancy for me." Later, after stopping to rest, Simpson and Rip are met by a young angel whose job is to find and bring them to Heaven.
Hush now baby don't you cry I can't wipe your teary eyes You look at me terrified Oh baby don't you cry
Invade my dreams Every night Claw for air I can't breathe Fight for life Every night Trip to nowhere Celestial flight The trip was Oh so real And dying just Blew my mind
He told me, "Son?" WALK A walk Not by-sight But-by faith He told me, "Son?" TALK Of love and of hope everyday I asked my friend Oh when will it end? He said again and again In His time
For 40 years Or was it 40 nights A living hell I'm not dying In the desert Not tonight Trip to heaven Celestial flight I'm almost there Milk and honey It tastes so real Blew my mind
He told me, "Son?" WALK A walk Not by-sight But-by faith He told me, "Son?" TALK Of love and of hope everyday I asked my friend Oh when will it end? He said one more time again In His time
My torment has been legendary Persecution and insufferable rage I left my dead self in a cemetery A damnable soul set free from its cage