 He also appears in "Insomnia" as a higher being trying to murder Patrick Danville as a child.The Crimson King is also named in the Stephen King/Peter Straub novel "Black House", the sequel to "The Talisman".Jack Mort (whose name means "Death" in French) is a fictional character who makes a brief appearance in "The Gunslinger", and a more detailed appearance in "The Drawing of the Three".