The dollar baby "I Am A Doorway" is based one of King's early stories which first appeared in March 1971 issue of Cavalier.

Arthur was a deep space astronaut on project Zeus, and was infected by a strange bug during a mission to Venus. On his return to earth, he was seriously injured when the parachutes failed. Arthur lost the use of his legs, while his partner, Cory, was killed. He retired to peaceful Key Caroline. Arthur's fingers began to hurt, and before he realised it, his fingers had eyes - literally. The eyes began to control him, making him kill a young local boy, and cause the death of his good friend Richard. Panicking, he destroys the new eyes by burning his hands off. That was 7 years ago, and now he lives with hooks for hands, but there is a new problem - 12 eyes in a perfect circle on his chest!