‘Salem’s Lot

Stephen King's horror book 'Salem's Lot was published in 1975. It was his second novel to be published. The plot revolves around a writer called Ben Mears, who returns to the village of Jerusalem's Lot (or 'Salem's Lot for short) in Maine, where he grew up from the ages of five to nine, only to discover that the people are turning into vampires. The village is revisited in King's story collection Night Shift in the short pieces "Jerusalem's Lot" and "One for the Road" (1978). In 1976, the novel was nominated for the World Fantasy Award, and in 1987, it was nominated for the Locus Award for the All-Time Best Fantasy Novel.

In two different interviews in the 1980s, King stated that 'Salem's Lot' was his favorite of all his works. The interviewer mentioned in his June 1983 Playboy interview that King was planning a sequel because it was his favorite, but King has stated on his website that because The Dark Tower series already continued the narrative in Wolves of the Calla and Song of Susannah, he felt there was no longer a need for a sequel.

Detailed information:

Author: Stephen King
Language: English
Genre: Horror

Link to read: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11590