Salem's Lot
Salem's Lot is a 1975 horror novel by Stephen King about a vampire infestation in a small Maine town.
The title abbreviates Jerusalem's Lot, the fictional town's name.
The book established King as a major horror writer and has been adapted for television multiple times.
I'm rereading Salem's Lot for Halloween.
- vampireBlood-drinking undead creature
- Stephen KingBestselling horror fiction writer
- MainePine Tree State
- horrorExtreme fear or disgust
- BarlowPlain folding pocketknife
creature of the night · small town · New England · undead · fangs · bloodsucker · blood drinking · haunted house · haunted · night · darkness · cursed · evil · eternal damnation · infection · plague · coffin · stake
- Vampiresvampire, vampires, vampirism, fangs, coffin
- Stephen KingCarrie, The Stand, The Shining, Misery, Pet Sematary
- Fictional PlacesGotham City, Hogwarts, Mordor, Narnia, Gondor
- American LiteratureThe Great Gatsby, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Scarlet Letter, Moby-Dick, Moby Dick
tone and atmosphere
Salem's LotGilmore Girls
Our Town · Mayberry · Pollyanna · Anne of Green Gables · The Waltons
genre and narrative outcome
Salem's Lotromantic comedy
Humorous love story genre
happily ever after · The Notebook · A Christmas Carol · redemption narratives