‘Salem’s Lot is FIFTY years old this month. Hellfire, how did that happen? We’re gonna celebrate the bloodsucking and small town shenanigans for all they are worth!!

 

But some of you know that the Lot sits just to one side of the Path of the Beam – so this is also a key zig in our endless zagging towards The Dark Tower. You may just not know why yet? And neither does Chris, so no one tell him.

 

So in this two-fer episode we honour a true horror classic of 20th century literature, and we inch one step closer to the nexus of all things. Efficient!

 

Enjoy.

 

Other books mentioned:

• “Jerusalem’s Lot” and “One For the Road,” both in Night Shift (1978), by Stephen King
• Shitshow (2025), by Chris Panatier
• The Rats (1974), by James Herbert
• Dracula (1898), by Bram Stoker
• The Great Gatsby (1925), by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
• Harvest Home (1973), by Thomas Tryon

 

As mentioned – here is my Vulture list of the Best Horror Books of 2025 (so far).

 

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