Welcome to the SKMB, Michael Flagg.I've found this to be one of the best of his early books.
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Welcome to the SKMB, Michael Flagg.I've found this to be one of the best of his early books.
I've found this to be one of the best of his early books.
....what?.....no garlic cocktail with a cross shaped swizzle stick???....I started Salem’s Lot in the evening sitting in my living room. Couldn’t put it down. Finished at 4am in my kitchen with all the lights on and my back to a wall so I could see the whole apartment.
This was my very first King book I read and it scared the crap out of me, too. It will always be my favorite King novel. I grew up in a very small western Pennsylvania town and I knew all of those people that King wrote about in the book. They were all of my neighbors. We had our own version of Mabel Wurts, too!I started Salem’s Lot in the evening sitting in my living room. Couldn’t put it down. Finished at 4am in my kitchen with all the lights on and my back to a wall so I could see the whole apartment.
dittoThis was my very first King book I read and it scared the crap out of me, too. It will always be my favorite King novel. I grew up in a very small western Pennsylvania town and I knew all of those people that King wrote about in the book. They were all of my neighbors. We had our own version of Mabel Wurts, too!
...I think every neighborhood has a Mabel....when Mom wanted to know the skinny on area gossip-she'd hop on the horn to Ms. Audrey and my how the gossip would fly!....ditto
Jerusalem's Lot from Night Shift is a prequel to this storyI would love a prequel to this.
I did not know that was a story in the collection! I will check it out! Thank you!Jerusalem's Lot from Night Shift is a prequel to this story
And unexpected humor is thrown in. Make you laugh and be terrified within a page turning.For me, it is the scariest SK novel. I've read that book so many times over the last 30 years, and it terrifies me every time. It's my favourite kind of horror: moody, atmospheric, with a lingering sense of dread throughout, and monsters. I loved the way the way King would take his time to describe certain events, or even grabs your imagination with a simple sentence ("they were in the streets. The walking dead."). Every time I start talking about that book, I always have the urge to re-read it. Heck, even the title is sinister. As others have said, it's far from King's best written work, but I love it without reservation.
It's also got great tips for surviving vampire invasions. Don't have a stake or a crucifix? Just snap a cross off of your plastic monster toy, that'll do the trick!For me, it is the scariest SK novel. I've read that book so many times over the last 30 years, and it terrifies me every time. It's my favourite kind of horror: moody, atmospheric, with a lingering sense of dread throughout, and monsters. I loved the way the way King would take his time to describe certain events, or even grabs your imagination with a simple sentence ("they were in the streets. The walking dead."). Every time I start talking about that book, I always have the urge to re-read it. Heck, even the title is sinister. As others have said, it's far from King's best written work, but I love it without reservation.
Yeah, I was reading the part last night whereAnd unexpected humor is thrown in. Make you laugh and be terrified within a page turning.