Oct. 17, 2025

This Day in Halloween: Stephen King's second novel, the vampire thriller "Salem’s Lot" is published in 1975. ?illustration by Justin Pakneshan

Salem’s Lot is published in 1975. Stephen King’s second novel is his personal favorite and tells the story of a man returning to his home town to discover it is full of vampires. The book is a critical and reader hit and has since been adapted into a film and two TV miniseries.

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