‘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

Enjoy.

Other books mentioned:

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

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