Salem's Lot

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

King, Stephen, 1947–

’Salem’s lot / Stephen King ; photographs by Jerry N. Uelsma

p.   cm.

1. Maine—Fiction. 2. Vampires—Fiction. 3. City and town life—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3561 . I483S25 2005

813'.54—dc22       2005041360

eISBN: 978-0-385-52822-1

Copyright © 1975 by Stephen King

Introduction Copyright © 2005 by Stephen King

Photographs copyright © 2004 by Jerry N. Uelsma

Doubleday gratefully acknowledges Jared Walters for sharing his design concepts from Centipede Press’s oversized edition of ’Salem’s Lot, published in 2004.

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Table of Contents

Introduction to ’Salem’s Lot

Author’s Note

Prologue

Part One

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Part Two

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Part Three

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Epilogue

One for the Road

Jerusalem’s Lot

Deleted Scenes

Afterword