Calvin finds a hidden compartment in the library containing an old map of a deserted village called Jerusalem's Lot, a mysterious area the townsfolk avoid.
The house is said to be "a bad house" with a history of sad events, disappearances, and mysterious noises which Charles attributes to " rats in the walls". Calvin learns that many people in the nearby Maine town of Preacher's Corners think Charles and Calvin are mad for living in the mansion. It is told through a series of letters and diary entries, mainly those of its main character, aristocrat Charles Boone, although his manservant, Calvin McCann, also occasionally assumes the role of narrator.Ĭharles Boone, in letters addressed to "Bones", describes the arrival of himself and his manservant, Calvin McCann, at Chapelwaite, the neglected ancestral home of Charles's estranged late cousin Stephen. "Jerusalem's Lot" is an epistolary short story set in the fictional town of Preacher's Corners, Cumberland County, Maine, in 1850. The story was also printed in the illustrated 2005 edition of King's 1975 novel 'Salem's Lot. " Jerusalem's Lot" is a short story by Stephen King, first published in King's 1978 collection Night Shift. For the fictional town the short story and the novel take place in, see Jerusalem's Lot (Stephen King). he's the author who can always make the improbable so scary you'll feel compelled to check the locks on the front door." - The Boston Globe "Peerless imagination.This article is about the short story. will catch you in his web and reach you at an elemental level where there is no defense." - The Cincinnati Enquirer "Stephen King has built a literary genre of putting ordinary people in the most terrifying situations. Ought to chill the cockles of many a heart." - Chicago Tribune "A master. he's the author who can always make the improbable so scary you'll feel compelled to check the locks on the front door." - The Boston Globe "Peerless imagination." - The Observer (London), "A master storyteller." - Los Angeles Times "Eerie. "A master storyteller." - Los Angeles Times "Eerie.
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