“It didn’t happen all at once. It came like a shadow lengthening at sunset—slow, creeping, and inevitable.” In chapters 13 through 15, the horror doesn’t leap—it seeps. The town is changing, but not in

“You know something is wrong when the dead won’t stay buried—and the living start to forget what warmth felt like.” These chapters chilled me more than anything so far. Mike Ryerson returns to town after

🕯 Salem’s Lot Reading Journal – Entry 4: The Boy Who Didn’t Come Home “Sometimes evil doesn’t arrive with thunder. It slips in with a smile and vanishes with a child.” Chapters 7 through 9 are where