Stephen King Wrote a Vampire Classic in a Small Maine Garage

One of the King of Horror’s most recognizable works was written in a small room in a garage here in the Pine Tree State.

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According to his official website’s biography, Stephen King gained the financial means to leave teaching and write full time after learning of a major paperback sale for “Carrie” in May 1973.

At the end of that summer, his family moved to southern Maine because of his mother’s declining health and rented a summer home on Sebago Lake in North Windham for the winter.

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There, King wrote 'Salem’s Lot in a small room in the garage, initially calling the novel “Second Coming” and later "Jerusalem’s Lot” before settling on its final title.

His mother died of cancer at age 59 during this period.

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King’s 'Salem’s Lot follows writer Ben Mears as he returns to the small Maine town of Jerusalem’s Lot, where he spent part of his childhood, hoping to write a novel.

When residents begin disappearing or becoming vampires, Mears joins a small group of townspeople trying to stop the spreading threat.

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And there you have it! One of King’s most recognizable horror novels took shape during a pivotal period of his life in North Windham.

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