Five quotes from Stephen King’s second novel, “’Salem’s Lot” (1975):

1. …Mark had the entire set of Aurora plastic monsters—wolfman, mummy, Dracula, Frankenstein, the mad doctor, and even the Chamber of Horrors. [Danny's] mother thought all that stuff was bad news, rotted your brains or something….

2. In Harmony Hill Cemetery a dark figure stood meditatively inside the gate, waiting for the turn of time. When he spoke, the voice was soft and cultured. "O my father, favor me now. Lord of Flies, favor me now. Now I bring you spoiled meat and reeking flesh...."

3. [Mark's] scream was horrible, unearthly … and silent. It echoed only in the corridors of his brain and the chambers of his soul.

4. For the first time in his life [Ben] felt the slow, terrible beat and swell of the ages and saw his life as a dim and glimmering spark in an edifice which, if seen clearly, might drive all men mad.

5. [Without speaking, Barlow called out to Ben,] "Look and see me, puny man. Look upon Barlow, who has passed ... centuries as you have passed hours…. Look and see the great creature of the night whom you would slay with your miserable little stick. Look upon me, scribbler. I have written in human lives, and blood has been my ink. Look upon me and despair."