Stephen King is known for his horror, but in my opinion he doesn’t get enough credit for how well he sets a scene.
Here’s an excerpt where he describes very neatly the character of the town:
The town is the people who live there, the buildings which they have erected to den or do business in, and it is the land.
The people are Scotch-English and French.
There are others, of course – a smattering, like a fistful of pepper thrown in a pot of salt, but not many. This melting pot never melted very much.
~ Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
Btw, this is one scary book. I am wincing every time I hear of yet another person’s death. Have you read this book? Did you find it scary?
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
- Grab your current read
- Open to a random page
- Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
- BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
- Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
