horror + small town

4 books tagged both “horror” and “small town”.

Needful Things

Stephen King · 1991

A smiling man sells exactly what you want for cash plus one small cruelty to a neighbor.

2,007-word summary · 9 min read

Cujo

Stephen King · 1981

A rabid St. Bernard traps a mother and her young son in a broken-down car at a lonely Maine garage.

2,910-word summary · 13 min read

Under the Dome

Stephen King · 2009

Chester's Mill is sealed under an invisible dome as cook Barbie and editor Julia face Big Jim Rennie's rule.

2,731-word summary · 12 min read

'Salem's Lot

Stephen King · 1975

A writer returns to Jerusalem's Lot as an old house fills with vampires.

2,046-word summary · 9 min read