Jerusalem's Lot

"Jerusalem's Lot" is a short story by American horror fiction giant Stephen King. It is part of the Cthulhu Mythos, inspired by the works of H. P. Lovecraft and Robert Bloch, and features the town of Jerusalem's Lot, created by King as the setting of his non-Mythos novel 'Salem's Lot.
==Publication History==
"Jerusalem's Lot" was first published in the 1978 collection of King's own works Night Shift. It has since been reprinted dozens of times in a plethora of different publications, and has been translated into French, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Finnish and Spanish.
==Behind the Mythos==
*De Vermis Mysteriis features heavily in the story, and the godlike creature Yogsoggoth is mentioned.
*The story functions as something of a follow-on or prequel to King's 1975 novel 'Salem's Lot, linking that tale to the Cthulhu Mythos although it contains no direct references to it. Taking this story in consideration, it's possible that the undisclosed entity that the villain of 'Salem's Lot makes a pact with might have been Gyyagin, or even Yogsoggoth.
==Adaptations==
In 2021, "Jerusalem's Lot" was adapted into a 10-episode television series called Chapelwaite, the main plot of which is fairly faithful to the source material, although some changes are made and new characters and plot lines are added.
Category:Stephen King works
Category:Expanded Mythos Works