![]() ![]() ![]() Marked on the map is a church, with the label, "The worm that doth corrupt." Their curiosity piqued, Charles and Calvin set out to explore the remains of the town the next day. ![]() Not long after their arrival, Calvin finds a hidden compartment in the library, containing an old map of a nearby deserted village called Jerusalem's Lot, a mysterious area the townsfolk avoid. The house is said to be "a bad house," with a history of sad events, disappearances, and mysterious noises which Charles attributes to "rats in the walls". While running errands, Calvin finds that many people in the nearby town of Preacher's Corners, Maine think them mad for being willing to live in the mansion. Stephen left the estate to Charles in an apparent gesture of good will, trying to repair an old rift between the two sides of the family. The story acts as a prequel to King's 1975 novel `Salem's Lot.Ĭharles Boone, in a series of letters addressed to an acquaintance nicknamed "Bones", describes the arrival of himself and his manservant, Calvin McCann, at Chapelwaite, the neglected ancestral home of Charles's estranged late cousin, Stephen. " Jerusalem's Lot" is a short story written by Stephen King, included in his 1978 collection Night Shift. ![]()
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