'SALEM'S LOT

Here's my new illustration for Stephen King's 'SALEM'S LOT. It'll be featured in the forthcoming massive art book KNOWING DARKNESS: ARTISTS INSPIRED BY STEPHEN KING. 'SALEM'S LOT is one of the seminal vampire novels of the modern era, and a book this famous comes "pre-loaded" in the audience's imagination with a lot of vampire visual tropes. I wanted to avoid those because we've seen them enough. It seems to me the book is much more than just a vampire novel. So no fangs or blood spatters here. Instead, my picture is simply about a house and a small, mundane town.

As for the book itself, it's gonna be an amazing volume. Contributing artists include Michael Whelan, Bob Eggleton, Bernie Wrightson, Don Maitz, Les Edwards, Drew Struzan, David Ho, Douglas Smith, and a ton of others. Essentially, this will contain the vast majority of King book cover art ever produced, as well as new works created especially for this edition. Centipede Press is the publisher, and if you remember the jaw-dropping LOVECRAFT art book they released last year, then you know the production values are gonna be gorgeous for this book. They're taking pre-orders right now. It's a limited edition, so definitely check it out! :)