Jerusalem's Lot
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"Jerusalem's Lot" is a horror short story by Stephen King, set in a cursed, abandoned town that serves as a prequel to his novel "'Salem's Lot."
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jerusalem’s Lot | 11 |
| Jerusalem's Lot canonical | 8 |
| "Jerusalem's Lot" | 4 |
| "Jerusalem's Lot" (fictional town) | 1 |
| "Jerusalem’s Lot" | 1 |
| Jerusalem’s Lot (short story) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1725288 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jerusalem's Lot Context triple: [Salem's Lot, hasSubsequentWork, Jerusalem's Lot]
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A.
Salem's Lot
Salem's Lot is a horror novel by Stephen King about a small town slowly overtaken by vampires.
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B.
A Return to Salem's Lot
A Return to Salem's Lot is a 1987 horror film that serves as a loose sequel to Stephen King’s vampire novel "Salem’s Lot," directed by Larry Cohen.
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C.
The Dunwich Horror
The Dunwich Horror is a classic 1929 cosmic horror short story by H. P. Lovecraft about occult rituals, monstrous entities, and the encroachment of otherworldly forces on a rural New England town.
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D.
Asylum Hill
Asylum Hill is a historic neighborhood in Hartford, Connecticut, known for its Victorian architecture, major insurance company headquarters, and cultural institutions.
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E.
The Fog
The Fog is a 1980 supernatural horror film directed by John Carpenter, centered on a coastal town haunted by vengeful ghosts who return shrouded in an eerie, glowing mist.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jerusalem's Lot Target entity description: "Jerusalem's Lot" is a horror short story by Stephen King, set in a cursed, abandoned town that serves as a prequel to his novel "'Salem's Lot."
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A.
Salem's Lot
Salem's Lot is a horror novel by Stephen King about a small town slowly overtaken by vampires.
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B.
A Return to Salem's Lot
A Return to Salem's Lot is a 1987 horror film that serves as a loose sequel to Stephen King’s vampire novel "Salem’s Lot," directed by Larry Cohen.
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C.
The Dunwich Horror
The Dunwich Horror is a classic 1929 cosmic horror short story by H. P. Lovecraft about occult rituals, monstrous entities, and the encroachment of otherworldly forces on a rural New England town.
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D.
Asylum Hill
Asylum Hill is a historic neighborhood in Hartford, Connecticut, known for its Victorian architecture, major insurance company headquarters, and cultural institutions.
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E.
The Fog
The Fog is a 1980 supernatural horror film directed by John Carpenter, centered on a coastal town haunted by vengeful ghosts who return shrouded in an eerie, glowing mist.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
horror fiction
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short story ⓘ |
| adaptationNetwork | Epix ⓘ |
| adaptationStars | Adrien Brody ⓘ |
| adaptationTitleDerivedFrom | Chapelwaite estate in the story ⓘ |
| adaptationType | television series ⓘ |
| author | Stephen King ⓘ |
| belongsToFranchise |
'Salem's Lot series
ⓘ
linked to:
Salem's Lot
|
| centralTheme |
cursed town
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family curse ⓘ forbidden knowledge ⓘ occult rituals ⓘ |
| chronologicalRelation | prequel to 'Salem's Lot ⓘ |
| collectedIn |
Night Shift (1978)
ⓘ
linked to:
Night Shift
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| containsAllusionTo | Cthulhu Mythos-style entities ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| featuresLocation | Chapelwaite ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1978 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Night Shift ⓘ |
| genre |
epistolary fiction
ⓘ
horror ⓘ weird fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Chapelwaite (TV series) ⓘ |
| hasTone |
cosmic horror
ⓘ
gothic ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | H. P. Lovecraft ⓘ |
| involves |
ancient evil
ⓘ
blasphemous book ⓘ degenerated cult ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | short story ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Calvin McCann
ⓘ
Charles Boone ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | epistolary ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Lovecraftian style within Stephen King's work
ⓘ
establishing backstory for 'Salem's Lot ⓘ |
| partOf | Night Shift ⓘ |
| protagonist | Charles Boone ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstCollection | Doubleday ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
'Salem's Lot
ⓘ
linked to:
Salem's Lot
|
| setIn |
Cumberland County, Maine (fictional)
ⓘ
linked to:
Cumberland County, Maine
Jerusalem's Lot, Maine ⓘ |
| setInUniverse | Stephen King multiverse ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | mid-19th century ⓘ |
| toldThrough |
journal entries
ⓘ
letters ⓘ |
| workChronologyWithinCollection | opening story of Night Shift ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Jerusalem's Lot Description of subject: "Jerusalem's Lot" is a horror short story by Stephen King, set in a cursed, abandoned town that serves as a prequel to his novel "'Salem's Lot."
Referenced by (26)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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subject linked to:
Charles Boone
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subject linked to:
Chapelwaite (TV series)
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