In two separate interviews in the 1980s, King said that, of all his books, "Salem's Lot" was his favorite. In his June 1983 "Playboy" interview, the interviewer mentioned that because it was his favorite, King was planning a sequel, but King has said on his website that because "The Dark Tower" series already continued the narrative in ' and ', he felt there was no longer a need for a sequel. In 1987 he told Phil Konstantin in "The Highway Patrolman" magazine: "In a way it is my favorite story, mostly because of what it says about small towns. They are kind of a dying organism right now. The story seems sort of down home to me. I have a special cold spot in my heart for it!"