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series3 books1975

Set in contemporary and small town.

“Stephen King's 1975 novel 'Salem's Lot follows writer Ben Mears as he returns to his childhood town of Jerusalem's Lot, Maine, only to discover that its residents are being turned into vampires by a newly arrived stranger.”
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The House on the BorderlandNovel

William Hope Hodgsonstandalone novel1908

Weird fiction, about madness, set in otherworld.

NecroscopeSeries

series26 books1982

completed

Tense in tone, set in contemporary.

“Harry turns that gift against Thibor Ferenczy, a vampire buried since the Middle Ages, and against Ferenczy's agent Boris Dragosani, a Soviet spy who has learned to tear secrets from corpses in pursuit of world domination.”
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I Am LegendNovel

Richard Mathesonstandalone novel1954

Post-apocalyptic, about survival and last of their kind, set in our world.

“The last human survivor of the vampire epidemic has to maintain his defences against their onslaught, while attempting to research the cause and possibly solution to the plague.”
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House of HungerNovel

Alexis Hendersonstandalone novel2022

Dark fantasy, tense in tone, about class conflict, set in secondary world.

“The plot follows the life of Marion as she becomes a bloodmaid in the titular House of Hunger.”
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The Blood of the VampireNovel

Florence Marryatstandalone novel1897

Gothic, about identity and race and racism, set in 19th century.

“The protagonist, Harriet Brandt, is a mixed-race psychic vampire who kills unintentionally.”
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