More like Alpha & Omega

anchored on:magical artifactsour worldcontemporaryhorrorfamily secretsnorth america+2 more

but

Narrow

Jerusalem's LotSeries
series3 books1975
Tense in tone, about vampires and grief and loss, set in 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.”
from the catalogue
Start with 'Salem's Lot →
The Grin of the DarkSeries
series2 books2007
Psychological horror and weird fiction, eerie in tone, about madness.
“Once upon a time Tubby Thackeray's silent comedies were hailed as the equal of Chaplin's and Keaton's, but now his name has been deleted from the history of the cinema.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Grin of the Dark →
Pet SemataryNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel1983
Eerie in tone, about grief and loss and curses, set in small town.
If You Could See Me NowNovel
Peter Straubstandalone novel1976
Gothic and ghost stories, eerie in tone, about grief and loss.
“Coward, McCann & Geoghegan published an American edition also in June 1977.”
from the catalogue
The ShiningSeries
series5 books1977
Tense in tone, about psychic powers and addiction.
“Together the two form a horror duology spanning nearly forty years of real-world publication.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Shining →
Harvest HomeNovel
Thomas Tryonstandalone novel1973
Eerie and tense in tone, set in small town.
“A family tries to get out of the City and finds the perfect home for their young daughter complete with folk remedies for her allergies and sensitivities in the local wisewoman.”
from the catalogue