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Carrion ComfortNovel
Dan Simmonsstandalone novel1989
Science fiction and psychological horror, dark in tone, about psychic powers.
Monster MakerNovel
Nicholas Fiskstandalone novel1979
About coming of age.
“For twelve-year-old Matt, working at a studio where movie monsters are made, fantasy turns into a nightmare when juvenile vandalism seems to bring the monsters to life.”
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I Am LegendNovel
Richard Mathesonstandalone novel1954
Post-apocalyptic, about vampires and survival.
“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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Jerusalem's LotSeries
series3 books1975
Dark in tone, about vampires, 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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CarrieNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel1974
Psychological horror, about psychic powers, set in contemporary and north america.
FleshNovel
Richard Laymonstandalone novel1987
Splatterpunk, dark in tone, about survival, set in small town.
“No one in town has ever seen anything like it: a slimy, mobile tube of glistening yellow flesh with dull, staring eyes and an obscene, probing mouth.”
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