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Black As BloodNovel
Rob Chilsonstandalone novel1998
Horror and humor, funny in tone, about undead, set in contemporary and our world.
“Uncle Albert was laid out in his coffin, dead as a doornail, and things were on a reasonably even keel.”
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BreathersSeries
series2 books2009
Zombie horror and romance.
“As he seeks to survive in a world that hates zombies, Andy must regularly consume formaldehyde while all he and every zombie really wants is to eat human flesh, which is forbidden.”
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John and DaveSeries
series4 books2007
Cosmic horror.
“Jason Pargin, writing as David Wong, began the John Dies at the End series as a free horror-comedy webserial in 2001 before print publication turned it into a franchise.”
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Make Me a MonsterNovel
Kalynn Bayronstandalone novel2025
Dark in tone, about grief and loss and family secrets.
“As a newly certified mortician's assistant at her parents' funeral home, her days are not for the faint of heart.”
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Jerusalem's LotSeries
series3 books1975
Dark and tense in tone, about vampires and grief and loss.
“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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BarkingNovel
Tom Holtstandalone novel2007
Fantasy and urban fantasy, about friendship, set in british isles.
“Duncan's boss doesn't think he's cut out to be a lawyer.”
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