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Ghost StoryNovel
Peter Straubstandalone novel1979
Ghost stories, about revenge and family secrets, set in small town.
Jerusalem's LotSeries
series3 books1975
Tense 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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CellNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel2006
Post-apocalyptic, tense in tone, about survival, set in contemporary.
“In Cell, King taps into readers fears of technological warfare and terrorism.”
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Pet SemataryNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel1983
Eerie in tone, about curses, set in contemporary and small town.
If You Could See Me NowNovel
Peter Straubstandalone novel1976
Gothic and ghost stories, eerie in tone, set in contemporary.
“Coward, McCann & Geoghegan published an American edition also in June 1977.”
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DecemberNovel
Phil Rickmanstandalone novel1994
Gothic and ghost stories, about curses and music.
“In the twelfth-century ruins of the Abbey, it is said every stone was cemented in blood.”
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