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The Damnation GameNovel
Clive Barkerstandalone novel1985
Dark fantasy, tense in tone, about revenge, set in british isles.
“Marty, out of his depth from the start, finds himself the only one willing to stand against Mamoulian.”
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Dead LinesNovel
Greg Bearstandalone novel2004
Ghost stories, about grief and loss and madness, set in north america.
“Recent news of his best friend's fatal heart attack has now come as another devastating blow.”
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Jerusalem's LotSeries
series3 books1975
Tense in tone, about vampires, set in small town and north america.
“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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ShockSeries
series4 books1961
completed
Tense in tone, about madness.
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Rosemary ReillySeries
series2 books1967
completed
Tense in tone, about parenthood, set in north america and big city.
“Rosemary's Baby follows a young wife in a Gothic Manhattan apartment building who grows increasingly convinced that her elderly neighbors, and even her own husband, are part of a conspiracy surrounding her pregnancy.”
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Southern Reach TrilogySeries
series4 books2014
Weird fiction, about madness.
“In 2013, Paramount Pictures bought the movie rights for the series, and a film adaptation of Annihilation was made with Alex Garland as writer-director.”
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Start with Annihilation →