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Jerusalem's LotSeries
series3 books1975
Tense and eerie 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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CarrieNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel1974
Psychological horror, tense in tone, about psychic powers, set in late 20th century.
NecroscopeSeries
series26 books1982
completed
Tense in tone, about vampires.
“Harry turns that gift against Thibor Ferenczy, a vampire buried since the Middle Ages, and against Ferenczy's agent Boris Dragosani, a Soviet spy who has learned to tear secrets from corpses in pursuit of world domination.”
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Heart-Shaped BoxNovel
Joe Hillstandalone novel2007
Ghost stories, tense in tone.
Rose MadderNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel1995
Fantasy, tense in tone, about gods.
Robert Bloch's Psycho UniverseSeries
series5 books1959
Psychological horror, tense in tone, about madness.
Start with Psycho →