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Jerusalem's LotSeries
series3 books1975
Dark 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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Sinister Supernatural StoriesSeries
series1 book2022
Dark in tone.
Start with Screaming in the Night →
Ghost MusicNovel
Graham Mastertonstandalone novel2008
Dark in tone, about revenge.
“The dead can't punish those who killed them, but they can enlist the aid of the living to seek revenge ...”
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Ghost MonsterNovel
Simon Clarkstandalone novel2009
Dark in tone, about curses, set in british isles.
“For centuries the grim portrait has imprisoned the spirits of the notorious Justice Murrain and his vicious gang of misfits.”
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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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OkikuSeries
series2 books2014
Dark in tone, set in east asia.
“Okiku has wandered the world for centuries, freeing the innocent ghosts of the murdered-dead and taking the lives of killers, until she meets Tark, who needs to be freed from demonic malevolence.”
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Start with The Girl from the Well →