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The FogNovel
James Herbertstandalone novel1975
Tense in tone, set in british isles.
Jerusalem's LotSeries
series3 books1975
Tense in tone, about vampires and grief and loss, set in 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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The DarkNovel
James Herbertstandalone novel1980
Dark fantasy, tense in tone.
“WorldCat: It came like a malignant shadow with seductive promises of power.”
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Desperation/RegulatorsSeries
series2 books1996
Tense in tone, set in north america.
“Stephen King published Desperation and The Regulators simultaneously in 1996, the first under his own name and the second under his Richard Bachman pseudonym.”
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CellNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel2006
Post-apocalyptic and science fiction, tense in tone, about plague and pandemic.
“In Cell, King taps into readers fears of technological warfare and terrorism.”
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Sleeping BeautiesNovel
Stephen King & Owen Kingstandalone novel2017
Science fiction, about plague and pandemic and gender and society, set in north america.