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series3 books1975

Dark and tense in tone, about vampires, 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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Nightmare HourSeries

series1 book1999

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A Night in the Lonesome OctoberNovel

Roger Zelaznystandalone novel1993

Dark fantasy and fantasy, about gods, set in british isles.

Harvest HomeNovel

Thomas Tryonstandalone novel1973

Dark and tense in tone, about family secrets, set in north america.

“A family tries to get out of the City and finds the perfect home for their young daughter complete with folk remedies for her allergies and sensitivities in the local wisewoman.”
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Conjure WifeNovel

Fritz Leiberstandalone novel1943

Psychological horror, about gender and society, set in mid 20th century and north america.

“Under the rational overlay of 20th-century civilization this sickly growth, uncultivated, unsuspected, still manages to propagate itself.”
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Witch HouseNovel

Evangeline Waltonstandalone novel1945

Fantasy and gothic, dark in tone, about curses.

“In 2013, Centipede Press issued the first American edition of this revised version, also including previously unpublished writings by Walton and several of her short stories.”
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