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series3 books1975

Dark and tense in tone, about vampires, set in small town.

“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 ShiningSeries

series5 books1977

Dark and tense in tone, about psychic powers and addiction.

“Together the two form a horror duology spanning nearly forty years of real-world publication.”
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Pet SemataryNovel

Stephen Kingstandalone novel1983

Dark in tone, about curses, set in small town.

Castle RockSeries

series16 books1978

Set in small town.

“Castle Rock is the fictional Maine town that links a cluster of otherwise separate Stephen King novels and novellas, including The Dead Zone, Cujo, The Dark Half, Needful Things, and Elevation.”
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Seasons of HorrorSeries

series7 books1990

completed

Horror, eerie in tone, set in north america.

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If You Could See Me NowNovel

Peter Straubstandalone novel1976

Gothic, dark in tone.

“Coward, McCann & Geoghegan published an American edition also in June 1977.”
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