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series5 books1991

Dark fantasy and horror, dark in tone, about demons, set in contemporary.

“Clive Barker's The Hellbound Heart introduces the puzzle box that summons the Cenobites and the domestic horror story around it, later adapted into the Hellraiser film series.”
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MirrorNovel

Graham Mastertonstandalone novel1988

Set in north america.

“The antique mirror witnesses the gruesome murder of an eight-year-old child-star on the cusp of fame.”
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TalismanSeries

series4 books1984

Fantasy and portal fantasy, set in north america.

“Stephen King and Peter Straub's The Talisman follows twelve-year-old Jack Sawyer as he crosses between our world and the Territories, a parallel realm, on a cross-country quest to save his dying mother.”
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Rosemary ReillySeries

series2 books1967

completed

Tense in tone, about parenthood, set in north america and big city.

“Rosemary's Baby follows a young wife in a Gothic Manhattan apartment building who grows increasingly convinced that her elderly neighbors, and even her own husband, are part of a conspiracy surrounding her pregnancy.”
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Bod OwensSeries

series3 books2007

Fantasy, about coming of age, set in british isles.

“Neil Gaiman's 2008 novel won both the Newbery and Carnegie Medals, and illustrator P. Craig Russell later adapted it into a two-volume graphic novel.”
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The Pilo Family CircusSeries

series2 books2006

Dark fantasy and horror, dark in tone, set in contemporary.

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