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Fritz Leiberstandalone novel1943

Psychological horror, tense in tone, about gender and society, set in our world.

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

Barbara Michaelsstandalone novel1969

Gothic, about family secrets, set in contemporary.

“A stranger has come to Middleburg, Maryland, a visitor from abroad with a mysterious purpose.”
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Witchcraft for Wayward GirlsNovel

Grady Hendrixstandalone novel2025

Historical fiction, dark in tone, about coming of age.

Harvest HomeNovel

Thomas Tryonstandalone novel1973

Dark and tense in tone, about family secrets, set in contemporary.

“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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Jerusalem's LotSeries

series3 books1975

Dark in tone, about vampires, set in contemporary and our world.

“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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Darker Than You ThinkNovel

Jack Williamsonstandalone novel1948

Science fantasy and fantasy, dark in tone, about shapeshifters.

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