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Jerusalem's LotSeries
series3 books1975
Tense in tone, about vampires, set in small town and 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.”
from the catalogue
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The Grin of the DarkSeries
series2 books2007
Psychological horror, mysterious in tone, about madness and art and artists.
“Once upon a time Tubby Thackeray's silent comedies were hailed as the equal of Chaplin's and Keaton's, but now his name has been deleted from the history of the cinema.”
from the catalogue
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Enoch CoffinSeries
series13 books2013
Cosmic horror, about madness, set in north america.
Start with Beneath Arkham →
If You Could See Me NowNovel
Peter Straubstandalone novel1976
Gothic and ghost stories, about grief and loss, set in north america.
“Coward, McCann & Geoghegan published an American edition also in June 1977.”
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Borderlands (Monteleone anthologies)Series
series7 books1990
Horror and weird fiction, dark and eerie in tone, set in contemporary and our world.
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Unnerving (Jennifer DiMarco)Series
series7 books2019
About madness.
Start with Monstrosity →