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series3 books1975

Tense in tone, about vampires and grief and loss, 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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Southern Reach TrilogySeries

series4 books2014

Science fiction and weird fiction, about madness.

“In 2013, Paramount Pictures bought the movie rights for the series, and a film adaptation of Annihilation was made with Alex Garland as writer-director.”
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Pet SemataryNovel

Stephen Kingstandalone novel1983

About grief and loss and curses, set in small town.

The ShiningSeries

series5 books1977

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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If You Could See Me NowNovel

Peter Straubstandalone novel1976

Gothic and ghost stories, about grief and loss.

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

series2 books1967

completed

Tense in tone, about demons and parenthood, set in 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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