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Richard Mathesonstandalone novel1954

Post-apocalyptic, about vampires and survival.

“The last human survivor of the vampire epidemic has to maintain his defences against their onslaught, while attempting to research the cause and possibly solution to the plague.”
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FirestarterNovel

Stephen Kingstandalone novel1980

Tense in tone, about psychic powers, set in north america and contemporary.

“WorldCat: Innocence and beauty ignite with evil and terror...”
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The Island of Dr. MoreauSeries

series12 books1896

Set in 19th century.

“Taken together, the group traces one unsettling premise across more than a century of speculative fiction rather than forming a single ongoing story.”
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Twilight ZoneUniverse

universe40 books1960

Set in our world.

“Picture, if you will, an ordinary person on an ordinary afternoon: a tired salesman, a frightened child, a man who wants only to be left alone.”
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Start with Stories from the Twilight Zone →

includes Twilight Zone Collections, Twilight Zone Anthologies, Twilight Zone Scripts (Richard Matheson), Twilight Zone Scripts (Rod Serling), Twilight Zone Doubles, The Twilight Zone Novels

The Invisible ManSeries

series6 books1897

Set in british isles and 19th century.

“The Invisible Man is H. G. Wells's 1897 science fiction novel about Griffin, a scientist who works out how to make living tissue invisible and tests the process on himself, only to discover he has no way to reverse it.”
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RatsSeries

series4 books1974

completed

Dark and tense in tone, about survival, set in contemporary.

“The Rats, James Herbert's 1974 debut novel, imagines a plague of giant mutant rats overrunning London, told through a rotating cast of victims and survivors in the tradition of British disaster horror.”
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