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Conjure WifeNovel
Fritz Leiberstandalone novel1943
Psychological horror, about witches and gender and society, set in north america.
“Under the rational overlay of 20th-century civilization this sickly growth, uncultivated, unsuspected, still manages to propagate itself.”
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The Invisible ManSeries
series6 books1897
Science fiction, 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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Some of Your BloodNovel
Theodore Sturgeonstandalone novel1961
Psychological horror.
The Philosopher's StoneNovel
Colin Wilsonstandalone novel1969
Cosmic horror.
“Like Wilson's 1967 novel The Mind Parasites, The Philosopher's Stone uses motifs from H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos.”
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The InfluenceNovel
Ramsey Campbellstandalone novel1988
Psychological horror, about family secrets, set in contemporary.
“A young girl begins to take on the characteristics of her departed grandmother, an evil and oppressive woman.”
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The ShiningSeries
series5 books1977
Tense in tone, about psychic powers, set in north america and contemporary.
“Together the two form a horror duology spanning nearly forty years of real-world publication.”
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