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Peter Straubstandalone novel1979

Ghost stories, dark in tone, about grief and loss and revenge.

series3 books1975

Dark in tone, about vampires, set in contemporary and 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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Seasons of HorrorSeries

series7 books1990

completed

Horror, eerie in tone, set in north america.

Start with Summer of Night →

Castle RockSeries

series16 books1978

Set in contemporary and small town.

“Castle Rock is the fictional Maine town that links a cluster of otherwise separate Stephen King novels and novellas, including The Dead Zone, Cujo, The Dark Half, Needful Things, and Elevation.”
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The House Next DoorNovel

Anne Rivers Siddonsstandalone novel1978

Gothic and ghost stories, about curses, set in small town.

“Thirtysomething Colquitt and Walter Kennedy live in a charming, peaceful suburb of newly bustling Atlanta, Georgia.”
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Conjure WifeNovel

Fritz Leiberstandalone novel1943

Psychological horror, about witches and gender and society, set in mid 20th century.

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