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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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NecroscopeSeries

series26 books1982

completed

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

“Harry turns that gift against Thibor Ferenczy, a vampire buried since the Middle Ages, and against Ferenczy's agent Boris Dragosani, a Soviet spy who has learned to tear secrets from corpses in pursuit of world domination.”
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Johnny Dixon and the ProfessorSeries

series13 books1983

Gothic, eerie in tone, set in north america.

“In each book, 12-year-old Johnny and his group of friends face and overcome evil forces usually bent on ending the world.”
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The Night BoatNovel

Robert R. McCammonstandalone novel1980

Zombie horror, dark in tone, set in islands and contemporary.

“The action then shifts to the present day and to the idyllic Caribbean island of Coquina, where life is about to change in unimaginable ways.”
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Make Me a MonsterNovel

Kalynn Bayronstandalone novel2025

About grief and loss and family secrets, set in our world and contemporary.

“As a newly certified mortician's assistant at her parents' funeral home, her days are not for the faint of heart.”
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Ghost MusicNovel

Graham Mastertonstandalone novel2008

Ghost stories, about revenge, set in contemporary and our world.

“The dead can't punish those who killed them, but they can enlist the aid of the living to seek revenge ...”
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