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series3 books1975

About vampires and grief and loss, set in small town and our world.

“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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The WolfenNovel

Whitley Strieberstandalone novel1978

Mystery & detective, about shapeshifters and murder investigation, set in big city.

MidnightNovel

Dean R. Koontzstandalone novel1989

Science fiction, about nanotechnology and genetic engineering, set in small town.

“A wealthy tech entrepreneur, intending to create superhumans by infecting them with nanotech to assist their physical and mental abilities, picks a California town as his secret pilot project, but things go terribly wrong.”
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Desperation/RegulatorsSeries

series2 books1996

About madness, set in small town.

“Stephen King published Desperation and The Regulators simultaneously in 1996, the first under his own name and the second under his Richard Bachman pseudonym.”
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MiseryNovel

Stephen Kingstandalone novel1987

Thriller & suspense and psychological thriller, about addiction.

“Novelist Paul Sheldon finishes the manuscript that will finally kill off Misery Chastain, the heroine who made his career, when a snowstorm sends his car off a Colorado road.”
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The HowlingSeries

series3 books1977

completed

Set in our world.

“The Howling, Gary Brandner's 1977 novel, sets a woman recovering from trauma against a small California town that turns out to be sheltering a colony of werewolves.”
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