Richard Matheson · 1970
- What it is
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It closes in on you · it stays with you
- Genre
- Science fiction Horror
- Feels
- Claustrophobic Haunting Gritty Tense Dark
Everything below shares at least two of these traits, or sits with it in some reader's stack. Each card tells you why.
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It leaves you short of breath · nobody puts it down
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Readers put them together in Vampire novels where the vampire stays a monster
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Margaret Atwood · 1986
It closes in on you · with fire in it
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It leaves something behind · something bad in the air
Shining
Stephen King · 1992
It leaves you short of breath · something is lurking
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