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The Shining

Stephen King

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An actress's twelve-year-old daughter begins speaking in tongues and displaying impossible strength. The only explanation is the one no rational person will accept.

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Doctor Sleep Stephen King
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Danny Torrance, the traumatized boy from The Shining, is now a middle-aged alcoholic who uses his gift to help the dying -- until a girl with even stronger powers needs him.

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NOS4A2 Joe Hill
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Victoria McQueen has a supernatural gift for finding things. Charles Manx has one for stealing children. One day their paths will cross -- and it will not be the last time.

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I Am Legend Richard Matheson
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Robert Neville is the last living man on Earth. Every night the vampires who used to be his neighbors come to the door and call his name.

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