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Cover of The Stake by Richard Laymon

The Stake

1990·441 pages

dark eerie vampire fiction

In an abandoned hotel in a California ghost town, horror writer Larry and his friends make a chilling discovery. By chance they stumble across a naked woman in a coffin with a stake driven through her heart. Was she a vampire or the victim of a gruesome murder?

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The Stake

Year

1990

Pages

441

Fantasy Horror Mystery Thriller

Tags

dark eerie vampire fiction

Description

In an abandoned hotel in a California ghost town, horror writer Larry and his friends make a chilling discovery. By chance they stumble across a naked woman in a coffin with a stake driven through her heart. Was she a vampire or the victim of a gruesome murder?

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