"Serious" writers writing TF fiction.

[Dr. Otto]

Originally Posted by dtx

While Tommyknockers was the most TF-dense of any of King's books that I've read, the degree of TF is limited.

I'd argue SALEM'S LOT has just as much TF content, and even the protagonist's love interest gets tragically vampirized. But once again, most of the actual biting and infecting takes place "off-screen", so to speak.