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The London Séance Society by Sarah Penner

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar

Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World by J.R. Dawson

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horror‎ (102)
2026‎ (94)
sequels‎ (64)
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2025‎ (53)
arc‎ (39)
tbd‎ (36)
book-box‎ (35)

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Jillian’s Quotes

“Stories always begin the same way: There was and there was not. There is possibility in those words, the chance for hope or despair.”
― Melissa Bashardoust, Girl, Serpent, Thorn

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“Most women suffer thorns for the sake of the flowers, but we who wield power adorn ourselves with flowers to hide the sting of our thorns”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

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“She tells me to put the outfit on for my party while she already starts taking off my pajamas. As she’s removing my clothes, it feels more like a rip than a peel.”
― Jennette McCurdy, I'm Glad My Mom Died

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“I hope you will find the cracks in the world and wedge them wider, so the light of other suns shines through; I hope you will keep the world unruly, messy, full of strange magics; I hope you will run through every open Door and tell stories when you return.”
― Alix E. Harrow, The Ten Thousand Doors of January

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“May she wander but always return home, may all her words be written true, may every door lie open before her.”
― Alix E. Harrow, The Ten Thousand Doors of January

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