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	Drowning in Beauty: The Neo-Decadent Anthology by Justin Isis (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Daniel Corrick (Editor), Avalon Brantley (contributor) 4.73 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Marked to Die: A Tribute to Mark Samuels by Justin Isis (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mark Valentine (Contributor), Quentin S. Crisp (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.59 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mighty in Sorrow: A Tribute to David Tibet & Current 93 by Jordan Krall (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Nicole Cushing (Goodreads Author), Thomas Ligotti 3.80 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Autopsy of an Eldritch City: Ten Tales of Strange and Unproductive Thinking 4.32 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Harlem Smoke 4.26 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grimoire: A Compendium of Neo-Goth Narratives 4.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Confusion 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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After thinking it over for a few days, I've decided to keep my previously published books as canon after all. Partly because, knowing myself as well as I do, I realized that (being a perfectionist with impossible standards) any hypothetical idealized work I do in the future I'll probably ALSO be less than impressed by after some time has passed anyway, and also because I think one can get too obse Read more of this blog post »

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