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	Corrupts Absolutely?: Dark Metahuman Fiction by Lincoln Crisler (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Peter Clines (Goodreads Author), Jeff Strand (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Times of Trouble: A Time Travel Anthology by Lane Adamson (Editor), Matthew Baugh, Thom Brannan (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Malpractice: an Anthology of Bedside Terror by Nathaniel Lambert (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lee Pederson, Bill West 4.65 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	Mad Scientist Journal: Spring 2012 by Jeremy Zimmerman (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Dawn Vogel (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kathryn Board 4.56 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	The Future Embodied by Jason Andrew (Goodreads Author) (Editor), David Gerrold (Goodreads Author), William F. Nolan 3.43 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Lovecraft eZine Issue 31 - June 2014 by Mike Davis (Editor), Cameron Johnston (Goodreads Author), Scott Nicolay 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Cosmic Vegetable: Anthology of Humorous SF/F by David Nell (Editor), Adam Millard (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Breanna R. Teintze (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Song Stories: Volume 1 by Wakefield Mahon (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lou Antonelli, Becky Beard 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013	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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Wild Dark Shore

by Charlotte McConaghy (Goodreads Author)

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The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York

by Deborah Blum

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King Sorrow

by Joe Hill (Goodreads Author)

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Unbelievable that a series that is already amazing hits it completely out of the park again. Masterful story, art, coloring. Everything. Suspense, Intensity, violence, and desperate people making desperate choices. Love it. Definitely the best comic ...more
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Wayne made a comment on Anne’s review of The Knives " What a masterpiece this book is, and yes it feels like time to revisit the entire series. Fade Out was also amazing if you haven't read it ...more "
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Wayne and 87 other people liked Anne's review of The Knives: "Never stop. That would be the entirety of my fan letter to Brubaker and Phillips. I love how these characters, some long dead, keep popping up with more stories about random times in their lives. They're all interconnected in ways that I didn't imagin" Read more of this review »
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Some chapters are better than others. I found the last chapter to be non-essential. Overall an interesting historical examination of something that people aren't really trained to think about from a historical basis. Definitely up my alley. ...more
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