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	Five Minutes at Hotel Stormcove by E.D.E. Bell (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Marriah Allen Pina, Joshua Amodeo 4.22 avg rating — 45 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
	Community of Magic Pens by E.D.E. Bell (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Z. Ahmad (Goodreads Author), J.S. Bailey (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 38 ratings — 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
	HWA Poetry Showcase Volume III by David E. Cowen (Editor), Marge Simon (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Bruce Boston (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.36 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	HWA Poetry Showcase Volume IV by David E. Cowen (Editor), Bruce Boston (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Clay F. Johnson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.67 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Cursed Cooking: A Horror Community Cookbook and Food Horror Anthology by A.C. Bauer (Editor), Robert Perez (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), R. Haven (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.63 avg rating — 16 ratings — 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
	Greater Than His Nature by Eirik Gumeny (Goodreads Author) (editor), Katharine Duckett (Goodreads Author), A.T. Greenblatt (Goodreads Author) 4.38 avg rating — 16 ratings — 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
	HWA Poetry Showcase Volume II by Peter Adam Salomon (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Tausha Johnson (Goodreads Author), Michelle Scalise (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	HWA Poetry Showcase Volume V by Stephanie M. Wytovich (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Donna Lynch, R.J. Joseph (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 14 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
	StokerCon 2025 Souvenir Anthology by Danielle Ackley-McPhail (Goodreads Author), Joyce Carol Oates, Scott Edelman 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings	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 Literary Hatchet #14 by Steve Coate (Goodreads Author), Stanford Allen, Arthur Davis 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2016 — 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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Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Everyman's Library Classics, #76)

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