Joe Hill
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Heart-Shaped Box
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2007
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NOS4A2
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2013
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Horns
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2009
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Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft
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2008
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The Fireman
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2016
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Locke & Key, Vol. 2: Head Games
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2009
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20th Century Ghosts
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2005
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Locke & Key, Vol. 3: Crown of Shadows
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2010
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Locke & Key, Vol. 4: Keys to the Kingdom
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Locke & Key, Vol. 5: Clockworks
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“The best way to get even with anyone is to put them in the rearview mirror on your way to something better.”
― Horns
― Horns
“She breathed deeply of the scent of decaying fiction, disintegrating history, and forgotten verse, and she observed for the first time that a room full of books smelled like dessert: a sweet snack made of figs, vanilla, glue, and cleverness.”
― NOS4A2
― NOS4A2
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The Seasonal Read...: By Blood or Marriage (25.2) | 41 | 399 | Aug 24, 2009 02:23PM |
“The smallest indivisible human unit is two people, not one; one is a fiction. From such nets of souls societies, the social world, human life springs.”
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“Better never means better for everyone... It always means worse, for some.”
― The Handmaid’s Tale
― The Handmaid’s Tale
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The Fireman is a finalist for a GoodReads Award in Horror! I'm not sure it's really a horror novel, but it has scary parts, and winning prizes is always fun, so if you ..."
Thanx, Joe, but I'd rather have McMurtry do the toe-licking honors. Corgis rock!
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The Fireman is a finalist for a GoodReads Award in Horror! I'm not sure it's really a horror novel, but it has scary parts, and winning prizes is always fun, so if you feel inclined to vote for it, I WILL LICK BETWEEN YOUR TOES IN GRATITUDE.*
*not really