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Rory Michaelson is always doing too many things, and rarely the ones that they ought to be. The Lesser Known Monsters series includes Rory’s debut novel and short story collection. They were born and raised in the UK, love stories in all forms, and are easily bribed with cookies.

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	Lesser Known Monsters (Lesser Known Monsters, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 984 ratings — 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
	The Bone Gate (Lesser Known Monsters, #2) 4.27 avg rating — 303 ratings — 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
	The Torn Earth (Lesser Known Monsters, #3) 4.35 avg rating — 189 ratings — 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
	The Little Book of Lesser Known Monsters 4.25 avg rating — 122 ratings — 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
	The Lesser Known Monsters Series 4.71 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

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“.” “If I told you everything, with no limitations, you would never sleep again. Some humans have seen things they shouldn’t, learned things they wished they hadn’t. The descent into madness isn’t linear.”
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“Magic and science may be better bedfellows than either one would ever care to admit.”
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“The world is ending, and it is due to the choices of a young man named Oscar Tundale. He is entirely average in many ways and less than average in more. This is the story of why the world is ending. And how Oscar let it happen.”
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