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Julia C. Lewis

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Julia C. Lewis is a book reviewer, editor, and writer. Her work has appeared in anthologies such as Blackberry Blood, From the Yonder III, and Slash-Her. She was born and raised in Germany, and also currently lives there after spending some time in the US. Her heart belongs to her husband, two kids, and three dogs. Her favorite book genre is horror with a particular taste in indie horror.

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	Slash-Her by Janine Pipe (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jill Girardi (Goodreads Author) (Editor), S.J. Budd (Goodreads Author) 4.37 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Dangerous Waters: Deadly Women of the Sea by Julia C. Lewis (Goodreads Author) (Editor), John Higgins (Contributor), Patrick Rutigliano (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.06 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	HorrorScope: A Zodiac Anthology, Volume 2 by H. Everend (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Gregory Leather (Contributor), Kerry E.B. Black (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.56 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Blackberry Blood by Aiden Merchant (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Julia C. Lewis (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sadie Hartmann (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.43 avg rating — 23 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
	Dead of Night: A Book of Vampire Horror by Marcus Hawke (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Hawke Haus Books, Spencer Hamilton 4.09 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Step into the Light: An anthology of daylight horror by S.J. Townend (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Maxwell Marais, Bryson Richard 4.21 avg rating — 14 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
	Rampage on the Reef by Jay Alexander (Editor), Julia C. Lewis (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Robert Mammone (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.46 avg rating — 13 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
	That Old House: The Bathroom: Part 2 by Angel Krause, Jessica Gleason (Goodreads Author), Julia C. Lewis (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 9 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
	Year Four: Dark Moments and Patreon by S. Jade Path (Goodreads Author) (Editor), A. Lily, A.H. Syme it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 8 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
	A Coven of Witches by Heather C. Page (Goodreads Author), Martin Eastland, Ron Hardwick 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2023 — 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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Pretty Little Liars 3-Book Collection (Pretty Little Liars, #1-3)

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“No, the menace of the supernatural is that it attacks where modern minds are weakest, where we have abandoned our protective armor of superstition and have no substitute defense.”
― Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House

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“I read that every known superstition in the world is gathered into the horseshoe of the Carpathians, as if it were the centre of some sort of imaginative whirlpool; if so my stay may be very interesting. (Mem., I must ask the Count all about them.)”
― Bram Stoker, Dracula

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“Remember that all through history, there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they seem invincible. But in the end, they always fall. Always.”
― Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi: An Autobiography

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“One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.”
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“A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future.”
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