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	Callus & Crow: The Wayward World Chronicles, Volume 1 3.98 avg rating — 48 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
	Residuum: A Darkening Dawn novella 4.71 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
	No Hook for the Hood: A Shadows of The Collegiate Short story 4.56 avg rating — 9 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 Book of Spores: A Fungal SFF Anthology by Adrian M. Gibson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ed Crocker (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Frasier Armitage (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 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
	The Price of Piety: A Shadows of the Collegiate short story 4.86 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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D.B. Rook is 40% done with Seeker: The prose in this book are invoking so much glorious lovecraft and I am loving it! Not the story, I might add, just the glorious style. The story is great and still has me totally hooked now I am well into the meat of it. Seeker (The Sentinel Archives, #1) by Samuel Griffin (Goodreads Author) progress:	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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