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	Ravenous (Triskaidekaphilia, #2) by Ariel Jade (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Wendy Nikel (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Jaap Boekestein (Contributor) 4.28 avg rating — 46 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
	The Best of Heroic Fantasy Quarterly: Volume 1, 2009-2011 by Adrian Simmons (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Richard Marsden, Danny Adams (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 47 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
	Windwalkers 3.38 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Horror Library, Volume 3 by R.J. Cavender (Editor), Bentley Little (Contributor), Kealan Patrick Burke (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.24 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	Bound for Evil: Curious Tales of Books Gone Bad by Tom English (Goodreads Author) (Editor), T.A.C. Amaral, Glynn Owen Barrass 4.65 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2008	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 Best of Heroic Fantasy Quarterly: Volume 2, 2011-2013: Best of HFQ Volume 2 by Adrian Simmons (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Keanan Brand (Goodreads Author), David Farney (Editor) 3.89 avg rating — 19 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
	The Best of Heroic Fantasy Quarterly: Volume 3, 2013-2015 by Adrian Simmons (Goodreads Author), Robert Zoltan (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations), Charles Gramlich 4.07 avg rating — 15 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
	Mr. Menace by R. Michael Burns (Goodreads Author), Janet McDonald (Cover) 4.15 avg rating — 13 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
	Shroud 7 by Timothy Deal (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Contributor, Illustrator), Adam Cesare (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), John Shirley (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2009	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
	Carnival of the Damned by Henry Snider (Editor), Tracy L. Carbone (Goodreads Author), Justin Short (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2014 — 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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