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	Out Behind the Barn by John Boden (Goodreads Author), Chad Lutzke (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 1,393 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Jedi Summer: With the Magnetic Kid 4.04 avg rating — 403 ratings — 10 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
	Psychos: Serial Killers, Depraved Madmen, and the Criminally Insane by John Skipp (Editor), Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author), Thomas Harris 3.86 avg rating — 413 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Walk The Darkness Down 4.13 avg rating — 191 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Shock Totem 1: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted by K. Allen Wood (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jennifer Pelland (Contributor), Don D'Ammassa (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.80 avg rating — 159 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	Spungunion 4.24 avg rating — 107 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
	Shock Totem 2: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted by K. Allen Wood (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Vincent Pendergast (Contributor), Leslianne Wilder (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.10 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Hardened Hearts by Eddie Generous (Editor), Gwendolyn Kiste (Goodreads Author), Tom Deady (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 94 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
	Dominoes 4.43 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Double Barrel Horror: There Will Be Angels... / Marlene the Magnificent 4.12 avg rating — 17 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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“He looked to Miss Rose who was staring out the window and from the looks of it, out of this world altogether.”
― John Boden, Out Behind the Barn

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“Her mind was on other things. She took the stub of a smoke from her lips and crushed it into the overflowing ashtray with the others. “That’s just like my life.” she muttered. A lot of promise and a few false starts, all of ‘em stubbed to a smoldering demise at one point.”
― John Boden, Out Behind the Barn

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“Yardley, Lutzke and Janz were like department store mannequins.”
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