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	Alien Family Values (Raconteur Press Anthologies Book 30) by Sandra L. Medlock (Goodreads Author), Sabrina Chase (Goodreads Author), Sarah Arnette 4.46 avg rating — 37 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
	It Came from the Trailer Park: Volume 4 by William Joseph Roberts (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Tim Bischoff (editor), Jonathan Maberry (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 25 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
	Goblin Bazaar (Raconteur Press Anthologies #43) by Cedar Sanderson (Goodreads Author), Keith Ahrens (Goodreads Author), Aaron Van Treeck 4.44 avg rating — 16 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
	Cursed Canyon: Wyrd West (Raconteur Press Anthologies #39) by Nick Nethery, Fred Phillips (Goodreads Author), M.C.A. Hogarth (Goodreads Author) 4.64 avg rating — 11 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
	Dreams of Gold and Fire 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2025 — 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
	Pet Monsters: Ten Tales of Monsters and the Kids Who Befriend Them (Raconteur Press Anthologies Book 78) by David Badurina (Goodreads Author), Samuel A. Mayo (Goodreads Author), C Lenz 4.43 avg rating — 7 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
	Beautiful Darkness: A Dragon Soul Press Anthology by J.E. Feldman (Goodreads Author), Stephen A. Roddewig (Goodreads Author), Warren Benedetto (Goodreads Author) 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — 6 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 Muse Within Us: An Anthology of Dark Fantasy and Horror (Raconteur Press Anthologies Book 77) by Wally Waltner (Goodreads Author), Malory, Fred Phillips (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 6 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
	It Came From the Trailer Park : Volume 5 by William Joseph Roberts (Goodreads Author), Darin Kennedy (Goodreads Author), Clara MacGauffin (Goodreads Author) 4.80 avg rating — 5 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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Well, not actual pet monsters that you can adopt. Sorry to disappoint you, there. But the Pet Monsters anthology from Raconteur Press should be the next best thing, right?

The collection features 10 tales of “Can we keep it, Mom?” One of those is my own story, “No Feels Left to Give.” When Max finally gets permission to spend the night with his friend Joey, he’s shocked when the boy shares that he

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“Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.”
― Terry Pratchett

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“Some tell it that "sorry" is the hardest word, but for me it has always been "help".”
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“Mister Dresden," he said. "And Miss Rodriguez, I believe. I didn't realize you were an art collector."
"I am the foremost collector of velvet Elvii in the city of Chicago," I said at once.
"Elvii?" Marcone inquired.
"The plural could be Elvises, I guess," I said. "But if I say that too often, I start muttering to myself and calling things 'my precious,' so I usually go with the Latin plural.”
― Jim Butcher, Death Masks

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