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	Vastarien: Vol. 1, Issue 1 by Dagny Paul (Editor), Thomas Ligotti (Contributor), W. Silverwood (Contributor) 4.31 avg rating — 159 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
	Nox Pareidolia by Robert S. Wilson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Laird Barron (Goodreads Author), S.P. Miskowski (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 157 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
	Rejected for Content: Splattergore by Catt Dahman (Goodreads Author) (editor), Essel Pratt (Goodreads Author), Alex S. Johnson (Goodreads Author) 3.69 avg rating — 74 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
	Kids by Jack Rollins (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Stuart Keane (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michael Bray (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Nightscript: Volume 2 by C.M. Muller (Editor), Michael Griffin, Gordon White (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Vastarien: Vol. 3, Issue 1 by Jon Padgett (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Matt Cardin (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michael Cisco (Editor) 4.41 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2020	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
	Rejected for Content 2: Aberrant Menagerie by Jim Goforth (Goodreads Author) (editor), Christopher Ropes (Goodreads Author), Essel Scott Pratt 4.23 avg rating — 31 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
	Complicity 4.65 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2016	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 Operating Theater 4.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2015	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 for RAICES: A Charitable Anthology by Jennifer Wilson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Robert S. Wilson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Paul Tremblay (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2019	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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I just completed reading Carlton Mellick III’s Cuddly Holocaust. If you want to know what I thought of it, carry on to the mildly spoilery paragraphs below:

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The Zen Teaching of Huang Po: On the Transmission of Mind

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