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Fahrenheit 451

by Ray Bradbury

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The Complete Chronicles of Conan

by Robert E. Howard

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"'The Black Stranger', another great tale in this amazing collection. I dread the day I finish this book and have no more new tales to enjoy..." — Feb 25, 2017 11:41AM

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Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales

by H.P. Lovecraft

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The Rising: The Newsflesh Trilogy by Mira Grant

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Calling zombies “the infected” creates an artificial feeling of security, like we can somehow avoid joining them. Well, guess what? We can’t.

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“Those that men call Werewolves or Lycanthropes call themselves the Hounds of God, as they claim their transformation is a gift from their creator, and they repay the gift with their tenacity, for they will pursue an evildoer to the very gates of Hell.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book

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“Oh, he’s making a list … and checking it twice … he’s gonna find out … who’s naughty and nice … Then,”
― Stephen King, The Stand

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“This world is a motherfucker, isn’t it?” Angel nodded and said, “But it’s the only one we have.” Gus”
― Guillermo del Toro, The Fall

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“Night is real. Night is not an absence of light, but in fact, it is daytime that is a brief respite from the looming darkness … The”
― Guillermo del Toro, The Strain

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“Intolerance and superstition has always been the domain of the more stupid amongst the common folk and, I conjecture, will never be uprooted, for they are as eternal as stupidity itself. There, where mountains tower today, one day there will be seas; there where today seas surge, will one day be deserts. But stupidity will remain stupidity. Nicodemus”
― Andrzej Sapkowski, Blood of Elves

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