Scary October reads

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236 reviews
½ 3.6
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SomeGuyInVirginia: Vols 1-3 make up the most astonishing collection of weird short fiction I have ever read.
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52 reviews
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SomeGuyInVirginia: The perfect haunted house story.
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24 reviews
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½ 3.3
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SomeGuyInVirginia: The best in 70s British horror. The premise is so good- one person walks away from a catastrophic airline crash -that it's been stolen several times.
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40 reviews
½ 3.6
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SomeGuyInVirginia: The other The Other.
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52 members
3.1
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4 reviews
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SomeGuyInVirginia: The anti-Christie.
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2 reviews
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½ 4.3
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2 reviews
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SomeGuyInVirginia: Really gross.
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230 members
14 reviews
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½ 3.6
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SomeGuyInVirginia: A lady who mops up violent crimes scenes is haunted by an ancient native spirit.
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90 members
3.8
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SomeGuyInVirginia: The Robert Graves of splatterpunk. Unlike most who are, his agreeable, cinematic style really does bear comparison to Stephen King.
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599 members
27 reviews
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8 reviews
½ 3.6
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SomeGuyInVirginia: Good lord, just try not to have a good time reading this chiller.
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SomeGuyInVirginia: The Natural Born Killers of Vatican vampire assassin books.
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33 reviews
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SomeGuyInVirginia: Ew! Ew ew ew ew ew!
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363 members
4 reviews
3.8
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29 reviews
½ 3.5
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SomeGuyInVirginia: Like an Ealing black comedy in your head.
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249 members
2 reviews
½ 3.7
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215 members
18 reviews
½ 3.3
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SomeGuyInVirginia: Gross. Weird. Under appreciated.
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29 reviews
½ 3.6
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SomeGuyInVirginia: The NPR Exorcist.
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194 members
5 reviews
½ 3.6
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½ 3.7
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SomeGuyInVirginia: Chilling and oddly moving.
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3 reviews
½ 3.7
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SomeGuyInVirginia: A homicidal maniac haunts an old theater in London. What are you waiting for?
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31 reviews
½ 3.6
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SomeGuyInVirginia: Practically perfect in every way. Get out your wallet.
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858 members
9 reviews
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SomeGuyInVirginia: For people who wouldn't be caught dead reading something trashy like Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?.
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32 reviews
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SomeGuyInVirginia: Why, he's no crazier than I am.
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2 reviews
3.9
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3 reviews
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SomeGuyInVirginia: Contains two of the most disturbing short stories in the language; The Visitor From Down Under, and The Travelling Grave.
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4 reviews
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206 reviews
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8 reviews
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SomeGuyInVirginia: A perfect Gothic shocker.
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298 members
7 reviews
½ 3.4
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159 members
2 reviews
½ 3.6
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SomeGuyInVirginia: A society matron pushes a baby and carriage in front of his speeding truck, and that's not even the worst thing that happens to him that day.
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SomeGuyInVirginia: Probably the most perfect thriller of all time.
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176 members
5 reviews
3.9
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350 members
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SomeGuyInVirginia: Grubby, 80s-era NYC vampires.
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SomeGuyInVirginia: I gave up on the Preston/Child series after Cemetery Dance, but this book is about perfect.
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86 members
5 reviews
½ 3.7
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12 reviews
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12 reviews
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SomeGuyInVirginia: By the pricking of my thumbs...
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407 members
5 reviews
3.9
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SomeGuyInVirginia: Wish all you want! Bwahaha! Bwahahahaha! (evil laugh)
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SomeGuyInVirginia: Grand guignol as social criticism.