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John Dies at the End
Publisher:Permuted PressYear:2007The town is Undisclosed. David Wong and John Cheese are fake names. Soy sauce is a drug that lets you see beyond the boundaries of time and the dimensional planes of existence; and it will burrow its way inside of you whether you want to take it or not. Korrok is coming, and this book…
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My Imaginary Boyfriend
Publisher:IndependentYear:2020Phraphai meets a boy at his neighbourhood playground that no one else can see or hear. Twenty years later, he returns to his childhood home, and finds an adult Klongyao waiting for him at the swingset. Overjoyed to reconnect, Phraphai doesn’t hesitate to swear never to leave Klongyao again.
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Horror Movie
Year:2024Thirty years after filming, the sole-surviving cast member is back for the reboot of a never-released horror movie, and he’s willing to feed into the “cursed film” mystery, no matter what cost.
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Seeking Spirit: A Vietnamese (Non)Buddhist Memoir
Publisher:Guernica EditionsYear:2025A deeply introspective look at Trinh’s life through her experiences, juxtaposed alongside figures from well known myths, legends, and religious texts.
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Fuse
Publisher:Guernica EditionsYear:2021A raw, self-examination of belonging, and being. In Fuse, Hollay Ghadery shares vulnerable snapshots of her mental health journey, with visceral honesty, through the poetic lens of hindsight.
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The Unravelling: Incest and the Destruction of a Family
Publisher:University of Regina PressYear:2021A family comes together to plan a wedding, and in their shared moments they face the rumblings of ongoing trauma wrought from the incestuous behaviour of their patriarch. The details within The Unravelling are recounted with brutal and unflinching honesty by Donna Besel.
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Arctic Predator: The Crimes of Edward Horne Against Children in Canada’s North
Publisher:Dundurn PressYear:2025From 1971 to 1985, Edward Horne used his position of trust, and authority as a school teacher in the Northwest Territories, to systematically gain unsupervised access to Inuit children who he abused, causing irreparable harm, and intergenerational trauma. Kathleen Lippa’s Arctic Predator is not an easy read, but it is an important one.
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I Love / Kill You
Publisher:IndependentYear:2022Phu and Krit meet at a psychiatrist’s clinic. Phu is called in first, and Krit resigns himself never to see the handsome boy again only to find Phu waiting after his session. A romance ensues, but things only appear good on the surface. The reality of their manipulative motivations will soon be revealed…
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The Girl From the Well
Publisher:SourcebooksYear:2015Okiku has been dead for over three hundred years. She wanders the earth liberating the shackled souls of murdered children, and devouring the souls of their attackers. Rin Chupeco’s The Girl from the Well is violent, visceral, and poetic; filled with Japanese folklore; gruesome and shocking; a beautiful but unconventional ghost story.
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Fifteen Thousand Pieces: A Medical Examiner’s Journey through Disaster
Publisher:Guernica EditionsYear:2023Fifteen Thousand Pieces delves into the struggles faced by the incredible people who provided support in the aftermath of the September 1998 crash of Swissair Flight 111. The book focuses on the life and career of Dr. John Butt, the Nova Scotia medical examiner overseeing the recovery and identification of the 229 individuals who perished…
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Everything the Darkness Eats
Publisher:Clash BooksYear:2023Set in a rural New England town, Everything the Darkness Eats blends the allure of supernatural forces alongside the shock of bigotry. Ghost is haunted by a small spirit of unknown origin that feeds off of his despair. Malik struggles to find acceptance after moving to the area to help investigate a string of disappearances.…
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A Head Full of Ghosts
Year:2015A Head Full of Ghosts is a Bram Stoker Award winning novel about an eight-year-old girl named Merry (Meredith), who is struggling to make sense of unsettling changes affecting her older sister Marjorie. The story is divided into three parts, and each section includes one chapter set 15 years in the future where adult Merry…
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John Dies at the End
Publisher:Permuted PressYear:2007The town is Undisclosed. David Wong and John Cheese are fake names. Soy sauce is a drug that lets you see beyond the boundaries of time and the dimensional planes of existence; and it will burrow its way inside of you whether you want to take it or not. Korrok is coming, and this book…
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Horror Movie
Year:2024Thirty years after filming, the sole-surviving cast member is back for the reboot of a never-released horror movie, and he’s willing to feed into the “cursed film” mystery, no matter what cost.
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The Girl From the Well
Publisher:SourcebooksYear:2015Okiku has been dead for over three hundred years. She wanders the earth liberating the shackled souls of murdered children, and devouring the souls of their attackers. Rin Chupeco’s The Girl from the Well is violent, visceral, and poetic; filled with Japanese folklore; gruesome and shocking; a beautiful but unconventional ghost story.
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Everything the Darkness Eats
Publisher:Clash BooksYear:2023Set in a rural New England town, Everything the Darkness Eats blends the allure of supernatural forces alongside the shock of bigotry. Ghost is haunted by a small spirit of unknown origin that feeds off of his despair. Malik struggles to find acceptance after moving to the area to help investigate a string of disappearances.…
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Fuse
Publisher:Guernica EditionsYear:2021A raw, self-examination of belonging, and being. In Fuse, Hollay Ghadery shares vulnerable snapshots of her mental health journey, with visceral honesty, through the poetic lens of hindsight.
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Arctic Predator: The Crimes of Edward Horne Against Children in Canada’s North
Publisher:Dundurn PressYear:2025From 1971 to 1985, Edward Horne used his position of trust, and authority as a school teacher in the Northwest Territories, to systematically gain unsupervised access to Inuit children who he abused, causing irreparable harm, and intergenerational trauma. Kathleen Lippa’s Arctic Predator is not an easy read, but it is an important one.
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The Girl From the Well
Publisher:SourcebooksYear:2015Okiku has been dead for over three hundred years. She wanders the earth liberating the shackled souls of murdered children, and devouring the souls of their attackers. Rin Chupeco’s The Girl from the Well is violent, visceral, and poetic; filled with Japanese folklore; gruesome and shocking; a beautiful but unconventional ghost story.
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Fifteen Thousand Pieces: A Medical Examiner’s Journey through Disaster
Publisher:Guernica EditionsYear:2023Fifteen Thousand Pieces delves into the struggles faced by the incredible people who provided support in the aftermath of the September 1998 crash of Swissair Flight 111. The book focuses on the life and career of Dr. John Butt, the Nova Scotia medical examiner overseeing the recovery and identification of the 229 individuals who perished…
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John Dies at the End
The town is Undisclosed. David Wong and John Cheese are fake names. Soy sauce is a drug that lets you see beyond the boundaries of time and the dimensional planes of existence; and it will burrow its way inside of you whether you want to take it or not. Korrok is coming, and this book…