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5 scary books you might not have heard of

Need something to read as the scariest night of the year approaches? Have I got you covered.
The covers for Alison Rumfitt's Tell Me I'm Worthless, Caitlin Starling's The Luminous Dead, and John Langan's The Fisherman.
(Credit: Tor Nightfire/Harper Voyager/Word Horde)

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Emily St. James

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