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Red Runs the River (Life of the Dead) by Tony Urban
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is how the end begins. In the thrilling conclusion of the LIFE OF THE DEAD series, the men and women who survived the initial days of the zombie apocalypse are faced with new challenges and epic adventures and every decision is the difference between life and death... -
![Johannes Cabal and the Blustery Day by Jonathan L. Howard]()
Johannes Cabal and the Blustery Day by Jonathan L. Howard
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJohannes Cabal has faced down the undead, ghosts, monsters, and Satan himself. But before all that, he fought the terrifying Bonewind, a supernatural being that devours life itself, and he did it all without leaving his house. "Johannes Cabal and the Blustery Day" was the story that first introduced the necromancer of some little infamy back in 2004... -
![Classics of Horror: Frankenstein Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Dracula by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Bram Stoker]()
Classics of Horror: Frankenstein Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Dracula by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Bram Stoker
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsClassics of Horror : Frankenstein; The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr...Categorized as:
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![Dracula + Dracula's Guest and 3 Other Horror Stories by Bram Stoker]()
Dracula + Dracula's Guest and 3 Other Horror Stories by Bram Stoker
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThis carefully crafted ebook: “Dracula + Dracula's Guest and 3 Other Horror Stories” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Dracula is an 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker... -
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![Factotum by D.M. Cornish]()
Factotum by D.M. Cornish
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsRossamund Bookchild stands accused of not truly being a human at all, but of being a monster. Even the protection of Europe, the Branden Rose-the most feared and renowned monster-hunter in all the Half-Continent-might not be enough to save him. Powerful forces move against them both, intent on capturing Rossamund- whose existence some believe may hold the secret to perpetual youth... -
![The Night Crossing by Robert Masello]()
The Night Crossing by Robert Masello
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBram Stoker kept secret a tale even more terrifying than Dracula. It begins among the Carpathian peaks, when an intrepid explorer discovers a mysterious golden box. She brings it back with her to the foggy streets of Victorian London, unaware of its dangerous power…or that an evil beyond imagining has already taken root in the city... -
![Ouroboros Ouzo by Jonathan L. Howard]()
Ouroboros Ouzo by Jonathan L. Howard
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat if you could see the future? What if the future could see YOU? Johannes Cabal, a necromancer of some little infamy, has discovered a way to give some insights into how he should conduct his future researches; by drinking a glass of the legendary "Ouroboros Ouzo." Rare and precious, the liquor is reputed to give a once in a lifetime glimpse into what may be... -
![Exeunt Demon King by Jonathan L. Howard]()
Exeunt Demon King by Jonathan L. Howard
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJohannes Cabal, a necromancer of some little infamy, has faced many horrors during his career, but in this tale he tells of an early encounter with something that horrified even him.Pantomime.A provincial theatre has seen a series of strange deaths. The young Cabal investigates, even though this requires him to don red tights, a curling moustache, and become... the Demon King... -
![Best Ghost Stories of J.S. Le Fanu by J. Sheridan Le Fanu]()
Best Ghost Stories of J.S. Le Fanu by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHere are 16 classic ghost stories: "Carmilla" (perhaps the classic vampire thriller), "Green Tea", "The Familiar", "The Haunted Baronet", "Madam Crowl's Ghost", "The Dead Sexton", "An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House" plus nine others. Half these stories never published before in U.S... -
![Sky's End by Marc J. Gregson]()
Sky's End by Marc J. Gregson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAn instant New York Times bestseller with three starred reviews—now under development as a feature film franchise!Plummet into a kill-or-be-killed competition where a scrappy underdog hell-bent on revenge must battle colossal monstrosities and claw his way to the top in this fast-paced, breakout sensation from YA fantasy author Marc J Gregson...Categorized as:
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![The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard by Robert E. Howard]()
The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard by Robert E. Howard
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsHere are Howard’s greatest horror tales, all in their original, definitive versions. Some of Howard’s best-known characters–Solomon Kane, Bran Mak Morn, and sailor Steve Costigan among them–roam the forbidding locales of the author’s fevered imagination, from the swamps and bayous of the Deep South to the fiend-haunted woods outside Paris to remote jungles in Africa...Categorized as:
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![Cyrus LongBones and the Curse of the Sea Zombie by Jeremy Mathiesen]()
Cyrus LongBones and the Curse of the Sea Zombie by Jeremy Mathiesen
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStealing into forbidden territory, sixteen-year-old Cyrus LongBones discovers that his small island is in fact a giant, fossilized turtle shell. With his village’s obsession of working the earth, the skeleton collapses in on itself, killing Cyrus’ brother and destroying his village. Forced into action, Cyrus is the first of his kind to leave his land and sail out to sea in search of a new home... -
![Invasion: Zombie Apocalypse by M.D. Massey]()
Invasion: Zombie Apocalypse by M.D. Massey
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTHEM Invasion: Book Zero in the Scratch Sullivan Paranormal Post-Apocalyptic Action Novel Series...Aidan "Scratch" Sullivan is a former Army Ranger and Afghanistan War vet trying to achieve some semblance of normalcy while he deals with the psychological after-effects of two combat tours in the 'Stan...Categorized as:
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![Last Train from Perdition by Robert McCammon]()
Last Train from Perdition by Robert McCammon
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEver on the hunt for LaRouge, Lawson still travels by night, but no longer alone. Crack-shot, whip-smart Ann has become his companion, on her own search for her vampire-taken father and sister. Lawson has been summoned from New Orleans and the Hotel Sanctuaire to Omaha by a wealthy man who needs his son retrieved from a band of outlaws... -
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![Moonbreaker by Simon R. Green]()
Moonbreaker by Simon R. Green
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRide shotgun with a “James Bond–of-the-supernatural”* as the Secret Histories Novels take you careering through an alternate London where around every corner a new kind of danger awaits....My name is Eddie Drood, aka Shaman Bond, the very secret agent. And I am a dead man walking.I’ve been poisoned by Dr. DOA. There is no cure, no treatment, no chance of a last-minute miracle... -
![The Death of Me by Jonathan L. Howard]()
The Death of Me by Jonathan L. Howard
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJohannes Cabal, a necromancer of some little infamy, has this much in common with Emily Dickinson; because he could not stop for Death, she kindly stopped for him. Well, perhaps not that kindly... -
![Under the Wicked Moon: A Novel by Abe Moss]()
Under the Wicked Moon: A Novel by Abe Moss
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSpellbinding horror... -
![The Book of Cthulhu by Ross E. Lockhart, Caitlín R. Kiernan]()
The Book of Cthulhu by Ross E. Lockhart, Caitlín R. Kiernan
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Cthulhu Mythos is one of the 20th century's most singularly recognizable literary creations. Initially created by H. P. Lovecraft and a group of his amorphous contemporaries (the so-called "Lovecraft Circle"), The Cthulhu Mythos story cycle has taken on a convoluted, cyclopean life of its own...Categorized as:
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![The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Holmes by Loren D. Estleman]()
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Holmes by Loren D. Estleman
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSherlock Holmes has already encountered the evil young hedonist Edward Hyde, and knew he was strangely connected with Henry Jekyll, the respectable young doctor. It was not until the Queen herself requested it, however, that Holmes was officially on the case of the savage murder of Sir Danvers Crew. Here, then is the account of that devilish crime as recorded by Dr Watson.. -
![The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories by Robert Louis Stevenson]()
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories by Robert Louis Stevenson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 28 ratings&&LDIV&&R&&LDIV&&R&&LI&&RThe Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr... -
![In the Flesh by Clive Barker]()
In the Flesh by Clive Barker
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTerrifying and forbidding, subversive and insightful, Clive Barker's groundbreaking stories revolutionized the worlds of horrific and fantastical fiction and established Barker's dominance over the otherworldly and the all-too-real...Categorized as:
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![Devils Unto Dust by Emma Berquist]()
Devils Unto Dust by Emma Berquist
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLife out here is hard. So you have to be harder.Willie has always survived. No matter what life in Glory, Texas, has thrown at her. The sickness that swept through the state and turned most living creatures into terrifying shakes. Her own mother succumbing to the disease. Her father disappearing into saloons and gambling and liquor. Willie survives...Categorized as:
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![SNAFU: An Anthology of Military Horror by Geoff Brown, Amanda J. Spedding]()
SNAFU: An Anthology of Military Horror by Geoff Brown, Amanda J. Spedding
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWar is hell . . . Soldiers fight to survive. They fight each other, and they fight the demons inside. Sometimes, they fight real monsters. This book collects stories of ancient myths, time travelers, horrors in the old west . . . and the soldiers who fight them...Categorized as:
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![The Werewolf of Whitechapel by Suzannah Rowntree]()
The Werewolf of Whitechapel by Suzannah Rowntree
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMurder, monsters…and a disreputable lady’s-maid on a mission.A killer prowls the grimy streets of Whitechapel. Scotland Yard seems determined to turn a blind eye. But with one look at her best friend's corpse, Liz Sharp knows the truth: the killer is a werewolf, one of the monsters that rules Europe.If she doesn't hold the monster accountable, no one else will...Categorized as:
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![Skin Medicine by Tim Curran]()
Skin Medicine by Tim Curran
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn unspeakable evil is stalking the territory. Civil war veteran and bounty hunter Tyler Cabe, who is tracking a merciless murderer, must find a way to battle something beyond the imagination of living man... -
![Fate & Fortune by Maz Maddox]()
Fate & Fortune by Maz Maddox
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Skinwalker named Sky dreams of a dark fate.Marked as a death omen by his tribe, he lives on the fringes of Stallion Ridge, silently guarding the citizens and their lawmen. As his dreams become darker each night, he begins to dread that there is something unstoppable closing in.As darkness surrounds him, Sky becomes captivated by a spark... -
![The Beast of Nightfall Lodge by Steven Sidor]()
The Beast of Nightfall Lodge by Steven Sidor
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA mysterious explorer hires a team of adventurers to join him in a hunt for a monstrous beast, in this rip-roaring sequel to Fury From the Tomb. When Egyptologist Rom Hardy receives a strange letter from his old friend, the bounty-hunting sniper Rex McTroy, he finds himself drawn into a chilling mystery...Categorized as:
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![Uncanny Magazine Issue 10: May/June 2016 by Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas]()
Uncanny Magazine Issue 10: May/June 2016 by Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe May/June 2016 issue of Uncanny Magazine. Featuring new fiction by Seanan McGuire, Kat Howard, JY Yang, Alyssa Wong, and Haralambi Markov, reprinted fiction by Kameron Hurley, essays by Foz Meadows, Tanya DePass, Sarah Monette, and Stephanie Zvan, poetry by Beth Cato, M... -
![Deadman's Crossing by Joe R. Lansdale]()
Deadman's Crossing by Joe R. Lansdale
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDeadwood meets The Walking Dead in this wild and profane Western romp featuring zombies, werewolves, killer bees, and one pissed-off gun-slinging preacher.The Wild West has never seen the likes of Reverend Jebidiah Mercer, a hard man wielding a burning Bible and a bottle of whiskey in the battle between God and the Devil. Frankly, he's not sure he gives a damn who wins...Categorized as:
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![Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula by Stephen Seitz]()
Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula by Stephen Seitz
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter Mina Murray asks Sherlock Holmes to locate her fiancee, Holmes and Watson travel to a land far eerier than the moors they had known when pursuing the Hound of the Baskervilles. The confrontation with Count Dracula threatens Holmes' health, his sanity, and his life... -
![A Rope of Thorns by Gemma Files]()
A Rope of Thorns by Gemma Files
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYOU MUST LET BLOOD TO GET BLOODNew Mexico, 1867. As consort to resurrected Mayan goddess Ixchel, hexslinger Reverend Asher Rook has founded Hex City, the first place in all of human history where magicians can live and work together safely... -
![Stoker's Wilde by Steven Hopstaken, Melissa Prusi]()
Stoker's Wilde by Steven Hopstaken, Melissa Prusi
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Historical details and supernatural monsters abound, but it is the odd couple of Wilde and Stoker, with their diametrically opposed personalities and interesting quirks, that drives this story. Pass this volume on to readers who are hungry for more historical stories with a supernatural frame." - BooklistLonglisted for The Guardian's Not the Booker Prize 2019... -
![Dead Hope by Flint Maxwell]()
Dead Hope by Flint Maxwell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsApocalypse. The End. Annihilation. Six months have passed since the chaos in Woodhaven, and though Jack Jupiter escaped, he couldn't stop the virus from ravaging the globe, nor could he stop the billions from turning into undead creatures that feast upon the living. Now, society is on its knees. And Jack's group continues on, traveling from city to city, looking for a place to call home... -
![Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Tales by Bram Stoker]()
Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Tales by Bram Stoker
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMenacing tales from one of the masters of horror fictionAlthough Bram Stoker is best known for his world-famous novel Dracula, he also wrote many shorter works on the strange and the macabre... -
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![The Dragon Lantern by Alan Gratz]()
The Dragon Lantern by Alan Gratz
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsArchie Dent is convinced that he and his friends Hachi and Fergus are the first three members of a new League of Seven: a group of heroes who come together to fight the Mangleborn whenever the monsters arise to destroy humanity. His belief is put to the test when they are forced to undertake separate missions. Archie and his faithful Tik-Tok servant Mr... -
![Dust Devils by Jonathan Janz]()
Dust Devils by Jonathan Janz
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBeware when the vampires come to town! When traveling actors recruited his wife for a plum role, Cody Wilson had no idea they would murder her. Twelve-year-old Willet Black was just as devastated the night the fiends slaughtered everyone he loved. Now Cody and Willet are bent on revenge, but neither of them suspects what they’re really up against. For the actors are vampires... -
![The Monster War by Alan Gratz]()
The Monster War by Alan Gratz
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Monster War is the third book in the action-packed, steampunk League of Seven series by acclaimed author Alan Gratz.Having discovered the monstrous secret of his origins, Archie Dent is no longer certain that he is worthy to be a member of the League of Seven. But with new enemies to face, he realizes that he may not have the luxury of questioning his destiny... -
![The Legend of Charlie Fish by Josh Rountree]()
The Legend of Charlie Fish by Josh Rountree
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs an unlikely found-family flees toward Galveston, a psychic young girl bonds with Charlie Fish, an enigmatic gill-man. Meanwhile, they are pursued by bounty hunters determined to profit from the spectacle of Charlie. But the Great Storm—the worst natural disaster in U.S. history—is on its way...Categorized as:
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![I Travel by Night by Robert McCammon]()
I Travel by Night by Robert McCammon
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFor Lawson, the horrors that stalked the Civil War battlefield at Shiloh were more than just those of war. After being forcibly given the gift of undeath by the mysterious vampire queen LaRouge, Lawson chose to cling to what remained of his humanity and fought his way free of the Dark Societys clutches... -
![Dead Acre by Rhett C. Bruno, Jaime Castle]()
Dead Acre by Rhett C. Bruno, Jaime Castle
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAward-winning voice actor Roger Clark, the voice behind Red Dead Redemption 2’s Arthur Morgan, brings you a world of rugged outlaws, dark magic, and plenty of six-shooters. The Witcher meets the Dresden Files set in the Wild West in this guns-blazing Weird Western by a number-one Audible bestselling duo.James Crowley met his mortal end in the West in a hail of gunfire... -
![The League of Seven by Alan Gratz]()
The League of Seven by Alan Gratz
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe launch of a middle grade fantasy trilogy set in an alternate 1870s America, where electricity is a dangerous and forbidden science, Native Americans and Yankees live side-by-side as a United Nations, and eldritch evil lurks in the shadows beyond the gaslights...Young Archie Dent knows there really are monster in the world...Categorized as:
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![Straight Outta Tombstone by David Boop, Larry Correia]()
Straight Outta Tombstone by David Boop, Larry Correia
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTales of the Weird Wild West.Top authors take on the classic western, with a weird twist. Includes new stories by Larry Correia and Jim Butcher! Come visit the Old West, the land where gang initiations, ride-by shootings and territory disputes got their start...Categorized as:
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![The Book of Cthulhu II by Ross E. Lockhart, Laird Barron]()
The Book of Cthulhu II by Ross E. Lockhart, Laird Barron
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Night Shade Books unleashed The Book of Cthulhu onto an unsuspecting world, it was critically acclaimed as "the ultimate Cthulhu anthology" and "a 'must read' for fans of Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos," The Book of Cthulhu went where no collection of mythos tales had gone before: to the very edge of madness… and beyond.For nearly a century, H. P...Categorized as:
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![The Scream by John Skipp, Craig Spector]()
The Scream by John Skipp, Craig Spector
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRock 'n' Roll. Hell. Two great tastes that taste great together. Long before Elvis gyrated on the Sullivan Show or the Beatles toiled the smoky red-light bars of Hamburg, music has been sowing the seeds of liberation. Or damnation. With each new generation the edge of rebellion pushed farther. Rhythms quickened. Volume increased. Lyrics coarsened... -
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![Dead Leprechauns & Devil Cats: Strange Tales of the White Street Society by Grady Hendrix]()
Dead Leprechauns & Devil Cats: Strange Tales of the White Street Society by Grady Hendrix
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNew York Times-bestselling author, Grady Hendrix (Horrorstör, Paperbacks from Hell), savagely satirizes Victorian adventure fiction in this steampunk smackdown full of decapitated heads that sing, Tong wars, bacon sex, German holiday demons, and the Potato Homunculus! Some of the most popular stories ever released on audio fiction platform Pseudopod, the White Street Society tells the tales of a... -
![Hunger on the Chisholm Trail by M. Ennenbach]()
Hunger on the Chisholm Trail by M. Ennenbach
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe first cattle drive of the season leaves Texas for Abilene, Kansas along the Chisholm Trail, but unforeseen terrors lay hidden in the natural beauty of the land. In the heart of Indian Territory lies the sleepy town of Duncan, a friendly respite from the dusty land. But something lurks in the untamed West-a powerful creature that hunts to satiate its horrifying hunger... -
![Monstrocity by Jeffrey Thomas]()
Monstrocity by Jeffrey Thomas
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere are haunted places. Haunted houses. The metropolis of Punktown, on the planet Oasis, is a haunted city. An unassuming and aimless young man has begun to perceive the city's dark tentacles in the lay of the streets. Its roots in the labyrinth of the subways. Its polluted taint in the eyes of the people he knows, and even loves... -
![Grimoire by Kim Wilkins]()
Grimoire by Kim Wilkins
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor centuries, magicians have compiled grimoires to call up demons. In Victorian London, one ambitious warlock, Peter Owling, designed a book of shadows to summon the Lord of the Demons - Satan himself. The plan backfired, Owling was killed and the book was ripped into four pieces and sent to the far corners of the earth. One fragment wound up in a shipment of books destined for the Colonies... -
![An Occurrence in Crazy Bear Valley by Brian Keene]()
An Occurrence in Crazy Bear Valley by Brian Keene
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStrap on your six-guns and saddle up for a shoot-out against a horde of angry Sasquatch, zombies, dinosaurs, and more. The Old West has never been weirder or wilder than it has in the hands of master horror writer Brian Keene.Morgan and his gang are on the run–from their pasts and from the posse riding hot on their heels, intent on seeing them hang... -
![The Boar by Joe R. Lansdale, Alex McVey]()
The Boar by Joe R. Lansdale, Alex McVey
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's the Great Depression in East Texas, and a fifteen year-old boy has to face down a wild boar that threatens his family...
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