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  • The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Volume 2 by Edgar Allan Poe

    The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Volume 2 by Edgar Allan Poe

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    THE PURLOINED LETTER THE THOUSAND-AND-SECOND TALE OF SCHEHERAZADE A DESCENT INTO THE MAELSTRÖM. VON KEMPELEN AND HIS DISCOVERY MESMERIC REVELATION THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF M. VALDEMAR THE BLACK CAT. THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER SILENCE—A FABLE THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH. THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO...
  • Dark Destiny by Christine Feehan

    Dark Destiny by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    They were masters of the darkness, searching through eternity for a mistress of the light.... Her childhood had been a nightmare of violence and pain until she heard his voice calling out to her. Golden and seductive. The voice of an angel.He had shown her how to survive, taught her to use her unique gifts, trained her in the ancient art of hunting the vampire...
  • Of Foster Homes and Flies by Chad Lutzke, Alberto Plumed

    Of Foster Homes and Flies by Chad Lutzke, Alberto Plumed

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A neglected 12-year-old boy does nothing to report the death of his mother in order to compete in a spelling bee. A tragic coming-of-age tale of horror and drama in the setting of a hot New Orleans summer. "Original, touching coming of age." ~Jack Ketchum, author of THE GIRL NEXT DOOR "With OF FOSTER HOMES & FLIES, Lutzke is firing on all cylinders. It's a lean mean emotional machine...
  • Mob Sorcery 5 by K.D. Robertson

    Mob Sorcery 5 by K.D. Robertson

    Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Yakuza demigod lurks in the city, wounded but not defeated, and Vince needs to bring her down for good. He needs a team fit for slaying a god, even if he has to ask for favors from old bosses and cross boundaries to build it.Aulfair's powerful conglomerates prepare for the implosion of one of their own...
  • ANGEL TRILOGY by C.J. Bishop

    ANGEL TRILOGY by C.J. Bishop

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    18-year-old Angel’s sudden arrival at the Phoenix throws Dane’s heart into a frenzy. But after losing out so recently with Caleb, he is in no hurry to feel the heartache again and resists his own rapidly growing feelings for the young man, unaware that what Angel needs most right now is someone he can trust and feel safe with...
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    dark  steamy  abuse  adult  book  contemporary  crime  fiction
  • Diesel by M. Merin

    Diesel by M. Merin

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hot on the trail of a major human trafficking ring, Diesel sinks deeper and deeper into the darkness of that world the more he unearths the digital footprints of those responsible for the kidnapping and death of members of his MC Family...
  • Maldoror and the Complete Works by Comte de Lautréamont

    Maldoror and the Complete Works by Comte de Lautréamont

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Andre Breton described Maldoror as -the expression of a revelation so complete it seems to exceed human potential.- Little is known about its pseudonymous author, aside from his real name (Isidore Ducasse), birth in Uruguay (1846) and early death in Paris (1870)...
  • Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

    Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 79 ratings
    It follows the experiences of an unnamed protagonist struggling with insomnia. Inspired by his doctor's exasperated remark that insomnia is not suffering, the protagonist finds relief by impersonating a seriously ill person in several support groups. Then he meets a mysterious man named Tyler Durden and establishes an underground fighting club as radical psychotherapy...
  • American Gods by Neil Gaiman

    American Gods by Neil Gaiman

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 99 ratings
    First published in 2001, here is the New York Times bestselling novel that became an instant classic and was hailed by USA Today as “a powerful, searing force that makes readers confront what is real and what is not…”—now a TV series from FremantleMedia North America is coming to STARZ with Bryan Fuller and Michael Green as showrunners, and starring Ricky Whittle, Ian McShane, Crispin Glover,...
  • Arising Son: Part Two: Guardians Of The Temple Saga by Marie Montine

    Arising Son: Part Two: Guardians Of The Temple Saga by Marie Montine

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ryan arrives in Empia to further investigate his bloodline. But while searching the temple and exercising his uniques powers, he meets an ancient entity: one of the Guardians, and it challenges all that he is by asking him to do a task.When the person closest to him commits the worst betrayal, the Dark becomes even more enticing...
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    dark  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  horror
  • Escape by Nenia Campbell

    Escape by Nenia Campbell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It's been one year since Val beat Gavin at his own game...She buried her old life and her old name, but memories from her dark past dog her at every corner--and some of those memories have teeth. The public wants her blood. Her enemies want her life. And Val just wants to forget. So she escaped to the city, where even the hunted can blend in with steel and concrete...
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    dark  steamy  abuse  adult  alpha-mc  anti-hero  book  contemporary
  • BONES by Yolanda Olson

    BONES by Yolanda Olson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Content advisory: The following book contains vivid depictions of gore, graphic sexual violence, endless mind games, will induce strangely beautiful feelings of paranoia, and lots of bad things. Really bad things. It's not recommended eating before, during, or after reading this story. Prepare for a one way trip to Hell. I'm haunted. Not by ghosts, but by a face I can't quite remember...
  • Wallflower by Chad Lutzke

    Wallflower by Chad Lutzke

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After an encounter with a homeless man, a high school graduate becomes obsessed with the idea of doing heroin, challenging himself to try it just once. A bleak tale of addiction, delusion, and flowers."Bleak as hell and honestly horrific."~John Boden, author of JEDI SUMMER"Using his strong narrative, he (Lutzke) conveys the everyday realistic horror and pulls the reader right into the ugliness...
  • Vengeance: Lords of Chaos Motorcycle Club by Nicholas Bella

    Vengeance: Lords of Chaos Motorcycle Club by Nicholas Bella

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    alternate cover edition of ASIN B09GHYSZWF Bikers, Bad boys, and Blood. Now that Kenshin Yamoto has found solace in Ace’s arms, he is learning to trust again and even to love again. But he isn’t out of danger yet. Randal, the crooked cop who tormented him for over a year, is still alive and looking to get his hands on him once again...
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    north-america  usa  dark  steamy  florida  romance  mlm  crime
  • Elixir by Jordan Castillo Price

    Elixir by Jordan Castillo Price

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Wild Bill and Michael might have thought they made it out of the subterranean vampire nest unscathed, but in her anger, Silk left Michael a taste of her wrath that's impossible to shake.It's a race against time to cure Michael of a bizarre affliction, and though the hunter and his favorite vamp have few enough friends, Bill can't ash a cigarette without burning another bridge...
  • Hurt Others by Sam Pink

    Hurt Others by Sam Pink

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Oh man, it just had to happen. Someone had to be a bagger at a grocery store and fantasize about hitting children in the head with wine bottles. Someone had to fear a puddle floating at him from across the street. Someone had to celebrate beating up a pregnant woman. Someone just HAD to be a nanny, and stare at giant motorized spiders...
  • Monsters and Mistletoe by Cassia Briar, Salem Cross

    Monsters and Mistletoe by Cassia Briar, Salem Cross

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hot chocolate, snowflakes, jingling bells, and… monsters?That’s what Christmas has in store for you this year!Add a little spice to your holiday festivities by diving into this collection of monster-loving heroines who find love in the most unusual of places.Featuring new, original stories by:Harpie Alexa - USA Today Best Selling AuthorCassia BriarCara BryantRachel CallahanJ.E...
  • Wolf Tales VI by Kate Douglas

    Wolf Tales VI by Kate Douglas

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A Woman's Secrets. A Man's Search.An Unexplored Realm Of Pure Pleasure. . . Pride. Power. Passion. They are the hallmarks of the shapeshifting Chanku--although not every member can immediately accept these gifts. Some, like Eve, must learn to love themselves before they can fully embrace their heritage. Eve's journey takes her far from Montana and her mate, Adam...
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    north-america  steamy  usa  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  horror
  • One of Our Own by Lucinda Berry, A.J. Cook

    One of Our Own by Lucinda Berry, A.J. Cook

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A suicide prevention hotline volunteer answers a call that turns her world upside down in this edge-of-your-seat audio original thriller by the bestselling author of The Perfect Child and The Best of Friends, performed by A.J. Cook (Criminal Minds) and Tessa Albertson (Younger)...
  • Finding His Dragon by Elianne Adams

    Finding His Dragon by Elianne Adams

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After months of torment at the hands of her own clan, Charlotte is sold to a rival clan. She refuses to be claimed by a man who is known for his mistreatment of women, and so she runs. The last thing she wants, or expects to find is her mate, but that's precisely what happens. If only she could stop running long enough to take what is rightfully hers...
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    dark  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  dragons  fiction  horror
  • The Essential Clive Barker: Selected Fiction by Clive Barker, Armistead Maupin

    The Essential Clive Barker: Selected Fiction by Clive Barker, Armistead Maupin

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "I wonder if the reverse is not also in some way true. That the artist is constantly working on anelaborate and fantasticated self-portrait, but at the end has drawn, unbeknownst, a picture of the world...
  • Rebirth by Jordan Castillo Price

    Rebirth by Jordan Castillo Price

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Michael has never put much stock in clichés, but there’s one he probably should have listened to: You can never go home again.His family assures him that plenty of young people take a few semesters off between high school and college, that a year of travel is practically a prerequisite nowadays...
  • Where I End by Sophie White

    Where I End by Sophie White

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My mother.At night, my mother creaks. The house creaks along with her.Through our thin shared wall, I can hear the makings of my mother gurgle through her body just like the water in the walls of the house...Teenage Aoileann has never left the island. Her silent, bed-bound mother is a wreckage, the survivor of a private disaster no one will speak about...
  • Twilight Fall by Lynn Viehl

    Twilight Fall by Lynn Viehl

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    View our feature on Lynn Viehl’s Twilight Fall.Immortal Darkyn Lord Valentin Jaus and landscape artist Liling Harper are two lost souls. Brought together by fate, bound together by passion, Valentin and Liling find solace in each other’s arms...
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    dark  north-america  steamy  usa  adult  asian-mc  book  contemporary
  • Flesh and Bone by Jefferson Bass

    Flesh and Bone by Jefferson Bass

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Anthropologist Dr. Bill Brockton founded Tennessee's world-famous Body Farm—a small piece of land where corpses are left to decay in order to gain important forensic information. Now, in the wake of a shocking crime in nearby Chattanooga, he's called upon by Jess Carter—the rising star of the state's medical examiners—to help her unravel a murderous puzzle...
  • In Silence by Erica Spindler

    In Silence by Erica Spindler

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When Avery Chauvin returns to her Louisiana hometown after her father's suicide, she discovers clippings of a fifteen-year-old murder and learns about recent disappearances and murders that lead her to start an investigation...
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    north-america  usa  adult  book  contemporary  crime  fiction  horror
  • Zombie by Chuck Palahniuk

    Zombie by Chuck Palahniuk

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In 'Zombies', the absurdity of both life and death are on full display as the best and brightest of a high school prep school become tragically addicted to the latest drug craze - electronic shocks from cardiac defibrillators.Funny, caustic, bizarre, poignant - this story represents everything listeners have come to love and expect from Chuck Palahniuk.©2015 Chuck Palahniuk (P)2016 W.F. Howes Ltd...
  • Guide by Dennis Cooper

    Guide by Dennis Cooper

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Chris is a young porn star who wants to experience death at someone else's hand; Mason has lurid fantasies about members of British pop bands; Sniffles is a teenage runaway whose need for love outweighs his attachment to life...
  • High Life by Matthew Stokoe

    High Life by Matthew Stokoe

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Fiction. Jack had gone to Hollywood with one ambition: to become famous, a star, exactly how he didn't care. He just wanted to be like the people whose lives he followed in gossip magazines...Instead he found a world more seedy than anything he could have imagined, a world of whores and deceit, snuff shows, incest, drugs-and despair...
  • Kill for You by Syn Blackrose

    Kill for You by Syn Blackrose

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    LEV I don't do relationships. I don't do feelings. I don't do what's considered the norm. I love hurting people. I love their screams. I love their begging. I live for it. Until him. Aaron. He has his own version of crazy. His crazy mixed with mine? That's a recipe for disaster. AARON My life is not my own. My stepbrother won't let me go. I have to end him. I'm not normal...
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    dark  steamy  literary-fiction  romance  mlm  abuse  crime  lgbtq
  • Wormwood by Chad Lutzke, Tim Meyer

    Wormwood by Chad Lutzke, Tim Meyer

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    For some kids, Long Lake, Georgia is home. But for fourteen-year-old Baker Gray, it’s just another stop, another town in another state. Because of his mother’s nomadic lifestyle, he’s never had a best friend, never kissed a girl, and he’s certainly never met anyone like Cassandra Larsson—the enigmatic, older girl whose idea of fun blurs the line between right and wrong...
  • The Girl Who Couldn't Come by Joey Comeau

    The Girl Who Couldn't Come by Joey Comeau

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is a book of dirty stories. They are weird and fun and often bewildering, like sex itself...
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    dark  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  horror  humor
  • Primal Urges by Bex Dawn

    Primal Urges by Bex Dawn

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Carnal Expectations series is a collection of Sweet and Spicy Novellas that focus on a couple (or trio) and their very specific kinks. Each novella is a complete standalone with a HEA. Please read with caution and check out my website for additional info.FoxBabe20:Everyone thinks I’m single and alone because I’m too busy to date, but that’s not true...
  • Quicksilver & Shadow, Volume 2: Collected Early Stories: Contemporary, Dark Fantasy, and Science Fiction Stories by Charles de Lint

    Quicksilver & Shadow, Volume 2: Collected Early Stories: Contemporary, Dark Fantasy, and Science Fiction Stories by Charles de Lint

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Quicksilver & Shadow is the second volume (of a projected three) of Charles de Lint's Collected Early Stories. At nearly 150,000 words it's even larger than volume one, A Handful of Coppers, and includes the very obscure 20,000 word novella, "Berlin," and its over 30,000 word counterpart "Death Leaves an Echo...
  • Weathercock by Glen Duncan

    Weathercock by Glen Duncan

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The confession of Dominic Francis Hood - Roman Catholic, sadist, conspirator to murder, witness to a miracle. His childhood had the usual benefits, but after watching a miracle performed by Father Malone, Dominic realises a part of him is skewed, and that mere fantasy will never be enough...
  • Hot to Trot by C.P. Mandara

    Hot to Trot by C.P. Mandara

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The viciously attractive Mark, with the unfaltering smile, has a day of endurance planned for Jenny that the devil himself would find challenging. His artful temperature play has her screaming, his anal dilators have her howling and a ride in the sybian's saddle leaves her virtually unconscious, but the day is far from over...
    Categorized as:
    dark  steamy  abuse  adult  bdsm  book  captivity  contemporary
  • Girl Like a Bomb by Autumn Christian

    Girl Like a Bomb by Autumn Christian

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Autumn Christian's third novel is a dark journey of self-discovery. An existential labyrinth of love, sex, and self-actualization where the only way out is through. When high schooler Beverly Sykes finally has sex, her whole life changes. She feels an explosion inside of her that feels like her DNA is being rearranged, and she discovers a strange power within...
  • EVER by Blake Butler

    EVER by Blake Butler

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Fiction. Within the psychic architecture that is EVER, Blake Butler explores the way bodies swell and contract, going from skin to house and back again. And the way houses too shrink to fit us first like clothing and then like skin and then tighter still. The result is a strange, visionary ontological dismemberment that takes you well beyond what you'd ever expect--Brian Evenson...
  • Sticky Fingers 2 by J.T. Lawrence

    Sticky Fingers 2 by J.T. Lawrence

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Diverse, dark-humoured, and deliciously bite-sized, this compelling collection of 12 short stories by JT Lawrence include:GATSBY'S DOUBLEAn artist's Pomeranian has been replaced by an imposter.COURT, MARRY, KILLWhose body ends up being unzipped by fish on the ocean floor?ROCKABYE BABYA female-only cult has a very dark side...
  • Rage by Kimberly A. Bettes

    Rage by Kimberly A. Bettes

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Brian Boozer is a good kid in a bad situation. At thirteen, he's already endured the pain of losing his father and the agony of living with a step-father who hates and abuses him. At school, Brian suffers even more torment, delivered by bullies who seem to enjoy making his life miserable. The only bright spot in Brian's life is Carly, the girl on whom he's had a crush for years...
  • Secrets and Seduction by Bianca Mov

    Secrets and Seduction by Bianca Mov

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dark academia meets forbidden loveWelcome to Preston Academy—watch your back, the walls have ears. You have been warned.Avery, a criminal, scarred and haunted by her past, finds herself at the Preston Academy—a boarding school for troubled juveniles.Alexander, a professor and heir to his parent’s legacy, is struck by Avery’s dark inner and bright outer beauty—and he hates her for it...
  • Entangled by Harleigh Beck

    Entangled by Harleigh Beck

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Like a spark in the dried grass, a forbidden relationship ignites when tragedy strikes.Marred by grief and magnetized by our demons, we seek each other.He's the one man I shouldn't want.The one man I should stay away from.My best friend's father.Entangled is a dark erotic suspense novella. It isn't a romance and doesn't guarantee a happy ending...
  • Deliver Me by Elle Nash

    Deliver Me by Elle Nash

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “To read the work of Elle Nash is to be restored to faith in the wildness, wetness, and visceral power of contemporary American fiction. Deliver Me is a barbed liturgy of bugs, babies, meat, the gospel, women lusting women, women lusting men, and the human body. Get saved.”  — MELISSA BRODER, author of Milk Fed , The Pisces , and Death Valley “..
  • Run Red by R.J. Daly

    Run Red by R.J. Daly

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    WHO’S ONLINE TONIGHT?Anyone who knows him sees that Teddy Riviera has it all—success, wealth, and a loving family. But appearances can be deceptive. His relationship with his wife, Carol, has grown stale. As he turns to the internet to satisfy his lusty sexual appetite, his palate soon develops a taste for something sinister...
  • On Sun Swallowing by Dakota Warren

    On Sun Swallowing by Dakota Warren

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    “On Sun Swallowing is a sweet and bloody collection of poetry, dancing in the spaces between skinned knees and red wine, satin and switchblades, rosaries and Dionysian ecstasy. Her writings are haunted by the ghosts of girlhood, god/s, lovers and the landscape of childhood, but Warren is unflinching - she haunts her ghosts in return, with sharp lyricism and cutthroat vulnerability...
  • Everything's Eventual by Stephen King

    Everything's Eventual by Stephen King

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 65 ratings
    The first collection of stories Stephen King has published since Nightmares & Dreamscapes nine years ago, Everything's Eventual includes one O. Henry Prize winner, two other award winners, four stories published by The New Yorker, and "Riding the Bullet," King's original e-book, which attracted over half a million online readers and became the most famous short story of the decade...
  • Beautiful Nightmare by Kinsley Kincaid

    Beautiful Nightmare by Kinsley Kincaid

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s too deranged to be a dreamBut to one, it is beautiful.Creating fear and possessing souls.None of this is a figment of imagination.Everyone involved is very awake, even if they wish they weren’t.With beating hearts and trembling lips, tranquility no longer exists.Because tonight, nightmares become real.Welcome to Agatha Manor, in Hollows Grove...
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    dark  steamy  romance  paranormal  horror  fantasy  crime  contemporary
  • Mona Lisa Craving by Sunny

    Mona Lisa Craving by Sunny

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Dante, the warrior son of a healer, was cursed by the high priestess to endure a never-ending cycle of life and death, born and reborn into an ever-diminishing bloodline. Someone shares one of his past lives. Her name was Mona Lyria. Back then, on the moon in another world, she was his victim. Today, she is Mona Lisa, and this time, she is his savior...
    Categorized as:
    dark  north-america  steamy  usa  aliens  book  children  contemporary
  • A Man to Die For by Eileen Dreyer

    A Man to Die For by Eileen Dreyer

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    St. Louis Trauma nurse Casey McDonough thinks her life is interesting enough. Her best friend still drops acid, her ex-husband is a cross-dressing psychiatrist, and her mother has turned the third floor of the family home into the Chapel of Eternal Vigilance. Then, things begin to really go wrong when OB/Gyn Dr. Dale Hunsacker arrives...
    Categorized as:
    north-america  usa  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  horror  medical
  • Toddler-Hunting & Other Stories by Taeko Kōno

    Toddler-Hunting & Other Stories by Taeko Kōno

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "A sense of unease permeates this disturbing and exceptional collection of stories centered on unhappy women in postwar Japan...," wrote Publishers Weekly. World Literature Today proclaimed: "Reminiscent of Flannery O’Connor’s works, Kono’s stories explore the dark, terrifying side of human nature that manifests itself in antisocial behavior...
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