"I was a preteen the first time I attempted Henry James. That summer, my “Books I’ve Read!” library sheet almost exclusively listed teen horror novels by Christopher Pike..."

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"Always around, its antennae seek something—perhaps to point to another mess—but now, they point to the back room..."

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