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The Anything Box

by Zenna Henderson · 1965

Zenna Henderson's The Anything Box series

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From back cover: Don't open The Anything Box unless you're prepared for the unexpected.

The Grunder, a thing of horror which, if defeated, restores love...

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The Noise-Eater, created by a child out of his fevered imagination, gobbles up anything—or anyone—that makes a sound...

The Coveti, residents of an alien world poisoned by the intrusion of the stranger from Earth...

The Beast Hill, an ordinary mound of earth, except that its grass resembles fur, and—doesn't it move?

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science fictionscience fictionMore like thisLess of thisfantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of thishorrorhorrorMore like thisLess of this
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sciencescienceMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adultyoung adult
Length
short · 191 pages
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short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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