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Some things dark and dangerous

by Joan Kahn · 1970

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A collection of sixteen stories of suspense by Evelyn Waugh, Dorothy L. Sayers, Robert Louis Stevenson, Q. Patrick, Edmund Pearson, John Bartlow Martin, and other authors.

Genre
horrorhorrorMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thisdetectivedetectiveMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1970s1970sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
medium · 294 pages
Form
short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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