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horror The Mind Thing, by Fredric Brown: excellent pulp-era science fiction Mark Frauenfelder

Comics "The Black Ghost" is a fun Latina twist on urban noir superheroes Thom Dunn

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sci fi The entire Animorphs book series is now available for free online Thom Dunn

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religion Church under investigation after worshiper pinned down to ‘pray the gay away’ Xeni Jardin

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