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Katabasis by R. F. Kuang
‘Oh, the horror!’ wails a student damned to the first circle of R. F. Kuang’s hell. ‘Oh, to
Opposite World by Elizabeth Anne Martins
Her mother and father were both there when Piper Screed had that seizure. After that, when she was
The Mad Butterfly’s Ball Ed by Preston Grassm & Chris Kelso
There are a number of creatures that provoke terror in more people than any others. At the top of
House of the Beast by Michelle Wong
It was only two days ago that Alma met her father, Lord Zander Avera, vessel of a god. An
Born of an Iron Storm by Anthony Ryan
With two of the Sister Queens she serves dead, and Ascarlia under threat, Thera Speldrenda, the
Call of Cthulhu: The Sutra of Pale Leaves 2 – Carcosa Manifest
The King in Yellow returns for Chaosium’s Call of Cthulhu, with a collection of modules