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1) Animus
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"The residents of a quiet Japanese neighborhood have slowly come to realize that inauspicious, paranormal forces are at play in the most unlikely of places: the local playground. Two friends, a young boy and girl, resolve to exorcise the evil that inhabit it, including a snaggle-toothed monster. In Animus, a beautiful but spooky young adult graphic novel of everyday hauntings, Antoine Revoy delivers an eerie tale inspired by the Japanese and French...
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"One day, Kyutaro Horikita, the tall, dark and handsome cleaning expert of Kurokado High, comes across a sleeping maiden named Fumi Nishioka at school ... unfortunately, their meeting is anything but a fairy-tale encounter! It turns out Kyutaro is a "Sweeper" who cleans away negative energy from people's hearts--and Fumi is about to become his apprentice! In the old building at their school, a mysterious room has a door that beckons Fumi, even though...
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Charles meets a lot of monsters in his line of work. While assisting Margo Maloo on her assignments, he's had close encounters with trolls, ghosts, imps, and ogres. And lately, they're all saying the same thing: living in Echo City is getting harder. As the human population of the city is grows, monsters are being forced to abandon their homes. Teenagers are creeping into their territory, smartphones in hand, eager to photograph paranormal activity....
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"Okarun, a high school boy obsessed with supernatural phenomena, is cursed by Turbo Granny! To break the curse, Okarun and his classmate Momo Ayase challenge Turbo Granny to a high-stakes race. But Turbo Granny's assassin, a bound spirit in the form of a giant crab, has other plans!"--
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An alluring adventure. Now that Suimei has moved out of the haunted bookstore, Kaori insists that she only misses the extra rent money--not Suimei himself. But when Tamaki, the story-seller, asks her to deliver a bundle of books to the southern islands, Kaori jumps at the chance to drag Suimei along!
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Kaori lives in a bookstore where the boundaries between the mortal realm and the spirit realm are blurred. She spends her days in peace, selling books to otherworldly beings alongside her adoptive father, a spirit himself. But all of that is disrupted when a self-proclaimed exorcist stumbles into this ghostly utopia. Can Kaori embrace her better nature and help a man who's vowed revenge against all spirits find his way back home?
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A HARROWING HUNT Kaori accompanies Suimei into the spirit realm to help him find his Inugami partner, Kuro. But when they discover that Ginme was attacked by Jorogumo, a spider spirit, their search kicks into high gear. Can they locate Kuro before he becomes Jorogumo's next victim?
10) Frogcatchers
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"A man wakes up alone in a strange room with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. The padlocked doors and barren lobby reinforce the strangeness of this place. This is--as he reads from an old-fashioned keychain beside his bed--the Edgewater Hotel. Even worse, something ominous seems to be lurking in one of the rooms. But when he meets a young companion--the only other soul in this vast, enveloping emptiness--his new friend begs him...
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The legend of the Black Barn tells of an otherwordly building that has appeared and reappeared throughout history, bringing death and madness in its wake. Now its mystery ensnares and entwines the lives of two very different men. One: a young recluse, obsessed with finding hidden clues within the city's trash. The other: a washed-up Catholic priest, finding his place in a small town that hides dark secrets. Neither of them are prepared for what's...
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"A quiet convenience store at the crossroads between life and death. Its faint glow in the darkness draws in transient souls, pulling them closer to the final purchase they'll ever make. Prepare for shadowy creatures, strange employees, and an air of dread in this delightfully creepy supernatural tale."--Page [4] of cover.
16) Lamentation
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"After weeks of grueling rehearsals, a new production is set to begin at the famed Requiem theatre: Razide's Lament, three acts of gothic horror set inside a haunted castle with a story that some say is more than mere fantasy. Under the stern rule of a dedicated but temperamental director, the script seems to be ever-changing, and, more mysterious still, our lead actress has found herself cast in the role of a lifetime without so much as an audition....
17) Ghost tree
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"Seeking a refuge from an unhappy life, Brandt returns to his ancestral home in Japan to find a haunted tree and the departed souls that are drawn to it, including his Grandfather. Getting more involved with the tree's inhabitants he attempts to heal some of history's wounds but will he be able to find any measure of peace for himself when someone special from his past returns?"--Provided by publisher.
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"The smash hit horror series continues! After the time and space shifting journey of the last arc, Norton and Clara are trapped in small-town Gideon Falls with a murderous psychopath. Meanwhile, Angie and Father Fred confront the Bishop in big-city Gideon Falls, where the secrets of the Pentoculus Machine are revealed in all their mind-twisting glory. In the midst of the chaos, what will happen when the ploughmen finally answer the call of duty?"--Provided...
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"The final purchase of your life. A convenience store lingers at the boundary between life and death. Its faint glow in the darkness draws in unsuspecting souls, pushing them closer to the final purchase they'll ever make. Yet for the quirky employees who work there, it's a job much like any other, if undeniably more strange. Now, the time has come for the past of the store's enigmatic and supernaturally gifted manager to be revealed..."--