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10 Dark Short Stories You Can Read Online to Escape Holiday Cheer

10 Dark Short Stories You Can Read Online to Escape Holiday Cheer

Under the table on your phone, if necessary

By Emily Temple | December 27, 2017

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What the Lit Hub Staff is Reading, Watching, and Listening to This Holiday Season

What the Lit Hub Staff is Reading, Watching, and Listening to This Holiday Season

From Muppets to Middlemarch, RuPaul to David Attenborough, we've got the season covered

By Literary Hub | December 22, 2017

5 Poems to Appease the Infamous Welsh Christmas Horse Skeleton

5 Poems to Appease the Infamous Welsh Christmas Horse Skeleton

Here's What to Do if Mari Lwyd Shows Up at Your Door

By Blair Beusman and Jess Bergman | December 19, 2017

The Ultimate Best Books of 2017 List

The Ultimate Best Books of 2017 List

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Why Exactly is This Book Obscene? (Skip to the Dirty Bits)

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5 Books Making News This Week: Dystopias, Daughters, and Debunking

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