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Tales To Keep You Awake volume 9
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Supernatural shenanigans ensue when wealthy widower is convinced witchcraft is the reason for his daughter's increasingly bizarre behavior. Based on stories by Henry James (Turn of the Screw) and Robert Bloch (Psycho).
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Tales To Keep You Awake volume 18
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Overlooked, ignored, and beaten down by bureaucracy, one man finds himself in a truly sticky situation. Will he be saved by a simple act of compassion or drown in the black tar pit of indifference?
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Tales To Keep You Awake volume 10
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When a trip to outer space costs too much, a kindly grandfather proves that the childlike gift of wonder is strong enough to draw the moon and stars down to earth. Based on a short story by Ray Bradbury.
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Tales To Keep You Awake volume 15
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The aliens are coming! The invasion will be televised! And like so many great stories, it all begins with a woman...
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Tales To Keep You Awake volume 1
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For his 50th birthday, a man plans to give himself the gift of freedom. But it's a gift with a hefty price tag: a meticulously plotted murder. Can you have your cake and kill it too?
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Tales To Keep You Awake volume 6
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Mr. Spalanzatto is a slick, cocky gangster, who has the kind of life ordinary people can only dream about. But he's about to learn that there are some things that can't be owned, even by the man who has everything.
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Tales To Keep You Awake volume 13
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A local hero policeman retires from the force to enjoy a quiet life in the country. But a young visitor soon reminds him that the difference between hero and villain is entirely a matter of perspective, and a violent past often leads to a bloody present.
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Tales To Keep You Awake volume 5
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During the frivolity and mirth of the annual harvest festival, vineyard owner Jean Samibed plots to pour a full measure of revenge alongside his best vintages in this adaptation of a story by Edgar Allan Poe.
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Tales To Keep You Awake volume 3
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Armed with a box of mushroom spores from the Bradley Crop Company, young Tommy plans to turn the cellar into a goldmine of edible fungi. There's just one problem: these are no ordinary mushrooms.
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Tales To Keep You Awake volume 11
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An obnoxious TV producer hatches an intricate plan to teach his wife and her lover an important lesson: sometimes death is a laughing matter.
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Tales To Keep You Awake volume 17
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In a dystopian future where creative expression is taboo and hatred is a virtue, one young man seeks to possess a fragment of forbidden beauty. Based on a story by Ray Bradbury.
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Tales To Keep You Awake volume 8
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To the dismay of the stuffy medical establishment, a brilliant yet controversial doctor sets out to prove that not even death is a match for the power of the mind. Based on Edgar Allan Poe's classic tale of the macabre.
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Tales To Keep You Awake volume 2
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In this mind-bending sci-fi tale, a man with no memory must rely on his robotic, super-computer hand to unravel the secret of his identity. However, a sinister gang of time-traveling, medallion- wearing humanoid aliens have other plans.
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Tales To Keep You Awake volume 2
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When an army officer returns to his hometown, he brings his family a very strange souvenir: a monkey's paw. This gift quickly proves to be a blessing, a curse, and a source of unspeakable horror, all wrapped up in one small primate appendage. Based on W. W. Jacobs' classic story.
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Tales To Keep You Awake volume 5
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Although he is now celebrated as one of the premier voices in American literature, Edgar Allan Poe's life was short and tragic. Tormented by the demons of financial ruin and alcoholism, he nevertheless managed to pen works of great imagination. Will his name ever be forgotten? Nevermore.
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Tales To Keep You Awake volume 1
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Superstitious villagers are convinced there's a vampire in their midst. Is the wealthy outsider who lives in the mansion simply an eccentric recluse or is he the Nosferatu next door? The answer might not be so simple.
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Tales To Keep You Awake volume 8
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In the future, transplanting body parts has become a way of life. Now, a person is free to assemble the perfect body, from head to toe. But this progress comes with a hefty price tag, and when one man refuses to pay up, he'll learn that the perfect really is the enemy of the good.
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Tales To Keep You Awake volume 6
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Life isn't easy when you're the gravedigger's daughter. Long years laboring under a controlling father have taught Maria that much. But there are certain perks, especially when it comes to plotting the perfect revenge against those who have wronged you.
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Tales To Keep You Awake volume 7
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The ancestral home Juan Dasir has inherited comes with many amenities: vaulted ceilings, a large kitchen, and the vengeful ghost of a countess whose skull was split open with an axe. It's a unique fixer-upper, as long as you stay out of the family crypt.
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Tales To Keep You Awake volume 9
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Enrique is a hardworking family man who finally allows himself the luxury of a new TV. But as the boob tube gradually takes over his life, Enrique's grip on reality begins to weaken. What will he sacrifice to feed his cathode ray addiction?
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