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Sea Songs and Tragic Romances: 13 Selkie Stories

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Sea Songs and Tragic Romances: 13 Selkie Stories

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Medusa from the Disney+ adaptation of Percy Jackson and the Olympians
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His Mother’s Monster: Percy Jackson’s Nuanced Take on Medusa

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Bigfoot: King of the Cryptids

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Investigating the Mothman: The Paranormal Shows Tackle the Famous Cryptid

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Revealing A Song to Drown Rivers by Ann Liang

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Playing Paranormal Pinball: John Keel’s The Mothman Prophecies

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The Real Magic of Santa Claus

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23 of the Best (and Worst) Creatures in the Christmas Canon

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Read an Excerpt From Dazzling

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Norse mythology

Five Excellent Norse Fiction Books From Indie Publishers

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Yemoja’s Child: Natasha Bowen’s Skin of the Sea

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Beyond Marvel’s Thor: Five Norse-Inspired Graphic Novels and Comic Omnibuses

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“A profound love between two people involves, after all, the power and chance of doing profound hurt.”

Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand Of Darkness

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