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Re: Quirk Classics
Not to be forgotten is the more contemporary classic The Horse Whisperer in Darkness by Nicholas Evans and H. P. Lovecraft.
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I like this game. I am quite fond of the poem "Daddy and Mummy" by Sylvia Plath, the ancient Egyptians, and Universal Studios.
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Re: Quirk Classics
Swallowing the Amazons by Arthur Ransom-Note
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Re: Quirk Classics
Bloch would definitely have excelled at this game, but I doubt if he could top GSC. Funny stuff, Phil. Magic Mountains of Madness. lol
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Notes from Underground in the House of the Worm by Fyodor Dostoevsky and Gary Myers.
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D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Zombies
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Howard's Unspeakable End by E. M. Forster and H. P. Lovecraft
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The Heart is a Loathsome Hunter by Carson McCullers and H. P. Lovecraft
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The Last of the Mannequins by J. Fenimore Cooper and Thomas Ligotti
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