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A Magical & Spooky Roundup . . .

Magical Realism in American Suburbia takes a dark turn when you are immersed in Mr Twisty's secret. Something's going on in the frozen yogurt shop at the local strip mall and it ain't good, but it might be dairy alchemy or the secret to eternal life gone terribly wrong. Satire and horror combine in Jim Krusoe's Girl Factory reviewed by Mark Weingarten in LaLaLand.

# Eric Nuzum humorously documents his personal quest to figure out why vampires seem to occupy so much of our modern culture from Nosferatu to Count Chocula in The Dead Travel Fast reviewed by Steven Nery.

# On the 75th anniversary of Mary Poppins,
Justine Picardie writes about its author, PL Travers.

# Are there ghosts in the library?
:: Carolyn Kellog :: and :: Blake at LIS ::

# Frighteningly Good Books:
Benjamin Percy shares three of his picks at NPR.

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