Clive Barker 1989
- What it is
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Moving between parallel worlds · properly strange
- Genre
- Fantasy Horror
- Feels
- Surreal Wondrous Epic Dark Adventurous
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Parallel worlds and epic
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Only parallel worlds
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Only epic
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Just as wondrous and epic, but more melancholic and defiant
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You won't want to come back · a big story that sweeps you along
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You won't want to come back · it ties your stomach in a knot
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Properly scary · the truth comes out bit by bit
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A world to get lost in · it's hiding a secret
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