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		<title>The Hidden Horror Beneath Clearwater Lake</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2025 18:22:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A quiet lakeside retreat was supposed to be the perfect cure for burnout. When overworked insurance broker Kyle rents a secluded cabin at Clearwater Lake, he plans to spend the week recovering and finally finishing his novel. But when he discovers a strange artifact buried beneath his cabin—an object that hums, glows, and seems drawn to the water—Kyle unwittingly awakens something ancient that was never meant to see the light of day. As the calm of the lake gives way to slaughtered wildlife, ghostly lights, and a monstrous presence rising from the depths, Kyle must confront the terrible truth about what he’s released—and what it wants.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Numbers to Nowhere</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2025 03:32:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When Cassie’s new mirror becomes the center of her imaginative games, her father dismisses it as harmless play — until strange symbols appear and her behavior turns alarming. As he struggles to understand the eerie countdown unfolding across every reflection in their home, he uncovers a chilling connection to ancient forces far beyond his comprehension. A slow-burning tale of innocence manipulated by unseen horrors, Numbers to Nowhere reminds us that sometimes a child’s imaginary friend isn’t imaginary at all — and the countdown may end in something worse than anyone could imagine.]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Executioner’s Hood</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2025 02:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[ When an ancient executioner’s hood arrives at the Pinehurst Historical Museum, it brings more than just history—it brings judgment. As staff and visitors experience disturbing phenomena, unease turns to horror when a man is found beheaded, his crime detailed on a centuries-old parchment. More deaths follow, each execution eerily precise, each victim linked to past sins. Museum curator Lydia Caldwell and security head Richard Maynard must uncover the truth behind the hood’s gruesome legacy before the next sentence is carried out. But some justice cannot be undone. A chilling descent into historical horror, The Executioner’s Hood will make you question whether the past ever truly rests.]]></description>
		
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		<title>The One Wish of Dr. Westley</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 02:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Disgraced archaeologist Dr. Graham Westley has spent his life chasing knowledge, desperate to uncover what the world has forgotten. But when a visit to Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar leads him to an enigmatic merchant and an unassuming brass lamp, he finds himself entangled in something far older and far more dangerous than he ever imagined. Offered a single wish, Graham asks for ultimate understanding—only to discover that true knowledge is not given, but taken. As his grip on time, identity, and reality begins to erode, Graham must race to undo what he’s set in motion before he loses himself completely. But some wishes cannot be undone. A mind-bending descent into the horrors of infinite knowledge, The One Wish of Dr. Westley is a chilling tale of obsession, identity, and the cost of knowing too much.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dämonen Münze</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2025 17:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Alvin Boone thought he could leave his past behind when he enlisted in the war, but fate had other plans. A brutal father, a home filled with fear—none of it prepared him for what he would find on the battlefield. Buried beneath an ancient ruin, something dark waited for him, something that would cling to him long after the war ended. Years later, back in Illinois, Alvin tries to build a new life, but the whispers never stop. The coin in his pocket pulses with an unnatural heat, feeding his rage, guiding his hand. The killings begin as accidents. Then as justice. Then as pleasure. As the body count rises, Alvin realizes he was never truly free—he’s been following someone else’s orders all along.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dokkaebi</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Oct 2024 16:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[646 – Kingdom of Silla Queen Seondeok stood at her window and watched the night sky while considering the betrayal of Kim Bidam, chairman of the council of nobles. “Emperor Taizong is behind this! I know it!” Gim Chun-Chu, her normally composed diplomatic nephew, yelled...]]></description>
		
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