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Tales from the Hood   by Michael Buckley
     Tales from the Hood, the sixth entry in Michael Buckley’s impishly funny Sisters Grimm series, is just as enjoyable as its predecessors—but the increasing darkness and complexity of the Sisters Grimm world has us wondering if Buckley is losing control of his own mythology.

     Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are facing disaster. Beloved family friend Mr. Canis has been put on trial for crimes he committed during his time as the Big Bad Wolf, and he’s facing a kangaroo court of “Everafters” presided over by the Mad Hatter. Mr. Canis’s friendship has kept the supernatural residents of Ferryport Landing (led by the vicious Queen of Hearts and her henchman, the Sheriff of Nottingham) from attacking the human Grimm family, but each bit of testimony increases his desire to pay for past sins. The Grimms are determined to save their friend, but Mr. Canis may not want to be rescued......
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Mervyn Peake
The works of Mervyn Peake, poet, illustrator, and author of the children’s story Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor and the fantasy/horror Gormenghast trilogy, fall somewhere between Edward Gorey and Kafka. Like Gorey, Peake loved to create over-the-top grotesques. Unlike Gorey’s tongue-in-cheek style, though, Peake’s books feature a Kafka-esque level of genuine weirdness. ...
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