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Results tagged with story-identification
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Use for identifying a work of SF or Fantasy, including novels, movies, comic books, fanfic, TV series, video games, etc. Use with other tags to specify the type of media, eg. [short-stories]. Use [episode-identification] for identifying a single episode of a known series, whether TV, book, or comic. Use [actor-identification], [character-identification], [music-identification], or [object-identification] for those specific ID requests instead.
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Young Adult novel, late 80s: gothic horror, deserted mansion, candle flame turns blue
Adele C had it right. It's The Mummy, the Will, and the Crypt by John Bellairs.
I was on the right track with most of my remembered clues, except for the Victorian setting. Johnny Dixon is a kid in …
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Young Adult novel, late 80s: gothic horror, deserted mansion, candle flame turns blue
The public library I visited as a child had a young adult book that scared me half to death. Here's what I remember:
The cover art was in the style of Edward Gorey (black and white line art)
The se …
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