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'Nothing but Blackened Teeth' is a real spooky trip

In Cassandra Khaw's new novella, five friends with a lot of history and a habit of ghost-hunting together decide to go on one last trip to celebrate a wedding — and naturally, things get out of hand.
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Lights on? Good. Dysfunctional relationships from the past, expunged or resolved? Very good! Wedding invitations that involve ghost hunting in an abandoned Japanese manor? Ignore, however tempting.

The characters in Cassandra Khaw's creepy, gorgeous novella leave well-lit places and easy access to help. Their past history seethes on or just under the surface; scratch any of them, and complicated hurts and loyalties spill out like viscera. They do go to

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