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Our columnist reviews “Strange Houses” and other new horror fiction. By Gabino Iglesias Gabino Iglesias is a writer, editor, literary critic and professor, and the author of “The Devil Takes You Home.

MAINE WAS A HOME FOR HOBBITS? IN THE WOODS OF ELLIOTT, MAINE STANDS QUITE THE UNUSUAL HOUSE MANY PEOPLE REFER TO THIS AS THE HOBBIT HOUSE OF MAINE. THE HOBBIT HOUSE HAS BEEN WELL KNOWN IN THIS TOWN ...

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