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The Age of Desire

The last story of volume 4 with #BooksofBlood. I feel someone asked Clive what he thought of Shakespeare and Desire was is answer. Also, lowey predicted Viagra.

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Down, Satan!

Gregorius, a man of infinite wealth, has discovered that God has abandoned him. So in order to get His attention, he does everything in his power to summon the Devil. The results are that man is the most depraved.

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Revelations

A ghost story wrapped in a religious fever dream. There is an underlayed that a cycle always repeats itself and it often ends in death. In the end, there is rebirth.

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The Body Politic

At first read, it sounds like a Sam Rami story minus the deadites. But on closer reading this is all about the working people (hands) rising up against the rich (head).

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The title name is the start of Volume 4 of the Books Of Blood stories. This one will make you think differently on figet toys, even the ones tied in knots.