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Legendary writer H.P. Lovecraft conjured up chilling horrors out of our worst nightmares.

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Just before his death in 2005, notorious writer Hunter S Thompson wrote a short note to his new wife—and its contents were absolutely chilling.

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Stephen King has written more twisted tales than we can count, but some of his most remarkable stories come from his wildly fascinating real life.

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“My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed—my dearest pleasure when free.”— Mary ShelleyMary Wollstonecraft Shelley was the daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft, an early warrior...

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Stephen Hawking's brilliance wasn’t in memorizing facts but in grasping the deeper meaning behind the universe.

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Though Lord Byron was a great poet, he left a dark legacy, with a history of heartbreak, seduction, and even taboo relationships to his name.



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