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    These 'Paperbacks From Hell' Reflect The Real-Life Angst Of The 1970s

    Author Grady Hendrix's new book is a celebration of the lurid horror paperbacks of the 1970s, books that gave already-frightened readers an endless supply of things to fear, from jellyfish to clowns.
    by Kelly McEvers Oct 26, 2017 2 minutes
    A detail from the cover of Ken Greenhall's <em>Childgrave</em>, painted by Lisa Falkenstern.

    Once upon a time — about 40 years ago — there were few things as terrifyingly pulpy as the books at the grocery store check-out: Fat paperbacks with crazy covers and titles like Eat Them Alive, The Face That Must Die, and Crabs: The Human Sacrifice. This was low-brow stuff, and Grady Hendrix, the author of Paperbacks from Hell, has read a lot of it.

    His new book

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