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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% EAPOE Author of macabre tales, in brief (5) New York Times Jan 19, 2022
7% ANECDOTE Brief, amusing tale (8) Premier Sunday Aug 24, 2025
7% GRISLY Macabre (6) The Telegraph Quick Aug 8, 2025
7% POE Author of macabre tales (3) LA Times Daily Feb 9, 2021
6% BLUME Author Judy of "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing" (5)
6% YARN Tale (4) The Telegraph Quick Aug 21, 2025
6% LIE Tale (3) The Telegraph Quick Aug 1, 2025
6% ATWOOD Margaret __, author of The Handmaid's Tale (6) (6) The Guardian Weekend Jul 19, 2025
6% BLACKHUMOUR Macabre comedy (5,6) (11)
6% HPLOVECRAFT "Dagon and Other Macabre Tales" author (11)

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