macabre
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“The Institute,” a 2019 novel by Stephen King, Maine’s Master of the Macabre — or horror, I just said macabre for the alliteration — has become a miniseries with some major additions and minor emendations.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 13, 2025
She returned home to lurid media headlines such as “The Macabre Truth Behind Mukesh’s Suicide” and “The Black Widow”.
From BBC • Oct. 9, 2024
He also appears on Duran Duran's forthcoming studio album, "Danse Macabre," which is out Oct.
From Salon • Sep. 30, 2023
Even ghost tours — the lighter side of dark tourism — can present dilemmas for tour operators, said Andrea Janes, the owner and founder of Boroughs of the Dead: Macabre New York City Walking Tours.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 29, 2022
“I’m Faintly Macabre, the not-so-wicked Which,” she continued, “and I’m certainly not going to harm you.”
From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster
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