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Occultists keep trying to buy the Necronomicon even though HP Lovecraft completely made it up

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Never underestimate a mystic's ability to completely miss a literary joke. The 'Necronomicon' is famously the flesh-bound book of the dead from H.P. Lovecraft's horror fiction. Despite Lovecraft admitting it was entirely fictional, countless edgy occultists and teenagers still ask librarians for it, and publishers have printed fake versions just to cash in on the persistent delusion.

Occultists keep trying to buy the Necronomicon even though HP Lovecraft completely made it up
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