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As the 20th Century draws to a close, so too does the Eastern European Communist era... but with it brings terrorist attacks, aging militant groups coming out of retirement and those who will stop at nothing to preserve their way of life!

Can you see the Pretty Things? There are many things that Rory would like to forget about his childhood growing up in rural Arkansas. He'd like to forget his alcoholic father or absent mother. He'd like to forget about his ex-girlfriend, now married to his ex-best friend. Sometimes, he'd even like to forget about his older brother Joe. Joe saw the world differently than other people--sometimes in beautiful ways, seeing what he always called the Pretty...

Hilda wonders if she'll ever get used to living in the bustling yet plain city of Trolberg after growing up in the rural Fjords, but the annual bird parade promises to reveal an exciting and mysterious side of the city to her.

On the eve of their retirement, two hitmen - Cosmo and Arthur Pryce - drive through the Texas countryside with a hostage in the trunk of their car. The brothers are meant to deliver the infamous Little Harkness to their boss, but matters become complicated when Arthur's recklessness jeopardizes Cosmo's retirement plans and puts a target on their backs.

Asa and Kasuga see the tail of a giant creature rise from the water. In a jungle, explorers discover massive claw marks in a tree trunk. And years later in 1964, a mysterious military man appears asking all the wrong questions.

A fading genre-TV actor collides with an obsessed fan at a convention in the middle of a pandemic. Over the course of the insane, horrific night that follows, the actor will have to put on the greatest performance of his life simply to survive until dawn. Unless, of course, he's the real monster...

In this gripping Arctic-noir mystery, a whistleblowing diplomat grapples with the legacy of colonialism, far from the eyes of the world. Working for the British High Commission, Harrison Fleet is posted to a remote arctic island which is still, inexplicably, under British rule. As he struggles to understand why, and what interests he is protecting, Harrison learns just how much of the land and its community lies in the shadow cast by the outpost's...

Asa and Nakaido fly out to take a closer look at the mysterious creature that has appeared off the coast of Japan. As the creature threatens them with its sharp teeth and spiky tail, Nakaido works to decipher his mentor's notes and find its weakness. But their attempts to take down the beast are in vain when it makes its way for land!

A deadly typhoon, a mysterious creature and a girl who won't quit. In 2020, a large creature rampages through Tokyo, destroying everything in its path. In 1959, Asa Asada, a spunky young girl from a huge family in Nagoya, is kidnapped for ransom--and not a soul notices. When a typhoon hits Nagoya, Asa and her kidnapper must work together to survive. But there's more to her kidnapper and this storm than meets the eye. The mysterious creature appears...

Hilda seeks a truce with the elves living around her family's mountain home after receiving eviction notices from them, and investigates a furry giant that comes to her house at night.