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* The [[Fritz Leiber]] short story "Rump-Titty-Titty-Tum-TAH-Tee" is about the discovery of a waltz rhythm that causes anyone who hears it to become maniacally obsessed with it, listen for other examples of it, and recreate it at every opportunity.
* The [[Chuck Palahniuk]] novel ''[[Lullaby]]'' is about a poem which kills anyone to whom it is recited. Or even those toward whom it is '''[[Paranoia Fuel|thought.]]'''
* Palahniuk also included a box in ''[[Haunted 2005(Palahniuk novel)|Haunted]]'' with an eyepiece. Looking inside had some horrible effects such as madness and consequent suicide.
* ''[[Harry Potter/Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets|Harry Potter]]''
** Passing references to books that burn out the reader's eyeballs. And also books that can't physically be put down—readers are cursed to go around reading those books for the rest of their lives.