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On a Sunday afternoon in San Jose, a teenage girl in a witch’s hat rushed toward a table piled with crystal jewelry while down the aisle a boy in a Spider-Man suit stopped to stare wide-eyed at a jumping spider crawling in a display case.

This is the Peculiarities Market, a parking lot on 866 Park Ave. transformed on Oct. 12 into an unusual gathering of spooky craftmakers.

“We wanted to create something that gets you into the Halloween spirit but also brings together people who share this love of the odd and unusual,” said director Bernadette Gasga, who designed the craft mark

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