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And now here is the host of the Dead Authors Podcast, Mr. H.G. Wells. G. Welles.

Greetings ladies and gentlemen and welcome to another installment of the Dead Authors podcast. I am your host, the noted author and time traveler H.G. Wells in right out of the gate I should like to address

the rampant conjecture out there in the podcaster sphere that I am nothing but a damnable liar.

First, in the interest of fairness, the evidence against me.

At the close of last month's chapter, I eagerly promoted the following chapter with special

guest, ESOP.

And now, here it is one month later, and like a fox in search of delicious grapes hanging high on the vine, you find yourselves in the throes of a bitter disappointment.

Secondly, longtime listeners of this podcast may recall a similarly ugly

incident involving a promised guest appearance by Robert Louis Stevenson. Following the smashing

success of Chapter 1, you eagerly returned for chapter two, looking ever so forward to meeting Dr. Jekyll, only to find yourself face to face with the wicked Mr. Hyde.

Or, more accurately, Mrs Mrs Dorothy Parker, who, while possessing

nothing resembling Mr Hyde's violent and murderous nature, can certainly be said to have

enjoyed a potion or two in her day if you take my meaning and if you

don't I ask that you imagine at this time your humble host making the classic

elbow tipping glug glug gesture.

In summation, have I promised things that I subsequently failed to deliver?

Yes, I have.

Mea Kulper, but ask yourselves this, did I have good reason? To which I say, not particularly. You know how it is. Things pile up, so on, so forth.

But ultimately, what have you lost?

Not a thing!

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