Hello, beloved patrons.

If you're listening to this, then I can only assume you're in the mood for something dark and ghoulish.

Well, I'm happy to report that we can deliver, thanks in no small part to the

thoughtful and well-timed suggestion of our esteemed cohort, Robert Troy Hampton Peterson.

These dark times we all find ourselves in

Put him in mind of one of Edgar Allan Poe's grimmer offerings

The contemplation of which would not be inappropriate

Given our current circumstances

Thank you, RTHP.

Between you and me, our humble narrator is just a little jealous that he didn't think of this one himself.

However, before we share this malignant morsel of food for thought, I have a question for you, beloved patrons.

We interrupt this episode for a brief announcement. This is a Patreon subscriber exclusive episode.

Nevertheless, we will still be sharing this little taster, as it were, with you our unsubscribed

friends of the podcast.

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All right, on with the show.

Nocturnal transmissions, with the assistance of our aforementioned cohort Robert

Troy Hampton Peterson, is proud to present Edgar Allan Poe's.

The Mask of the red death. The red death.

The red death had long devastated the country.

No pestilence had ever been so fatal or so hideous.

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