Welcome back, friend. Yeah, glad you came by. Here's a very special night tonight. Yeah.

And no, not because it's National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day. It's because it's National Drew promotes his new audiobook night.

Chester?

That's the ugliest damn Christmas sweater I've ever seen.

Good work, pal.

It's no holiday for the guy he took that off of.

Come on in, print.

Hmm. Hmm. So tonight, we welcome the illustrious Adam Howe to the fold. The man who actually won that Stephen King on writing contest, and more

notable still, he's got a hell of a new audio book out.

We'll discuss that in a bit.

So smoke them if you got them and drink those glasses to the bottom, y'all.

Because old Drew Blood has a tail to tell.

Grega Maro.

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authors? Send your stories to Drewblood horror at gmail.com. If selected, shit, you'll get the

full treatment. For our reverse story tonight, we do a little shopping with our new pal Donnie.

Turns out he's short on cash and at the end of his proverbial rope. But what if the other guy is also?

So without further delay I give you from author Adam Howe.

Clean up on aisle 3.

Donnie's sadness beat the shit Pinto with the heater on full, huddling for warmth beneath the driver's side window that wouldn't quite shut.

An icy wind whipped through the half-inch gap numbing his hand as he checked his 38 special.

He shoved the piece in his coat pocket and then stared across the street at the Minimar,

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