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Oh, Steve, you're in a pickle.

Yes, Mrs. Jenkins, I will look after your house while you're away.

But right now, lunchtime spicy after your house while you're away.

But right now, lunchtime spicy burrito is making a spectacular comeback.

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Welcome to Tales to Terrify. Good evening, Children of the Night.

I am Stephen Kilpatrick, your host.

Come on into the cabin.

I think winter has now left us for the rest of this year, but there is still a good bit of chill, isn't there?

Now, I know that we are a horror podcast at the end of the day, but I cannot let Terry Pratchett's passing go by without comment. Most of Mr. Pratchett's writings would not fall into the category

of horror, even by a stretch. But his literary contributions were

important to me, and based on the response of my comment on the Tales to Terrify Facebook page,

important to some of you as well. His genre was mainly where fantasy and humor intersected.

I'd like to share a story about myself if you'd permit me.

When I was in my early teens, I had managed to become a member of the science fiction book club.

You remember those sort of outfits, don't you? The ones where the first one is free,

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