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Thank you. Welcome to Tales to Terrify. Part of the District of Wonders Network,

featuring Starship Sofa, Crime City Central, and Protecting Project Pulp.

Everyone has a story in the District of Wonders.

Come and find yours.

Good evening, children of the night.

Come in, hang your slickers, park your wellies, leave your bumbershoots in the hall,

shake yourselves off and settle down and warm, dry comfort.

Welcome to the Nook, to Tales to Terrify.

To the first week you are able to click that button on the Tales to Terrify site and actually order Tales to Terrify Volume 1, the which I hope you will

do, I do, I do. The I in that sentence before is Lawrence Santoro, and even with a raging sinus storm in his head, he welcomes you to this week's gathering.

The wind is still a little howly out there, but in here, uh, in here we're safe, we're warm, we're dry, warm beverages are to be had, snacks to be snacked upon.

And I am sorry.

Halloween has passed us.

I wish the eve could be tonight, but, as with most of the storm, that too has passed, and as predicted, no disguise, tauts rang our bell on all

hollows eve and threatened tricks in lieu of treats.

Ah, well, we were ready for them.

So, you are buying, Tales to Terrify, Volume 1, yes you are, and if you are among those who have not, I would tell you to go, amend your ways, go.

Click on that lovely green, buy the book button on the Tales to Terrify site, and on the Starship sofa site, go buy it, read it, gift it. It's all about

telling tales it is. Now, if you're a regular here at Tales to Terrify, you probably realize

that I talk a lot. I've been trying to explain that urge to tell scary tales in print or in person. Here's one reason. I was almost

nine years old, and I was already given to the joys of being terrified by night. I had long

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