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Just click the link in the show description to terrify. Good evening. Come in, come out of that mush and slush gear and pour a drink. It's nice warm stuff. Settle. There. Welcome. Oh, you. You're new, yes. So, who am I? Where are you? What is this? Well, I'm Lawrence Santoro.

This is Tales to Terrify. Welcome to the Nook, and you've just settled into, what is it, show nine, good grief.

Oh, yes, yes, it is a little darker in here tonight. It's just atmosphere.

Don't you think darkness, the nearness of another person helps to kind of gin up the joy when

devouring horror? Yeah, when summer comes, we'll have to start hanging out in the woods where

the dark is natural and buttressed by sounds and small lights, just light enough to make deep shadows anyway. We can build a fire, roast things. Fresh corn wrapped in mud and steamed through marshmallows, weenies, and, Well, no, no, I'm not yearning for summer.

Really not.

Actually, I hate summer.

Heat, humidity, sweat.

No.

No, I prefer the chill, the window, the whisk of the snow, and the panes.

I love to watch it pile up against the trees, the houses.

I keep dreaming of a real snowfall.

One's like I had in my kidhood.

Ones that buried dinosaurs and streetcars.

Well, enough of that.

It's darker in here because we're about to listen to a couple of

tales to terrify. That's what you're here for, yes? Spend an hour and a bit more. Put a little

terror in your life. Well, to begin at the beginning, we'll have a short story from Sylvia Moreno Garcia.

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