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Dec 2022
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The Legend of COCKPUNCH™: Trailer

Tim Ferriss
About this episode

The Legend of COCKPUNCH™ is the tale of a fantastical realm, a universe of the bizarre from the mind of bestselling author Tim Ferriss. Stories are the gateway drug in this Emergent Long Fiction (ELF) project. Characters, maps, artwork, and more will be released over time at cockpunch.com and tim.blog/cockpunch.

For other oddities from the world of Varlata, follow @cockpunch and @tferriss on Twitter.

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