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Jul 2023
37m 54s

Small Frights: Cozy Road Trip

Lucé Tomlin-Brenner
About this episode

On today's episode, one Lantern transports us to the perfect autumnal road trip from their childhood. We also take a call about travel plans for this October. Plus a follow-up to last week's Stanley Hotel Story and a question prompts everyone out there in Halloweenland to write or call in! 

Mentioned in this episode:

√i by Martin Cahill  

Shuck by GV Anderson

We All Fall Down by Ai Jiang

Grimalkin (in Tiny Nightmares) by Andrew Sullivan

Milk Teeth by Annika Barranti Klien


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