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Dec 2024
25m 3s

Stump Mr. Eric: Four Short Stories

Eric O'Keeffe / Starglow Media
About this episode

As a gift to all our listeners, we’re releasing a special episode of Stump Mr. Eric featuring our new short story segment. Fred the Dog, the Learninator, Fair Elise, Alabaster Zero, and several slightly nefarious doubles appear in these stories, all made up on the spot answering your What If Questions.

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Eric and Karen O'Keeffe make What If World. Our producer is Miss Lynn. Character art by Ana Stretcu, episode art by Lynn Hickernell, podcast art by Jason O’Keefe, and theme song by Craig Martinson.

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