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Nov 2025
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Episode 82: Flash-Memoir Vignette Nr 3, ...

DR MARK STAFF BRANDL
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This is the third of a series of auto-bio vignette webcomics, a form of Flash-lit, as sequential art, podcast and video. You can see the original comic on Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Spoutible or at the new blog site I made for them: https://brandlflashmemoirvignettes.blogspot.com/

youtube video: https://youtu.be/pUsCnKD2_Kw

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