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Slub Glub Chapter 20: Crab Caravan

Posted on October 10th, 2010
And so there they were, Willowmina buoyed on the ocean waves and Slub Glub perched upon her branches, both now black as tar and covered in the dank sticky ink sprayed ...
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Slub Glub Chapter 19: Sea of Strange

Posted on October 3rd, 2010
"Well, there's something fishy going on, and we've got to get to the bottom of it, so goodbye, good luck, and say hello to the Baron for us," Willowmina told the ...
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Slub Glub Chapter 18: Further Evidence of Bad Times

Posted on September 26th, 2010
"Ooooh, I don't like the sound of that," Willowmina shuddered. "Yes, there are strange things in the deep sea, weird things best left in its briny depths," the babbling brook chimed in, ...
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Slub Glub Chapter 17: Strange Currents Carry Queer Cargo

Posted on September 19th, 2010
Willowmina and Slub Glub bobbed along for thirty minutes or so, as the brook gently wound around various bends, getting a little wider as it got further along. "I feel some ...
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Chapter 16: Weary Waters of the Sad Stream

Posted on September 12th, 2010
Slub Glub and Willowmina stood at the edge of the stream and pondered their next move. "It doesn't look very deep," Willowmina said. "I don't think I can swim," Slub Glub mused. "Me ...
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Slub Glub Chapter 15: ‘A Drink Beneath Black Skies’

Posted on September 5th, 2010
"What's so funny?" Willowmina asked. "Every forest is forever full of ghosts ... Every forest and every city and every desert," the Baron chuckled. Then he saw how crestfallen Willowmina was, and ...
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Slub Glub Chapter 14: ‘Shepherd of Souls’

Posted on August 29th, 2010
The Baron tossed the last swallow from his glass and crushed it beneath his feet. Then he lackadaisically pulled a cigar from his pocket and lit it with a small flame ...
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Slub Glub Chapter 13: ‘Explanations Are Offered’

Posted on August 22nd, 2010
"I was asking those ghosts if they were chasing after the witches," Willowmina explained. "Now why would they be chasing after witches, and how is it your concern," he slowly drawled, as ...
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Slub Glub Chapter 12: ‘A Well-Dressed Man in the Woods’

Posted on August 8th, 2010
"That would be me," said a voice out of the darkness. A glowing red ember slowly radiated outwards, attached to a cigar being smoked by a tall man in a top ...
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Slub Glub Chapter Eleven: ‘Specters Spectacular’

Posted on August 1st, 2010
"Just fireflies?" Lumprella shrieked. "See for yourself! They are upon us!" All the witches screamed and ran for the hills, and the hyenas and raccoons followed suit. Slub Glub and Willowmina ...