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    <title>October 2023: Episodic Horror - Runners-Up</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2023 07:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <itunes:title>Ambrose Bierce&#39;s &quot;An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge&quot;</itunes:title>
    <title>Ambrose Bierce&#39;s &quot;An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge&quot;</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2023 07:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <itunes:title>Patrick Süskind&#39;s Perfume</itunes:title>
    <title>Patrick Süskind&#39;s Perfume</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2023 07:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <itunes:title>Jerome Bixby&#39;s &quot;It&#39;s a Good Life&quot;</itunes:title>
    <title>Jerome Bixby&#39;s &quot;It&#39;s a Good Life&quot;</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 05 Sep 2023 07:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <itunes:title>Anne Rice&#39;s Interview with the Vampire</itunes:title>
    <title>Anne Rice&#39;s Interview with the Vampire</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2023 07:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <itunes:title>John Polidori&#39;s &quot;The Vampyre&quot;</itunes:title>
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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[In which Kevin examines the origin story of one of the most beloved horror creatures of all time (just not by him).  Gilded in Blood stickers are now available! Find out how to get one at gildedinblood.com/2023/07/16/stickers/ ]]></itunes:summary>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2023 07:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <itunes:title>Ray Bradbury&#39;s &quot;A Sound of Thunder&quot;</itunes:title>
    <title>Ray Bradbury&#39;s &quot;A Sound of Thunder&quot;</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2023 07:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <itunes:title>Octavia E. Butler&#39;s Kindred</itunes:title>
    <title>Octavia E. Butler&#39;s Kindred</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2023 07:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <itunes:title>DC&#39;s Jonah Hex #26 - &quot;Four Little Pigs&quot;</itunes:title>
    <title>DC&#39;s Jonah Hex #26 - &quot;Four Little Pigs&quot;</title>
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    <itunes:title>Clive Barker&#39;s The Hellbound Heart</itunes:title>
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    <itunes:title>Stephen King&#39;s &quot;Quitters, Inc.&quot;</itunes:title>
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    <title>Shirley Jackson&#39;s We Have Always Lived in the Castle</title>
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    <itunes:title>Claire Keegan&#39;s &quot;Antarctica&quot;</itunes:title>
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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[In which Kevin vows to never invite any military men to dinner. ]]></itunes:summary>
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    <itunes:title>Richard Connell&#39;s &quot;The Most Dangerous Game&quot;</itunes:title>
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    <title>Alvin Schwartz&#39;s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Series</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2023 07:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Pauline C. Smith&#39;s &quot;The People Next Door&quot;</title>
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    <title>Ben Marcus&#39; The Flame Alphabet</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2023 07:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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    <title>Richard Lee Byers&#39; &quot;Office Space&quot;</title>
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    <title>Peter Watts&#39; &quot;The Things&quot;</title>
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    <title>Ray Bradbury&#39;s &quot;The Whole Town&#39;s Sleeping&quot;</title>
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    <title>Harvey L. and Audrey L. Bilker&#39;s &quot;All You Can Eat&quot;</title>
    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[In which Kevin figures that any "all you can eat" deal should probably come with a few stipulations. ]]></itunes:summary>
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    <title>Colin Insole&#39;s &quot;The Shepherd&#39;s House&quot;</title>
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    <title>October 2022 Bonus - 100 Horror Movies to Check Out - Part 4</title>
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    <title>October 2022 Bonus - 100 Horror Movies to Check Out - Part 3</title>
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