First page of Unclean Beasts. Alvin dances around wearing only flower garlands playing panpipes. Emmanuel is shirtless with long white hair and beard and untrimmed fingernails. He preaches "a voice from the east, a voice from the west, voice from the four winds."

Page from my W.I.P. The guy from last page turns the lights on, drops a spherical gem in a box with square slots some of which have spherical or crystalline gems of various sizes, then makes a phone call. Kallan is watching another livestream. Noah: "Moocifer: I think I saw you at Zinefest but I didn't say anything because I didn't want to make it weird for you." That's not weird I know I say I'm, like, a very private person I real life but you guys can say hi to me if you see me out, especially at an event like that, it's not weird for me. Except for that one housemate I actually don't get recognized from this all that much. Moocifer spelled with two zeros and a three types a reply: I didn't want to come across parasocial and weird. Kallan Bale responds in the chat: I get that there's a streamer I'm like that with. Don't worry Noah it's not you (no offense) I've actually stopped watching him because if it.

Fixer Upper Horror Stories splash page theresxa view of a shark in the woods with stained wood and peeling paint. A young man with shaggy black hair in a sleeveless shirt holds a medium sized dog and says "So my grandfather told me I could live in what he called his 'lakehouse' but I woukd need to renovate it. My dad warned me he called it that as a joke but I just wanted to see for myself before I decided." A young man with short blond hair wearing a t-shirt says: "It was late afternoon when I went down with Jonas to see how salvageable it was."

Page from Candle Jar Dr. Schalman: I, I feel it woukd be reductive to completely discount the...spiritual aspect of, uh, experience. I would of course never contact you like this under normal circumstances but I feel it's important for us all to clear the air about this. Is Kirk there? James: Uh, yeah. Rabid or zombie bucks are seen just outside the door of Dr. Schalman's home office. Dr. Schalman: OK, OK, y'know this might actually be a good time to, um, practice something we've talked about. Let's open up communication with him and have the potentially difficult conversation now instead of letting things fester. James looks skeptical at first then says "OK" James: Hey did you, um, did you put a curse on my therapist? Kirk, with a half grin replies: "We talk about this one time and now you think you're Solomon Kane. James: Well he's in here calling me about it. Kirk: What?

Here's me absolutely acing the Reverse Bechdel Test for International Men's Day.
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