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Small Addendum to the Case of Cardinal Sin

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Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 15, 2018 - Comments (1)
Category: Languages, Puns and Other Wordplay, Alex

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Alex Boese
Alex is the creator and curator of the Museum of Hoaxes. He's also the author of various weird, non-fiction books such as Elephants on Acid.

Paul Di Filippo
Paul has been paid to put weird ideas into fictional form for over thirty years, in his career as a noted science fiction writer. He has recently begun blogging on many curious topics with three fellow writers at The Inferior 4+1.

Our banner was drawn by the legendary underground cartoonist Rick Altergott.

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