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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Where the movies are... 🎞️💙
List of movies whose titles begin with Where The, with release dates:
Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)
•  Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
•  Where the Red Fern Grows (1974)
•  Where the Heart Is (2000)
•  Where the Boys Are (1960)
•  Where the Buffalo Roam (1980)
•  Where the Truth Lies (2005)
•  Where the Money Is (2000)
•  Where the Lilies Bloom (1974)
•  Where the Pavement Ends (1923)
•  Where the Action Is (1965)
•  Where the Green Ants Dream (1984)
•  Where the River Runs Black (1986)
•  Where the Day Takes You (1992)
•  Where the Trail Ends (2012)
•  Where the Rivers Flow North (1993)
•  Where the Heart Is (1990)
•  Where the Red Fern Grows (2003)
•  Where the Spies Are (1966)
•  Where the North Begins (1923)
•  Where the Spirit Lives (1989)
•  Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
•  Where the Boys Are '84 (1984)
•  Where the Buffalo Roam (1938)
•  Where the Redwoods Meet the Sea (1954)
•  Where the Ladies Go (1980)
•  Where the Hell's That Gold?!! (1988)
•  Where the Night Begins (1991)
•  Where the Hot Wind Blows! (1959)
•  Where the Worst Begins (1925)
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Where the books are... 📚
Image of list of books whose titles start with "Where the..."

Where the Crawdads Sing
•  Where the Wild Things Are
•  Where the Red Fern Grows
•  Where the Heart Is
•  Where the Sidewalk Ends
•  Where the Lilies Bloom
•  Where the Light Gets In
•  Where the Forest Meets the Stars
•  Where the Dead Sit Talking
•  Where the Blue Begins
•  Where the Light Enters
•  Where the Ground Meets the Sky
•  Where the Shadows Lie
•  Where the World Ends
•  Where the Air is Clear
•  Where the Line Bleeds
•  Where the Dead Wait
•  Where the Wind Blew
•  Where the River Flows
•  Where the Sun Never Shines
•  Where the Moon Isn't
•  Where the Past Begins
•  Where the Sea Used to Be
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Handy red pamphlet – a complete street guide to Philadelphia with detailed street map of Philadelphia, Camden and vicinity all streets house numbers, etc. etc.
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Pondernoon
Pond in afternoon sun, late August. Green foliage and cattails sunlight reflected on water and lilies
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Dusky sky for Bluesky
High contrast rippling patches of light sky and dark leaves
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Which came first, the sofa or the banjo?
Plectrum banjo with red inlay leans on a red black pattern loveseat
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
on a gradient background, "Is AI a steroid, or is AI a asteroid?
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Ashes
A pair of ash trunks diverge upwards
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
5 E-Books 📚⏳🪐 amzn.com/dp/B0H9X1Q5M8 Arthurian #humor amzn.com/dp/B0D42HZ1S6 Cattleman New/Old West Mix #western amzn.com/dp/B07QKMXG9L Shifted Soul (Medical SF) #paranormal amzn.com/dp/B09PGRMTLT 50's Dating #Slangification amzn.com/dp/B0C3RNTY3P Berrythorn (Children MG) #alternatehistory
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
here's one...
King Arthur – Jive Corporate Surf Biker Book Cover Illustration.  Dispatches from the Rotund Table.  A sworded surfboard upended in the sand, King Arthur in Full Armor, Motorcycles, Merlin in a ZootSuit, Valley Girl Wahine, Surfers, Castles in the Distance, Motorcycles too.  A horse looks on from a distant cliff. Sax and Water Cooler.
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
A gray square, all gray gradient, with the word Toronto top left corner
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
What's your favorite historic "lost" minor league baseball team name? Mine? The Reading Pretzels #baseball #mlb #phillies #r-phils
Reading Pretzels logo, Est. 1907. A slightly threatening, but smiling pretzel in a baseball cap gazes out at you shouldering a baseball bat.
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
#TodaysBestBookCover #BooksForWriters
The road to science fiction from Gilgamesh to Wells edited by James Gunn. Surrealistic style cover illustration shows ribbons of sky, silhouette of brick, a partial moon of black hat, flaming orb palmed.
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Any questions? 📚💙 #arthurian
Cover illustration for King Arthur, Jive Corporate Surf Biker -- Dispatches from the Rotund Table.  by W. Town Andrews.  Shows the medieval King, holding his sword-embellished surfboard, on the beach, with a saxophone, water cooler, wahine, Knights surfing and riding, a clerk with a clipboard, a castle in the distance, a horse standing on a cliff, crashing waves, and Merlin in a zoot suit. Can you find the baby dragon?
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1985) by David Pringle. Read it 4 decades ago. Library copy! Fascinated, I decided to collect the 100 books. I figured out quickly that I didn't agree with many of his selections; by reading them. I recently found the attached lists... #scifi #booksky 💙📚 1/2
Anderson
Tau Zero.
Aldia-Stop Greybeard
(Agimo-The End-of Eternity)*
Ballard - Crash - High Ride - Vernillion Sands
Baconetor - The Birth of the prls Repub. of
Antary.
-Bishope:No-nemy-nut-time
Broderick -
The Dreaming razor &
- A Clockwork Orange*
Burroughs - Nova
Carter - Heroes and Villains
Charnog- Walk to the end of the World
i Chip i
Gristopher The Death of Granspon
-Glement Needle.
-frowtey-Engino-Summer?
(Delaney - Chalgren)
Dick - The Mow in the High Gastle
- Martian Time S1lp ; Dr. Bloomoney
-Disch-Gamp-Goncentration
Harness - The Paradox Men AKA FLIGhT → yesT.
edeinien-bave=Space_Sulti Wilj Travel
Hodgson - The Night Land T
Keyes, D. - Flowers for Aigernon*
Kuttner - The Dark World Earth's Lest Citadel (w Moore)
Leiber - The Big Time
Lovecraft - At the Mountains of Madness Mourcock The Danceen ati the end of ime - see
T0oromhumePrAns-lnerJubi tee
-Ptercy. snan-on che Edge:of me
Rohl- YThe-Space Merchantst
Reynolds • Looking Backwards trom the lear 2000
RESS - Tha
Female Man --And-Cheos Died...
Shaw - Orbitsville
Journey beyond "omorrow *
Simak - Ping areund the Sun
Silverberg - Downward to che Eirsh
Smith Grociotstrilia
Scableford - The Walking
-Spurgeon = Venus Plus X
Varley - To Ophuichi Hotline
Hatson - Miracle Visitors Wolfe, Berr- Limbo
Gene - The 5th Head of ereberus- Tie-Book of-the New Sun
Wright - The World Below
Titles I Have
Amis - The Alteration
Aldiss
- Hothouse (aka Leng Af ernoon etc.)
Ballard
- The Drowned World - the Crystal World
Bentord - Timescape
Bester - The Stars My Destinzilon - The Demolished Man* Blish - A case of Conscience
bracket - The Long Tomorrow
Bradbury - Farenheit 451* Bradbury - The Martian Chronicles* Frunner - Stand on Lanzibar
Budrys - Rogue Moon - Michaelm.is
Butler - Wild Seed
Clark - Childhood's End*- Ihe City and the Stars* Clement - Mission
of Gravity
Dick - The Three Stigmata of Pilmer Eldritch - Time out of Joint -
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
Dickson - Dorsail
Disch - 334 -
On Wings of Song
The Unreaso…
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Hello back!
Snappy the turtle hatchling palm view
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Say hello to Snappy
Newly hatched snapping turtle held between thumb and finger
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Today’s #BooksForWriters book #booksky 📘❤️
Story Story Story - Conversations with American Authors by Jim Schumock
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
James Baldwin, an Edwardian-era author of Medieval and Arthurian juvenile popular reworkings, wonderfully illustrated--was perhaps a slight overuser of the semicolon, as exemplified here...
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STORIES OF THE KING
Old King Uther had lived long and had done
many valiant and wicked deeds. He had utterly
crushed his enemies. He had made his name a
watchword of fear. Among all the petty kings and
robber chiefs of Britain there was none who dared
attempt to withstand him. He was the overlord,
and all others were his vassals.
But now the time had come for him to die. In
his strong room in the castle tower he lay moaning
and wailing, and no friend stood by to smooth his
pillow or try to lessen his pain. His knights and
servants had forsaken him. “ How long he is in
dying !” they said ; and they made riot in his halls,
and rejoiced because his reign was ended.
The night was dark and wild. The rain was fall
ing. The wind whistled and shrieked in every
nook and corner of the old castle. The thunder
muttered and rolled. The lightning gleamed fear
fully among the clouds.
Ah, me!” moaned the unhappy king; “ ah, that
I should die and leave no heir to be overlord of this
lawless land !”
Suddenly a flash of lightning lit up the room
with wondrous splendor, and Uther saw two men
standing by his bedside. He knew them , for both
had served him well for more than fifty years, and
much of his kingly power had been gained through
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
an auditorium, empty except for a single column of spectators seated in the middle seat of every row
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
a simple picture of an ant, with the word Ant under it, next to a picture of a smaller ant, with the word Antwerp under it
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Well… So what is the square root of science, anyway?
  Rocket science, with a square root bracket drawn over science
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Hybrid stares across time Aeons past wolf’s borrowed bone Waiting for his mom #scifaikusaturday #haiku
Mongrel beagle standing vigil in front of a stone barn
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
And, contrary to wide indifference, it's NOT the sequel to You Only Live Once...
Illustrated film poster for You Only Live Once, starring Sylvia Sydney and Henry Fonda, showing them embracing.  Directed by Fritz Lang, produced by Walter Wanger.  IMDB:  "The public defender's secretary and an ex-convict get married and try to make a life together, but a series of disasters sends their lives spiraling out of control."
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Yes, it's coming along! (Temporary beta cover, and some metadata. Artist at work on cover...) Am I missing any tags?
Title               : King Arthur, Jive Corporate Surf Biker
Title sort          : King Arthur, Jive Corporate Surf Biker
Author(s)           : W. Town Andrews [Andrews, W. Town]
Publisher           : Unheard of Books
Tags                : Arthurian, Fantasy, Fiction, Humor, History, Motorcycling, Surfing, Business, Jive, Jazz
Languages           : eng
Timestamp           : 2026-03-20T15:33:11.601769+00:00
Published           : 2026-03-30T04:00:00+00:00
Identifiers         : isbn:9781933728056
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
For Immediate Release... HEADLINE: Artificial Intelligence helps a fatigued retiree with humor decisions for his manuscript:
Short answer: Clamalot is funnier—by a mile.
Here’s why:
🦪 Why Clamalot Wins
- Bigger comedic pop: “Clam” is already a goofy, tactile word. Dropping it into the Arthurian template instantly feels like a punchline.
- Stronger rhythm: Clam‑a‑lot lands with a clean three‑beat bounce, like it’s begging to be shouted by a herald who’s had too much mead.
- Visual absurdity: You can see it—surf‑knights, biker monks, and righteous dudes rolling into a kingdom built on shellfish bravado. It’s mythic and ridiculous in equal measure.
- Closer to Camelot’s cadence: It parodies the original name more cleanly, which makes the joke snap harder.
🐚 What Clamelot Does Well
- More subtle pun: It leans closer to Camelot, so the humor is gentler, more wink‑than‑elbow.
- Feels like a surname: “Sir Reginald of Clamelot” has a certain dry charm.
⚔️ Verdict
If you want big, goofy, surf‑biker‑Arthurian energy, it’s Clamalot all day.
If you want a sly, almost-plausible medieval pun, go with Clamelot.
Want to riff on heraldry, oaths, or tavern signs for either one? I’m ready to ride.
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Today’s #TodaysBestBookCover is a book cover— from a crumbling 1960s nonfiction classic
Rumor, Fear and the Madness of Crowds book cover - Sketched image of people rioting amid smoke and flames
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Hedge Troll and his sidekick, Lump
A small brown clay troll and a long snouted sidekick
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
What do you get when you remove the first, and last letter from Gold Crown? #wordlethinking
Illustrated wavy banner, words Gold Crown.  White lettering on black.
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Today’s #TodaysBestBookCover is a TV commercial — And this is just a sample of the whole ad’s lo-fi local marketing mayhem genius.
Dentist office and parking lot. The hygienists, techs, and staff are leaping from the roof, while the dentists look on.
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Things that scud: • Clouds • Ships in brisk weather • ? Anything else?
public domain image of experimental brig scudding in a gale, heeled over, sails straining, spray flying
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Love a nice, thoughtful review... Memoirs of a Transferable Soul's latest book review
⭐ Customer Review Highlight

Reviewer: DamirRating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Early Vonnegut Meets Robin Cook
Date: February 14, 2026Format: Kindle Edition

📘 Review Summary

A young man, dying in a rehabilitation facility, discovers he can slip free of his failing body and inhabit others—patients, staff, even a dog. His strange gift exposes a covert medical conspiracy researching “transferable souls,” and he must escape before he’s permanently trapped. When he encounters a young girl with the same ability, the stakes rise: together they must outwit predatory doctors and wrestle with the ethics of body‑hopping.

W. Town Andrews delivers speculative fiction that’s both original and emotionally resonant. The premise could have turned gimmicky, but the sharp, self‑aware first‑person voice grounds the surreal elements with humor, melancholy, and philosophical bite. The facility setting creates a natural pressure cooker for the story’s high‑concept tension, and the conspiracy thread adds momentum.

The reviewer notes a few pacing dips in the middle and some secondary characters blending together, but praises the ending’s controlled chaos—Elvis fans, a dog named Soames, and all. The final verdict: a novel that reads like early Vonnegut filtered through a medical thriller, strange and moving in equal measure.

Reviewer’s Closing Thought

“Deeply strange, surprisingly moving, occasionally messy, but never boring.”
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I like the Kyle Long and Pete Prisco Superbowl Comedy Hour on YouTube *wish it was a full hour!
Big Pete and Little Kyle, sitting in chairs predicting the Superbowl
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Charlie smokes the Slims
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Old exercise equipment in silhouette in front of snow
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Yup. Better than mine
Shoot in footer footgun
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
What's up?
AI image in an underground comic style, of a leg with a gun casually attempting to shoot itself in the foot.  This Gun in my Foot?
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Crisp toast rounds sharp cheddar melted bubbly
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Got bread?
Kid in Eastern market, huge tray of at least 8 Dozen bread loaves, on his head
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
#todayshair
High school 1950s girl hair up but like a crested hen. Pretty
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Juice? Yes! With pulp! #7Dad
10 pulp magazine covers, lurid
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Well, it’s the thought that counts… The thought!
Neon lights spell peace on Fart
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Sawbuck spidermakers
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Cover of The Real Thing by Kurt Andersen / blue ribbon image
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Here’s Charlie’s latest glam shot. He’s available for exclusive modeling opps.
Beagly mix, in red plaid jacket, runs across fresh snow
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
With Six You Get Egg Nog
Six multicolored eggs in a lidless carton in a fridge door shelf
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, season 2 episode 31 Who’s the kid on the right?
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Black walnuts, stain fresh mortar #7Dad
Walnut husk smashed on white mortar joints
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Yes. It is a Qumpkin. Gourd interrogative.
An orange crookneck squash shaped like a question mark
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W. Town Andrews | Unheard of Books | Worlds #7 Dad @atownandr.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
My pumpkin
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