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	<description>The Mega-Beast Death-Match [MBDM] (sometimes called the Super-Animal Death-Match) is an interactive, voter-driven competition pitting scientifically altered bestial battlers against one another in pretend fights to the death. It is presently entering its fifth “season” (AKA distinct year of unique beasts and associated podcasts).</description>
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		<title>Drabblecast 499 – Nowhere</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2025 07:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>John Brown wears brown John Brown pants, on this week’s Drabblecast!  We present an original story by Kay Vaindal called “Nowhere.” Enjoy!  Kay Vaindal (she/her) is a coastal ecologist and weird fiction writer. Her work has appeared in Seize the Press, Dark Matter, and anthologies including This World Belongs to Us and Death’s Other Kingdom: […]</description>
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		<title>Mega Beast Death Match 2012 – The Finals</title>
		<link>https://www.drabblecast.org/2012/08/27/mega-beast-death-match-2012-the-finals/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>“There’s Gonna Be a Hard 8 Tonight” The worst Swedish fish… How to get spell off a white couch… And who would win in a fight to the death:  A flying invisible panda-ray with missile launchers and a pair of gun turrets, a 30 foot tall, 6-ton hydrogen filled naughtilus with heat vision, giant flamingo […]</description>
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		<title>Mega Beast Death Match 2012 – Episode 4</title>
		<link>https://www.drabblecast.org/2012/06/30/mega-beast-death-match-2012-episode-4/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2012 13:37:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>“The Moan of Consent” Cockability… Sperm Cookies… And who would win in a fight to the death: A salamander necromancer, a talking horse that runs the speed of light or a 2 and a half ton barricuda/anteater made of steel? Warning:  Mature Immature Audiences Only!</description>
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		<title>Mega Beast Death Match 2012 – Episode 3</title>
		<link>https://www.drabblecast.org/2012/06/08/mega-beast-death-match-2012-episode-3/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2012 15:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>“If it’s already in there, it’s already on there… (This is a discussion)” Bo’s surgically installed vagina… Ron Paul’s detachable penis… And who would win in a fight: A 35-foot tall flamingo clad in biblical armor, a 2-ton flying nautilus that shoots air torpedos, or six calculating, vindictive Labrador retriever-sized Siamese cat/fleas with serrated mandibles […]</description>
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		<title>Mega Beast Death Match 2012 – Episode 2</title>
		<link>https://www.drabblecast.org/2012/05/15/mega-beast-death-match-2012-episode-2/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 06:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>“You Can’t Roll 3 and Pick 2, M@therf%#cker…” Snorks vs. Smurfs Chicken vs. Platypus Egg And who would win in a fight to the death… a 6-foot tall cricket with bat wings, a 400 lb. octopus with cobra legs or a platypus that can manipulate probability… More information about this year’s competition, and the ‘heats’ […]</description>
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		<title>Mega Beast Death Match 2012 – Episode 1</title>
		<link>https://www.drabblecast.org/2012/04/12/mega-beast-death-match-2012-episode-1/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>“Just get him in the room” The Al-Qaida Fulbright… Predator Snuff-Porn… And who would win in a fight to the death: A rabid 3-ton flying squirrel the size of a moose, a stealthy air-breathing flight-enabled manta ray that drops concussive missles, or a eugenically forged 6-foot tall Communist Red Panda with metal capped claws and […]</description>
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