

Gastropod
2017-09-13 · 16 min · Not rated
The utterings of a faceless narrator are intercut with the tale of an estranged woodland inhabitant, who makes a peculiar discovery.
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- Michael Bramhald
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- United Kingdom
- Status
- Released
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