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red letter route just pulled into the station!! 📮❄️ episode 1: prologue is out now — mabel’s first delivery, 37 minutes of snowy small-town mystery, and i’m already obsessed.

the bard and the biwa has a new tale on the way!! 🎋🌙 “the bamboo cutter’s daughter” — a thousand-year-old story, retold the bard & biwa way. spotify wednesday, youtube premiere saturday at 6pm central. mark your little calendars~

and king’s java… OUT NOW!! 👻☕ the halloween short has arrived — a cozy-spooky night at the café, best enjoyed with something warm in your hands~

all aboard, cuties!! 💫🦊

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Sundays, 6:00 PM Central — Way of the Jaded Fist

Coming up: Red Letter Route is out now — Episode 1: Prologue.
“The Bamboo Cutter’s Daughter” — new Bard & Biwa episode, Spotify Oct 21 · YouTube premiere Sat Oct 24, 6:00 PM Central.
Now on the station: Way of the Jaded Fist Season 1 Episode 4, ‘Esmeralda’s Gambit.’

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