The Thirsty Gargoyle(2009)
The story of a flustered young priest and a tricksy gargoyle with a taste for communion wine! Both characters are (again) taken from a longer and older story- about pirates, actually.... The little priest, Chance, doesn't make a terribly effective pirate. But the gargoyle does!
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The story of a flustered young priest and a tricksy gargoyle with a taste for communion wine! Both characters are (again) taken from a longer and older story- about pirates, actually.... The little priest, Chance, doesn't make a terribly effective pirate. But the gargoyle does!
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2009-09-10
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