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The Story behind the Story of ExMormon!

chanson, June 17, 2010June 17, 2010

The final chapter of ExMormon will be posted here in less than a week! Here‘s the tale of where this tale came from! 😀

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Comments (2)

  1. Chino Blanco says:
    June 18, 2010 at 4:33 am

    Looking forward to it!

    ETA: I win painfully obvious comment of the day, yes?

  2. chanson says:
    June 18, 2010 at 5:40 am

    Thanks!

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