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URGE TO KILL RISING: A FAREWELL TO BUFFY

By | July 2003

Moonlight Rising, held this past June in the Catskills, is a fan-run con dedicated to that newly departed popular show, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” Moonlight Rising would be a nice way to toast our favorite series along with the seven-hundred-and-ninety-eight other loyal fans…

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URGE TO KILL RISING: A FAREWELL TO BUFFY

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