I have wanted to type the following announcement for a very long time… ‘Audrey the Trainwreck’ is now available to stream for free on Frank V. Ross’ new website! You can watch it here. 

Today is also Split Tooth’s 7th anniversary. To accompany the new ‘Audrey’ stream, my brother Craig and I conducted new interviews with Ross and ‘Audrey the Trainwreck’ star Tony Baker. Those are both available over on Split Tooth here. 

More news to come regarding Ross’ website, but…

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