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- ↑ Hodson, Robert Lewis And Jennifer (2014-12-25). "The Addiction Labyrinth: William S Burroughs - The.Junky's Christmas. Full Version". The Addiction Labyrinth. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
- ↑ Baxter, Andrew. "The Junky's Christmas". beamsandstruts.com. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
- 1 2 "The "Priest" They Called Him: A Dark Collaboration Between Kurt Cobain & William S. Burroughs". Open Culture. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
- ↑ "The Junkies Christmas text" (PDF).
- ↑ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 158. ISBN 9781476672939.
- ↑ "'The Junky's Christmas': The William S. Burroughs short film presented by Francis Ford Coppola". DangerousMinds. 2014-12-18. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
- ↑ "The Junky's Christmas: William S. Burrough's Dark Claymation Christmas Film Produced by Francis Ford Coppola (1993)". Open Culture. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
