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Why My Dog is the Best
Some ideas you only get when walking the earth. No podcast in your ear or social media in your face. Just walking around, alone with the thoughts rambling around in your skull. I've often found that during walks I get ideas. Back in 2021, walking my dog at the time, Sunshine, was always a highlight. Sunshine loved seeing the neighborhood and I liked the excuse to get out and see it with her. During one of our trips out it was getting a bit late, a bit darker. I noticed one of the many similar apartments was entirely empty but the way the glass door was in the dark, it looked wide open. It was an eerie image that stuck with me long after our walk, What if there was someone, or something, waiting for me inside there? Just hoping I or some other sap would fall into their web? I developed the giant spider idea not longer because giant spiders are terrifying. I will not argue this point. You all know I'm right. Sadly Sunshine passed away that same year and while I'd only been ...
The Last Old Midnight Spookshow
Some Stories take longer to tell than others. It was over 15 years ago, my first day of college. I had a lot of time between classes so I went to the library to relax. Left alone with my thoughts, the idea suddenly hit me. I felt inspired to jot down several titles for possible short horror stories in the vein of Creepshow/Tales from the Crypt. One of the first titles I write down: The Last Old Midnight Spookshow. Now the idea was different then, much simpler in scope. But the core of it, a failing theater doing one final show late at night, was always there. I held onto those early story ideas for years, reiterating on them every now and then. It was only last year I finally felt confident enough to try and take a crack at the idea again. This time I wanted to go with something a bit more anthology-like in it's structure. I think doing this is what lead me to wanting to do something similar with this year's Bone Boy Billy Halloween special. It was really fun coming up with...