Shoppers from Elsewhere Our tables were ready when the Others stepped through the Door, otherworldly eyes wide and curious. They circulated the flea market, buying goods before returning to wherever they came from. No one knew. Or cared. They liked plastic, and they paid in platinum, making every 37th day a jackpot. A woman (probably)…
Muse on Monday – November 6, 2023
Happy Monday and welcome to a new month. November is a month of transitions: between fall and winter and between the dark Halloween season and the brighter, more festive Christmas/New Year season. It is also the penultimate month of the year. Penultimate is a great word, meaning second last. We tend to give a lot…
You Can’t Miss It
You Can’t Miss It “Stop! That’s the one.” “He said it had a green door.” “That is green.” “You sure? Looks yellow. I think it’s just a greenish light.” “Well, he said it’s the house with the green door, said we couldn’t miss it.” “You wanna go knock?” “Go up and ask if this is…
Muse on Monday – October 30, 2023
Have you ever seen The Blair Witch Project? It was a very low budget movie about people trying to find a witch living in the forest. Since it was so low budget, you never saw the witch or really any action. There were no special effects or any violence on the screen. However, what it…
First Snowfall
First Snow I loved the house. Until the first snowfall. I was going to my car when I spotted tracks leading from the shed: odd organic impressions with claws marks splaying at random angles. They led to my basement door, now open. Something is in my house, I thought, suddenly terrified. Sometime during the night,…
Muse on Monday – October 23, 2023
It might seem strange, but horror stories don’t have to be scary, at least not as some as others. They can even be funny. If you do a search for horror comedy movies, you’ll find quite a few. In these cases, horror comedies are stories that deal with scary things but do it in an…
Wishbelly – Let Me Tell You a Story
Wishbelly – Let Me Tell You a Story This is a storytelling video based on a story that I posted here in the past. It is a story about a young boy on a quest to save his father. I don’t know where the name came from: it just kind of came to me. It’s…
Bore of the Worlds
Bore of the Worlds When the lights came to Earth, displaying powers beyond anyone’s comprehension, everyone just assumed they’d take over the world. Instead, they ran for city council in Sudbury, Ontario. They ran on a platform of public parks and fixing infrastructure instantly through cosmic rays. They won. As years passed, world leaders flew…
Muse on Monday – October 16, 2023
A lot of horror stories or thrillers are set in a particularly scary location, such as an old house or an abandoned mental institution. However, anywhere can be scary. Here are some things that make a place scary. A story only needs one element of danger, but often has more than one. For instance, Jurassic…
The Three Apples – Let Me Tell You a Story
In my opinion, this week’s Let Me Tell You a Story video is a good one. It’s a retelling of the story The Three Apples from 1001 Arabian Nights. I like to do retellings of fairy tales since there are a lot absurdities built into them. For instance, in this story, the caliph is about…
The Green-Walled Treehouse 