Welcome to Dark Touchstones
Let's be honest with each other, shall we?
Though most of us concentrate on the positive,
responsible, serious aspects of
being adults,
I suspect there may be a deeper, darker, more child-like side to us all.
As for Me . . .
I seem to harbor a morbid fascination with
stuff that sends ordinary people
running for the light switch and a baseball bat.
I seek out ghost stories, serial
killers and other strange tales for a lark.
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As a child, I chose to immerse myself in an
~ In Search Of ~ Ripley's
Believe It Or Not ~ Twilight Zone ~
kind of world.
I read Nancy Drew,
"true" supernatural stories,
and any horror novel I could sneak into the house.
in rough order: The Stand It The Shining Misery Four Past Midnight Carrie Christine Cujo |
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with their best: Dean Koontz ~Watchers, Intensity Anne Rice ~The Mayfair Witches Robert McCammon ~Blue World, Swan Song Clive Barker ~Books of Blood |
(Never did get around to reading anything by Judy
Blume--
except Wifey of course.)
I sat up into the night, with cousins or with
friends, swapping urban legends
(though we thought the stories were really and truly true, I swear)
sharing family legends
and playing, "Light as a Feather; Stiff as a Board".
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the weekend matinees on our local television channels-- (Way long ago, when there were only 4-5 channels to choose from.) I watched grainy, over-edited versions of Bride of Frankenstein Creature From the Black Lagoon and Godzilla vs fill-in-the-monster while lying on the floor, in a warm patch of sunlight
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