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.

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.

(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".