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Nightmare #287 – Vampire Orgy

“…Something wasn’t right…”

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July 27, 2010   No Comments

Blog – Home-Repair “Nightmare” and the Secret Tenant

To be honest, very little is nightmarish about the repairs we’re making to the bathroom. The buddy of mine who’s helping is scary efficient and competent, though he occasionally sings along with the radio which I’m attributing to that irresistable urge to sing while in the proximity of a shower.

The real horror show was the condition of the place before we started: spongy floor, tiles that stuck to your feet (i.e. not to the subfloor) and hidden terrors like load bearing walls with large gaps in the joists.

And one secret tenant.

We found a mummified rodent encased in the wall. It’s clearly not the remains of Poe’s Black Cat, which is good, I suppose for several reasons, one of which is that I rather like cats. I really can’t convince myself that it’s a rat – though again that would pump up the goth factor of the Ye Old Homestead a bit. It was, in fact, a squirrel – a kind of creature I have no spare love for – and in its current condition, it’s cool as hell. See for yourself:

So the stinger to this tale is what my daughter said when we broke the news to her.

Me: “Eric found something in the walls”

Grown daughter: “Was it a dead baby?”

It’s the chance exchange like this that reminds me she’s my kin, that there was no mix-up at the hospital, no abandoned basket on the doorstep. Where my first thought was a dead rat, like a nice and proper piece of Nosferatu set dressing, Dear Daughter’s imagination shot straight to an essential gothic plot device: a buried child.

July 23, 2010   No Comments

Nightmare #286 – Blindside Bus Driver

“…from where I was sitting, I couldn’t see anything …”

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July 21, 2010   No Comments

Nightmare #285 – Devouring, Choking

“…I changed into a wolf demon as well…”

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July 19, 2010   No Comments

Nightmare #284 – Look No Hands!

His arms just came to stumps around where his wrists used to be.

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July 14, 2010   1 Comment

This Just In – Not Just Another Zombie Cake

“…A particularly rich signifier here, right?…”

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July 13, 2010   No Comments