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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The Winchester House
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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.
King's Best
in rough order:
The Stand
It
The Shining
Misery
Four Past Midnight
Carrie
Christine
Cujo
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The Other Authors
with their best:
Dean Koontz
~Watchers, Intensity
Anne Rice
~The Mayfair Witches
Robert McCammon
~Blue World, Swan Song
Clive Barker
~Books of Blood
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(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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I spent hours watching
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
with the cats,
eating bologna and American cheese omelets.
(Don't make faces, that's what I knew how
to make . . . )
Some B&W Movies
that made an impression in my youth
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King Kong
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The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
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To Kill A Mocking Bird
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Dracula (1931)
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Frankenstein (1931)
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~GUESTBOOK~
please sign my book then use your back button to return here
(I know you are stopping in--unless ghosts are messing with the
counter.)
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