Halloween Stories

For our most recent show, Micah and I decided to do a "Halloween" show. Instead of opting for scary videos or sound effects or a review of horror movies, we went a more traditional route: scary stories.

Micah came up with the idea that each of us develop our very own "Halloween" story. There were really no guidelines other than just kind of what we envisioned as an appropriate Halloween story. So, we each wrote an original story . . . something scary . . . creepy . . . or otherwise Halloweeny. We read them on the show, and we plan to share them here on the blog for you. So, in the next few days, start looking for chapters of our stories to appear.

Micah's story is an awesome example of the traditional campfire tale. In fact, the story features a family that loves to huddle around the campfire and listen to well-spun stories, so it's kind of an homage to the great American campfire horror story. It's a great family history with a unique twist. I could easily imagine Micah telling this story someday to his grandchildren around a campfire, flashlight to his chin, wild dogs yipping off somewhere in the distance.

My story is a little different. It's a little more in the vein of the 60s sci-fi, hallucinogen-and-amphetamine-induced short stories that were meant more for shock than for horror. What can I say . . . sometimes you control the story, sometimes the story controls you. If you like Jorge Luis Borges and/or Philip K. Dick and/or William S. Burroughs, you'll enjoy this story.