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The Vine: October 21, 2011
October 21, 2011 – 8:35 AM | 10 Comments
The Vine: October 21, 2011

I am desperately searching for a collection of scary stories I read in middle school (circa 1993-1995). I remember two stories from the collection very vividly.
1.  One story was called “Lockers.” It was about a …

The Vine: October 14, 2011
October 14, 2011 – 11:18 AM | 59 Comments
The Vine: October 14, 2011

So, it’s getting toward Halloween-time, and I’ve had a sudden nostalgic craving for ghost stories. When I was in school, I was hooked on those creepy ghost/scary story books you could snag through the Scholastic …

DVR Break-Up: The Walking Dead
November 15, 2010 – 5:53 PM | 34 Comments
DVR Break-Up: <I>The Walking Dead</I>

From listening to Sepinwall and Fienberg’s excellent podcast, I’d anticipated a letdown after The Walking Dead‘s premiere episode. I hadn’t anticipated one during it, or that I’d bail on it after three episodes, but it’s …

The Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories
August 10, 2008 – 9:28 AM | 11 Comments
<I>The Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories</I>

…some of which require the bulk of said century to get to the point.[rimshot]Seriously, though: many of the stories faff around for two or three pages explaining how the protagonist had come to marry a …