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I saw a witch once.

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Was it not like a week ago that you did a post about throwing a Halloween themed party in the castle you built? Time’s going to quick, man. Can someone stop the bastard, por favor?

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How fun! 🕸🎃

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Hi there! I’m travelling from Canada and am planning to attend this night. I have a 5 min spooky piece I’d really like to present. Is there a way to sign up or something?

I attended a study hall with Chuck last year in November and would love to give this a shot too!

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Oh fuck this is going to be great.

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Can you guys, like, put a pentagram down at the venue and invoke me? It’s cheaper than a plane ticket.

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founding

Sounds like fun. Put me on the sign-up list for garlic and holy water.

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I think there was a system glitch and an email went out yesterday about September 12th. What are the next scheduled dates? Thanks. Sorry, if I'm just confused.

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Make it a contest?

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Sounds awesome. Hope you guys have a great time 👻

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**drives across the country**

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I wish I could be there. I have to confess, I haven’t been as active on here lately. But that’s not due to the content. Your posts continue to be amazing! Keep it up. I’m still working on my big story and had a huge breakthrough this week that finally fixes all the problems I couldn’t figure out. I was in the dumps for a while.

Chuck -- guess what? I got a question. A two parter if you care to oblige. I’ve read you say (please correct me if I butcher this somehow) that in the end you want to break the reader’s heart.

1. I love Fight Club. (duh!) What was the heartbreak in the end of that story? That Tyler isn’t real? That the narrator couldn’t have the sense of self-worth to be the person he wanted to be and so instead concocted an alter-ego?

2. I’m in a movie group called Incredibly Strange Films. People in there are very smart and are great at breaking down plots, explaining why something worked for them and why it didn’t. They seem to absolutely loathe M. Night Shyamalan due to his predictive ‘shock’ endings and also what many point out to be major plot holes. You follow rules/formulas very much just like it seems he does. What would you say is most important in following your rules/formula so as to keep each story fresh and unique?

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Are you gonna turn off all the lights? It'd be really spoopy.

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Playing with darkness ?

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Several online publication websites had requests for scary stories. I submitted some ghost stories for publication. I wonder if they will be accepted. The story involved a true story about a tape recorder and a scary recording. Siblings can be so cruel to each other.

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