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Have you watched any Inside No. 9 Chuck? Whenever I hear the word Krampus, I always think of their “The Devil of Christmas” episode

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I have not, but I'll look for it now that dusk is at 5:30.

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It’s a dark comedy on BBC if you can find it. I think you would like it. Some great episodes across the seasons - 12 Days of Christine, Cold Comfort, A Quiet Night In, Bernie Clifton’s Dressing Room etc.

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*Sigh* I doubt I'll be able to join the fun. *sad face* Super exciting though!

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Same! I would absolutely love to visit my hometown and hit up Portland for this! Someday 😭

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Dear Santa, please fly Cheap in your magical sleigh to this magical event cause I want her to scream hail santa and make everyone applaud with their mittens and hand out presents which are just candy canes shaped like pentagrams yummy. Thank you.

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Dawwwww LOLOLOL That was so awesome! Thank you! Hail Santa!

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Will the Holiday Anthology extend to this SubStack? Call for Holiday Stories?

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I was wondering the same thing.

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That's a good point. I assumed the call would be on here. I hope so. I also hope submissions are open to writers in the UK. It sounds like a fantastic opportunity... 😎

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Rare Exports is a classic that goes a different route than your traditional Christmas Story. Thanks for making it on a Wednesday Chuck. I will be there.

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Yes, you are the reason for Wednesday.

Next Saturday (I'm told) look for me on CBS, putting up my Xmas lights and talking BS.

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Well have a Happy Thanksgiving Chuck and make sure you don't blind the neighbors with all your festive lights unless you making a landing strip for Santa Claus.

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Any chance someone in the group can read for me? Not to pull on heartstrings (cough) but I'm wheelchair bound and not local. I promise to keep it briefish.

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I'll post a call for holiday stories where you can link, okay?

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Much appreciated.

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Similar-ish issues here (Covid shielding, living in the Netherlands) - a link would be much appreciated. X

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Good luck with the Story Night - it sounds like it's going to be a great event. The Anthology also sounds very interesting. Looking forward to hearing more details about it and would definitely like to submit something... 😎

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Have fun everyone!

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I want to make sure I am understanding this correctly. Are you saying that we will have the opportunity to submit a horror story for consideration in an anthology under the banner of Michael Bailey and Chuck Palahanuik? I just want to make sure before I get too worked up and spend every wakng and non-waking moment over the next couple of months working on this. I am already pacing the room thinking about 1960s70s horror anthologies

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Fantastic! Michael’s such a good editor and a lover of the strange and provocative.

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Did you talk about this before?

I've been reading "First You Write a Sentence" by Joe Moran and I've picked up some interesting tidbits here and there. It's like a casual style guide.

There's a quote that says, "The aim is to make each sentence count, to cut down on the ones that are just treading water or only there to get from one bit to the next. Those are the sentences readers skim. If you treat the sentence as a lonely place it makes it easier, oddly, to move on to the next one."

My question is, didn't you talk about how a writer can experiment with sentences by putting them together to see how they work?

Everything is quite vague right now but I swear you touched on this in some way.

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I'll be there, I'm so excited to bring something horrible and see everyone! Hopefully I'll have a chance to submit when the time comes, tjat anthology sounds like gold!

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Make it extra nasty. Woo!

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Hey Chuck, are yee working on any Gloves Off? I'm sorry if I come off like SpongeBob pestering Squidward about "finishing those errands."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElR8039mzNk&ab_channel=KZCrow

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I’d love to submit a story

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That first paragraph had my 3 favorite Christmas references. Ok Krampus is only a fave because of my time living in Austria and finding it to be the perfect totally freaky thing to use in my book set there. It’s all about shame...poor kids 😬 I was petrified the first time I saw it...

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Anti-religious paedophiles, anti-homophobes, irreligious...

DREAMING OF A RED XMAS

All through the streets and all through the night,

the stars were shining but none were bright

It was Xmas eve and Santa was grinning

His time had come with the children sleeping

With grenades in his pocket and guns in his sack,

he took a moment to jerk off his jack

After he gasped, he abseiled the chimney

and found Danny and Sally so innocent and dreamy

“I’ll cut their heads off and leave a present for Mom

Ho, ho! What fun this job is when the flesh is a bomb”

At the glint of his knife, the Moon rushed a call:

“Quick, the kids need help (send one who’s good in the maul)”

Before Santa could jump-step, there was a flash of teeth

An indignant Tooth Fairy said “I’ll show you who’s chief”

“Ho, ho, this women’s lib is not that spooky

I’ve been challenged by heteros – you’re just a tutti frutti”

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...

But she demonstrated her karate by dropping his pants,

and instead of a blowjob, she taught the Bobbitt dance

The reindeer were laughing with season glow

‘cause it’s funny with Santa's searching for his dick in the snow

All through the streets and all through the night,

the stars were shining with so much bright

It was Xmas and Santa did no more sinning

Festive cheer had travelled its way to winning.

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A Christmas Horror Story (an anthology style movie with Krampus) is one of my family's favs. William Shatner is hilarious as the radio host.

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