Category: Stories
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Haunted by “The Shining” and Scooby Doo
After finishing Doctor Sleep, Stephen King’s newest novel which checks in on Danny Torrance 30 years after the horrors at The Overlook Hotel, I decided to go back and re-read The Shining. I saw Kubrick’s film adaptation of The Shining for the first time when I was five years old, the same age as Danny Torrance. Wisest choice…
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The Doll Returns: Patti Playpal in Williamsburg
It was an adventure. After both the J and the M trains denied us passage over the Williamsburg Bridge, we trekked our way through the slick sidewalks of Brooklyn to the L in an attempt to make it into midtown Manhattan in time to attend Carol Channing’s 93rd birthday celebration at Town Hall (hosted by…
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BOOK REVIEW: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Having seen both the original 1963 film and the 1999 remake, I was intrigued to read Shirley Jackson’s original novel. The novel, told almost entirely from Eleanor’s perspective, reads partly like a decent into madness and partly like a romance. Eleanor is broken. Her past, which is lightly looked at in all three forms (book,…
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“The Thing” Off Interstate 10 in Arizona
I ran across this Buzzfeed article today which lists off the “11 Of The Oddest Tourist Attractions In America.” I’m all for quirky/odd/irreverent adventures (it’s one of the reasons I love the books by the Weird USA guys) so as soon as I saw the headline I clicked in. Of the eleven I have been to…
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PHOTO: #Our #homemade #Halloween decorations are up. #Brooklyn #NYC
from Instagram: #Our #homemade #Halloween decorations are up. #Brooklyn #NYC http://instagram.com/p/f_OgThQaHF/
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The Cheeseburglar vs. the Universe
Yesterday at the deli I ordered a cheeseburger with mayo and spicy mustard. Three people after me in line another guest, obviously perturbed by the line and wait, briskly ordered a cheeseburger, “Plain, you hear that, plain! Don’t screw this up!” His rudeness was only amplified by the drumming of his hands on the counter…
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Breaking Tradition: That Time Tevye Forgot His Line
Back in my undergrad days, when I was a Theatre major, I was thrilled when I was, as my mother put it, “cast as the title role” in Fiddler on the Roof. During the audition the director asked, “Are you afraid of heights?” I answered in the negative which was a lie but I knew…
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The Doll: Things That Should Not Be Found
I recently submitted this story, which happened to me back in the late 1990s, to the Anything Ghost Show. You can listen to it on the podcast here. It’s a great show and, if true tales of the supernatural are your thing, I encourage you to subscribe to it. Below is the text to the…
Tommy Karr 