Coming Sooner Than I Thought - Pull Over For Some Roadside Horrors

I mentioned the Roadside Horrors section of my old Monster Shindig website earlier today, and then something unusual happened...

It's coming back faster than I expected.

Here's what's up: My brother, Dave, and I were on a long roadtrip this last weekend to help our our folks at their retirement farm in Kentucky. On the way there, we got to talking about Roadside Horrors. Okay, RH was my online travel guide to weird and spooky spots across the USA and Canada, packed with links and, perhaps more importantly, maps to get to these spots. My bro thought it was pretty cool and strongly encouraged me to bring it back with an offer I couldn't refuse.

Based on the website traffic logs I was getting at that time, that section was the most popular part of the Monster Shindig website. It came to an unfortunate temporary end due to my health issues a few years back. But it's coming back. And when it does, I'll post the new URL. In a short amount of time, pages will reappear. Initially, the pages will seem like they're the old ones from before, but I've already done weeks of rewrites, link checking, some slight redesigning and more.

I'm also hoping to get back previous contributors. (Are you up for telling your story of the asylum, Greg?)

Having said that, my plans are to expand the format slightly. This is something I wanted to do before the site fell... something focusing on the readers' own true-life spooky stories. Do you have a really creepy, true story to tell that happened to you? Tell me about it, and it will become a part of RH.

I'm even toying with doing some original (non-fiction) comics for the site.

I hope you enjoy the Roadside Horrors relaunch as much as I think I'll have doing it, again.

And, no, I haven't forgotten Secret Projects 1 & 2 (and 3?). I've been working hard on those as well. To say the least, I'm having a great time!

Just in time for Halloween... Cool.

Agents of Peril 7... and Rumblings of Halloween

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This week, I was digging around in the vaults downstairs looking for the original artwork for Agents of Peril (among other things), realizing quickly that my previous attempts to organize myself had failed. Still, I found some very interesting things that I'll share with you in the near future. [Here's a blatant hint: The FUPOS Agents... for those who knew me when I had hair.] The really good stuff is still down there even deeper. I'll get up the guts to push aside the iron maiden and that dusty old rack... hopefully today... and wrest that artwork from that mummy's grasp down there.

Meanwhile, work continues on my two Mystery Projects. I want to make sure I have enough done in advance before I start posting material here. The reasoning, of course, is that even if I take a break, it doesn't seem like I had.

I also have to mention that one of those things that happens when you're being creative all the time, happened to me. Yet another new idea jumped up and grabbed me. I won't let it cause me to stray, but... nope, must stay focused! I'm not sure if the world is ready for a Secret Project #3 (or me, for that matter).

Oh, and Halloween is coming quickly. I finally accepted that this pagan celebration is my fave "holiday," with Christmas a close second. I just love trying to create a spooky atmosphere. I already have some stuff waiting in anticipation of that. My initial idea was to post something Halloweenish every day of October, artwork or ephemera, but that won't happen. I want to stay on track with the new stuff while serving up tasty treats from the past. Still, October looks very promising on a number of different fronts.