[Archive] Horror Writing in a Time of Plague…

We live interesting times, in the sense of the old curse.

So the writing has gotten a bit rocky: a family member came down with a bad head cold (no, not COVID-19, thank heaven) and I had my hands full taking care of them. Also my day job has been utter madness. I’ve worked in this company for eighteen years. I’ve seen people stocking up for hurricanes and snowstorms. I’ve worked during the major holiday seasons (In order of craziness: Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, Memorial Day and Fourth of July barbeques, Super Bowl Sunday). Friday, March 13th, 2020 lived up to its unlucky reputation: everyone and their mother and their brother and their sister and their cousins to the seventh degree showed up to panic shop, cramming the store to capacity. The shelves looked like locusts had descended – locusts that eat toilet paper and canned goods. It’s calmed down since, though a lot of people continue to buy in bulk. I’ve taken precautions by wearing nitrile gloves and have added surgical masks to my personal gear. Unfortunately, I doubt I could make use of the replica 17th century plague doctor mask I’ve procured. More about those odd goth-looking crow dudes later…



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