The Man called Midget, and clowns. So, many clowns.

Scarefest Weekend is coming up, the weekend of October 20th – 22nd, in Lexington, Kentucky. I will be attending and manning my booth with the Man Called Midget.

What’s that?

Midget isn’t real. You mean your book, “Harmony”, right?

I do not.

Although, Midget is generally the safest of my characters in telling them they aren’t real.

I mean, I wouldn’t.

But knock yourself out.

So, thankfully I do have Midget helping me run my table so I can do necessary things: rest breaks, cry breaks, food breaks, clown breaks. More cryptic details to come, as we move closer to Halloween.

I mean, conveniently the cast and writer/director of Terrifier 2 will also be attending Scarefest. And having a table helper doesn’t mean I’ll totally fanboy and get a picture taken with Art the Clown, while wearing one of my Art the Clown t-shirts.

While I’m not looking for an opportunity to fanboy and leave Midget with excuse to unleash the Bleed, you should come to my table, and ask me about influences on my books, like having been allowed to see Creepshow when I was five. I’m not certain a clown wasn’t an active participant the waking nightmares I had all night after said viewing, but I wouldn’t put it past them.

They’re tricky, those clowns. The Clown may even put in an appearance or three in “Harmony”.

I wonder what he’s gotten up to, after?

And you really can’t go to horror convention without the obligatory visitation of the evil clown horde. The Clown doesn’t mind.

His worshippers take many forms, and all things are reflective of the first.

Want to have an inkling of what the heck I’m talking about?

Come see me and the Man Called Midget in booth #102.

Tonight’s soundtrack is entitled Blood, by NoiseBox.

Photo by Robert Zunikoff on Unsplash