We've Created A Monster

Anyone else getting tired of the same old monsters. Dracula? More like Drab-ula! Zombies? A bunch of real zom-bozos! Werewolves? Get-the-hell-outta-here, wolves! Enough with the masked killers using gardening implements, with the typical ghosts and ghouls, and enough with the clowns! No, it’s about time we forge a bold new direction in horror. I’ve even roped in our own resident monster-sculptor @KoolHandJoe for his expert opinions on the matter. Let’s see what we’ve got.

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Imagine you’re at a bar. First drink, you catch something in the corner of your eye. You turn around to confirm what you think you saw, but it isn’t there. A few more drinks, it’s in your peripheral vision again, clearer. Yet again, you turn to look at it, but it is gone. You’re getting pretty drunk. You feel a presence. It’s more in focus, in front of you. A hideous being, staring. Everyone else seems fine. They move around it without noticing. It seems to go away. A hallucination. You finish your drinking. There are hands unlike any you have known on your shoulders. You are followed out of the bar, but the others see you leave alone. You are not seen again.

@KoolHandJoe: “Very similar to how I met my Ex Wife.”