I didn’t get a blog written this weekend. I didn’t get my copyediting done either. It wasn’t my fault, though. See, I went out to check the mail yesterday afternoon, and I heard this noise behind me. The slow clomp-drag-clomp-drag of someone with a bad limp.
I didn’t think anything of it. I mean, it was broad daylight. Kids were playing in the street. Dads were walking the family yorkie-poos. Why would I ever suspect…?
Well, anyway, I smelled something really bad, like day-old road kill. Then someone came up behind me, grabbed my arm, and bit me. Bit me! Can you believe it? I felt the teeth pop right through my skin.
I turned, and there was this guy gnawing on my arm. He had the worst eczema I’ve ever seen—skin sloughing off by the handful. It was gross. Naturally, I kicked him where it counts and made a break for it. He was kinda slow and seemed stupid, so I made it home okay. But by nightfall, I looked like this:
I gotta go to the doctor or something. I mean, my left pinkie fell off while I was typing this note and I’m getting this putrid goo all over the keyboard. It’s mortifying!
But before I go, I did want to tell you that the randomly selected winner of Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes is Cathy Hedge.
Happy Halloween!
Marie Loughin's "I WANNA BE . . ." 
Pretty gross. I think the skeletal hand is my favorite part. I hate it when I get bitten by people with serious eczema 🙂
Happy Halloween!
Paul D. Dail
http://www.pauldail.com- A horror writer’s not necessarily horrific blog
If you look closely, you can see that the skeletal hand was shrunk by a voodoo witch doctor. I had a really bad day.
I did actually notice that the hand seemed rather small, but I didn’t want to add insult to injury 🙂
Paul D. Dail
http://www.pauldail.com- A horror writer’s not necessarily horrific blog
You look . . . disgusting. 🙂 Great costume. And congrats to Cathy!
Always striving for perfection 😉
If that’s what Canada does to you, maybe you should come back to the States. As it is, I’m glad a continent separates us. You look delightfully gross.
Merry
It doesn’t matter where we are…we’ll find you….
Yep, she’s a keeper.
Ewwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can’t believe I spawned THAT…………..
Just think…people say I look like you… 😉
Though I’m late to the party, I love the post! 😀
I sorta did it in honor of you and Jaye Manus 🙂
All I want to know is if there is virus still lingering on the book? I like my pinkies and need them to type! Thank you, Marie!!!!
No, just my keyboard. Viruses don’t stick to electrons…that I know of.