They say things happen for a reason, and it seems they may be right. I just started work on a new story and staged the opening… and had no idea where to take it next.

Then, on Christmas Eve of all days, the doorbell rings and a little USPS truck is seen driving away after having deposited a box in the mailbox, which turned out to provide the answer I was looking for.

The entire series, all 7 seasons in the original unedited format as broadcast on HBO before they were sanitized and edited for use on residual stations. The good old EC comics of my wayward youth brought to life on the screen, and they’re all in this box spanning some 20 DVDs.

That’s when the idea hit – write this new story as if it were a cynical screenplay for an episode of Tales From The Crypt! This is gonna be fun, the ideas now percolating nicely (cue John Kassir’s demonic laughter in character as the Crypt Keeper).

Merry Chirstmas to all and to all a good fright!