Midnight Pals: Sticks (Patreon)

Karl Edward Wagner: Submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of the sticksWagner: so there's this guy out walking in the woodsWagner: and he sees some sticksBarker: yeah thats usually the caseKing: clive's right, there do tend to be sticks in the woods

Barker: real unusual man, wow, sticks in the woods!Barker: where'd they come from huh? from a tree or something?Wagner: no no noWagner: it's not just any sticksWagner: these sticksWagner: are scary

Wagner: like, see, these sticks are made into these little figuresKing: oh, like the blair witch projectWagner:Wagner: no not like theWagner: ok yeah fine just like the blair witch projectWagner: whatever what's the pointWagner: why don't you all just go watch that movieKing: oh jeeze karl i didn't mean anything by itKing: i'm sure your sticks are much betterWagner: whatever

King: c'mon karl tell usWagner: whateverKing: we're listeningWagner: noWagner: you're all gonna laugh at my sticksKing: i promise you, we won't karl

Wagner: ok so this guy is in the woodsWagner: and he sees all these creepy stick figuresKing:Poe:Lovecraft:Barker:Koontz:Wagner: like, SUPER creepy

Wagner: so then he sees this farmhouseWagner: and he's all, i'm gonna go in the farmhouseKoontz: oh! just like the blaiKing: dean! no!Koontz: what? it is!King: haha he doesn't mean anything by it, karlWagner:

Wagner: so he sees creepy sticks all over the woodsWagner: and then he goes in this houseWagner: and inside this house...Wagner: THERE'S A MONSTER!!!!King: what!? whoa!!!Barker: holy shit!!!Poe: did not see that coming!

King: phew now thatKing: that was pretty scaryKing: a monster! wow! how do you come up with these thingsWagner: oh but there's moreKing: more?!King: you gotta be kidding karl!King: we just had a monster!King: there can't possibly be more!Wagner: oh but there is

Wagner: what if it  turned outWagner: the sticks, the monsterWagner: were all part of an ancient conspiracyWagner: a rather yog sogothy sort of conspiracyLovecraft: oh! oh!Lovecraft: i know this one!