Midnight Pals: Corn (Patreon)

Tom Tryon: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of harvest homeTryon: gentlemen, behold!Tryon: CORN!King: oh i don't know about thisKing: i already wrote a corn based folk horror storyTryon: this timeTryon: will be different!

Tryon: are you guys ready for the dark secret of harvest home?Koontz: oh wow, sounds spooky!Tryon: oh, it's extremely spooky!Tryon: believe meTryon: you will be spookedTryon: but firstTryon: CORN!

Tryon: my story is about a strange secluded community where sinister rites still happenClive Barker: oh wow never heard that one beforeShirley Jackson: [mumbles]Mary Shelley: what's that, Shirley?Jackson: [mumbles]Mary Shelley: Shirley also says 'oh wow never heard that one before'

Tryon: ok lookTryon: i know what you're all thinkingTryon: 'oh another folk horror story, how boring!'Tryon: well, i'll have you knowTryon: my folk horror story comes with a corny little twist

King:Barker:Lovecraft:Poe:Koontz:King: what's the twist?Tryon: the twist is it's about corn

Tryon: but seriously guys I've got a total original idea for a folk horror narrativeKing: let's hear itTryon: okTryon: so get thisTryon: it's about a harvest festival

Tryon: everyone's always wonderingTryon: what is the dark secret of harvest home?King: what is the dark secret of harvest home?Tryon: well, to find that outTryon: we're gonna have to go through an entire wheel of the year's worth of exposition!

Tryon: first there's planting dayKoontz: oh boy! and then there's harvest home?Tryon: haha ha no dean my young friendTryon: then there's plowing dayTryon: oh boy! and then there's harvest home?Tryon: no

Tryon: and after plowing day, there's CornlemasKoontz: oh boy! and then there's harvest home?Tryon: haha no dean of course not!Tryon: then there's midsummer corn revel

Koontz: oh boy! and then there's harvest home?Tryon: of course not!Tryon: then there's the crowning of the corn kingKoontz: oh boy! and then there's harvest home?

Tryon: no then there's husking beeKoontz: and THEN there's harvest home?Tryon: no, then there's the vernal corn equinoxKoontz:Tryon: and then the fall corn equinoxKoontz:Koontz: [crying] when are we gonna get to harvest home?!?

Tryon: so all year, the people of this secluded agricultural community have been acting really cagey about their pagan corn ritesTryon: hinting to the one outsider that they revere a mysterious figure called "mother"Clive Barker: is it mother earthTryon: iTryon:Tryon: you know what i don't know why i botherKing: oh look what you did clive, you've upset him

Tryon: anyway get ready for the secret revealTryon: the twist is that the corn cult is matriarchalKing: whaaat?Tryon: i know, right?Tryon: kinda just comes right out of nowhere doesn't it?

Angela Carter: hey that seems okay by meCarter: as a strong independent woman who is also intelligent, i think more corn cults should be matriarchalCarter: you should take notes steveKing: hey i'm not on trial here!