Midnight Pals: Maelstrom (Patreon)

Poe: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the descent into the maelstromPoe: it's about a guy who survives a descent into the maelstromBarker: why'd you just give away the ending?Poe:

Poe: look, you already know that he survived the maelstrom because the story of the maelstrom is being related to the narrator by the survivorPoe: it's what we call a frame storyBarker: who do you think you are, mary shelley?Barker: queen of the fucking frame story!Mary Shelley: you watch your fuckin mouth, fucker

Poe: this maelstrom was just indescribably big and indescribably scaryPoe: i can't even describe the emotion i felt when i saw itLovecraft: now that's the way you do it!

Barker: have you been taking lessons from howard?Poe: well, howard's rightPoe: sometimes things are scarier if you withhold information from the readerBarker: like the fact that the guy survived?Poe:

Barker: like that fact?Poe:Barker: sorry i don't think i heard you, could you say that again?

Lovecraft: hey edgar knows that i'm right!Lovecraft: sometimes something is SO SCARY that you just can't describe itKing: well, i don't know about thatKing: i think if i had to imagine the scariest thing, i could describe itBarker: oh yeah steve? how would you describe the ultimate scariest thing?King: it would probably look like a clown

Poe:Lovecraft:Barker:Koontz: that's pretty scary!King: thank you, deanBarker: dean doesn't count

Adam Cesare: clowns are pretty scaryBarker: and neither does adam!Thomas Ligotti:Barker: and we all know how you feel, tom

King: ok you don't think a clown is scary?Barker: not reallyPoe: sorry, steveKing: well when i said a clownKing: i mean i'm just getting warmed upKing: that's not even it's final form

King: the scariest thing in the universe only SOMETIMES looks like a clownKing: but it's actual form?King: get ready for thisKing: it's a spider

King: eh? eh? a spider?King: pretty scary, don't you think?Poe:Barker:Koontz: