Midnight Pals: Running Man (Patreon)

King: Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, I call this the tale of the running man King: it's about a dystopian future where real people's pain is exploited for television ratings King: you might even call it King: reality TV

Koontz: wow! this sounds cool! Koontz: i just have one question King: what's that, dean? Koontz: why isn't Pennywise in this? King: Koontz: you know, pennywise the dancing clown King: i am aware of who pennywise is, dean

King: well dean, it just wouldn't make sense for pennywise to be in the running man Barker: no no actually Barker: dean's got a point Barker: if you think about it Barker: it actually doesn't make sense for pennywise NOT to be in the running man Poe: clive

King: that doesn't make any sense King: it's a story about a horrible dystopian surveillance state future! how would an evil cosmic clown that eats kids fit into that? Barker: hey man Barker: that's YOUR job to figure out King: I King: Poe: oh actually he's got you there, steve King: NO HE DOESN'T!!

King: it's a completely different kind of story! Barker: yeah but don't you have, like, stephen king-a-verse or something? Barker: pretty sure i saw you making cross-pollinational references King: yeah but King: everyone does that! King: howard does that! HP Lovecraft: he's right, i do that

King: you can't just expect that every character is going to appear in every story! King: what would that even look like? Ernest Cline: hold on there steve Cline: i can help

Cline: imagine, steve Cline: what if you had pennywise Cline: dating randall flag Cline: and together raising the firestarter kid Cline: while living in the overlook hotel? King: Cline: YOU'RE WELCOME