Midnight Pals: The Horla (Patreon)

Guy de Maupassant: Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, I call this the tale of the horlade Maupassant: it’s about an invisible monster that’s always chasing me!Stephen King: haha wow what kind of drugs were you on when you came up with that one?de Maupassant: etherKing:King: oh de Maupassant: so there’s this invisible monster after mede Maupassant: there it is now!!!Koontz:Poe: that’s just deande Maupassant: oh haha phew wow you know how it is, sometimes the eye just plays tricks on you andde Maupassant: there it is!!!!King:Poe: that’s steve

De Maupassant: so anyway I was minding my own businessde Maupassant: when this boat sails byde Maupassant: and I was all “what the hell”de Maupassant: “I think I’m gonna wave to this boat”de Maupassant: and ooo boyde Maupassant: let me tell youde Maupassant: big mistake

De Maupassant: so I waved to this boat right?de Maupassant: and now I got this invisible monster after me!King: wow, what I like about it is it’s so relatableKing: I mean, that could be any of us!King: whom among us hasn’t waved at a boat?Poe: it truly is an irresistible urge

De Maupassant: so I waved at a boat and now there’s this ghost haunting meDean Koontz: that can’t happen in real life, right?Poe: it’s okay dean it’s just a storyKoontz: cuz I like to wave at boats tooKoontz: I waved at a boat yesterday

De Maupassant: this invisible monster is just the worstDe Maupassant: like, at night? It just sits on my chest like a massive weight!Poe: that actually kind of sounds like sleep paralysis actuallyWhitley Strieber: oh shut up edgar Strieber: the man’s clearly had a supernatural experience!!Strieber: you want to come on my podcast?

Whitley Strieber: hi everyone welcome to dreamland with whitley StrieberStrieber: the podcast that asks the questions the Bilderberg illuminati reverse vampires don’t want you to knowStieber: I’m here with guy de maupassantde Maupassant: [deeply inhaling chloroform soaked rag] glad to be here