Episode Three Hundred Nineteen: Mother Beckons Part Five

What happens when you take a beloved cult classic series of books, do none of the research work involved, and ape the shit out of the fanbase? I kid, but not really. Tribute to Terror is born out of a love and deep respect mixed admiration for Alvin Schwartz and Stephen Gammell’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark series from the late 90’s. Tribute is just as it says: a love-letter to what we once knew that no longer exists. The problem is: it’s not nearly as developed or as good as what came before. It’s a bit like the Star Wars sequels in that it knows there’s a fanbase and knows there’s a deep lore and respect for the classics and the masters that came before it, but instead of doing the same amount of work to try and capture that same feeling - that same lightning in a bottle - they simply rehashed and went off-script for what they thought was both best and interesting for them to do. The sad part is: they’re right. I hope the fans enjoy this one more than I did, because I may have hyped this up more in my head. All in all, I think everything here is JUST OKAY. I’m not necessarily extraordinarily expressed or anything but I’m just content with it. I take my hat off to Curt and -more specifically- Shane for trying their best and their damndest, but I don’t know if it truly paid off, damned as the task may have been from the start. Only time will tell, I suppose. Happy Halloween, y’all! Tribute to Terror (23:48) By Curt Tuckfield and Shane Hunt

What happens when you take a beloved cult classic series of books, do none of the research work involved, and ape the shit out of the fanbase? I kid, but not really. Tribute to Terror is born out of a love and deep respect mixed admiration for Alvin Schwartz and Stephen Gammell’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark series from the late 90’s. Tribute is just as it says: a love-letter to what we once knew that no longer exists. The problem is: it’s not nearly as developed or as good as what came before. It’s a bit like the Star Wars sequels in that it knows there’s a fanbase and knows there’s a deep lore and respect for the classics and the masters that came before it, but instead of doing the same amount of work to try and capture that same feeling - that same lightning in a bottle - they simply rehashed and went off-script for what they thought was both best and interesting for them to do. The sad part is: they’re right. I hope the fans enjoy this one more than I did, because I may have hyped this up more in my head. All in all, I think everything here is JUST OKAY. I’m not necessarily extraordinarily expressed or anything but I’m just content with it. I take my hat off to Curt and -more specifically- Shane for trying their best and their damndest, but I don’t know if it truly paid off, damned as the task may have been from the start. Only time will tell, I suppose. Happy Halloween, y’all! Tribute to Terror (18:20) By Curt Tuckfield and Shane Hunt

Who the hell is that creeping around the corners of my isolated house in the middle of the night? Cannibal Siren? Is that you? No, it’s just my one-eyed cat. That’s not a joke, my one-eyed cat really does peer at me from around corners. She’s missing her left eye, so it’s pretty funny to see her peering at me from right-hand side walls. It’s even funnier when it’s on the left-side cause then I’m like “You can’t fucking see me, you nerd.” Anywho, Cannibal Siren come on down, join me on the couch with my one-eyed cat. What’s that in front of us? I’m glad you asked. It’s delicious, piping hot, melted perfection in the form of grilled cheese. Wait… What’s with the sour face? Does it not taste right? Oh… Shit… Who…? Who put this wicked creepy pasta in my grilled cheese?! It ruined it. It ruined everything. It ruined my night. It ruined this episode. Fuck! Well, I guess we better read them, right? My Missing Husband Came Home, But I just Know it isn’t Him(22:23) by Writing-With-I https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/tgmnx6/my_missing_husband_came_home_but_i_just_know_it/ My Wife has been Peeking at Me from Around Corners and Behind Furniture. It’s Gone from Weird to Terrifying(38:12) by Maliagirl1314 https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/sva7z6/my_wife_has_been_peeking_at_me_from_around/

Don’t make me turn this car around, kids… we’ve still got some ways to go. Where are we going? I’m not quite sure, yet. We’ll figure out when we get there, and I promise the answer is DEFINITELY not ‘the friends we made along the way.’ If that were the case, we’d be kinda screwed, right? Lest we ignore the literal Nazis, the Neo-Nazis, Black Jesus, Drug Addicts, Uncle Adolf, and maniacs we’ve met along the way… And today, we see the culmination of several more narratives. What of The Watchers and the Old Crone? What of Ben (that I appropriately call BRAD for more than half of the episode before realizing his name is actually BEN) and what of Karen? Important conversations are had. Trust is made and broken, sometimes even in the same sentence! And, last but not least, we have WhereAmI? Reading more graphic sexual acts. This is what you’re here for, after all. No need to hide from it. Embrace it, child - you’ve come this far. There’s no going back now. The story is told. The words are heard. The door is open. Be it Q or be it Mother, something is waiting on the other side. The Interface Series AKA Mother Horse Eyes P4 (28:11) By _9MOTHER9HORSE9EYES9 https://www.reddit.com/r/9M9H9E9/wiki/narrative/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=usertext&utm_name=9M9H9E9&utm_content=t3_4lnr05

Grab my things, child - we’re hitting the road. And by hitting the road I mean, we’re going places. You + Me = Going Places, kid! The places we’re going, you ask? Nowhere good. No, that’s literally what it’s called, “Nowhere Good, PA.” Cause everyone knows only creepy shit happens in Pennsylvania (it’s where this is recorded, after all). On today’s episode we see the end of some controversial narratives and welcome some more new ones; What more need be said. It’s a real “out of the frying pan, into the fire” kinda story. And by that I mean, “out of the holocaust camp in Treblenka and into the casual racist bigotry of California.” One of those things is definitely worse than the other but that doesn’t make the other one “good” by any stretch of imagination. And what a stretch this episode is! We’re seeing the PAST, PRESENT, and FUTURE all in one go and it’s all so very… confusing? Kind of? I mean, it is, but I’m writing this in hindsight and it’s not as confusing now! (Yay) Well. The good thing is, this officially marks the halfway point of the series. Will we get answers? Yes. Just… not anytime soon. Listen up, now, Mother’s calling and she HATES to repeat herself. The Interface Series AKA Mother Horse Eyes P3 (27:20) By _9MOTHER9HORSE9EYES9 https://www.reddit.com/r/9M9H9E9/wiki/narrative/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=usertext&utm_name=9M9H9E9&utm_content=t3_4lnr05