The Backstage Pass is becoming a bit of an online literary magazine of sorts. How exciting! We have and editorial, regular columns, and story serials. Why, I do believe all we are missing is a Letters to the Editor section! Which we would love to setup. However, our inbox remains empty. So, no Letters section for the time being 😭
There is still plenty to enjoy without a Letters to the Editor to peruse. House continues, as our protagonist leaves the house to find sustenance; our elder vampire is no longer alone as he thaws out a youngling in A Vampire’s Vengeance; we dive into cosmic horror in this week’s classic horror presentation, The Shambler From the Stars; and with Halloween only a week away, we revisit some cinematic classics that have spread the horror genre out into various avenues. Let’s get into it →
⚠️ HEAVY CONSTRUCTION AHEAD ⚠️
There remains quite a bit of focus and attention on revamping, rebuilding, and augmenting the current carnival infrastructure. We have the scaffolding raised for the Carnival Records plugin, a vital piece of infrastructure we will use to maintain clear records of attractions in development, articles, columns, and other editorial elements that make the Carnival of Calamity possible. Just because the stories are calamitous doesn’t mean our backend processes ought to be!
The main focus this week with regard to building this plugin is hammering out all the little issues in the development of the Carnival Network to get every story vault talking to one another. Why is this important when instead you could have more horny vampires? Or, well, some horny vampires. You haven’t read about the horny ones yet. Shit, this is a tangent, back to the network. Why is a Carnival Network important? Why, for posterity! And well documented backups. If the Carnival of Calamity ever burns to the ground, rebuilding it will be simple.
Until much of this work is complete, I fear it may be some time before more attractions can be built. Still, we have much to share with you backstage, so dive in and enjoy the articles and columns below.
Our protagonist investigates a lack of delivery services to the house. This house can’t be that bad, can it?
The interrogation continues! Let’s see how our vampires fare:
I do believe this is the first cosmic horror story we’re sharing here! How exciting. Please enjoy this presentation of The Shambler From the Stars:
There’s a lot of love for some of the horror classics. The Exorcist, Poltergeist, and others hold special places in our hearts, being the predecessors for modern paranormal horror. In this same vein, classic slashers remain popular. But have they survived the test of time, or is their notoriety based solely in their place in history?
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The gift of time is, for many, an incredible gift indeed. Unless, of course, it is not a gift at all and arrives with a cost in excess of what one may be willing to pay …A tale from the Odds ‘n’ Endings Boutique.
Our bus driver had themselves an existential crisis when we last rode with him. The responsibility of his part in the whole scheme weighed heavily on him. If you have yet to catch up, you can read the details of his heavy moment here. Despite this, they travel on. What will they find up ahead? Let’s find out.
