It may not seem like a lot, but there is a fuck ton of work that goes behind the scenes to track every piece of content, every chapter, every review here on the Backstage Pass, above and beyond the actual development of original attractions. As such, we here at the Calamity must go to great lengths to ensure our wires do not get crossed as we assemble each edition. I mention this only because we almost dropped the summary for next week’s installment of A Vampire’s Vengeance, which would have been absolutely atrocious! But thanks to a management with an eye for detail—eh, most of the time anyway—we caught the error before this went to print. We had to make sure to include the right chapter, the right summary, the right links, as we are rolling full steam ahead with this attraction, baby!
And speaking of steam, in keeping with the steamy theme in classic horror, we feature Fog, by C. Franklin Miller. It is a moderately okay story, but we hope you enjoy it anyway.
House is here with a new installment. Our story’s just getting started, and Mr. Garcia is acclimating to the what may be an incredible effort on his part to rid the house of the dark presence dwelling there.
And speaking of House, our cinematic extravaganza features films whose locus is … you guessed it, a haunted house! Well isn’t that grand?
Top this all off with the lastest from Bus Driver, and you have yourself one solid Backstage Edition. Let’s get into it →
As mentioned in the editorial, this week saw some excellent progress in A Vampire’s Vengeance. Next edition’s installment is ready to go, and the following installments are currently in progress.
The original House has been updated with consolidated chapters and a different direction. If you happened to read any of it on Threads, you’ll notice the difference when you read the latest installment linked below.
Body Count is surfacing once again! More progress is being made with the novelette in progress, which we hope to see published before the close of the Backstage Pass Vol II. This is because Body Count: Vignettes will be featured in the Backstage Pass Vol III, so we gotta be ready by the time it arrives. Keep a look for more news on this story, as we expect to launch this attraction in the early new year.
And finally, Groundskeeper will begin going through the editing stages, bringing that much closer to a much more polished release than was brought to you here Backstage. Remember, we’re building out in the open here, so things will be a bit messy, dodgy, dusty, and loud. When an attraction is fully fleshed out, then we dissassemble it and rebuild it, improving it in the process, so as to unleash a positive powerhouse in the Carnival. We hope you are as excited for Groundskeeper as we are!
We are still in the Manor with Isabelle and Edgar! At least they’re all cleaned up. Let’s see what they’re getting into, with their continued prep before leaving the Manor:
How is Mr. Garcia faring? Is he taking his second dream walk? Find out how his explorations unfold in this edition’s installment of …
One way to celebrate bringing House home is by spending the weekend watching movies about fucked up houses. Come see this edition’s Calamity on Cinema on Letterboxd:
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A traveling merchant finds himself in quite the predicament when he manages to win a duel, leading him down a dark path. A tale from the Odds ‘n’ Endings Boutique.
When last we rode with the bus driver, they got a flat after narrowly escaping an evolved infected. What luck! You can catch up with Part XIV here. Now what will happen? Will they manage to swap out the tire before another swarm arrives? Or will they get eaten and the story come to an abrupt end? Read on to find out →
