Some weeks, filling this section out is a bit of a challenge, because how do we promote excitement and enthusiasm in what follows when the content doesn’t change that much from one edition to the next? If you follow this publication closely, then you know what to reasonably expect from one edition to the next, so bringing in some hype from the top is a little bonus. If you don’t follow closely and often spend time catching up, the experience isn’t that much different, as you consume one edition to the next, back to back. But what happens when, aside from the new chapters being published for our ongoing serials, there is little if anything to update with regard to the rest of the Carnival?

The short answer is “I don’t know.” I’m always very excited about sharing updates for attractions, but lack that same enthusiasm in writing the editorials, because this is, in a word, challenging.

You may ask, “Ah, but Mad Alex, are you not a writer? Should not the words flow with ease when you summon them forth?” to which I respond with “Nay, the words rarely ever obey my summons.” The simple truth is that even when I have a clear idea of what to write, I must pry the right words from their resting place; the words do not often come of their own accord. This is the reality in the process of writing as I have come to experience it, which is as relevant to the half-built attractions you wander among as the scaffolding itself.

But enough of this. You have come to enjoy the fruits of our development! So let us showcase what we have in store for you in this edition: Isabelle and Edgar remain in the dilapidated urban landscape, and we are provided clues as to what has transpired in this edition’s installment of A Vampire’s Vengeance. Our dear Mr. Solomon Garcia finds himself charging headlong into the dream he’s bound within in House. We present a terrible story of brutality and indifference in our classic horror column, with The Mystery of Black Jean. And of course, no Backstage Pass Vol II edition is complete without an update from Bus Driver.

Let’s get into it →

The holidays make consistency rather difficult, as routines are torn to shreds amidst all the chaos. That being said, we did still find time to progress through Groundskeeper, completing the editing in another chapter and beginning the editing on the following one. Slow and steady she goes, with the hope that we will see the opening of this attraction in the early parts of the new year. Please keep your fingers crossed, as we would like to delay Groundkeeper’s launch as little as possible.