Sympathy For The Horror Novelist

On This Day In History
1997: A teenage mother gives birth in a school toilet and murders her baby before returning to the dance floor to dance at the High School Prom

Quote Of The Day
"The baby was born alive. I was aware of what I was doing when I placed the baby in the bag, and I was further aware that what I did would most certainly result in the death of the baby."
(Melissa Drexler)

Bonus Quote Of The Day
"He supposed he could believe in mosters if he had to; mosters were no big deal. Hadn't he sat in radio stations at one time or another reading news copy about such fellows as Idi Amin and Jim Jones and that guy who had blown away all those folks at the McDonald's just down the road apiece? Shit fire and save matches, monsters were cheap! Who needed a five buck movie ticket when you could read about them in the paper for thirty-five cents or hear about them on the radio for free?"
(Richie Tozier, It, Stephen King)

Indeed, Richie. How can a horror writer be expected to make a living when reality continually vomits up mosters like Melissa Drexler who, after returning to the Prom, asked the D.J. to play The Unforgiven by Metallica?

Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)

"She opened strange doors that we'd never close again."