So last night, I went to a Halloween party. Early on in the night, the power went out in the hosts' neighborhood (due to the weather), but the hosts, being 1) resourceful homeowners and 2) lovers of gothic aesthetic, had plenty of candles/lanterns to illuminate the house enough for the party to continue. Party went on, everyone had a great time.
Later on, probably around midnight, a lot of the guests have departed, and it's down to myself, the two hosts, and another couple of guests. Power is still out, and last we checked, they're saying it won't be back on until 7AM. We're still having a good time, though, and we get chatting about scary stories, so I, of course, am like, "Well, speaking of, what with the ambiance... Do we want to do some scary storytelling?"
So one of the hosts grabs his collection of the original Alvin Schwartz Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark books with the horrifying Stephen Gammell illustrations, and since I recently did a reading of it, I decide to kick off the midnight, candlelit, spooky storytelling with "High Beams."
Reader, I kid you not: The moment I read, "Then he turned on his high beams, flooding her car with light," THE POWER CAME BACK ON.
So I guess I'm magic now.
