Midnight Pals: Kids Lit

Stephen King: hey guys guess what?
King: maurice sendak and me are teaming up to tell a bold, original new story!
Poe: oh yeah? what's that?
King: hansel and gretel
Poe:

King: i was just fascinated by Maurice's illustrations for hansel and gretel
Maurice Sendak: and i'm fascinated by stories where children get eaten!
John Saul: oh yeah we're all fascinated by that
Stephen Gresham: >:C

Sendak: i love the bit where the witch eats the kids!
Sendak: that's my favorite part of Hansel and gretel
King: well actually maurice i don't think the witch successfully eats the kids
Sendak: and that's where the Brother Grim went wrong

Sendak: i think the witch should eat the kids
Sendak: because, if you think about it, what's better than eating kids?
Sendak: they're tasty, they're tender
Sendak: and it taps into a relatable, universal fear!

Sendak: it's a relatable, universal fear!
King: of being eaten?
Sendak: i mean, i wouldn't want to be eaten, would you?
King: that's a good point

RL Stine: excuse me maurice i beg to differ
Stine: everyone knows that the universal fear of all kids is green slime
Stine: i like to think i know a little bit about writing horror for kids

Barker: oh you guys think you know how to write horror for kids?
Barker: check this, my story zoombies is gonna be a feature length animated film!
King: oh is it about fast zombies?
Barker: what

King: is it about fast zombies?
Barker: what? why would you think that?
King: well, with the word "zoom" in the title
Barker: "zoom?" no, that's ZOO!
Barker: it takes place at a ZOO!
King:
King: i dunno i think that could be clearer

Barker: it's about a zombie outbreak at the zoo!
Barker: why would you immediately assume zoom instead of zoo??
Poe: i also assumed zoom
Lovecraft: yeah i thought zoom
Shelley: seemed pretty obvious to me
Koontz: WOW!!! fast zombies!!!

Barker: jeez no it's at a zoo
Barker: i thought at least dean would get it
Barker: fine fine i guess i'll just change the title
Barker: what if i called it
Barker: night of the zoopocalypse?

Barker: see, it's about zoo animals that have to fight an invasion of space mutants
Koontz: WOW!!! what kind of animals?
Barker: you'll like this dean
Barker: there's a wolf
Barker: that's a kind of dog
Koontz: WO-
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