Midnight Pals: Fanfic

Poe: welcome to tonight's meeting of the midnight society
Mary Shelley: sup fuckers?
Poe: you're just in time, mary
Poe: Washington irving was about to tell a story
Shelley:
Shelley: [sweats] oh shit

Washington Irving: [lighting pipe] ba ba ba ba boo
Irving: hey old man good to see you
Irving: hope you're all enjoying this little shindig
Irving: now let the ol' groaner take a whirl with a story
Irving: submitted for the approval of the midnight society
Irving: i call this the tale of the headless horseman
Irving: ba ba ba ba boo

Barker: what's the matter, mary? don't tell me that you
Barker: gasp!
Barker: LIKE Washington irving?
Shelley: shut up, it's a purely professional admiration
Barker: oh yeah like bram stoker and walter Whitman
Shelley: yeah exactly like that
Shelley: i mean no wait

Barker: i just think its so cute that you're fangirling over Washington irving
Shelley: i ain't no fangirl
Barker: oh yeah? that's interesting that you would say that, mary
Shelley: is it clive? is it interesting?
Barker: yes it is
Barker: it is interesting

Shelley: well good! we're all in agreement! it's interesting!
Koontz:
Koontz: i dunno, i don't think it's THAT interesting
Barker: dean just be quiet right now, this is above your paygrade

Barker: i say it's interesting
Barker: because i just read this new fic on AO3, by a writer named headless_horsegirlxxx
Barker: you wouldn't happen to know this writer, would you, mary?
Shelley: Barker: cuz she seems to be a real fan of Washington irving
Barker: oh HEY! don't YOU like Washington irving, mary?
Shelley:
Poe: you're playing with fire, clive
Barker: no no i know what i'm doing

Barker: it looks like it's a crossover fic where Frankenstein meets the headless horseman
Anne Rice: what? that makes no sense
Rice: that's a total crack pairing!

Barker: perhaps, if i may
Barker: i'll read a selection outloud
Shelley: you should think very carefully about that first
Barker: well i think i
Shelley: ask yourself if this is a good life choice
Barker: i
Shelley: ask yourself
Barker:
Shelley:
Barker: maybe i won't
Shelley: see? you can make good decisions