Midnight Pals: The Scary book

L. Marie Wood: Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, I call the tale of the book that kills people
Lovecraft: o-oh! i like that
Lovecraft: b-books that kill, that's totally my jam!
Robert W Chambers: whose jam?

Wood: anyone who reads this book of esoteric stories will find themselves driven mad by the revelations of horror
Wood: and then die horrible, bloody deaths
Wood: as this innocent-looking book cuts a swathe of destruction across the country
Wood: leading us on a merry, madcap chase!

L. Marie Wood: and that book? the one that kills people?
Wood: why, it's this collection of short stories right here! [holds up 'The Tales of Time']
King:
Poe:
Barker:
Koontz:
Lovecraft:
Lovecraft: w-why did you bring the killer book here

King: wait, so the book that kills you is real?
Wood: yes, i wrote it
King:
King: does it
King: does it actually kill you

Barker: christ steve of course it doesn't, it's a bit
Barker: are you actually falling for this
Wood: oh yeah? maybe you'd like to take a look inside then
Barker:
Barker: yeah you know reading's not really my thing
Barker: edgar you love books, why don't you read it
Poe: yeah i don't think so

Wood: what's wrong? you're not actually scared are you?
Wood: you don't actually believe that these stories could kill you?
Wood: why it's just an ordinary short story collection
Wood: or is it???
Koontz: are we going to die

Wood: no dean no one's going to die
Wood: just as long as you don't succumb to the otherworldly compulsion to open this infernal tome and read the cursed words within
Koontz:
Koontz: i want to read it now
King: dean no!

Wood: any unfortunate soul could fall victim to this sinister book - a flight attendant, a barista, an old lady...
Lovecraft: i-i don't understand
Lovecraft: t-those don't sound like reedy academics
Wood: no i'm saying ANYONE could get got
Lovecraft:
Lovecraft: t-those don't sound like reedy academics