R.L. Stine Live Tweets A Creepy Short Story Just In Time For Halloween
Not content with scaring the bejesus out of children on the printed page, horror author R.L. Stine took to twitter (his byline: "My job: to terrify kids") yesterday to tweet an entire short story, delivering a creepy tale 140 characters at a time.
The story's titled "What's in my Sandwich?" and Stine isn't afraid to go full on gross, telling the tale of a dad who orders an egg sandwich which comes with a rather nasty surprise.
I am going to try to write a story live on Twitter now. The story is called "What's In My Sandwich?"...
People call me a loser, but that's going to change. I was in a little diner downtown and I ordered an egg salad sandwich…
..I was about to bite down on it when I noticed something moving in the egg salad. Was I imagining it? No…
..I saw a hairy, three-fingered claw push a clump of egg out of the way. I saw two round black eyes. A fur-covered face…
..The creature poked out of the sandwich, sending egg salad tumbling onto the plate. It was the size of a fat beetle…
..But it wasn't an insect. It had a furry head and eyes that peered into mine. Before I could react, a second creature poked out…
..And then a third. My sandwich was infested. My stomach lurched. "Is everything okay?" the waitress asked…
.."Yes. Fine," I said. "Could you wrap this sandwich to go?" Finding hairy things in your sandwich is gross…
..Discovering a new life form had to make me rich. I carried the sandwich home carefully and set it on a table…
..Yes, he ate the sandwich. If only I could have stopped him. Now the creatures are biting holes in his stomach…