What kid doesn't think there aren't monsters in their closet or under the bed? I was absolutely convinced of both when I was young. I'd leap onto the bed at bedtime. No way did I want my foot to linger too long where a hand could dart out and grab my ankle! And forget about opening the closet door after lights out!
After reading Stephen King's The Shining in the 8th grade, I was positive that vampires were lurking outside my bedroom windows at night. I even asked my dad to go outside and check--that's how scared I was.
But I never did ever actually find any monsters outside my window or under the bed or in the closet until a few months ago.
I was cleaning out my home office closet in preparation for a major relocation from my Victorian home in Alabama to a newer, smaller house in Georgia. I opened a box that had been on the top shelf of the closet for years. And that's when I discovered the monsters.
After reading Stephen King's The Shining in the 8th grade, I was positive that vampires were lurking outside my bedroom windows at night. I even asked my dad to go outside and check--that's how scared I was.
But I never did ever actually find any monsters outside my window or under the bed or in the closet until a few months ago.
I was cleaning out my home office closet in preparation for a major relocation from my Victorian home in Alabama to a newer, smaller house in Georgia. I opened a box that had been on the top shelf of the closet for years. And that's when I discovered the monsters.
A sheet of old postal stamps featuring the classic monsters from Universal Studios that I'd packed away and forgotten about. What a great find! There was Frankenstein, The Mummy, Wolfman, Dracula and The Phantom of the Opera as portrayed by Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney, Jr., Bela Lugosi and Lon Chaney. I don't collect stamps, but I decided to frame and keep these since they're just too cool to use.
So I really did have monsters in my closet. And they're now displayed on my writing desk as a reminder of the monster movies that inspired me as a kid.
So I really did have monsters in my closet. And they're now displayed on my writing desk as a reminder of the monster movies that inspired me as a kid.
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