Halloween has always been my favorite. My mom told me I would get more excited about Halloween than Christmas as a kid. I haven't changed much in that aspect... only now I spend the season drinking fall beers, scaring the people I love, watching horror movies, reading horror novels, writing horror novels, and listening to Taylor Swift's hit new album, 1989.

I digress...

My Santa, zb2good, was 2good (eh anyone??) to me! He stalked me, like any true Trick-or-Treat Santa would (what better time of year to be a creep than Halloween?) and it paid off.

Who doesn't love a good pun? What's better than run of the mill puns? BEER PUNS. Bloodweiser? Yes, please. (I just hope people see it's blood and not Bud. I need it to be known I'd rather drink blood than Budweiser. Red food coloring should do the trick...)

House of Leaves is one of my favorite books of all time. Some would apologize for already owning a copy of this, but not I. No, I am thankful for this copy because the original one is SO ragged it's being held together by packing tape. Scotch tape was no longer helping and I had to bring out the big guns. I was also always talking up the book to other people, when they asked to borrow it I said "No." Okay, I didn't say "No." it was more like "NOOO!" and then grabbed it from their grimy fingers that were probably covered in scotch tape dissolving oils and pulled it to my chest like King Kong protecting Fay Wray. Now, I can lend out my old copy and keep this fresh new one for myself.

I also received the book The Spooky Art by Norman Mailer, my second favorite Norman after Norman Bates (Fuck you Norm McDonald). Reading how other writers write is actually something I love to do. It's nice to know you aren't the only crazy person with odd quirks you do while writing.

Both books can be read by battery-powered candlelight to make things super creepy as well because my Santa also threw in some electric candles.

In order to give me some free time to read, zb2good also sent a Jack-O-Lantern chew toy for my dog Charlie to massacre. Don't be fooled by his adorable little frame...

To top it all off, I have horror movies for days. Fifty of them to be exact. Over 62 hours of classic horror, which are way better than the shit being peddled for horror these days btw... Wrong Turn 6? Yeah I think that first turn was wrong enough.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, zb2good! You're way better than that other stalker I had that only gave me dead cats and hid in my walls for two years.