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Dear David returns from holiday break with photo evidence


This is how it all began just about five months ago when Buzzfeed cartoonist Adam Ellis began noticing something strange in his neighborhood. But asking who he was gonna call, Ellis took to Twitter to document the curious case in his Manhattan apartment.

Ellis' story kicked off like a classic-sounding urban legend of a Nightmare on Elm Street-meets-creepy Grudge kid sort. He dreamt of a boy with a misshapen head, who he came to learn -- through another dream, with a little girl -- is named Dear David. You can ask Dear David two questions, but if your curiosity gets the better of you (another great folkloric trope), he'll kill you. Ellis became afraid the ghost child had crossed over into the real world, and moved into the vacant apartment above him.

Problem solved, right? Not if you have ever read a good ghost story where you can never truly escape a pissed-off specter. Things have been escalating; increasingly disturbing dreams; aggravated cats sitting at his door; objects caught on a nanny cam falling from a wall, or a rocking chair moving on its own; finding a hidden crawlspace, and discovering a small, old shoe and a green marble (Dear David seems to like green) within it; a photo app capturing images of a boy with a malformed head standing above Ellis as he sleeps.

The story seems to be coming to a head as weird and bizarre as Dear David's.

Ellis has previously taken a few breaks away from his apartment (for the weekend, or a trip to Japan, or away for Thanksgiving). He left on December 20 on a holiday vacation to his family in Montana, thinking he could get away from the story. Not so much because, in Montana, Ellis said he captured small footprints in the snow, and even photos of Dear David once again above him as he slept.




Dear David is officially now a stowaway ghost, and joining Ellis for family vacay's (and he probably also eats the last slice of pumpkin pie without asking who else may want it!).

I enjoy this story, and I like where it's going. Ellis is building to something here, and Dear David is a fairly savvy use of Twitter's creepy pasta potential to tell a traditional ghost story through episodic posts. Plus, since Ellis has a new book on the way, this has been a sustained publicity push for him, even though he's not been previously known for ghost stories (Check out his Google Trends stats for the last five years -- he's certainly been enjoying a spike since August 2017 when he began Dear David).



I do not for a moment believe it is real, but I find it entertaining. You should check it out because things are heating up in the Dear David saga.

Catch up via Ellis' Storify posts on Dear David.  And let me know what you think? Do you think the Dear David story is real? Is it an intentional hoax, or just a fun story?

-Aaron Sagers


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Greg Nicotero's Zombie Cameo Tribute on The Walking Dead: A Fan Letter

Nicotero at the Walker Stalker Con via ComicBook.com
ComicBook.com sat down and spoke with "The Walking Dead" producer and makeup guru, Greg Nicotero at the Walker Stalker Con in Chicago. Nicotero, known for his special effects makeup mastery, gave the website some insight on the fun he has behind the scenes when creating certain looks for walkers on the show.

It's no secret that the zombie aficionado will often slip in sly nods to other notable zombie characters, such as the flyboy and plaid shirt zombies from "Dawn of the Dead," saying "I love doing it [...] We’re thinking about all these cool zombies, and they’ll be in there. And none of the producers…no one really knows…I just do it because it’s fun. And I want the fans to be like, ‘Look, look, that was that zombie from that movie.’” He revealed that the most epic nod would be appearing in the season 4 episode, "Us," but refused to give any further details until the episode aired and fans could catch the cameo on their own.

Fast forward to last nights episode, "Us," when Glenn and Tara enter a dark, and seemingly familiar tunnel. A recent cave in has trapped some of the walkers underneath the rubble, but the duo decide to go over and see what lays on the other side. Oh, more walkers, you say? Color me surprised. However, one of them shambles out of the shadows and I find myself ridiculously excited, yelling at my television and scaring the holy hell out of my sister...
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Stephen King's New Novel 'Mr. Mercedes' Due Out Next Spring

Courtesy stephenking.com
Critics and fans have been lauding Stephen King’s recently released follow-up to "The Shining", “Doctor Sleep,” so the news that his next novel, “Mr. Mercedes,” will be available June 3, is pretty exciting.

The novel’s synopsis, via Stephen King’s official web site, indicates a crime thriller:

"Mr. Mercedes"
Release Date: June 3rd, 2014

 To be released in June 2014, Mr. Mercedes is Stephen's next major publication from Scribner.

 In the frigid pre-dawn hours, in a distressed Midwestern city, hundreds of desperate unemployed folks are lined up for a spot at a job fair. Without warning, a lone driver plows through the crowd in a stolen Mercedes, running over the innocent, backing up, and charging again. Eight people are killed; fifteen are wounded. The killer escapes.



 In another part of town, months later, a retired cop named Bill Hodges is still haunted by the unsolved crime. When he gets a crazed letter from someone who self-identifies as the “perk” and threatens an even more diabolical attack, Hodges wakes up from his depressed and vacant retirement, hell-bent on preventing another tragedy.



 Brady Hartfield lives with his alcoholic mother in the house where he was born. He loved the feel of death under the wheels of the Mercedes, and he wants that rush again. Only Bill Hodges, with a couple of highly unlikely allies, can apprehend the killer before he strikes again. And they have no time to lose, because Brady’s next mission, if it succeeds, will kill or maim thousands.

 

"Mr. Mercedes" is a war between good and evil, from the master of suspense whose insight into the mind of this obsessed, insane killer is chilling and unforgettable.

In other King news, he’s finally made his way to Twitter. The writer joined the fun on Friday, December 6, and has already accumulated almost 200k followers. His first tweet was , “My first tweet. No longer a virgin. Be gentle!" His second tweet was just as amusing, "On Twitter at last, and can't think of a thing to say. Some writer I turned out to be."

-Larissa Mrykalo
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