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Toronto D20 Conference Plagued by Riots, Orcs

July 1st, 2010 · 2 Comments · Canadiana, Ghoulish Goodies, Politics

Some unexpected violence and conflict broke out at the Toronto D20 Conference between stalwart adventurers and a dungeon master (DM) whose actions have been described by attendees as “power-mad” and “utterly unrealistic”.
The D20 Conference is an annual event held between the world’s highest-leveled Dungeons & Dragons characters, and a magnet of media interest in the [...]

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Excerpts from Good Grief! The Verier Scarier Joke Boooo!k

October 31st, 2009 · 3 Comments · Ghoulish Goodies

Did you hear about the skeleton who stood up to bullies?  He had a lot of backbone!
Why do mummies make bad conversationalists?  They get too wrapped up in themselves!
Where did the ghost get his recipe for Hungscary-an Ghoul-ash?  His spook boo!-k!
Why did the vampire tell his son to clean up his room?  Because it was [...]

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Trick or Treat Tips From The Candyman

October 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Advice, Babies and Small Children, Ghoulish Goodies

Question:
My mother says I’m too old for Trick or Treats (I’m almost thirteen), but Halloween is my favorite Holiday and I don’t want to have to stay inside and do my additions, as mother suggests. Am I too old, and if the answer is Yes, are there any fun activities that adults do on Halloween [...]

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Farewell, My Ghostly

October 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Criminal Crooks, Ghoulish Goodies

The Diaries of Osmond Finger, Ghost Detective

Monday
11:45 am.
Office.
Attempt to smoke cigarette and drink whiskey. Mess on the floor. Lack of breath makes inhalation difficult.
Beautiful woman enters, looks confused, wonders aloud where the detective is.

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Excerpts from The Very Scary Joke Boo!k

October 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Ghoulish Goodies

Why was the mummy a bad business partner?  Too many pyramid schemes!
Why does the witch like Rice Krispies?  They go Snap, Cackle and Pop!
Why’d the vampire get sent to the nut house?  He was batty!
Did you hear about the zombie’s new girlfriend?  He finds her very a-peel-ing!

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R.L. Stine’s Unreleased GOOSEBUMPS Synopses!

October 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Ghoulish Goodies, Literature

Recently, while perusing the wares at R.L.Stine’s estate sale and non-perishable food drive, one of Terminal Laughter’s interns came across a spiral-bound folio of grave interest. It contained literally dozens of proposed titles and capsule synopses for never-released titles in the Goosebumps series of children’s novellas.
Now, in a Terminal Laughter Hallo-scream Edition Exclusive, we have [...]

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VILLAGE ‘WITCHES’ LATEST VICTIMS OF WITCH HUNT

October 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Ghoulish Goodies, Politics, The Unexplained

Eight women were beaten, tortured and humiliated by villagers after being branded as witches in a small community outside of Kirkview, Ontario. The incident has caused an outrage among the general public, who argue that the alarming episode is evidence

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Dr. Prankenstein’s Ghoulish Practical Joke Tips

June 4th, 2008 · No Comments · Advice, Family Fun, Ghoulish Goodies

Excerpts from “The Very Scary Joke Boo!k”

Everyone already knows that Halloween is the best holiday. But did you know you can make it more fun? Here are some practically devilish practical jokes designed by Dr. Prankenstein in his mad scientist’s Secret Scaboratory. Easy to use, the tips are fun for all ages and will guarantee [...]

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EDWARD’S BABY

December 18th, 2007 · No Comments · Ghoulish Goodies, The Unexplained

Like Rosemary’s Baby, But Without Rosemary or the Baby or John Cassavetes
by Edward Petrenko

A little while ago, dear reader, I was a happy-go-lucky, devil-may-care, let’s-get-drunk kinda guy. The sort of person who never really worried about that much, had a smile plastered to their face, and all that stuff that becomes a problem during [...]

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A BRIEF HISTORY OF ZOMBIES

April 12th, 2007 · No Comments · Ghoulish Goodies, History, The Unexplained

By ED PETRENKO
Illustrations by MICHAEL DEFORGE
Many assume that zombies first arose in the 1950s as a by-invention of nuclear testing, television and race-relations allegory. Well, ‘many’ could not be further from the truth. Zombies, or as they now prefer to be called, “The Unstoppable Menace”, have a long and storied history as upstanding, if dead, [...]

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