Eerie, Indiana Arc Numbers Challenge

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It's the sixth of the month, and per deifire's brilliant suggestion during the 2017 Advent Challenge, which gave us two awesome fics of exactly 666 words each, the aim here is to do exactly that: tell a story in 666 words.

Eerie Indiana WIP Wednesday

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What have you been working on this week, Eerie fans? Now's the time to spread the word about any fannish treats you've got cooking: a line of dialogue from an upcoming fic, linework for your latest art piece, the yarn colours for a new toy. Let us know in the comments!

2020: the Year of Nurse Nancy

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It's the year 2020, and to mark the occasion we'll be running weekly prompts based around Just Say No Fun, the episode that introduced everyone's least favourite optometrist.

Your prompt for this week is:

WE'RE GOING STRAIGHT TO THE FBI

Eerie Indiana fanart by the_darker_marker

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Work in progress photos of my current project. Eerie Indiana boys.

supernerdplus on Eerie Indiana

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So what was the better show?

kidnapped.by.horror on Eerie Indiana

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Probably one of the most underrated shows that was ever on television!! Eerie Indiana only ran for 19 episodes but it should have been more!! My favorite episode is "Foreverware". It never gets old!! I absolutely recommend this show if you haven't seen it!!! You can stream it on Amazon Prime Video.

chrsmthws on Eerie Indiana

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What TV show cancellation broke your heart? 💔

— TZE CHUN (@thetzechun) May 6, 2020

Eerie, Indiana

— Chris Mathews (@chrsmthws) May 7, 2020

JamesGormanley on Eerie Indiana

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Eerie Indiana, now there's a show that deserves more attention. pic.twitter.com/x9sWzSVwFA

— James Gormanley (@JamesGormanley) May 6, 2020

Jambeanie on Eerie Indiana

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"Hey look that's..."

Here's Tobey Maguire in The Wizard.

Give me some of your best before they were famous movie spots... pic.twitter.com/fxvtxdYXJQ

— Marc Uren (@uren_marc) May 6, 2020

Toby Maguire in Eerie Indiana episode "The Lost Letter" where he plays a ghost 😍 pic.twitter.com/AMa4uGls2x

— Jam🍓🌼 (@Jambeanie) May 6, 2020

Return to Eerie Indiana on Broken Record

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Oh Simon 😄 Listen up this Friday! You should be able to understand us 😎🤘 #eerieindiana #betterweirdthandead pic.twitter.com/lFrjWPF6CK

— Return to Eerie, Indiana (@eerieindianapod) May 6, 2020

Joshua Tonks and Bunny Darke on Eerie Indiana

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Really excited to share this week’s ep with you! @JoshuaTonks and I chat punk, Britney, subliminal messages, media scapegoating, Hot Topic and MORE! 😄

— Becky Darke (@bunnydarke) May 6, 2020

The show has found its groove. And so have we. Perfect timing, really. #BrokenRecord 🎸🎧🤟🎶

— JOSHUA TONKS (@JoshuaTonks) May 6, 2020

BjorkbackaHannu on Eerie Indiana

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Work in progress photo of my project eerie Indiana boys.#eerieindiana #90s #90sTv #art #digitalpainting #digitalart #drawing #portrait #tvshow #actors pic.twitter.com/tdc2I2aTGy

— JasperTDM (@JasperTDM97) May 7, 2020

Very good! ~(;^)~ Hope you're drawing Dash also!#EerieIndiana pic.twitter.com/W4OXiLtcoh

— Hannu Björkbacka (@BjorkbackaHannu) May 7, 2020

Gracelberrypie on Eerie Indiana

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What TV show cancellation broke your heart? 💔

— TZE CHUN (@thetzechun) May 6, 2020

Eerie Indiana and Pirates of Dark Water.

They really didn't give kids enough credit. https://t.co/uDDMfId0KZ

— Gracelberrypie (@Gracelberrypie) May 6, 2020

totally Simon's face when he first met Marshall

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The exact moment I learned about the occult pic.twitter.com/lhcNQiG3NE

— Doth (@DothTheDoth) May 6, 2020

Marshall
Marshall

@eerieindianapod Looks like a younger Simon https://t.co/mOy1JYyfug

— Hookjaw (@thehookjaw) May 6, 2020

@justinshenkarow what do you think?? 😄🥰

— Return to Eerie, Indiana (@eerieindianapod) May 6, 2020

stuperrins and JamesLSarandis on Eerie Indiana

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I love, LOVE Gravity Falls. pic.twitter.com/TvQURCJeKn

— stu perrins (@stuperrins) May 5, 2020

I loved Eerie, Indiana as a kid and GF was that and so much much more.

— James L. Sarandis (@JamesLSarandis) May 6, 2020

Absolutely

— stu perrins (@stuperrins) May 6, 2020

AnneQuinton on Eerie Indiana

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There was one particular episode of Greatest American hero that was worthy of David Lynch for total spookyness. Loved that series

— Anne-Louise Quinton. (@AnneQuinton) May 6, 2020

Total fan of Eerie Indiana too

— Anne-Louise Quinton. (@AnneQuinton) May 6, 2020

That was a fun, quirky little show. 👍

— _j_o_h_n_ (@John_L_Harmon) May 6, 2020

filmsonwax on Eerie Indiana

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Eerie, Indiana
Deep Space Nine
Batman: The Animated Series
Space: 1999
Futurama https://t.co/viG3pVlmcR

— charlie brigden (@filmsonwax) May 6, 2020

recuerdame80s90s on Eerie Indiana

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Eerie Indiana - Me fascina esta serie 😎😎 RECUERDA-COMENTA-COMPARTE

mcoppsldn on Eerie Indiana

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For a 'Where Are They Now' piece: what were your favourite US shows of the Nineties/early Noughties? In the vein of Sister Sister, Kenan & Kel, Moesha, Sabrina etc? What am I missing?

— Guy Pewsey (@guypewsey) May 6, 2020

Eerie Indiana - everyone fancied him!

— Magnus Copps (@mcoppsldn) May 6, 2020

HorrorBiscuits on Eerie Indiana

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5 shows, 5 tags
1. X Files
2. Eerie Indiana
3. Stranger Things
4. Pushing Daisies
5. The Sopranos@EmShadows @maisonblanc_ @nolanzebra3 @PyramidHead76 @FilmBustersPOD https://t.co/6pcXN1OFoN

— Lyndsay (@HorrorBiscuits) May 6, 2020

The Darker Marker on Dash X

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Work in progress photo of my project eerie Indiana boys.#eerieindiana #90s #90sTv #art #digitalpainting #digitalart #drawing #portrait #tvshow #actors pic.twitter.com/tdc2I2aTGy

— JasperTDM (@JasperTDM97) May 7, 2020

Very good! ~(;^)~ Hope you're drawing Dash also!#EerieIndiana pic.twitter.com/W4OXiLtcoh

— Hannu Björkbacka (@BjorkbackaHannu) May 7, 2020

Of course! He gets his own canvas. -x

— JasperTDM (@JasperTDM97) May 7, 2020

beckyjohns73 on Julie Condra

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Julie Condra Dacascos aka Emu O'hara from Crying Freeman and lots of TV shows and movies

AndroidSparky on Eerie Indiana

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in the 90s disney channel show Eerie Indiana jason marsden played a character who had amnesia and on the backs of his hands were the symbols - and x so he called him self Dash X and thats still somehow a cooler name than what elon musk and grimes named their stupid ugly baby

— P.J. "The Royal They" Kalispell (@Android_Sparky) May 6, 2020

SNACH2497 on Eerie Indiana

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I feel crazy old. I was watching a childhood favorite of mine today, Eerie Indiana, and realized that was more than 25 years ago. 😳

— SNACH2497 🇮🇪☘ (@SNACH2497) May 6, 2020

GameWithEssTee on Eerie Indiana

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I feel crazy old. I was watching a childhood favorite of mine today, Eerie Indiana, and realized that was more than 25 years ago. 😳

— SNACH2497 🇮🇪☘ (@SNACH2497) May 6, 2020

I loved eerie indiana!

— Ess Tee (@GameWithEssTee) May 6, 2020

Karl Schaefer on an Eerie Indiana reboot

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Ahh, remember when the only thing we had to fear was fear itself... and crazy Tupperware Ladies? Bring back Eerie Indiana! #eerieindiana https://t.co/fVkIOmabtF

— Karl Schaefer (@UnrealKarl) May 6, 2020

Return to Eerie Indiana on an Eerie Indiana reboot

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Ahh, remember when the only thing we had to fear was fear itself... and crazy Tupperware Ladies? Bring back Eerie Indiana! #eerieindiana https://t.co/fVkIOmabtF

— Karl Schaefer (@UnrealKarl) May 6, 2020

Perhaps a return to Eerie, Indiana could shift us into the right timeline? #bringbackeerieindiana

— Return to Eerie, Indiana (@eerieindianapod) May 6, 2020

LisaPriscillaH on Eerie Indiana

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Ahh, remember when the only thing we had to fear was fear itself... and crazy Tupperware Ladies? Bring back Eerie Indiana! #eerieindiana https://t.co/fVkIOmabtF

— Karl Schaefer (@UnrealKarl) May 6, 2020

I watched the lost hour last night. Such a good episode 😎

— Priscilla🍰🐾💕 (@LisaPriscillaH) May 6, 2020

Geoff T Jones on Eerie Indiana

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What’s your favorite Sci-fi / fantasy movie or show?

— Magical Overload (@MagicalOverload) May 6, 2020

Eerie Indiana, Pans Labyrinth, The Witches

— Geoff Jones (@Geoff_T_Jones) May 6, 2020

Becerra_ad and slcoates on Eerie Indiana

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Ahh, remember when the only thing we had to fear was fear itself... and crazy Tupperware Ladies? Bring back Eerie Indiana! #eerieindiana https://t.co/fVkIOmabtF

— Karl Schaefer (@UnrealKarl) May 6, 2020

Don't play with my heart like that. I would fight tooth and nail to AD this series.

— Tony Becerra (@Becerra_ad) May 6, 2020

And I would fight to be a towns person. pic.twitter.com/Oja8CdXqjs

— Sara Coates (@slcoates) May 6, 2020

DWabridged on Eerie Indiana

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Welcome to Doctor Who series 2, or as I like to call it, "Why does it suddenly feel like I'm watching 'Eerie, Indiana'?"

— DWa - The Yank Doctor (@DWabridged) May 6, 2020

oceanxtaco on Eerie Indiana

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Eerie Indiana theme song... that is all..

— MG (@oceanXtaco) May 6, 2020

EliBot on Eerie Indiana

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Eerie, Indiana is EPIC! oh yeah!

— eli bot (@REALelibot) May 6, 2020

spumantecarlo on Eerie Indiana

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rock hudson as a “second” in a horrifying, surreal examination of mid-life crises and conformity. incredible pic.twitter.com/0EFVCCL4wN

— mecklenburg county psyops dept. (@spumantecarlo) May 6, 2020

you ever watch a movie and immediately recognize that it’s the source of inspiration for another thing? this movie’s depiction of suburbia is basically the stylistic forebearer for eerie, indiana

— mecklenburg county psyops dept. (@spumantecarlo) May 6, 2020

dietcokexbust on Eerie Indiana

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eerie indiana was ahead of it’s time and was twin peaks for kids

— g a r b i t c h 🅙 (@dietcokexbust) May 6, 2020

CamilaBurman on Eerie Indiana

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El eterno dilema existencial era Are You Afraid of the Dark o Goosebumps! (Y por ahí se colaba también Eerie, Indiana).

— Camila Burmann (@CamilaBurman) May 5, 2020

deceitfulpie on Dash X

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in the 90s disney channel show Eerie Indiana jason marsden played a character who had amnesia and on the backs of his hands were the symbols - and x so he called him self Dash X and thats still somehow a cooler name than what elon musk and grimes named their stupid ugly baby

— P.J. "The Royal They" Kalispell (@Android_Sparky) May 6, 2020

I think Dash X was only called that because he didn’t know his real name for some reason

— Russell Taysom (@deceitfulpie) May 6, 2020

LisaPriscillaH on Eerie Indiana

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What’s your favorite Sci-fi / fantasy movie or show?

— Magical Overload (@MagicalOverload) May 6, 2020

Eerie Indiana, goosebumps

— Priscilla🍰🐾💕 (@LisaPriscillaH) May 6, 2020

Return to Eerie Indiana is back this Friday!

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WE’RE BACK THIS FRIDAY! 💌#eerieindiana #betterweirdthandead pic.twitter.com/dzmjS1BggP

— Return to Eerie, Indiana (@eerieindianapod) May 6, 2020

Eerie Indiana facemask by Plan8

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Buy it here.

WatchMojo on an Eerie Indiana reboot

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Top 10 TV Shows That Should Be Remade as a Horror Franchise

If “Fantasy Island” can get a horror makeover, why not these classic shows too? Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’ll be counting down our picks for the Top 10 TV Shows That Should Be Remade as a Horror Franchise.

For this list, we’ll be imagining how older TV series could work as horror film franchises, regardless of their original genre. Which of these would you like to see the most?

#4: “Eerie, Indiana” (1991-92)

We guess you could say that “Eerie, Indiana” was the 90s kids show equivalent to “Twin Peaks.” Both were ahead of their time and took place in quirky small towns where strange occurrences are part of everyday life. While mainly aimed at children, the show got away with its fair share of dark imagery, which might explain why it only lasted a season. “Eerie, Indiana” developed a passionate fanbase, however, with one of its most notable admirers being “Gravity Falls” creator Alex Hirsch. With the popularity of “Stranger Things” and Stephen King’s “It,” we think now’s as good a time as any for an even more adult “Eerie, Indiana” reboot on the big screen. Director Joe Dante could even come back as a creative consultant.

Reddit on Eerie Indiana

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I remember seeing this on TV, probably in the mid or late 90s, though I'm not sure if it was an episode of a show or a movie (possibly even a made-for-TV movie).

It was more than just the housewives, if I recall correctly; it was whole families, each person with their own container (sort of like Tupperware coffins for suburban vampires, if that makes sense) but the wives were the ones selling them, I think.

EDIT: Adjusted time frame slightly.

Eerie Indiana Drabble: Lost Light

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Marshall tipped his mug back and drained the last cooling dregs of coffee. In the smooth ceramic basin at the bottom of the cup, something gleamed.

He blinked, setting the mug down. He picked it up, lifted it to the light. He ran a finger across the outer base, turned it upside down and examined it closely.

"Mars?" Simon asked, cautiously. "Everything okay?"

"Yeah," Marshall replied, not sounding all that convinced. "I thought I saw a hole in the base of the mug. A little pinprick of light coming through or something."

Simon pointed at the window behind them.

"Reflection?"

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Eerie Indiana Drabble: Sunbeam

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The afternoon sun shone through the empty spaces in the car park across the street and cast a single patch of warm gold on the cheap and faded living room carpet.

The manticore flopped bonelessly down in the sunbeam, belly up and paws splayed. It furled and unfurled it's wings, angling them carefully to ensure every drop of light would be captured.

"Hey," said Simon, nudging it with his bare foot. "Move up. Share with your brother."

He gestured to the hulking three-headed Hellhound that pressed against his legs, three mouths turned down in a reproachful pout.

The manticore chuckled.

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Eerie Indiana Drabble: Royal Audience

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The Lady of the Spring wore a gown of green leaves so pale they were almost white. Her hair was black as the richest loam and laced with fresh-fallen cherry blossoms, and earthworms squirmed under her skin. In her right hand, she held a single sprouting daffodil bulb.

"Hi," said Simon, opening the screen door and holding it wide in the most courtly gesture he could manage while wearing a worn terry bathrobe. "Thanks for coming."

The Lady of the Spring smiled with teeth like dandelion clocks and swept past him into the small apartment, heading straight for the kittens.

Ongoing Verse: Microwave

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Ongoing Verse: Easter Weekend

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Eerie Indiana Drabble: First Meeting

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The largest of the jackalope kittens sat up as the Lady of the Spring stepped into the living room. His fur was all lilacs and pale yellows and stood up in a thick ruff around his face.

"I call that one Little Bighead," said Simon, not really knowing why.

The Lady of the Spring laughed with a sound like April rain on warm tarmac and held out long green-brown fingers for the jackalope kitten to sniff. He nuzzled her moss-soft palm, dark eyes closing in bliss.

Slowly, one by one, the rest of the kittens came over to say hello.


Ongoing Verse: Easter Weekend

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Ongoing Verse: Microwave

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Eerie Indiana Drabble: Sold On

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The four leprechauns in a trench-coat that made up the proprietor of Noel's Knick-Knack-Bric-a-Brac Emporium sifted clumsily through the box of chicken statues next to the till.

"This is a fair amount of statuary," he said, his voice coming from roughly the midsection of the tightly-buttoned outerware.

Simon nodded.

"Yeah," he said. "It's all locally-made cult stuff, though."

"That does make a good selling point," 'Noel' acknowledged. "People in this town always want to support a local artist, even when it's..." he gestured to the sculptures. "This."

He thought for a moment, false fingers tapping off-key.

"I can take six."

Ongoing Verse: Microwave

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Ongoing Verse: Holmes Brothers

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Ongoing Verse: Leprechaun

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Eerie Indiana Drabble: Trial Period

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Marshall smoothed down the last glossy high-colour corner, checked the edge of the paper against the line where his bedroom wall met the sky-blue of his bedroom ceiling, and nodded in satisfaction.

Moving carefully, he descended the small stepladder he'd borrowed from his father's shed, folded it closed, and set it down alongside his as-yet still-unmade bed.

"Well," he said. "What do you think?"

Simon examined the theatre-sized poster adfvertising "Korn Kritters 17: X-Treme Korn".

"Very cool," he said. "But are you sure you're not eternally bound to Poplio now?"

"Seven-day trial," said Marshall. "It's fine, I'll remember to cancel."

Ongoing Verse: Microwave

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Ongoing Verse: Trusted Associates Inc

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Eerie Indiana Drabble: Bribery

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The pancakes smiled with mouths made from syrup, burst and melting blueberry eyes drippy and misshapen. Their skin was the creamy white of buttermilk, spotted with crisp patches of golden brown.

"Eat up, boys," said one of the Grandmas, setting three laden plates down and giving them a cheery wink.

Marshall regarded the food with a suspicion he had no intention of disguising.

"Is this a bribe?" he said. "Pancakes in exchange for us not asking questions about the Tostwich?"

"That depends," said the old lady. "D'you think it'd work?"

Marshall shook his head. The Grandma sighed.

"Worth a go."

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Eerie Indiana Drabble: Burning

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The fire alarm was blaring and in the kitchen, black smoke billowed from the twin slots of a brushed silver toaster that sat next to the melted spot where a microwave had once sat.

Marshall drew back the curtains, opened the windows as far as they would go, and switched on the extractor fan over the oven. The nightmare was up on the ceiling again, and he had to nudge her with the broom before she moved over far enough to let him switch the alarm off.

"Grungy Bill?" he asked, cautiously. "Are you... demons?"

A charred hot-cross-bun popped up.

Ongoing Verse: Microwave

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Eerie Indiana Drabble: Backmasking

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The record player, it's lid laden with glitter and glue and small plastic skulls, sat on a cluttered shelf of the Evidence Locker between a chewed-up retainer and a milk carton advertising absolutely no missing children in Eerie.

Simon held the Carpenters record tight, small fingers denting the glossy cardboard sleeve as he inhaled the plasticky scent of the vinyl. The tune to "We've Only Just Begun" echoed through his head and he longed to hear it again.

The needle gleamed silver and wicked in the attenuated sunlight streaming in through the dusty windows. Simon thought it looked very sharp.

Ongoing Verse: Trusted Associates Inc

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Ongoing Verse: Janet

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Eerie Indiana Drabble: Birdsong

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Tweedle-Tweep was singing.

He'd been singing that morning when Simon's alarm went off, and he'd still been singing when Simon had left for school. Now it was a little after six with the daylight bleeding out of the Indiana sky, and as Simon squared his shoulders and climbed the soft and rotten steps up to his parents' front door, he heard the same seven-note trill coming from the darkest corner of the Holmes' dustbowl-dead lawn.

"Hey," he said, turning around and slipping his house key back into his pocket. "You're in a good mood today, huh?"

Tweedle-Tweep continued to sing.

Ongoing Verse: Holmes Brothers

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Eerie Indiana Drabble: Singalong

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The spot by the dead tree was always full of shadows, but the void-black cockatrice was darker than any sheltering gloom.

Simon picked a spot not littered with cockatrice scales and pebble-hard droppings, and sat down, his backpack half-open beside him and loose leaf paper spilling out onto the dying grass.

"So," he said. "How was your day?"

Tweedle-Tweep toddled over, serpentine tail dragging in the dust and raptor-like claws clicking against the stony patches that formed wherever a cockatrice had stared too long at the soil.

He trilled again, and above Simon's head a single raven echoed the song.

Ongoing Verse: Holmes Brothers

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Eerie Indiana Drabble: Friend

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"You made a friend!" Simon exclaims, so loudly that both Tweedle-Tweep and the raven stop singing for a moment to stare at him.

Simon slaps both hands over his mouth, eyes darting nervously towards the still-closed front door of his parents' house.

"Sorry," he whispers.

Tweedle-Tweep peeps once, twice, then flutters stumpy wings as he hops up onto Simon's knee. Simon wonders if the raven will join them, but that isn't generally how the corvidae do things.

True to form, the raven croaks once, bobs it's great head at Tweedle-Tweep, then takes off in a flurry of oil-slick iridescent feathers.

Ongoing Verse: Holmes Brothers

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Eerie Indiana Drabble: Growing Pains

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"He seems nice," Simon commented, watching the raven vanish over the roofs of neighbouring houses.

Tweedle-Tweep cheeped his agreement.

Simon gently scooped the tiny animal up in both hands, then lay back on the dried-out dirt, staring at the darkening sky.

"Is it weird?" he asked. "Being you?"

Tweedle-Tweep gently nipped his fingers until Simon set him down, then began investigating the contents of Simon's bookbag.

"There's the other Cockatrice, I guess," Simon continued, as Tweedle-Tweep examined a hand-me-down graphing calculator with a dubious eye. "But you're so much smaller than them. That's tough. Don't you find that it's tough?"

Ongoing Verse: Holmes Brothers

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Ongoing Verse: Trusted Associates Inc

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Eerie Indiana Drabble: AP Mathematics

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Tweedle-Tweep did not appear to find it tough. He used one midnight-black talon to open up Simon's math textbook and began scratching out the answers to his calculus homework in the dusty earth.

"Huh," said Simon, rolling onto his side and propping himself up on one elbow. "You like math too, I guess."

Tweedle-Tweep sang his little seven-note song again.

"Well, okay," he said, pulling out a pencil and a notebook. "I was going to study with Mars after dinner, but I guess getting it done now means more time for UFO hunting."

Tweedle-Tweep's eyes gleamed in the oncoming dark.

Ongoing Verse: Trusted Associates Inc

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Ongoing Verse: Holmes Brothers

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Eerie Indiana Drabble: Study & Snacks

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"Simon!" Marilyn Teller cried, opening the back door and ushering him inside. "You're just in time. Would you like some dinner?"

Dirty plates are in the sink and there's a saran-wrapped casserole dish sitting next to the refrigerator, so Simon is pretty sure he's not in time at all.

"No thanks, Mrs. Teller," he lies, "I already ate."

"Well, Marshall said you were coming over to study, so I'll make you kids up a smallish plate in case you get hungry," she says, and neither of them are fooling the other one, which Simon guesses is honesty, of a kind.

Ongoing Verse: Trusted Associates Inc

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Ongoing Verse: Teller Family History

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Eerie Indiana Drabble: Higher Learning

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Marshall sets two reheated bowls of mac and cheese down on top of his dresser, careful not to touch the contents which have the approximate temperature and texture of lava. By the time they've made a half-hearted attempt at their homework and a considerably more careful inventory of their UFO-spotting equipment, it will have cooled to the point of edibility.

Unlike his dad, his mom knows the right way to use a microwave.

"So one of Harley's monster chickens learned math?" he asks, shuffling through page after page of graphing paper covered in chicken-scratch. "D'you think the ravens taught him?"

Ongoing Verse: Teller Family History

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Ongoing Verse: Holmes Brothers

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Ongoing Verse: Trusted Associates Inc

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Eerie Indiana Drabble: Practical Applications

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Simon thinks about it for a few moments.

"Could be," he says. "The only things the ravens really care about is eyeballs, and so many things in this town are covered with them, they probably learn to count before they learn to fly."

Marshall nods absently. He's checking Tweedle-Tweep's work on his father's second-best hand-me-down graphing calculator - the first-best one is still in Simon's backpack.

"These all look fine to me," he says. "We should get Professor Riemann to go over some of it after class, but for now-"

He sets the paper down and picks up his camera, grinning.

Ongoing Verse: Trusted Associates Inc

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Ongoing Verse: Teller Family History

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Ongoing Verse: Holmes Brothers

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Eerie Indiana Drabble: Sequelitus

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"Manuel?" said Simon.

The mannequin that had been noisily attempting to sneak up on him froze, a steak knife taped to one raised hand. It shook it's head, the movement clunky and awkward and rendered comic by the enormous novelty cowboy hat perched on it's bald plastic head.

Simon sighed.

"Come on, Manuel," he said. "I know that's you. There's only a few malevolent shop dummies running around."

The upraised arm dropped. Inanimate shoulders sagged.

Simon doesn't ask how Manuel O'Quinn stitched himself together after the fall from the escalator, or the cleansing fire that followed.

That would be rude.

Ongoing Verse: Trusted Associates Inc

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Eerie Indiana Drabble: Client Consultation

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What Simon had first taken for a bandana turned out to be, on closer inspection, a stained and crumbled paper napkin. Manuel had stuck it to his face with barbeque sauce, and now Simon kind of wanted pizza.

"Okay," he said, pulling out the only chair not occupied with files and fake moustaches and ornamental cigarette holders left behind by attractive ladies who'd decided that Trusted Associates Inc. wasn't quite what they were looking for in a detective agency.

Simon didn't take that last one personally. Those ladies inevitably turned out to be something else, usually something hungry and toothsome.

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Eerie Indiana Drabble: Initial Consultation

[froodle]

"Take a seat," he told Manuel, and immediately regretted it as plastic limbs creaked and scraped themselves into a seated position. There was a popping sound, muffled by the ill-fitting discount slacks the mannequin was dressed in, and one leg sagged and dangled loose beneath the cloth.

"Do you-" Simon offered, but to his relief Manuel just waved it away, the steak knife glinting as molded fingers wafted back and forth.

He thought about offering his potential client coffee, then thought about those stiff hands grappling with one of the slick-sided ceramic mugs Mrs. Teller had had printed for them.

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Eerie Indiana Drabble: Office Space

[froodle]

Simon's own office chair was occupied by a bulging manila folder, a half-empty box of Hellhound Yum-Yum Jackalope Chews - these claimed to neutralise doggy damnation breath; this claim was not accurate - and an eternally screaming, squirming thing upon which the sigil of sulphur glowed white hot.

It had been a gift from Harley. Simon thought it might be a coaster, or possibly a mouse-pad.

He stood awkwardly behind his desk and smiled at Manual.

"How can I help?"

Manual jammed his shovel-like hand into the breast pocket of his polyester button-down and pulled out a torn page from a catalogue.

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Eerie Indiana Drabble: Missing Family

[froodle]

Simon unfurled the crumped paper, pressing it flat against his desk. A child-sized mannequin dressed in a bright blue t-shirt and yellow swim shorts grappled awkwardly with an enormous beach ball. A mannequin shaped like a dog pawed the air above him, beige plastic tongue hanging out of a beige plastic mouth.

"Oh," said Simon. "Your son?"

Manuel nodded, the brim of that ridiculous cowboy hat flopping back and forth. He tapped the torn page with the hand holding the steak knife, the blade scraping cheap ink from cheaper paper.

"You might want to untape that before you see him."

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Eerie Indiana Drabble: Naming Convention

[froodle]

Simon rummaged through the lopsided, glitter-and-glue-encrusted desk tidy until he found the nail scissors Marshall had borrowed from Syndi and, ten years later, had yet to give back.

"So," he said, as he snipped away the duct-tape securing the steak knife to the mannequin's clumsy fingers. "Does he have a name?"

Manuel said something, his voice the rattle of wire coat hangers and the staticky whisper of polyester fabrics.

"Quinn O'Quinn, huh?" said Simon. "That's quite a name."

The rattling whisper took on a harsher note.

"Schwarzenegger is Harley's middle name," said Simon. "Not mine. I don't even have one."

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Eerie Indiana Drabble: Parenting

[froodle]

For a living mannequin whose human pseudonym was Manuel O'Quinn and who had, after apparently managing the improbable act of reproduction, deliberately chosen to name his offspring Quinn O'Quinn, Manuel was remarkably scornful about the naming abilities of Simon's parents.

Simon thought this was probably quite low on the list of their inadequacies, but opted not to bring that up. After all, he doubted his parents would have bothered to go looking for either of their sons if they'd vanished into the depths of the Eerie Mall's children's department.

It was only ever Marilyn who had taken them there, anyway.

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Eerie Indiana Drabble: Price List

[froodle]

"Anyway," said Simon, after Manual's not-entirely-unwelcome roasting of his parents had come to an end. "If you want us to help find him, we should talk about our pricing structure."

He pulled a glossy tri-fold leaflet out of a half-empty plastic display case at the edge of the desk and laid it, open, on the table in front of him.

"Because it's in the mall, we'll need you to pay a soda fountain premium, along with food court allowances and an additional fee for anti-brainwashing and de-zombification protection."

He glanced at Manuel.

"And it's gotta be money. No gift cards."

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Eerie Indiana Drabble: A Question of Payment

[froodle]

Manuel nodded, stiff-necked and expressionless. With his newly-knifeless hands, he handed over a roll of bank notes, setting it atop the still unread price list.

"Okay," said Simon, pocketing the cash with a swiftness that would have almost made Dash X proud. "Let's start going over Quinn's movements on the last day you saw him."

He reached behind a filing cabinet that sagged under years of paperwork and pulled out a neatly furled set of blueprints.

Manuel's head tilted, painted eyes full of enquiring amusement.

Simon shrugged.

"I'm an efficient shopper," he said. "And I work with an efficient shoplifter."


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Eerie Indiana Drabble: Office Warming

[froodle]

"Edgar and I got you a little something," said Marilyn. She set down a long box, gorgeously wrapped in blue-black paper and trimmed with silver ribbons. "Just to mark the occasion."

"Mom," Marshall tried, hands full of packing paper and shirt smeared with powdered sugar from the welcome basket Syndi had sent over. "You guys really didn't-"

"Yeah," Simon chimed in. "This is lovely but-"

Marilyn looped one arm around each of them, squeezing tight.

"Oh sweetie," she said. "Of course we did."

Edgar rubbed his hands together.

"Come on, boys!" he urged. "Open them up!"

Simon lifted the lid.

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Eerie Indiana Drabble: Promotional Items

[froodle]

"Holy Corn," Simon breathed. Rich, royal blue tissue paper rustled under his fingertips as he moved it aside with reverent gentleness.

"What is it?" asked Marshall, leaning in close.

A set of six mugs nestled inside individual sleeves of corrugated sleeves, the spaces between them packed with glittering crepe paper. Simon picked one up, holding it up to catch the attenuated light let in by the old-fashioned smoked glass windows.

"It's us!" he said, turning it so that Marshall could see. "Marshall, we have our own mugs!"

"It's got your 'phone number on the bottom," said Marilyn. "For promotion, y'know?"


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