A friend asked how I’d write a horror story for a pre-teen that would take the edge off his growing “too cool for spooky stories” attitude.
“How about a story about a pig that turns into a ghost?”
“Yeah?” he said.
“And it rapes people to death.”
Dead silence, followed by my other friend Seth’s LOUD declaration, “THAT’S NOT FUNNY!”
Of course it isn’t. But I’d like to see any smart-ass kid come back from that one.
