Midnight Pals: The Horla (Patreon)

Guy de Maupassant: Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, I call this the tale of the horla
de Maupassant: it’s about an invisible monster that’s always chasing me!
Stephen King: haha wow what kind of drugs were you on when you came up with that one?
de Maupassant: ether
King:
King: oh

de Maupassant: so there’s this invisible monster after me
de Maupassant: there it is now!!!
Koontz:
Poe: that’s just dean
de Maupassant: oh haha phew wow you know how it is, sometimes the eye just plays tricks on you and
de Maupassant: there it is!!!!
King:
Poe: that’s steve

De Maupassant: so anyway I was minding my own business
de Maupassant: when this boat sails by
de Maupassant: and I was all “what the hell”
de Maupassant: “I think I’m gonna wave to this boat”
de Maupassant: and ooo boy
de Maupassant: let me tell you
de Maupassant: big mistake

De Maupassant: so I waved to this boat right?
de Maupassant: and now I got this invisible monster after me!
King: wow, what I like about it is it’s so relatable
King: I mean, that could be any of us!
King: whom among us hasn’t waved at a boat?
Poe: it truly is an irresistible urge

De Maupassant: so I waved at a boat and now there’s this ghost haunting me
Dean Koontz: that can’t happen in real life, right?
Poe: it’s okay dean it’s just a story
Koontz: cuz I like to wave at boats too
Koontz: I waved at a boat yesterday

De Maupassant: this invisible monster is just the worst
De Maupassant: like, at night? It just sits on my chest like a massive weight!
Poe: that actually kind of sounds like sleep paralysis actually
Whitley Strieber: oh shut up edgar
Strieber: the man’s clearly had a supernatural experience!!
Strieber: you want to come on my podcast?

Whitley Strieber: hi everyone welcome to dreamland with whitley Strieber
Strieber: the podcast that asks the questions the Bilderberg illuminati reverse vampires don’t want you to know
Stieber: I’m here with guy de maupassant
de Maupassant: [deeply inhaling chloroform soaked rag] glad to be here