“Hey kid, you want the author to sign that book for you?”
It was around 1978 and the man who ran the stationery story by my grandparent’s house knew the author of the horror paperback I’d plucked from the wire rack. Now, grandma had no idea it was a horror book, which is why she’d agreed to buy it. It turned out that the author lived around the corner. The man at the counter knew him well. He called him and said there was a young fan who was dying for his autograph.
The author said he’d be there in ten minutes. Grandma and I waited twenty. We had to get back, but I said I’d return an hour later, hoping he showed up. When I went back, no dice. In fact, I bounced between the store and grandma’s house the entire afternoon, forced to stay home by nightfall, depressed that I didn’t get a chance to meet someone famous.
Now, I can’t remember who the author was, but I can tell you he never became a household name. Maybe in his household. Maybe not. But to young Hunter, he was larger than life. I may have been strange (and I’m still strange), but I equated writers with movie stars and athletes. They were people imbued with rare talent. Maybe someday, I could be a writer, or the next Pete Rose, or star opposite Roy Schieder.
I’ve never forgotten that day, which is why I answer every email and sign every book that comes my way. I now know that being a writer isn’t as glamorous as I imagined, but it is pretty damn special.
The big question has always been, how can I work on a book along with my readers and collaborate on something unique and special? It would be that rare labor of love between artist and those who devour his art.
And then it hit me like a giant squatch foot to the side of my noggin.
Enter CLASH OF THE CRYPTIDS!
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