Strange Highways

This week Terry and Paul are digging through trashcans looking for cupcakes to eat when they meet Mr. Charlie Stickney, a decent man stuck at an office job he doesn't really like but needs. On his birthday, Charlie's boss gives him two things: an almost imposible deadline to meet that day or lose his job, and a talking bobblehead doll that has oddly pertinent dialogue directed at him...

This week Terry ran off into the woods to go live with the Kreator, so Paul is joined by Mary as they dig into another episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark?, S2, Ep. 13, The Tale of Old Man Corcoran. Kenny and Jack recently moved to a new part of town and have not made any new friends. When a group of locals invite them out for a game of hide-in-seek, they decide to play, not knowing exactly where it will take place... 

This week Terry and Paul get lost in the woods and meet Theta Squad, a group of volunteers sent out investiage to the death of four citizens at the hands of the mysterious creature known as the Kreetor. When they start getting picked off one by one, the legend starts becoming reality...

This week Terry and Paul are drinking wine and eating popcorn when they meet Mr. Ben Baker, who has made a pact with his soon to be wife not to have sex for the six months leading up to their wedding.  When a co-worker installs a program called Sensous Cindy on Ben's computer, he enters a whole new world of temptation... 

This week Terry and Paul are going door to door giving away lottery tickets and porno mags when they meet Mr. Vince Hansen, a guy who has no job, no girl, and a lot of unpaid bills. Believing that his life is going nowhere, he is apporached by a mysetrious duo that hand him a white case and tell him he has been chosen... 

This week Terry and Paul are warming their fingerless gloved hands around a barrel fire when they meet Mr. Eric Boggs, a police officer that patrols the streets he grew up on. After a violent altercation in which Eric has to take a life, he starts getting phone calls from the very same person he had just shot... 

This week Terry and Paul are skateboarding on hardwood floors when they meet Mrs. Anne MacIntosh, a stressed out matriarch who is in the middle of moving her family in to their new home. Even before the first box is opened, Anne starts seeing that things around her are changing and no one else seems to notice...

This week Terry and Paul are trying to find some gently used bongos when they meet Mr. Corey Williams, who believes they are destined for rock and roll glory but doesn't have the talent to back it up. Things change when he finds a blood stained guitar that was owned by a music legend that took their own life... 

This week Terry and Paul know they should wait 30 minutes after a storm is over before climbing a utility pole but do it anyway to meet Mr. Tyler Andrew Ward, a lineman who believes he is destined for greater things. After getting struck by lightning, Andrew starts to hear the thoughts of others and decides to go into business for himself... 

This week Terry and Paul are playing basketball at the safe hour of midnight when they meet Craig Hanson, a young man who's home life is troubled and his only escape are comics and painting figures. When his fantasy hero, Azoth the Avenger, arrives in the real world, Craig might finally have found a way to fight all of his battles...