Santa's Wrecking Crew

Santa is not the only semi-mythical entity to stalk the holiday season. He's just the most benign. At the Questionable offices, we rather like three other characters who enter your home on dark and snowy nights: The Krampus, the Belznickel, and La Befana.

The Krampus and the Belznickel are cut from the same cloth: They are two dark characters who will appear on St Nicholas's Eve (December 5th), sometimes with St Nicholas in tow, and deal with the kids on Santa's naughty list. Both of them have the same three props: a chain, a sack or basket strapped to their back, and a bundle of birch sticks in their hands. The bad kids get slapped around with the birch sticks, chained up, dropped in the bag or basket, and carried off.

La Befana is more mischievous than downright threatening. She's a witch with a broom that she uses to sweep up the kitchens of the holy on Twelfth Night. If you catch her, she may give you a lump of coal, but don't despair: It's probably a piece of black rock candy. Of course...if she's feeling puckish, she may actually give you coal, so lick anything she puts in your hand carefully before you pop it in your mouth.

Questionable.info is releasing two epic poems about Santa's Wrecking Crew this holiday season, as an antidote to Clement C. Moore this year: One about the Belznickel, and one about La Befana.

Keep your eyes peeled for links to download these poems free of charge.

Ho ho ho!

The James Bond Defense Department Sequester Series

Now that mandatory spending cuts have passed into law, we here at Questionable.info have been brainstorming a budget-friendly series of spy novels for the discerning reader. Please vote for your favorite or suggest other titles we might develop. 

Sincerely,

The Questionable Editorial Team.

This is the voice of Doctor Creep

If you grew up in Ohio, you probably think only one thing when someone lets out a "Hoo hah-hah" laugh. You think Doctor Creep, the television icon who became a full-on celebrity with his live appearances throughout four decades. Barry Hobart, who created the Doctor Creep character, was a

Here at Cinema Wasteland, everyone especially remembers his wild anecdotes. Well, some people recorded him in full flow and those stories are now available as an e-book on Kindle Direct. Check it out on

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007Q3V8Q4

...and stay posted for some excerpts here on questionable.info, your source for all questionable information.

Sally the Zombie Cheerleader Strikes Again!

30 March, 2012. Strongsville, Ohio

Sally the Zombie Cheerleader will be attending Cinema Wasteland at Strongsville, Ohio's Holiday Inn Express. Here, she will be introducing her newest literary venture, The Memoirs of Doctor Creep. Actually, she didn't write this e-book at all. She recorded Barry Hobart and transcribed the tapes. Why? Well, here's what Sally has to say on the subject:

Barry Hobart was a broadcasting legend around Dayton, Ohio. He invented the character of Doctor Creep who charmed the audiences of children’s television and horror shows for more than twenty years. He used his popularity to run a charity that gave poor families food and gifts at Christmas. And for the last decade of his life, until his death in January 2011, I am proud to say that called me a friend.

The one thing everybody who knew Barry would tell you is that he loved to tell stories. And they were great stories. And once he got started, nobody could stop him. He was hustled off stage many times at Wasteland because if somebody didn’t do it, you’d be listening to him all weekend! So I started my digital voice recorder running and asked him about his career, his character…and anything else he wanted to talk about.

Barry’s stories deserve to be heard again and again, so here’s a transcription of the tales he told me that day in 2010. Yes, he really did cover all this ground in a single day. That’s how Barry was and that’s why we all miss him.

The Memoirs of Doctor Creep will be on sale this weekend in Kindle format from Amazon.com. List price: $2.99.

Sally rocks York Emporium's Horrible Saturday

Dateline: July 16, 2011.

Location: York Emporium, York, PA

This year's Horrible Saturday at Pennsylvania's premiere used book and curiosity shop, York Emporium, featured a surprise guest--Sally the Zombie Cheerleader. The annual gathering features live appearances from horror, true crime, and weird history authors, and broke with its four-year tradition by featuring a live (or more accurately, undead) horror host. Sally mostly avoided eating the customers until after judging the Best Screamer in York contest. After that, with most of her eardrums intact, she basically ran amok.

During an interview with York Emporium's proprietor, Jim Lewin, Sally's choice of passages from her book, The Zombie Cheerleader's Big Book of Brains, ensured that the book would not appear on Jim's public access TV show. She read only the racy limericks from the book. Here for your reading pleasure is a family-friendly horror limerick from the Big Book of Brains:

The Zombie Cheerleader's Big Book of Brains is available at York Emporium, York, PA, Ukazoo Books in Towson, Maryland, and direct from Questionable.info.

Now shipping! The Zombie Cheerleader's Big Book of Brains!

Debuting at last weekend's Horror Hound Weekend was the first book in Questionable's new line of comedy horror books: The Zombie Cheerleader's Big Book of Brains! Sally The Zombie Cheerleader's shows have been airing coast to coast since 2005 and Sally has appeared in horror conventions all across the east coast and midwest. In this, her first book, she shares her undead wit and wisdom with the living--whom she calls "fleshies." Get your brain on! Read the Zombie Cheerleader's Big Book of Brains!

Advance praise for Questionable's first book

"...makes 'Gone with the Wind' look like 'Goodnight Moon' " -- Rich Koz, AKA Svengoolie ‎

‎"...does for Zombie literature what Sylvia Plath did for oven sales. What, too soon?" --Ormsby Host

"...so engrossing, while I was reading it, I forgot to breathe. Now, I'm a zombie too!! Anyone have a brain they can spare?" --MrHalloween Jack

"I'm Dr. Praxis and this is the best book I've ever shot up." --Mel Praxis ‎

What are these people talking about? Stay tuned...the pages have just been submitted and proofs are on their way!