Halloween is the one time of year some folks like to dress up like villains, monsters, and every creepy crawlin’ thing that goes tooting it up in the night and call it fun. However, let me tell y’all what is spookier than any haunted house in the hood.
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You know what is spookier than Halloween? Sitting in your apartment on a Sunday evening, minding your business, knowing damn well you paid your electric bill, and suddenly everything goes black. I am talking not a flicker. Not a warning. Just complete darkness.
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The 13th gates have nothing on this. If you really want to see fear in a grown person’s eyes who lives alone, let them open the banking app after paying rent or mortgage. Hold up. What if it they did that after buying groceries, filling up the car, and handling one little “unexpected” bill that somehow costs exactly what was left in the account. Nothing jumps out from behind a door. However, that available balance will still make you scream.
Listen, Halloween can keep ghosts, goblins, and creepy crawlers in night. At this big grown age, I know the real scares come with a due date. Maybe a warning light, a school message sent at 9:47 p.m., or a grocery receipt long enough to qualify as a novella.
