DISCLAIMER - I have lived all but 5 of my 23 years deep in the heart of Texas, and I have not died a gruesome death yet. Waco is a wonderful place to live (maybe).
I'm reading Stephen King's
It*, and I'm developing a theory. I call this the Freaky Big Town/Small City Hypothesis. It has only one theorem: Waco = Derry. Why am I developing this theory? Allow me to enumerate:
-
Waco We Do-
David Koresh-
the 1953 tornado-
fiery plane crashes with surprisingly scary pictures- Republican President represented by a
Democratic Congressman-
The First Waco Horror (
TSHA,
Waco History Project,
NAACP,
NPR)
- the
Lake Waco murders-
Queso the Cat- the
NoZe Brotherhood-
Toad-biting dog dies- the flypaper effect (e.g., my parents and my wife's parents have absolutely no connections to Waco prior to being transferred here by their employers; now they've stuck around for over 20 years each)
- Waco's
Enron- Finally--a Waco lawyer named
Scott PetersonNow--remember my disclaimer. I grew up in Waco and I haven't noticed anything like Derry's vigintiseptennial horror (that's what King should have called
It)--but then again, I'm only 23.
I'm thinking about writing Waco's third true crime novel (after
The First Waco Horror and
Careless Whispers, both linked to above at their half.com sales pages). I plan to call it: "Waco: We Ain't Comin' Out . . . Alive." If you have any stories about voices coming out of drains or photographs winking or clowns with balloons that float against the wind or even a plain old ghost story, I'd love to hear it. Post it in my comments. I may give you co-author status if it's a good enough story.
* Still.
