Midnight Pals: Variants

King: i'm so tired of elon musk always trying to be my friend
King: i can't tell you how tired i am of all the sycophants and hangers-on
Richard Chizmar: i know, right?
Chizmar: not like us, right, steve?
Chizmar: we're best buddies, right, steve?
King: that's right, richard, we totally are!

Chizmar: hey everyone you already know my good friend stephen king
Chizmar: but let me introduce myself
Chizmar: i'm the good friend of stephen king
Poe:
Barker:
Koontz:
Lovecraft:

Poe: sorry, I didn't catch your name?
Chizmar: name?
Chizmar: name's are unimportant
Chizmar: didn't you hear that I'm the good friend of stephen king?
Poe: well, we're all friends with steve-
Chizmar: not like me
Chizmar: i'm steve's BEST friend

Poe: steve is this like Howard's thing with August
King: no no its totally different
King: me and richard are actually real good friends
August Derleth: what
Derleth: what do you mean howard's thing with august
Derleth: howard what does that mean
HP Lovecraft: [sweats]

King: richard is great, he's got some great ideas for selling books!
Chizmar: we're doing 12 different variant covers for The Shining
King: sure, that sounds great!
Chizmar: and 23 variant covers for It
King: i don't know what that means, but i'm on board!
King: whatever you think is best, rich!

Koontz: whoa! 12 variant covers!
Chizmar: you know, any one of these could be worth a fortune in the future
Chizmar: why, you'd be a fool NOT to invest
Koontz: gosh! he's right! i would be a fool!
Poe: hold on there dean

Chizmar: we've got the holofoil gatefold version of The Shining
Chizmar: the die-cut variant cover of The Shining
Chizmar: and a special con-exclusive polybagged version of The Shining
Chizmar: and the mystery bag version of The Shining

Koontz: what's in the mystery bag?
Chizmar: that's the mystery
Koontz:
Koontz: i want to buy that
Poe: yeah me too
Barker: i have to know
Lovecraft: take my money!

Chizmar: can you sign my copy of your book, steve?
King: sure thing! anything for my pal!
King: "to my good friend richard"
Chizmar: no no don't personalize it