Midnight Pals: Fictional Writer

Jamie Lee Curtis: hello midnight society
King: jamie lee curtis! oh wow!
King: i loved you in Shelley Duvall's Tall Tales & Legends
Curtis: oh yeah i was in that
Curtis: sorry that's not usually what people recognize me from
King: why? what else have you been in?
Curtis:

Curtis: i was in halloween
King: oh yeah! i loved that!
John Carpenter: you hated it when it came out
King: well now i love it!
Carpenter:
Carpenter: god damn son of a bitch

Curtis: and i was in the fog
King: oh yeah! i loved that!
Carpenter: you hated it when it came out!
King: well now i love it
Carpenter: GOD DAMN SON OF A BITCH!!

Poe: what brings you here, jamie lee curtis?
Curtis: well, i have a relative who wants to be a fictional horror writer
Curtis: so i was hoping you guys could give them some ideas
Poe:
King:
Lovecraft:
Barker:
Koontz:
Poe: a fictional horror writer?

Poe: when you say a fictional horror writer, do you mean a writer of horror fiction or do you mean they don't exist, like they're making up a character who's a horror writer or...?
Curtis: yes

Poe: well jamie lee curtis i think it would be best if your relative came up with their own ideas
Poe: that is a big part of being a writer
Koontz: OH OH OH
Koontz: have they considered writing a story about a dog?

Curtis: tell me more
Koontz: ok so what if there was a dog that was so good that everyone loved her and petted her and this dog was named trixie
Curtis: ok
Koontz: trixie is my dog's name
Curtis: ok
Koontz: i named her after my dog
Curtis: ok
Koontz: if you use this idea, you have to keep the name

Curtis: ok but where does the horror element come in?
Koontz: what if the dog had to fight an evil monkey?
Koontz: an evil monkey who was jealous of the dog cuz the dog was so cool???
Koontz: also the dog is super smart
Curtis: i love it!
King: dean don't give away your best idea for free!

King: dean don't just give away your best idea!
King: especially not to a fictional writer who doesn't exist!
Poe: steve i'm pretty sure she just meant "fiction writer" not a writer who doesn't exist
King: oh i thought she meant like a george stark situation
Curtis: tell me more about george stark

King: oh well george stark was the evil alter ego of a fiction writer in the dark half and
Poe: steve
King: and he becomes real after thad beaumont
Poe: steve
King: what?
Poe:
King: oh!
King: oh you almost got me, jamie lee curtis!
King: well played