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Have you ever felt watched when you were alone? Heard something moaning in the dark? Or seen something that wasn’t really there? All these things (and more) that send a chill down your spine or that make you cower in the comfort of your sheets are all filed away by me. The Keeper of your darkest desires, horrific thoughts, and your truest fears. None can be kept secret; not from me. I see, hear, and feel all that there was, is, and ever will be. I am the force behind your nightmares, and the one that gives dreams to evil doers.
I have been doing this since the dawn of time you see. I saw the birth of temptation in Eden, I witnessed the fall of the Empires of Egypt and Rome, I followed the black plague, and watched the rise of Swastikas, Hammers, and Sickles. I was neither created by thy loving God, or thy feared devil; and I work for none. I am a drifter whose only purpose is to collect. Yes, I collect all of these dark things, as I have mentioned before, and I keep them and pass them on when the time is right.
So now, the time draws near for me to share some of my valued possessions with you. Tales wrought only in the darkest recesses of the human mind. Now sit down, lock your door, and turn off the lights, for in my darkness you will always feel alone.


- The Keeper


I am a natural born horror writer. I've tried writing the other stuff, but not really succesfully. Darkness is life. For every good there is a bad. One can not live without the other. Society can keep its bright delusions of a happy world, but I'm a realist; I see the world for what it really is...I see the fear. The fear that drives every human's life. I live, work with, and write in the forbidden realm of human thought; and...as Edgar Allan Poe once said...I "dream dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before".


-King Poe

More about myself: Look at the picture I use on my page. The one of the Phantom and Christine. I am the Phantom, misunderstood, a genius, independent, strong willed, gifted, and powerful. Throughout the story, he is missing something...something that burns deep in his soul. Love. His Christine. He will do anything to get her. It is not greed, per say, but he is searching for a meaning to his life...a partner to hold forever. My life is paralled to his...I to am missing a Christine. Please don't let me be wrong again...send me no more Delila's, or Eve's. I need the one permanent one, one tangible one, the one that will give my life meaning, and fill in the gaps.

Another picture not shown here, but you may know of it. Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte riding his horse into battle. He and I also share characteristics in common: patriotic loyalty, belief in ourselves, intelligence, strong will, we can control a crowd, and some aspects of intellectual superiority. I don't know about reincarnation, but when I see his picture a strong passion for country and duty arises. I feel as if I am he, at least in the information age sense. One day, I will shine across the world, much like he did. I will change things for the better as he did. Only one thing will be different, I have stronger allies, and I do not see defeat in the picture.

Warning: I am very patriotic, although I think that my government is going to the dogs and that some of the people here are idiots. Do not come in my domain if you have anything bad to say about the ideals that make this country great, or if you denounce our veterans (who are the bravest, most loyal Americans today). Also, I have no tolerance for the enemy. By this I mean if you are KKK, Nazi, or devil worshipper. A reign of fire will come, and then we all will have to pay, but don't force certain warriors to single you out first. So stay away from me or the few others like me. Also, to anyone who may be reading this: There will be a time when your services will be needed by a greater power. Do you stay and fight (suffering to save others)? Do you take the easy way out and leave with the others when you get the chance? Or do you give in to the enemy? Think hard, because the answer will tell you much about the person you are. For those of you who will lay everything down to fight, God Bless, and I hope to see you face to face some day; one way or another.

Inspirations: Edgar Allan Poe, Stephen King, John Carpenter, Alfred Hitchcock, Wes Craven, Peter Benchely, J.R.R. Tolkien, Rod Serling, Napoleon Bonaparte, Otto von Bismarck, David Eddings, .

Actors: Johnny Depp, Mel Gibson, Robin Williams, Jim Carrey, Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Adam Sandler, Jack Nicolson, Eddie Murphy, Orlando Bloom, Ben Stiller, Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Arnold Shwartzenegar, Bill Cosby, Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Christopher Loyd, Michael J. Fox, Gregory Peck, Ian McClellan, Christopher Lee, Harrison Ford, Keanna Reeves, Geoffrey Rush, Richard Dreyfuss, Nicolas Cage, Wesley Snipes, Whoopie Goldburg, Dick Van Dyke, Chuck Norris, Don Knotts, Andy Griffith, Sean Connery, Kel Mitchel, Antonio Banderas, Mike Myers, Orlando Bloom, Tony Shaloub, Danny DeVito, Heath Ledger, Robert DeNiro.

Books: The Beast, Pet Sematary, Christine, Green Mile, Carrie, Needful Things, It, On Writing, Harry Potter Series, Two Towers, Animorphs Series, the Elenium Series, Jaws.

Most interesting people in history: Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, Adolf Hitler, Erwin Rommel, Dwight D. Eisenhower, G. S. Paton, Douglass MacArthur, Admiral Yamamoto, Winston Churchill, Theodore Roosevelt, Gen. Santa Anna, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Davy Crocket, Joseph Stalin, Napoleon Bonaparte, Vladmir Lenin, Fidel Castro, Heidrich Himmler, Herman Goering, Harry S. Truman, Julius Caesar, Mao Zedong, Ho Chi Minh, Karl Marx, Ulysseus S. Grant, Black Beard, Henry Morgan, Vlad Terpes Dracula, William Shakespeare, Martin Luther King Jr., Ghandi, Benjamin Franklin, John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Jack the Ripper, Jessie James, Jim Bowie, George Washington, Gen. Cornwalis, Otto von Bismarck, Peter Frederico, Jim Jones, Charles Manson, Al Capone.

Places I've Been: Illinois, Maryland, California, Washington D.C., New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Hawaii, France, Switzerland, Mexico, Belize, Austria, Italy, Lichenstein, Puerto Rico, Tortola, San Martin, Florida, Florida Keys, Colorado, Kentucky, New Jersey, Indiana, Kansas.

Favorite Animals: King Cobra, Black Panther, Great White Shark, Tiger Shark, Bull Shark, cats of all kinds, Grey Wolf, African Elephant, Sperm Whale, Giant Squid, Grizzly Bear.

Unknowns I Believe In: God, Lock Ness Monster, Chupacabra, Jersey Devil, Champ, UFOs, USOs, Mothman, Bigfoot, Yeti, Vampires, Werewolves, Angels, Demons, Giant Snakes, Kraken, Dragons.

Favorite Musicals/Plays: Rent, Phantom of the Opera, Fiddler on the Roof, Barefoot in the Park, Mama Mia, Sound of Music, Footloose, Grandchild of Kings, Cats, The West Side Story, Much Ado About Nothing, Romeo and Juliet, Wicked, Othello, MacBeth, The Rainmaker, Movin' Out, The Tempest, A Rovin' This Great Wide Land, The Tempest.

Plays I've Been In: Treasure Island (Mutinous Sailor), Ball Room Blitz (Hippie), Tribute to Led Zepplin x2 (Wringwraith x2, Hippie #2, intro voice), 350th Anniversary of Calvert County (Minuteman), Carmen (Corporal Domingo), Much Ado About Nothing x2 (Leonato), Romeo and Juliet (Lord Montague), A Mummer's Play (Manor lord), Sleepy Hollow (Jack), Winter Spectacular (Bob Cratchet), Grandchild of Kings (Doctor, Mr. Greenburg, Drummer Benson, British Soldier), Footloose (Principal Harry Clark), Scurvy Crew (First Mate Charles Lockely) The Prisoner of Zenda (Fritz von Tarlenheim), Twelfth Night Revels(Steward of the Court, Turkish Knight), Church Christmas Pagents x2 (Shepherd, Joseph), Song From the Woods (elder, Director), The Whispers of Saints (Assistant Director), The Path That Ends In Shadow (Playwright, Assistant Director, Voice, extra), The Awful Horrible Trajedy of Enrico (Enrico, Assistant Director), The Idiot and the Odity (Zeus, Agamemnon, townsperson), A Rovin' This Great Wide Land (Powhattan, Narrator for John Henry, Jalapeno Hal, director), The Tempest (Antonio), Captain John Smith for Kids (Joshua), The Tell Tale Heart Excerpt (The Old Man).

Quotes:
"... an honest man you can always trust to be honest" - Jack Sparrow
"I'll be back" - Terminator
"Ask not what your country can do for you, but ask what you can do for your country" - John F. Kennedy
"I have a dream..." - Martin Luther King Jr.
"I can tell when your paying attention when I can see your pretty eyes" - Jackie Waymeir
"Can't never did anything" - Benna Lehmann
"Damn the torpedoes... full speed ahead" - David G. Farrgaut
"Never give up. Never surrender." - Captain Tagart
"Don't get cocky kid." - Han Solo
"Give in to your hatred." - the Emperor
"... the shattering of shields and the clashing of swords that the age of men comes tumbling down." - Aragorn son of Arathorn
"Best start believing in ghost stories Ms. Turner. You're in one!" - Captain Barbossa
"Get her done" - Larry the Cable Guy
"All righty then" - Ace Ventura
"I am not just a misfit..." - Hermy the Elf
"Did you ever let your lover see the stranger in yourself?" - Billy Joel
"I fear all that we have done is awakened the sleeping giant" - Admiral Yamamoto
"Hasta la vista baby" - Terminator
"P.A.R.T. Why? Because I've gotta" the Mask
"Doh" - Homer J. Simpson
"Give me liberty or give me death!" - Patrick Henry
"Keep your friends close. Keep your enemies closer." - Blade
"My sons were better men" - Benjamin Martin
"I have long feared that my sins would come back to haunt me" - Benjamin Martin
"You are entering another dimension. A dimension not only of sight and sound, but of mind..." - Rod Serling
"... one ring to rule them all, and in the darkness bind them" - Galadriel
"My precious!" - Gollum
"The night will be stained with the blood of Rohan!" - Saruman the White
"One death is a trajedy; a million deaths is a statistic" - Joseph Stalin
"E.T. phone home" - E. T. the Extraterrestrial
"Semper Fi! Carry on!" - Gunny
"Once a marine always a marine!" - Tony Olson
"I'm just a simple man trying to make my way in the universe." - Jango Fett
"Dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before..." -Edgar Allan Poe -The Raven
"Tear up the planks! Here! Here! It is the beating of his horrible hideous heart!" -Edgar Allan Poe -The Tell Tale Heart
"Your never beaten until you admit it." -Gen. George S. Patton
"Always do everything you ask of those you command." -Gen. George S. Patton
"People who are not themselves are nobody." -Gen. George S. Patton
"Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way." -Gen. George S. Patton