I know some of your background and I have never seen mentioned you being treated badly as a child. You seem to really know what a mean drunk is like and how chilling they can be. I have just noticed throughout your writings that you are a master at bringing out such deep character, and the mean ones just jump off the page. It's like you actually knew them or were around them. I find it fascinating that you can do that. Thank you for all my favorite scary stories. I started reading for fun right around the time you started cranking out stories. It's been really great.