“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.”
- H.P. Lovecraft
When I was a little boy, there was a monster in my closet. I never saw him, but I knew he was there, which somehow made it worse. I had a horrible time getting to sleep, as I knew that the moment that I did, he’d come out and get me. While I wasn’t at all sure what he looked like, though I suspected it was a lot like Sesame Street’s Herry Monster, who seemed to frequent the worst of dreams.