12 Nightmares of the Holidays, Wrong Address

Published

2 years ago

December 14, 2022

It’s day two of 12 Nightmares of the Holidays. If you missed it, please check out Jennifer Weigel’s scary good story.

The package wasn’t meant for Kristi, she knew that. The name on it was Dale Richards. The address was close, floor two while she was on floor five. And yet here it was, when she arrived home from work, a package sitting in front of her door where it most certainly did not belong.

Kristi picked it up and took it inside. She sat it on the kitchen table next to the dying Christmas cactus her mom had given her in lieu of a good present. Then she opened a beer and sat down to consider the thing.

So some delivery guy hadn’t been paying attention, and now she had to waste time on her Christmas Eve to deal with it.

Dale was an asshole, that was part of the problem. Never had a good word for anyone, that guy. Never the kind to open doors or help anyone get their groceries upstairs. If he’d gotten someone else’s box, he’d have dropped it downstairs next to all the mailboxes and left it there, package pirates be damned.

That’s what she’d do, she decided. She’d put the box downstairs and that would be the end of it.

But it was so late, and it was Christmas Eve. And she’d had such a long day at work, waiting on tables of festive, fun families. The box could sit on her table and wait until she got up in the morning. Hell, maybe it could wait until December 27th.

She didn’t know the time when she woke. It was pitch dark in her apartment. Her phone wasn’t glowing. No lights came from outside. She couldn’t even see the nightlight in her bathroom. Kristi muttered, figuring the block must have lost power again. She turned over and pulled the blanket closer around her. If the power was out, that meant her heat would be out. No sense leaving the warm bed and losing all that built-up body heat.

Kristi wondered briefly what had woken her. She didn’t think it was the sudden darkness. She thought it might be a sound. An unpleasant one, half-remembered in her post-sleep state.

She heard it again. The sound of something scraping along the floor between her bedroom and living room.

Kristi sat up in bed and reached for her phone. It should have at least enough juice to give her some light. But her hand never reached the bedside table. Instead, she felt something warm and wet and slick. Kristi pulled her hand back with a tone of disgust. She swung her feet to the ground and felt that same slick sensation.

Then, the sound around her changed. Something sharp and massive was crunching into her bed. Something else, wet and hot and bumpy was pushing against her, knocking her down and driving her closer to the grinding, massive things.

Something that felt like a giant tongue pushing her towards mashing teeth.

On Kristi’s kitchen table, the box was now empty, save for a Christmas card. Inside the card were two simple sentences.

You deserve this and more, Dale. Merry Christmas.

It hadn’t been meant for Kristi. But it was too late to correct that. Maybe it would still make its way down to floor two. Maybe by the 27th. It might decide to make some other stops along the way.

Original Creations

Peeping Toms Comic Book Collage Crystal Art by Jennifer Weigel

Published

5 days ago

July 21, 2024

Jennifer Weigel

So I happened upon this very cheesecake-heavy premiere issue of Extremes of Violet, complete with pinups by some of the comic book greats of the time, and decided to make some Peeping Toms collage art by incorporating the voluptuous vixen into various crystal pieces to create a sort of fishbowl effect centered largely on her bosom (which is unavoidable).

Each of the Peeping Toms is shown from three angles because of how much the pieces shift as the light plays off the crystal. I started with these star forms.

The second bowl was even a bit iridescent, and violet at that!

Next I did a series of really perky busty bowls, which really get the feeling across that you are looking through the tiny peephole in a door as well as exemplifying the content even more. Note: these are shown in two rows with side details as well, so there are a lot of pics here…

I experimented a little and tried a couple of other scenes, like the portrait, as well. She’s staring back at the Peeping Toms…

I also tried this more square bowl form.

And finally, I found this little heart, which is my personal favorite of the group.

These works are a continuation of my Creepy Comics collage series, shown on Haunted MTL here.

Feel free to check out more of Jennifer Weigel’s work here on Haunted MTL or on her writing, fine art, and conceptual projects websites.

Original Creations

Zombie Christ – Second Coming Art by Jennifer Weigel

Published

2 weeks ago

July 14, 2024

Jennifer Weigel

So I probably should have taken a before picture, but I found a faux wood stained plaster Jesus statue and turned it into Zombie Christ. Because it’s the second second coming. Or something. It’s kind of an offshoot of my nail polish paintings reappropriating thrift store art…

Anyway without further ado, I present…

Zombie Christ remake statue by Jennifer Weigel

I was a little concerned that I made him too green at first, but I’m happy with the finished result. This statue just looked so anguished. It’s eyes had been closed but I like them better open and even painted them with blacklight reactive nail polish so they will stand out even more and be interactive in other ways to add creepy factor.

From the top... — And taking it from the top…

Sadly I don’t have a blacklight anymore or I’d share a picture that way too. Oh well. I’ll leave you with a fun detail shot instead.

Next time I may make him more gray than green though. We shall see…

Feel free to check out more of Jennifer Weigel’s work here on Haunted MTL or on her writing, fine art, and conceptual projects websites.

Original Creations

Jennifer Weigel Art Collection Highlights Part 3

Published

3 weeks ago

July 7, 2024

Jennifer Weigel

So it’s been awhile since we’ve looked at some of the things I have gathered, so I thought I’d bring back my art collection for another round… Here are the first and second highlights in case you missed earlier explorations.

From left to right: M Pena Windstone Editions bat-winged flap cat, bone mask by Terry and Susan Wright, wood cat in skull by labcreature, real hair art by myself, pencil drawing of Barbarois Elder for Vampire Hunter D anime cel

From left to right: Barbarois Elder for Vampire Hunter D anime cel, Turn Me Royal portrait of my father and stepmother as Frankenstein’s monster and his bride, painted horse skull

Left to right: Overgrowth by Ellie Bradley, heart by TenderFlesh, praying devil girl by Torman’s Treasures

And a vintage plastic 2-foot Jack O Lantern I got at a yard sale and have kept on display on his very own stool in the living room since. So happy.

Anyway, there are some more highlights from my art collection, as it is always growing and evolving. I have lucked into several of these pieces at antique and thrift stores or acquired them from the artists or more. And yes, I still have Da Ting the taxidermy shih-tzu from the first of these posts.