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INTRODUCTION
The insidious glint of its hard, unblinking eye haunts me to this day. My first conscious memory of the diabolical doll creep factor was, until recently, packed away in the section of my mind labeled "Stacey, age 5." When I began putting this book together, I pilfered the attic of my history for creative inspiration.
In 19-blah-blah, we lived in a small house whose only bathroom lay tucked in a corner of the basement. It had a shower stall, a toilet, and a curtain for a door. The basement also housed our play area. During the day, my sister and I would spend countless hours down there. It was safe and fun.
Night was a different story, however. A potty call in the wee hours was a foreboding dilemma. Down the steep, curving Frankenstein castle stairs, past the cast iron thumb-latch of the heavy wooden door, across a gazillion miles of darkness to the nightlight glow of the bathroom. As I sat there doing my tiny business, humming to ward off the willies, I would force myself to not look into the deep shadows of the play area across the room. But inevitably, my glance would crawl to the three-foot-high black shape looming in the far corner. And, if the curtain was pulled back just so, the nightlight would glister off its unsleeping eyes ... eyes that punctured the night veil with sinister menace and twinkling plastic fury as they beckoned to me, "sssStacey, let's play a game."
That creep factor has stayed with me and I firmly believe dolls are more than what they appear and have great potential to plot your doom. In fact, the dolls in this book are doing just that, and we get a frightening peek at their chilling thoughts, disturbing desires, and maniacal plans.
So turn the pages slowly and indulge in your own twisted trip into nostalgic chillmares. Perhaps you may even recognize a freakish childhood companion among this collection of creepy-ass dolls. Enjoy!
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