  Dear Frank,  One of the things I really love about the
Midnight Society’s tales is that they tend to work with a sort
of nightmare logic rather than conforming to any actual logic. 
For instance, nothing in your story “The Tale of the Phantom
Cab” made much sense, but it certainly made sense that it
impressed the Midnight Society enough to let you in.  Do you
have any advice about how I, too, could compose a tale strong
enough to get me into the Society?   Aspiring Horror King  * * *
Dear Aspiring,  Thanks!  I spent several hours crafting “The
Tale of the Phantom Cab” and have plenty of advice for how to
create a similarly successful Midnight Society story.  The first
thing you’ll need, of course, are two characters who are
constantly butting heads.  One will be the sympathetic
protagonist, and the other will be a jerk with a lesson to
learn.  Don’t skimp on the jerk!  The jerk will generally be
quite a bit more memorable than the sympathetic one.  Usually
the two characters will be related in some way, bu