The demons that plagued our childhood are the best models for villains. The stuff they are made of is ripe, nay! Rotten with scary stuff. They are relentless and unforgiving, and only in the most hopeful of minds, redeemable. The Sleep Foundation found that 20% of children between the ages of 6 and 12 suffer from nightmares. Do you remember the villains that went bump in the night? Do you have nightmares? If so, welcome to Musing Interruptus. Thank you for clicking, thank you for listening.  Halloween may be over, but the spirits that haunt us are not the only beings roaming our earthly realm. You know what I’m talking about. I know I wasn’t the only ten-year-old suffering from catastrophic fantasies that involved vampires, legions of zombies, and the awakening of dormant volcanoes.

There was nothing more terrifying t ...