The most terrifying thing I can think of is being alone - and I mean utterly alone, like no one else in the world alone - at night. That's the nucleus of the first story in my collection and it's also where the title came from for the book.
“History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.”
“I wasn't really qualified to be on Saturday Night Live - I'm not like an impressionist or anything.”