You are about to enter another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound, but of mind, a journey into a wondrous land of imagination.

Next stop, The Twilight Zone.

Over the years here on the Twilight Zone podcast, I've been very fortunate to talk to most of the people who have published a book about the Twilight Zone or Ruds Sailing.

And tonight I'm going to continue that tradition when I talk to Chadwick Ellis Boykin, the author

of The Twilight Zone Hiku.

But this time, it's a little bit different because for the first time, this is a book

whose origin is actually closely tied to the Twilight Zone podcast.

And also, I was very humbled and grateful to be asked to contribute to it in some small way.

And you'll hear more about that when I speak to the author of The Twilight Zone Haiku,

Chadwick Ellis Boykin.

What we're going to be talking about has been going on behind the scenes for a long time.

But before we get to that, what's your Twilight Zone story?

How did you come to be a Twilight Zone fan?

My Twilight Zone story, I have, you know, like a lot of people,

I grew up watching the show in syndication on TV.

And I remember as a kid, I had this big velvet glow- the dark Twilight Zone poster on the back of my door. And I just remember being so kind of moved by the show that, you know, I always considered myself a fan and I would always watch it whenever it was on. But back in those days, you got whatever you got on TV. And there was no ability to watch the whole thing. If you would have asked me, I would have said, oh, yeah, I've seen all the Twilight Zone's but, you know, once the DVD sets and stuff came out, then I actually got to see the entirety of the show. So I really had missed a lot of it, but it made such a strong impression.

The ones that really stand out when I was little are, you know, of course, time enough at last,

eye of the beholder, monsters on Maple Street. And those left such an impression because they were

so rich in story, but they were also scary.

And when you're a kid, right, watching late at night, there's this, you know,

sort of feeling of, um, you're, you're sort of living on the edge, right? Like it's, there's something scary.

You're not quite sure if you want to watch this or not.

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