Letter from the Editor: The next few Recommend If You Like spooky issues
The fall Recommend If You Like issue will always be a spooky issue. Here are our next 666 issues.
2027: Dracula
2028: Dracula: Dead and Loving It!
2029: America: Dead and Loving It?
2030: America: Dead and Loving It!
2031: Bats
2032: Bats and Lashes: The Spooky Style Issue
2033: Dracula: America’s Favorite Girl Dad
2034: Nine Inch Nails “Broken” EP
2035: Dares
2036: D.A.R.E.
2037: Jesus Christ!
2038: Jesus, Christ!
2039: Jesus: Dead and Loving It?
2040: 666 Facts about The Monster Mash
2041: Butts
2042: Cat People
2043: Dog People
2044: Peeps
2045: 69 Family Friendly Jack-O-Lantern Stencils
2046: Pumpkins
2047: Pumpkin boo
2048: God? Money? I’ll Do Anything For You!
2049: Bluey
2050: Chains Rattling in the Night
2051: Messy Bitches
2052: Master of Puppets
2053: Master P
2054: No Limit Soldiers
2055: Goblins
2056: When The Undertaker Rolls His Eyes to the Back of His Head
2057: Sportswashing
2058: God
2059: The Death of God
2060: Eternal Nothingness
2061: Shirts Vs Skins in School
2062: Frankenstein
2063: The Mummy
2064: Boils
2065: Catholic School
2066: The Crucifixion
2067: Tori Amos’ “Crucify”
2068: Blacklight Posters
2069: Prudes
2070: Slivers
2071: Nirvana’s “Sliver”
2072: Guns
2073: This 9-Year-Old Brat with Checked Out Parents
2074: Rabies
2075: Potions
2076: Hangovers
2077: Gravedigger (Monster Jam)
2078: Gravediggers (Profession)
2079: Gravediggaz (Rap group)
2080: Wine Moms
2081: Man Caves
2082: Podcasts
2083: Zombies
2084: Brain Freeze
2085: Skulls
2086: Casinos
2087: Are Capes Spooky, Stylish or Spookily Stylish?
2088: Spiders
2089: Souls
2090: Haunted Houses
2091: Clowns
2092: Infinity
2093: How to make your eyes go to the back of your head
2094: RAZORBLADES ARE IN ALL OF THE CANDY!!!!!!!!!
2095: The definite ranking of all Treehouse of Horror episodes
2096: The Bride of Frankenstein
2097: The Montreal Screwjob 100 Years Later: Was It a Work?
2098: Bridezillas
2099: Mechabridezilla
2100: Groomthra
2101: Who won 9/11?
2102: Fog
2103: Does Wendy’s still sell those Halloween booklets with $1 Frosty coupons?
2104: Nightmares
2105: Organs (instrument)
2106: Organs (internal)
2107: Skulduggery is surprisingly not spooky
2108: Crisp weather
2109: Spikes
2110: The game where someone puts their hand in a bowl and the bowl is full of peeled grapes (eyeballs) and wet spaghetti (veins). What’s this called?
2111: This Old Haunted House
2112: Transubstantiation
2113: Long flowing robes
2114: Witchcraft
2115: Alone. At sea. Adrift.
2116: Stepping on Legos
2117: Faces of Death: The 666 Most Stylish Spooky Creatures
2118: Black eyeliner tips
2119: When the insides become the outsides
2120: Who won Covid?
2121: Know it all brats
2122: Dolls
2123: LOOK UNDER YOUR BED!!!
2124: Snakes
2125: Why did our ancestors willingly submit to the surveillance state?
2126: Ghosts
2127: Love
2128: Hate
2129: Love
2130: Hate
2131: Love
2132: Hate
2133: Rotten Fruit
2134: Field Trip Permission Slips
2135: Computers
2136: Love
2137: Hate
2138: Love
2139: Hate
2140: Love
2141: Hate
2142: Love
2143: Hate
2144: Open Mics
2145: Plagues
2146: Scratched DVDs
2147: Love
2148: Hate
2149: Love
2150: Hate
2151: Love
2152: Hate
2153: Love
2154: Hate
2155: Robots
2156: Heaven
2157: Hell
2158: Heaven
2159: Hell
2160: Love
2161: Hate
2162: Heaven
2163: Catholic guilt
2164: Work Conferences
2165: Broken Bones
2166: Healing
2167: Black cats
2168: Orange cats
2169: Tabby cats
2170: Big cats
2171: Cat People
2172: FIV
2173: The Insurance Industry
2174: Influencers
2175: Extremism
2176: Time
2177: Boooooooooriiiiiiiiiing
2178: Poop
2179: Not pooping
2180: Using jellybeans as teeth
2181: Manic Panic hair dye
2182: Silence
2183: Noise
2184: Silence
2185: Noise
2186: Silence
2187: Noise
2188: Silence
2189: Noise
2190: Silence
2191: Noise
2192: Puppets
2193: Pilot season
2194: Pilots
2195: Sleeping pilots
2196: Bed bugs
2197: The Montreal Screwjob 200 Years Later: Was It a Work?
2198: Spreadsheets
2199: Church
2200: Service
2201: Mass
2202: Temple
2203: Worship
2204: Car crashes
2205: Understanding in a car crash
2206: Crashing into me
2207: Grand Theft Auto VII
2208: Laundry
2209: Folding laundry
2210: Washington laundry
2211: Putting away laundry
2212: Still doing laundry
2213: Bone machines
2214: Cash
2215: Currency
2216: Change
2217: Coin
2218: Bread
2219: Dough
2220: Scratch
2221: Scratches
2222: Knives
2223: Cretin hops
2224: Invasive plants
2225: Pesticides
2226: Incesticides
2227: Pop up stores
2228: Pop up ads
2229: Opting in
2230: New Orleans
2231: Science fiction double features
2232: Calling your girlfriend
2233: Having the talk
2234: Stasis
2235: Staying
2236: Renting
2237: Landlords
2238: Cemetery Gates
2239: Pantera (the band)
2240: Panthers
2241: Little kids in formal wear
2242: Bills
2243: Bills with five bands
2244: Expense reports
2245: Expenses
2246: Expensive tastes
2247: Taste tests
2248: Test taking
2249: Lie detector tests
2250: Teaching to the test
2251: Being the teacher in the song “Hot For Teacher”
2252: Class, dismissed!
2253: Solos
2254: Love
2255: Hate
2256: Love
2257: Hate
2258: Love
2259: Hate
2260: Tattoo removal
2261: Life being a highway
2262: Love
2263: Hate
2264: Trademarks
2265: Guitar lessons
2266: Piano lessons
2267: Moles (on the body)
2268: Moles (spies)
2269: Moles (animals)
2270: Pleasure
2271: Pain
2272: Pleasure
2273: Pain
2274: Why didn’t we invest in Pokémon cards sooner?
2275: Fire
2276: [Beavis voice] FIRE!
2277: Riffs
2278: Ruffage
2279: Constipation
2280: Fear of butts
2281: Cleaning up poop (animal)
2282: Cleaning up poop (human)
2283: Waiting to use the massage chair at the Sharper Image
2284: Dead malls
2285: Undead malls
2286: Getting your shoelaces caught in a bicycle chain
2287: Amputation
2288: Brotherhood
2289: Sisterhood
2290: Traveling
2291: Pants
2292: Shorts
2293: Jorts
2294: Mesh jerseys
2295: Mesh tights
2296: Revenge
2297: The Montreal Screwjob 300 Years Later: Was It a Work?
2298: Waking hell
2299: Flames
2300: Flames (from hell)
2301: Flames painted on a guitar
2302: Flames painted on a hot rod
2303: Calgary Flames
2304: Ice
2305: The cold hand of death
2306: The clammy hand of nervousness
2307: Clams
2308: Seafood
2309: Seafood allergies
2310: What we’ve learned about cleaning poop (human) since our last poop issue
2311: Crow makeup
2312: Black eyeliner
2313: Work retreats
2314: Knowing someone is thinking about you
2315: Knowing no one is thinking about you
2316: Loneliness
2317: Crowds
2318: Ultra processed foods
2319: Hunger
2320: Hunger strikes
2321: Going hungry
2322: Walking in the rain
2323: Love
2324: Hate
2325: Love
2326: Hate
2327: Love
2328: Hate
2329: Come on, ref!
2330: Swing districts
2331: Swings
2332: Swingers
2333: Swingers (movie)
2334: Swingsets
2335: Swing voters
2336: Undecided voters
2337: Ding, dong, the witch is dead!
2338: Ding, dong, ditch
2339: Ring cameras
2340: Flock cameras
2341: Believing anyone is coming to save you
2342: WhatsApp
2343: ClassDojo
2344: LOOK AT ME AND SAY THAT TO MY FACE!
2345: Starting a fist fight in your 30s
2346: Starting a fist fight in your 40s
2347: Starting a fist fight in your 50s
2348: Starting a fist fight in your 60s
2349: Did you see that guy get knocked out?!?
2350: Leaving things up to me and you
2351: Crystal balls
2352: Crystal Light
2353: It doesn’t end
2354: It just goes on and on and one
2355: The end is the beginning is the end
2356: The beginning is the end is the beginning
2357: Why won’t this end?
2358: The end is near
2359: The end is your rear
2360: The end is nigh
2361: To be continued…
2362: Pleasure
2363: Pain
2364: Pleasure
2365: Paun
2366: Heaven
2367: Hell
2368: OZZY!!!
2369: Looking back at 300 years of OzzFest
2370: Wizards
2371: The Wiz
2372: Wheeeeee!!!!!!
2373: The Wicked Witch
2374: The Good Witch
2375: The Good Wife
2376: [Borat voice] My wife!!!
2377: [Austin Powers voice] My wife!!!
2378: [Borat voice] Yeah, baby!
2379: [Austin Powers voice] Yeah, baby!
2380: Overdose of love
2381: Overdose of heroin
2382: Overdose of cake
2383: Is it cake?
2384: Heaven
2385: Hell
2386: Heaven
2387: Hell
2388: Diabetes
2389: Kicking the habit
2390: Kicking it
2391: Make up
2392: Make up removal
2393: Feedback (noise)
2394: Feedback (from customers)
2395: Liking and subscribing
2396: Rating and reviewing
2397: The Montreal Screwjob 400 Years Later: Was It a Work?
2398: KISS MY ASSSSSS!
2399: Joining the kiss my ass club
2400: Pleasure
2401: Pain
2402: Pleasure
2403: Pain
2404: Heaven
2405: Hell
2406: Heaven
2407: Hell
2408: Wanting to suck your blood
2409: Looking back
2410: Past
2411: Present
2412: Future
2413: Songs in 9/8 time signature
2414: Faith (belief)
2415: Faith (George Michael)
2416: Faith (Limp Bizkit)
2417: Cruises
2418: Cruising
2419: Tom Cruise
2420: Tom Cruise’s front teeth
2421: Conceding
2422: Resisting
2423: Tug of war
2424: Deadlines
2425: Task lists
2426: Refusing entry
2427: Refusing to leave
2428: Venue at capacity
2429: Packing up
2430: Unpacking
2431: Moving day
2432: Moody teens
2433: Mood lighting
2434: Fluorescent lighting
2435: Office lighting
2436: Unemployment
2437: Never ending depression
2438: Wolves
2439: Werewolves
2440: Where are wolves?
2441: Why aren’t there any more wolves?
2442: Passion
2443: Hairless cats
2444: Social innovators
2445: Thought disruptors
2446: File not found
2447: Unknown numbers
2448: SOMEONE IS CALLING ME RIGHT NOW?!?
2449: Children’s drawings
2450: Scan to enroll
2451: Subscribing
2452: Unsubscribing
2453: Hail
2454: Rain
2455: Downpours
2456: Drizzle
2457: Black ice
2458: Slipped discs
2459: Ordering off menu
2460: Why won’t this thing load? Is it working for you?
2461: Desire
2462: Mandatory layoffs
2463: Job searches
2464: Preparing for tomorrow
2465: Living for today
2466: All of these companies are doing this
2467: The next big thing
2468: The next, next big thing
2469: “The Thing”
2470: Hope
2471: Despair
2472: Hope
2473: Despair
2474: Hope
2475: Despair
2476: Uhhhhhhhhhhhhh
2477: Stab wounds
2478: Ice burn
2479: Discovering the future
2480: Living in the past
2481: Man up!
2482: Copy of a copy
2483: Maddog 2020
2484: Hangover cures
2485: The Cure (band)
2486: Large language models
2487: Models
2488: The tech industry
2489: Leaky boats
2490: Leaky butts
2491: All the money in the world
2492: Money is a construct, man
2493: Paper cuts
2494: Investing in the economy
2495: Data centers
2496: Puddles
2497: The Montreal Screwjob 500 Years Later: Was It a Work?
2498: Runny makeup
2499: Scabs
2500: 666 reasons 666 is just a fun number
2501: Waking up from an unplanned nap
2502: Public restrooms
2503: Uh huh
2504: Tension
2505: Loose ends
2506: Burnt ends
2507: It’s different this time
2508: Enron
2509: Pet rocks
2510: The 1%
2511: The 1% of the 1%
2512: Credit scores
2513: Streaming bundles
2514: Shock
2515: Making kids sell candy bars for their team
2516: Pay to play
2517: Free thinkers
2518: Going through a phase
2519: Phasers
2520: Carrying debt
2521: Carrying more than one pair of sunglasses
2522: Blisters
2523: Cocktails
2524: Non-alcoholic cocktails
2525: HOW ARE WE OUT OF COFFEE?!?
2526: Shame
2527: Pain
2528: Shame
2529: Pain
2530: Shame
2531: Moving forward
2532: The road
2533: Why won’t these kids won’t go to sleep?!?
2534: Unknown numbers
2535: Shots!
2536: Control
2537: No control
2538: Batman returning
2539: Superman resurrecting
2540: Asking for it
2541: Running out of gas
2542: Sober living
2543: Rehab
2544: At this company, we’re a family
2545: Family Feud
2546: Family feuds
2547: Come on down!
2548: Banks
2549: Hard knocks
2550: Operating expenses
2551: Wonder
2552: Purple people eater
2553: Monsters of the Midway
2554: Pack attacks
2555: Cowardly lions
2556: Getting what you wanted
2557: Not getting what you wanted
2558: What did you do?!?
2559: Tar pits
2560: Can you ask my friends?
2561: Flips
2562: Diving boards
2563: No Fear shirts
2564: Mold
2565: Tummy aches
2566: Food poisoning
2567: Haikus
2568: Dust
2569: Drink minimums
2570: Surprise parties
2571: Parades
2572: Black parades
2573: Patience
2574: Lack of patience
2575: Peanut allergies
2576: Oodles of noodles
2577: Faking it
2578: Cancer
2579: I’m going to tell your mom!
2580: Talking about your dreams
2581: Giving up on your dreams
2582: Interpreting dreams
2583: The moment anything remotely bad happens
2584: Projectile vomiting
2585: Corporal punishment
2586: Team Rocket
2587: Civil wars
2588: Wrapping things up
2589: Volcanoes
2590: Sharks
2591: Ghouls
2592: Fandom
2593: Bro!
2594: Bros
2595: Songs with multiple solos
2596: The thing hiding under your bed
2597: The Montreal Screwjob 600 Years Later: Was It a Work?
2598: Lawyers
2599: Guillotines
2600: Electric chairs
2601: You’ll see
2602: Ringing in my ears
2603: Acid
2604: Webs
2605: World wide webs
2606: Styrafoam
2607: Repitition
2608: Scalpers
2609: Expectations
2610: Graveyards
2611: Adjusting for inflation
2612: Fear factories
2613: Routine
2614: Championship droughts
2615: Files available offline
2616: Musicals
2617: Worry
2618: Hot Wheels’ Ultimate Garage
2619: Living out of a car
2620: Tests
2621: Taste tests
2622: Tasting the test
2623: Obeying
2624: Non-disclosure agreements
2625: Inside jokes
2626: Cash flow
2627: Evenflow
2628: Inside jobs
2629: War
2630: Lost in the forest
2631: The smell of burnt popcorn
2632: The smell of burnt flesh
2633: Dry cleaning
2634: Call waiting
2635: Farming
2636: Stubbed toes
2637: I’m stuck!
2638: Team projects
2639: Quicksand
2640: Spoiled milk
2641: Flaming wreckage
2642: Russian nesting dolls
2643: Playing the odds
2644: Stinky underwear
2645: Cavities
2646: Ump, you’re blind!
2647: Hang on tight!
2648: Swimming upstream
2649: Horns
2650: Fading to black
2651: Lice
2652: Opening night
2653: Method acting
2654: Wishes
2655: Inconveniences
2656: Frozen tundras
2657: Forest fires
2658: Kitchen fires
2659: Rug burns
2660: Houses that give out toothpaste for Halloween
2661: Fallen rocks
2662: Tropical storms
2663: Hurricanes
2664: Going back to the well
2665: Twisters
2666: Interesting times
2667: Strange days
2668: Cyclones
2669: Sedation
2670: Ammo
2671: Dance challenges
2672: Traps
2673: Leashes
2674: Abandoned churches
2675: Mischief
2676: Kidnapping
2677: Wrought iron fences
2678: Roller coasters
2679: Paying to park
2680: Fingers crossed
2681: Online ordering
2682: Pleasure
2683: Pain
2684: Memories
2685: Heaven
2686: Hell
2687: Fan blades
2688: Balls and chains
2689: Handcuffs
2690: Rankings
2691: The past
2692: The future
Photographs by Nicholas Karlin, drawings by Daniel Knox
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