And V.C. Andrews continues to write from beyond the grave

There ain't no justice, I tell ya.

V.C. Andrews was perhaps one of the worst fiction writers who ever walked the earth. She wrote these aggressively bad mystery/family drama books that touched on most of the seedy underside of the human psyche. Her most famous book, FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC, has everything -- parental abuse, incest, you name it. And the prose is just God-awful.

Andrews died a number of years ago, but a variety of ghostwriters continues to turn out crap fiction in the Andrews style, because people just eat up that nasty stuff that turns up under the rocks of American life.

And no one objects to that. Perhaps it's because there isn't any gay sex in those books (or maybe there is; I stopped reading after about five of her books, because there's only so much giggle and howl quotient that compensates for just plain unreadable stuff.

But while the Andrews style of grand guignol continues to be cranked out, a kid in Kentucky, who engaged himself in the dying art of fiction writing, wrote a story about a zombie takeover of a high school. Now this sounds like pretty standard fare for a 1950's American International Pictures cheapie drive-in horror movie, right? Or maybe even a 1990's one, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar.

But in the post-Columbine, post-9/11 Era of Official Insanity, this kid now finds himself under arrest for making terroristic threats:

A George Rogers Clark High School junior arrested Tuesday for making terrorist threats told LEX 18 News Thursday that the "writings" that got him arrested are being taken out of context.

Winchester police say William Poole, 18, was taken into custody Tuesday morning. Investigators say they discovered materials at Poole's home that outline possible acts of violence aimed at students, teachers, and police.

Poole told LEX 18 that the whole incident is a big misunderstanding. He claims that what his grandparents found in his journal and turned into police was a short story he wrote for English class.

"My story is based on fiction," said Poole, who faces a second-degree felony terrorist threatening charge. "It's a fake story. I made it up. I've been working on one of my short stories, (and) the short story they found was about zombies. Yes, it did say a high school. It was about a high school over ran by zombies."

Even so, police say the nature of the story makes it a felony. "Anytime you make any threat or possess matter involving a school or function it's a felony in the state of Kentucky," said Winchester Police detective Steven Caudill.

Poole disputes that he was threatening anyone.

"It didn't mention nobody who lives in Clark County, didn't mention (George Rogers Clark High School), didn't mention no principal or cops, nothing,"
said Poole. "Half the people at high school know me. They know I'm not that stupid, that crazy."

On Thursday, a judge raised Poole's bond from one to five thousand dollars after prosecutors requested it, citing the seriousness of the charge.

Poole is being held at the Clark County Detention Center.

And it was his GRANDPARENTS who turned him in! Did they ask him what it was? No. Did they even confront him with it and demand an explanation? No. Did they contact a psychologist? No. Instead, they ran right to the cops. And now this kid is going to have this arrest on his record and quite probably a file at the FBI, which in the age of ChoicePoint, means he's unlikely to ever be able to get a job.

Nice work, Grandma.