Scott A. Johnson was born and raised in the swampland coastal town of LakeJackson, Texas, which is rife with folklore and ghost stories that greatlyinfluenced him as a child. While most children were content to watch cartoons on Saturday mornings, Scott watched Chiller Theater with his brother, reveling in the performances of Vincent Price, Bela Lugosi and Borris Karlof..
In junior high school, he discovered a deep love for the written word whenhe was introduced to Edgar Allan Poe's The Cask of Amontillado. He excelled in his English classes all through high school, though he did not begin