The History of the Devil Sign

Recently I had a conversation with a friend about the infamous Alabama “Devil Sign.” He found it embarrassing to the state of Alabama, or, more specifically, those people living in the State who have some degree of common sense. (We don’t ALL support the orange dictator, date our cousins, and have bad teeth, you know.)…

Give ‘em Hell, Baphomet!

When I was growing up, the spawn of simple farm folks high atop Sand Mountain, Alabama (slightly above and to the left of the buckle of the Bible Belt, where the appendix would be, if the appendix were located to the left of the navel), a hotbed of Christian fundamentalism with more than its fair…

The Legend of the Tailypo

Have you ever heard the story of Tailypo? This is an Appalachian folktale, and a good one. Once upon a time, there was an old man who lived alone in a small cabin way back in the woods (because no self-respecting cabin-builder would think of constructing one anywhere else), his only companions three hulking, nasty…

The Furry Globster

I don’t typically cover aquatic monsters on this site. For one thing, well, there’s that “aquatic” thing. For a site that caters to werewolf fans, I figure I ought to keep things terrestrial. Terra dry-a. Also, 99% of the time, those “globsters” that wash up on beaches looking all monstrous-like turn out to be nothing…

Crochet Werewolf

Thanks to the fine folks over at Bloody Disgusting for bringing this to our attention (by posting an article about it; it’s not like they sent me a private message or anything). Available for purchase over on Etsy, at “Tales from the Stitch,” the online shop of crochet artist Chelsey Scully, aka “The Stitchkeeper,” are…