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.)…
Month: August 2018
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…
STRANGER THINGS Season Three Inspired by Chevy Chase
They told us to look to the movies that came out in 1985 for clues to the plot of the upcoming third season of STRANGER THINGS. As they had also stated that the season would have a John Carpenter vibe to it, I quickly deduced that, as THE GOONIES came out in the summer of…
THERIOPHOBIA: FEAR THE BEAST Part Twelve
Hank set a small electric fan onto the coffee table, plugged it into the closest wall outlet and turned it on. Lucas sat down on the sofa, pulling off his shoes. Hank went around to all the windows and closed the blinds, drew the curtains. “That’s not a psychiatrist’s couch,” Hank said. “But it’s pretty…
THERIOPHOBIA: FEAR THE BEAST Part Eleven
The path of least resistance. The way always chosen by a smart man. And Leland Cooper considered himself to be smarter than most. He saw no need in doing things the hard way when he could help it. If he could just pull this off, he’d save himself a great deal of time and effort.…
THERIOPHOBIA: FEAR THE BEAST Part Ten
FIVE DAYS AGO: WAXING GIBBOUS MOON Roosevelt Brewster teased at his cup of coffee, the non-dairy creamer he’d emptied into it liquefying while he stirred. A cinnamon-raisin bagel, split in half and cemented back together with cream cheese, lay untouched on its saucer. Across the sticky tabletop, Ron Whitlow used his fork to vivisect his…
THERIOPHOBIA: FEAR THE BEAST Part Nine
I’m not going to lose my temper. Chaney Kidde tried to concentrate on the task at hand, to ignore her mother’s voice like white noise playing in the background. She loves me. She means well. Chaney stooped, dipped her paintbrush in the bucket at her feet, tapping it against the side of the can to…
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…