Doc Sullivan took the service elevator down to the hospital basement, to the morgue. He made his way down the hallway, deserted now, every other panel of lights overhead left off to conserve energy. Past locked doors opening into rooms he’d never seen, towards the steel-blue double doors at the far end. They kept the…
Month: January 2019
Hey, Hellier, I Thought Of It First!
There’s this new free documentary series called HELLIER. (If it isn’t all true it’s a clever bit of ballyhoo.) It explores the story of the “Kentucky Goblins,” strange little creatures that emerge from a mine shaft. These may be the same little monsters that appeared in the “Kelly-Hopkinsville Encounter” of 1955, one of the best-documented…
The Oscars Blow
Whoever wins the award for Best Actress at this year’s Academy Awards (and it will probably be Glenn Close) I challenge you to watch her performance, then watch Toni Collette in HEREDITARY, and then you tell me who was better. I know I’m preaching to the choir, here, but I gotta rant. The Oscars does…
The Super Blood Wolf Moon
As I sit at the computer typing these words, the shadow of the Earth is slipping past the full moon. Only a small sliver of shadow remains. It was too cold here in the wilds of Alabama to stay outside for too long, but I did make sure to go out and see the eclipse.…
Movie Review: GLASS
There’s simply no way to say this and not sound arrogant, so I’m just gonna say it. Those people who didn’t like this movie—I just don’t think they “got” it. Simple as that. Okay, so it isn’t quite that simple, not where *all* of them are concerned. I shouldn’t make blanket statements. Only, those commoner…
THERIOPHOBIA: FEAR THE BEAST Part 34
Leland came back about an hour later. He seemed to have calmed down. He looked at Marley and grunted, shook his head. “Shit!” Leland said. Marley watched him, having to breathe through her mouth. Her face ached where he’d struck her, her hip throbbed from being kicked. One of her eyelids twitched. *I’m going to…
Bigfoot Steak and Bigfoot Boogers
Remember Justin Smegma, the wannabe con artist who claimed to have murdered a family of Bigfoots, including a cute little baby Bigfoot? He’s the bozo who then produced a chunk of Bigfoot flesh, termed the “Bigfoot Steak”, for DNA testing. I for one was shocked, shocked I tell you, when the DNA tests revealed a…
Bring Fluffy Home (aka Don’t Open That Crate!)
What was your favorite segment in George Romero’s and Stephen King’s 1982 love letter to the Horror genre, CREEPSHOW? Ima go out on a limb and say it’s “The Crate.” Am I right? (You’re visiting a site dedicated to werewolves so I figure it’s a good guess on my part.) If you’re like me, you’ve…
The Terror of Tarrare
This is one where we can’t be certain where the facts end and legend begins. Which makes it all more fun in the end, doesn’t it? Tarrare—whether this was his real name or not is unknown—was born in 1772, and by the 1790s he was soldier in the French army. Tarrare was malnourished to look…
Have You Heard Of Smile Dog?
I don’t typically read creepypasta. I remember how I first learned about the character Slender Man. It wasn’t on the Internet. I was told about it by one of the teens who was in this Sunday School class I was leading. (Don’t laugh. I’m serious. I only *look* like evil incarnate. In terms of behavior,…