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Monsters & Demons

by Klaas Walhout | Mar 12, 2021 | Placeless

But as we confront others’ disbelief in our monsters, let us remember the existence of demons, too.

A Monstrous Appearance

by Lauren Cole | Mar 11, 2021 | Placeless

It would be simpler if a person’s inherent goodness or inherent badness precipitated into their outward appearance.

Defining the Monster

by Jordan Petersen Kamp | Mar 10, 2021 | Placeless

We either want a complicated villain or no villain at all.

What If Nobody is Out There?

by Gwyneth Findlay | Mar 9, 2021 | Placeless

Humanity has built itself to incredible heights over 315,000 years.

Of Basilisks and Weasels

by Josh Parks | Mar 8, 2021 | Placeless

Celebration ensues, and Hogwarts is renamed Weaselnose in honor of the martyred mustelid.

The Search for Bigfoot

by Susannah Boersma | Mar 7, 2021 | Placeless

We examined every moderately noticeable imprint in the ground for traces of him.

Bad Writing and Other Video Game Villains

by Ben Orlebeke | Mar 6, 2021 | Placeless

This game is not good. I played it a lot.

The Monster We Know

by Alex Johnson | Mar 5, 2021 | Placeless

In eighth grade, I believed that a bolt of true pain would give me a new understanding.

Facing a Monstrous Housing Crisis

by Comfort Sampong | Mar 4, 2021 | Placeless

We might be able to conjure up crayon-drawn cartoon depictions of its worst manifestations, but that’s where we stop.

Monsters Underfoot

by Ansley Kelly | Mar 3, 2021 | Placeless

I feel beautiful and wicked—flying fast and fearless.

Buffy Appendix I: Enter the Extended Scooby-Dooniverse

by Cotter Koopman | Mar 2, 2021 | Placeless

The moment where no one can explain the monster is crucial to the payoff—inexplicable, supernatural evil must remain forever believable, yet disprovable.

They Call Her a Siguanaba

by Katerina Parsons | Mar 1, 2021 | Honduras

Some say she kills the men; in Honduras, she usually makes them go crazy.

Skunked on the Suwannee

by Jon Gorter | Feb 28, 2021 | Florida

We’d set off toward Kice Island and everything would go as planned.

Being a Parent with No Maternal Instinct

by Anna Jeffries | Feb 27, 2021 | Placeless

I love my two little carpet sharks with all of my heart, but being a ferrant is exhausting.

An Incomplete List of the Worst Book Covers I’ve Ever Seen

by Annaka Koster | Feb 26, 2021 | Placeless

Listen, book, your aesthetic can’t be both “lazy Warhol knockoff” and “grandpa forced to take a photo at Ye Olde Wild West Land.”

Do We Change?

by Katie Van Zanen | Feb 25, 2021 | Placeless

“That’s who you’ve always been. You were always into that stuff.”

Dreaming of the Platform of Henry A. Wallace

by Joshua Polanski | Feb 24, 2021 | Placeless

He foresaw the ways crumbling capitalism morphs into fascism—and for that alone, his platform is worth revisiting.

Tingles

by Alex Westenbroek | Feb 23, 2021 | Placeless

Yes, it’s objectively weird. But I think there’s something to it.

Influenced

by Kayleigh (Fongers) Van Wyk | Feb 22, 2021 | Placeless

I wish I could say I was one of those people who uses social media for the simple fun and joy of it (although I’m not sure if that’s even possible anymore).