monsters

  • Book Bingo NW 2025: Monsters

    Book Bingo NW 2025: Monsters

    What makes a monster? Is it feral and visually arresting – a furry creature with glowing red eyes and razor-sharp teeth? Maybe your frame of reference is mythological: Medusa and her snakes, Scylla’s six hideous heads rising from the sea. Do you imagine the uncanny and unnatural – Frankenstein in his lab, foisting life onto… Continue reading

  • The Making of a Monster

    ~By Anne C. Beasts, phantoms, despots and serial killers have thrilled and fascinated humans, time out of mind. Some of us shy away from such frightening thoughts, but others venture bravely into the dark corners of imagination, seeking out monsters, making their acquaintance, and bringing them into the light through arts and literature. Earlier this… Continue reading

  • On Myth and Monsters

    By Anne C. As the shadows lengthen and the autumn winds begin to wuther, you might find your fancy turning to the darker corners of the world and the things that creep and lurk there. Things that growl. Things that hunt.  Magical things. Terrifying things. Monsters. But, what is a monster? Where does the idea… Continue reading