I may not have another chance to explain myself, so I have to try now. To start with, Nick was a vampire. I’ll explain that before I’m done, but trust me for now. Obviously I didn’t know that from the beginning. But Nick was a vampire, and that’s what this story is about. That and the Club, anyway. You see, …
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Not sure if it was the full moon, the recent debate, or Halloween but we couldn’t help it. Provided with no comment except to say – If politicians were cryptids, there’s little doubt in our minds that Donald Trump would be a werewolf! Not sure if it was the full moon, the recent debate, or Halloween but we couldn't help …
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Well, Rick’s big plan to redirect a ginormous herd away from Alexandria (let’s call it “Operation Zillions of Zombies”) has gone spectacularly pear-shaped. Rick hasn’t been a “good guy” for at least a season, now. He’s embraced his own brutality. His conscience is 90% scar tissue. He’s lost his ability to trust, or relate to, anyone outside his core group …
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Halloween’s just around the corner and what better way to “get in the spirit” of Samhain then to scare the snot out of the little ones with really scary stories. After some digging, we’ve found two lesser-known stories of evil that we’re sure will give you pause to verify your children are safe in bed before turning out the lights. …
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Let me guess, ever since you saw Stephen King’s Silver Bullet, you’ve been fascinated by the scene where the gunsmith melted down the girl’s necklace and cast a single silver bullet. A bullet that would faithfully find its mark; saving them from “Reverand Werewolf”. Now you want to make your own? If so, then guide’s for you. I tried to keep …
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Submitted by Corodon Fuller We’re finally back to where The Walking Dead left off this past March. Can our survivors live as part of a sane society again, or have they been “out there” too long? The balance of power in Alexandria has swung in Rick’s favor, but is that a good thing, for them or for him? Season 5 left …
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With Halloween quickly approaching, even folks typically uninterested in the macabre are looking for a bit of spooky fun. For fans of the cryptid world, the fall season is prime time to revel in ghost stories and spend some time in real haunted houses. The good news is, regardless of where you might fall on the spectrum, there’s a little …
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Submitted by Corodon Fuller Remember in the shootout midway through Season 4, with Daryl hiding behind cover and zombies creeping up behind him? The camera cut away as one of them lunged at him—when we cut back, Daryl had dispatched the zombie and was using it as a shield. It was good for a laugh, but it also showed how far …
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In Borneo, there’s a legend about a carnivorous creature so vicious it’s been known to rip apart and consume an entire deer. Until recently, the description of this beast was limited to eyewitness reports. No one had successfully captured any proof of its existence (or at least survived to share it). Now, that’s all changed. We now have the SQUIRREL …
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Are you a fan of the monstrum on the lookout for an excellent read? We have some splendidly scary news! Linda Godfrey recently unleashed a whole slew of mysterious monsters onto the world in her book, American Monsters: A History of Monster Lore, Legends, and Sightings. It’s no secret we’re quite fond of the variety of monsters running around within …
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Monstrum Athenaeum Tearing open the cryptid world of werewolves, vampires & zombies.