Archive for January, 2010
Weird Beasts – Shoggoth Alert: Half-Vegetable Sea Slugs by Chris Perridas
(Click on picture above for Live Science article) H.P. Lovecraft wrote in his At the Mountains of Madness, “These viscous masses were without doubt what Abdul Alhazred whispered about as the “Shoggoths” in his frightful Necronomicon … When the star-headed Old Ones on this planet had synthesized their simple food forms and bred a [...]
“A Stone Wall Between Us” By Chris Beckett
Large raindrops beat the shingle roof, calling to the five-year-old as he lay on his bed. Daniel Muller’s eyes were closed as he concentrated on the sound of each raindrop. He was counting them, reaching fifty-seven once before the sounds pooled together. Daniel soon bored of this and rolled off his bed, floorboards creaking as [...]
Weird Beasts: The Iguanas Are Falling! by Chris Perridas
In the recent cold snap of 6 January 2010, an old urban legend came to reality. Record lows across South Florida literally froze tree iguanas into hibernation, and they began to tumble out of trees by the thousands. Even a local TV station recorded it! (Click image above to view) Consulting scientists said [...]
Bizarro Fiction: Death of a Dog Eater by Cameron Pierce
Pike passes the sign-in sheet to the lady on his left. He stands. The fold-up chair beneath him scrapes against the floor. He waves at the people sitting in chairs. “My name is Pike Fischer,” he says. His forehead and underarms drip sweat. “Hi Pike,” the people say. “How can we help you this evening, [...]
Strawman by David Byron (part 2)
(If you missed part 1, click here) The snare proved easy to set, a shallow depression dug into the ground beneath the big peach tree with a leaf-covered slipknot encircling it. The rope’s long, camouflaged tail ran up and over a stout limb and back to a spring pole bent behind the small tool shed a [...]
