So, back in November I moved back to northern Wisconsin after living in Minnesota for 13 years. During that time, there’s something that I’ve been wondering: does Wisconsin have any local cryptids?
I looked it up, and the answer turned out to be several. Let’s talk about one of those today:the hodag.
Continue readingSo, a few weeks ago there was this kerfuffle on Twitter that started when a particular YouTube personality stated that Disney’s latest animated feature was basically a ripoff of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Now, I’m not touching that clusterfuck with a 10-foot pole, but it has caused something to percolate in the back of my brain.
I think people are too quick to call things ripoffs of other things.
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So, you might notice that this going up a day late. Well, there’s a kind of funny story behind that.
The way that this typically works is that I write these out the day before they go up on the blog proper, so that I can get them posted to my Patreon first. That means I typically write these posts on Sunday, then schedule them to go live on Monday. That didn’t happen this week.
Because I was up all Saturday night with the worst case of heartburn I have ever experienced in my near 38 years on this planet.
Getting old sucks, kids.
Anyway, let’s talk about Japanese mermaids, or ningyo.
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Hello! This week I’m going to be taking a bit of a break from the science fiction and fantasy stories that I normally cover, to talk about one of Kate Chopin’s tales, “The Story of an Hour.”
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Katethulu's Cave Of Mysteries 