by J.M. Plumbley | Dec 21, 2022 | Monster Meet
There comes a time in one’s monster-blogging career where the well of holiday-themed boogeymen runs dry. This year, I perused a couple cheery articles about how Santa loves the flesh of small children (tip: distract him by leaving out cookies instead), but struggled...
by J.M. Plumbley | Dec 21, 2021 | Monster Meet
Oh, the holidays. This is a blessed, society-sanctioned time to wind down and let go after a long year of hard work. It’s a time to celebrate the end of things, and to reminisce, and to glory in living in the moment: to eat double-digit cookies, wear ill-advised...
by J.M. Plumbley | Oct 31, 2020 | Monster Meet
Happy Halloween, everybody! Of course the year that the stars aligned so that there was a full moon (and a Blue Moon!) on Halloween had to be 2020. It is truly a year of enormous things. For this special occasion, I wanted to do something a little special. Let’s...
by J.M. Plumbley | Dec 22, 2018 | Monster Meet
Happy holidays, everyone! To celebrate the season, let’s talk about a flesh-eating scarecrow that sometimes maybe hangs around with Santa Claus. Hans von Trotha (who now is better known as Hans Trapp) was a real 15th-century figure who lived on the woodland border...
by J.M. Plumbley | Dec 13, 2016 | Monster Meet
Happy holidays, everyone! December’s darkness is upon us: the nights lengthen while the days grow stunted and gray, the air is so cold that it hurts, and the lines at every store are long enough to make you ready to sell your soul just to reach the cashier. Regardless...
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