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Monster of the Week: Berith

If you’re heading down to Georgia* this month, you might have some extra traffic to contend with. June is the busy season for Berith, Satan’s notary and Great Duke of Hell. If you show up at the crossroads on any given Monday, he can be yours for the low, low price of a silver ring,

Monster of the Week: Jubokko

On the edge of the forest surrounding the sites of great battles and bloodshed, the trees may look a little different. If so, you may want to keep your distance or risk falling victim to the Jubokko, the vampire tree of Japan. What are Jubokko? Jubokko are a tree-shaped Japanese yokai. Though often translated into

Monster of the Week: Hangnail

It’s no secret that I’m proud to call Las Vegas home. However, one thing I don’t love is the wall-to-wall barrage of assholes that descend on our city every five to seven days. Don’t get me wrong–I have nothing against tourists who come to enjoy. What I’m talking about are the people who crash into

Monster of the Week: Lucifer

Sometimes the robots surprise you. For this week’s monster, (aka Lucifer, Demon of May), I started out with the very straightforward prompt “angel falling from heaven.” I’m ashamed to admit, I’d expected it to spit out a man. It didn’t. Of course, having no need to reproduce, angels as a species are entirely genderless. However,

Monster of the Week: Flying Spaghetti Monster

Are you feeling adrift? Lost on the stormy seas of life and looking for a little divine inspiration? Then hark, me hearties, for I invite ye to submit yourselves to the awesome power of the Flying Spaghetti Monster! By the grace of His Noodly Appendage, all things be possible! Origins of the Flying Spaghetti Monster

Monster of the Week: Guivre

Just a random entry for our Monster this week. No demon of the month. No “World Snake Day” tie-in (and that’s July 16th anyway). Nope–this time, it’s absolutely, totally, completely and wonderfully random. IYKYK. For a caption-free image of the Guivre, click here. Origins of the Guivre Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to uncover any

Monster of the Week: Belphegor

It’s April Fools Day, so you may be thinking this one is a joke. Well, I’ve got news for you: I hate April Fools Day. How could I not? It’s a holiday whose sole purpose is to make the trusting and guileless look and feel like idiots. So, with apologies to the pranksters in the

Monster of the Week: Adze

This monster comes courtesy of my husband Marcin, my son Miles, and my friend D.M Guay (of 24/7 Demon Mart fame). Long story short: That, my friends, is how we have arrived at Adze, the West African vampire, shapeshifter, and possessor. He is what we here at Monster of the Week like to call a

Monster of the Week: Medusa

Happy day-after-Saint-Patrick’s-Day! How are we feeling? Since we spent the last 24+ hours raising way too many glasses of green drinkables in honor of history’s most notorious snake-hater, I feel compelled to, in a small way, represent the other side of the feud. And if we’re gonna talk snakes, there’s only one mythic monster who

Monster of the Week: The Reverend

This week marks the five-year anniversary of my Dead Mall series (woo-hoo!). Rather than focus on a monsters someone else created, I’m going to talk about one I made up all on my own. Those of you who have read the books will recognize this person as the first named villain in the series. For

Author: S.G. Tasz