GMM Quick-Hit-a-Thon #8

My eighth Stone Skin Press Gods, Memes and Monsters anthology "Quick-Hit-a-Thon" post is for the "Brain Monster" aka "Dynamite-Packing, Slightly Cannibalistic" story by authors/illustrators/ cartoonists/musicians/app developers and "Wickedly Sisters" duo, Marie Davis and Margaret Hultz. "Brain Monster" begins with "This year the fall came too gently..."

GMM Quick-Hit-a-Thon #7

I'm up to the lucky number 7 in my  Stone Skin Press Gods, Memes and Monsters anthology "Quick-Hit-a-Thon." My seventh post is about the "Bonnacon" by speculative fiction writer Steve Berman, who lives in New Jersey, which he notes is "the only part of  the United States that has an official devil." The Bonnacon is a mythological cow creature that has been around for a long time, and it makes powerful use of its fiery dung. Berman's entry begins with "Beef created Chicago." 

GMM Quick-Hit-a-Thon #6

I've hit the "half-dozen" mark for my Stone Skin Press Gods, Memes and Monsters anthology "Quick-Hit-a-Thon." This sixth post is about "The Black Dog" by talented Toronto illustrator and comic book artist/writer Sam Agro. Black dogs are mythological creatures you probably don't want crossing your path, and Sam's story begins with "If not for David Spurling," 

GMM Quick-Hit-a-Thon #5

Here's my fifth "Quick-Hit-a-Thon" post for the Stone Skin Press Gods, Memes and Monsters anthology. This time around it's for mythological creatures you've no doubt encountered already—"Beings" by the very funny Rupert Booth. Booth's entry begins with "We’ve all met one."

GMM Quick-Hit-a-Thon #4

Here's my fourth "Quick-Hit-a-Thon" post for the Stone Skin Press Gods, Memes and Monsters anthology. This time it's for the war beast, "Banaroc," by the wonderful Toronto-based fiction writer Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer. Kathryn's entry opens with "The battle creature, or banaroc, is an unsteady and quickly..."
 

GMM Quick-Hit-a-Thon #3

My third Gods, Memes and Monsters anthology Quick-Hit-a-Thon" post is for "The American Singing Swan" by renowned American game designer, Greg Stafford. The swan is a modern mythological creature that first appeared around the time of the U.S. election of 1980. Stafford's entry begins with "There has appeared in America a peculiar and beautiful creature."
 

GMM Quick-Hit-a-Thon #2

My second "Quick-Hit-a-Thon" post for the Stone Skin Press Gods, Memes and Monsters anthology is the "Ahuizotl" entry by "Mexican by birth, Canadian by inclination" author Silvia Moreno-Garcia. The Ahuizotl is mythological Aztec creature and Moreno-Garcia's prose poem begins with "There, in the alley, a starving dog,"