Tall, Dark, and Phantom? The Shadow People

Tall, Dark, and Phantom? The Shadow People

This topic is of particular interest to me. When I was a child, my family moved to a small house. I had a small room, and a bed crammed next to a long closet with a sliding door. It was a difficult time in my life–my mother was sick, and I was too old to go to...
The Bunyip: Swamp Monster of the Down Under

The Bunyip: Swamp Monster of the Down Under

Let’s play a game. What is thirteen feet tall, bipedal, and with scales all over? No idea? Okay, what is snake-like, but with flippers, and black fur all over? Not quite? What is essentially an enormous dog, only aquatic and possibly covered with feathers or featuring...
Bridge Over Troubled Waters: Hell Gate

Bridge Over Troubled Waters: Hell Gate

I’ve never slept well with open doors. As a child, I’d see the light flickering through the crack and imagine it was an otherworldly train, drifting through the dark to steal children who hadn’t properly fallen asleep. It would squeeze down the hall: a luminous blue...