I Vant You! Hellooo, my monster lovers–Happy Valentine’s Day! For this very special romantic day, I thought to share with you Topp’s 1966 “Frankenstein’s Valentine Stickers” (which sold in a box set for an astounding 5 cents–can you imagine anything costing 5 cents today lol?). These treats weren’t just stickers
The Devilries Content warning: this post contains images of explicit sex (including scat) & racial caricatures Okay, so, you remember my post about demon copulation and how it’s influences extended into the Romantic and Gothic periods like Fuseli’s The Nightmare? Well, I was desperately trying to find the source behind the illustration (right)
On Queering the Monster I know it’s been a while since I’ve updated the blog with any of my mad ramblings/musings, I have (unfortunately and blessedly) gotten a job so that has taken up much of my time and energy. However, I have been writing, reading, thinking, musing, and obsessing
Wish there was an easier way to learn about the Monstrous Desire Study? Need to give your eyeballs a rest from (*ahem* my) long blog posts? No problem; I gotcha covered. The Monstrous Desire Study will be launching a podcast October 1st! Now you’ll be able to learn about the
Part 1 [T]he secret of the power in their song: it is the sound of the subversive, luring us from the orderly conscious world down to the depth of the world of dreams, and the harder we try to ignore that singing, the more we desperately want to hear it.
To kick off this Mer-May, I sat down with the wonderful Desirée Niccoli to talk about all things monstrous mermaids and their allure! Desirée is the author to the Haven Cove series, multiple short stories, and the novella Given to the Ghoul! If you’d like to read her work, or
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