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Tag: The Monster Issue

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A still from Breaking Dawn shows a close-up of Bella Swan at the end of her pregnancy. Her face is gaunt and skeletal.

Monstrous Pregnancy

By Amanda Hudgins • October 28th, 2022

Birth is one of the few acts of love that can kill you, a messy, bloody affair that demands everything of the birthing partner.

Past Presence
A screenshot from the videogame Roadwarden shows a crossroads in a pixelated, sepia-toned wood.

Roadwarden

By Dr. Emily Price • October 27th, 2022

There is a gate made out of living thorns, a tree that drinks your blood, and a river with birds that call to you in human screams.

Run It Back

1943

By Oluwatayo Adewole • October 26th, 2022

How do you see that the world is bigger and more full of mystery than you had ever imagined and yet still your purest impulse continues to be to subjugate?

Eyeing Elsewhere
Hellraiser's Female Cenobite, Pinhead, and Butterball stand in front of starkly back-lit binds.

On Monsters and Ourselves

By Phillip Russell • October 25th, 2022

Hell in the Hellraiser universe reflects back to others what they struggle with the most. It’s a fluid space that changes as our own sense of self does.

The Beat Box
The triple-headed dragon/monster/alien King Ghidorah in flight.

Aliens and Monsters

By Noah Springer • October 24th, 2022

Aliens and monsters both have roots in the history of pop music, but it’s hip hop in which the two are combined most effectively, specifically in the work of Kool Keith and MF DOOM.

Feature Story
A painting of the many-headed King Ghidorah surrounded by a hazy orange glow. The three heads are roaring into the sky.

Monstrous

By David Shimomura • October 22nd, 2022

Monsters, necessarily, cannot be “bad.” Instead, like many horrors, the true monsters are dark reflections of our anxieties and stresses.

Feature Story
From the videogame Imposter, A drawing of a girl with long purple hair on a field of black. She has no face.

Dimensions

By Caroline Delbert • October 21st, 2022

With enough narrative room, you become the monster.

Feature Story
Artwork from the videogame Sunless Skies shows a small Victorian-styled spacefaring vessel approaching a massive circular space station, giving the appearance the smaller ship is about to be swallowed whole.

Whose Body Horror Is It, Anyway?

By Ruth Cassidy • October 21st, 2022

A look at body horror, the just world fallacy, and lungs that turn into glass.

Feature Excerpt

Monsters Built by Human Hands

By Hyacinth Nil • October 20th, 2022

A close reading of Lakeview Hotel.

Feature Excerpt
In a still from Jason and the Argonauts, three armed skeletons are lined up ready for battle.

Stop/Motion

By Orrin Grey • October 20th, 2022

Ray Harryhausen and the magic of stop motion monsters.

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