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The Weehawken Troll

Thursday, April 9, 2009

From the Gentleman’s Journal of Cryptozoology, 1923:
Even the most frugal of men may spy a penny on the sidewalk and give it nary a thought, stepping over it on the way to the haberdasher or butcher. It is unfortunate that it is so, for under the proper circumstances the humble copper penny can buy far [...]

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Ancestor Spirits and the Rites of the Night Octopus

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

In certain sections of tropical Baro-Kar, the beach-dwelling natives revere the remarkable creature known as the “night octopus,” or in their own tongue, the “mulluk-tuk”.
The night octopus is a small purple cephalopod principally distinguished from its mundane kin by its small air bladder, located on the creature’s dorsal region. This singular gift of Mother Nature [...]

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