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Ancestor Spirits and the Rites of the Night Octopus

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 [...]

On the Attempted Acquisition of a Mind Lamprey

More than a fair number of my cryptozoological expeditions take place in the metadimension the ancient philosophers termed the “astral plane”. While the ancients made their journeys through the use of dangerous psychoactive chemicals and various magico-religious chants of spurious benefit, I am fortunate to reap the benefits of living in a more enlightened era [...]

On the Natural History of the Cymenophtagus

The cymenophtagus is a large, armored quadruped of great longevity best known for the production of large structures composed of individual rocks. The creatures possess prehensile tongues of great length and strength, used to manipulate boulders and stones into free-standing columns and dolmens of unknown purpose.
Only one zoological park in the west has ever attempted [...]