Judge Shemyaka is getting down to the business of ruling on cases. Literally. He wants to make a bunch of money from bribes. Luckily, a willing and, apparently, rich man just walked into his courtroom. The creature is Dragon Carp! Where does the dragon end and the carp begin? Source: https://www.worldoftales.com/European_folktales/Russian_Folktale_14.html#gsc.tab=0 --- Music: "One Quiet Conversation" [...]
Dr. Henry Harris has been called to the outpost for asteroid Y-3, humanity's first line of defense against the vast, strange galaxy, because there's a strange infection growing among the soldiers of the outpost: they think they're turning into plants. Adapted from "Piper in the Woods" by Philip K. Dick: (Warning, link NSFW as it contains [...]
⛵️Get lost at sea with Maelduin⛵️ All Maelduin wants to do is avenge his father's murder...with more murder. He should have listened to that wizard. Because he didn't, his trip just got a whole lot longer. And stranger. 😈 The Creature: The Donestre The lion headed stranger who will eat you, sure, but also feel really [...]
The secret of the island is out, and Doctor Moreau is close to his greatest achievement. Will Edward Pendrick make it home, and, if he manages to get away from the island of horrors, what sort of man will he be when he returns? Adapted from "The Island of Doctor Moreau" by H.G. Wells. Want ad-free [...]
When Edward Pendrick makes it into the lifeboat as the Lady Vain sinks, he thinks he's one of the lucky ones. Upon finding his way to the Island, populated with curious people, a reclusive genius, and his shamed assistant, he might question just how lucky he truly is. Adapted from "The Island of Doctor Moreau" by [...]
⛩️Stories from the Japanese countryside⛩️ Five interconnected stories of purpose, meaning, justice, talking animals, the boss falling off a cliff, mushrooms, and travel hampers. 😈 **The Creature: The Dinny Mara The Dinny Mara is a friendly merman who wants to rehabilitate the reputation of water creatures. They could probably start by not drowning so many people? [...]
I could probably make a complete list of all the reasons you shouldn't accept a golden ball from a stranger in the woods but at this point, I don't think I should need to. Just don't accept really expensive gifts from sketchy strangers, because the "strings" attached might just be your own execution. The creature is [...]
🦊 Reynard the fox hates meetings, too 🦊 Especially because at most of the meetings he's invited to, people usually try to kill and eat him. Today, we're back in the stories of Reynard the fox, with sick kings, superpowered storks, and Isengrim the wolf trying to not constantly get skinned alive. 😈 The Creature: The [...]
🏰When a knight says he'll be right back, he means it Unless he dies. Or gets captured. Or just forgets about it, prompting his son to come looking for him in the land of wickedness...and also maybe saving Camelot in the process? It's the story of Sir Morien. 😈 The Creature: The Kaichigo All those games [...]
The best pickpocket in London has big plans to breed a whole race of top thieves, because why not? The creature is the Con Rit, a giant sea millipede who is incredibly stinky. -- Music: "Peacetime" by Blue Dot Sessions