Oddly, while I listened to a lot of Vangelis back in the day, I never listened to Aphrodite's Child until after his death. Found a nice set of them.

Yeah, yeah, Melissa Bonny again, this time as a guest herself with Danish band Pyramaze. Nice power ballad. Need to look into this band more. Lead singer is pretty good (though per Wiki he is their third, haven't heard his predecessors).

Oh, and I am juggling two ideas, both ones that I keep coming back around to and never quite get finished. Different settings, different monsters, but likely both on point if I play things right.

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I'm in. I have no idea with what, but this one looks FUN! And Ping has resurfaced, like the mighty Godzilla emerging from the sea.

But does Ping have atomic breath?

(Answer: Probably, but a bit of Listerine helps 😜)

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It DOES have a monster, but sadly no myth.

Make one up. From one point of view, that's what Tolkien did with the Silmarillion.

Good morning. Kind of grey and wet where I am. And I am a bit grey myself. Feels like a migraine looming.

Anyhow, I am here to put on some hot inspiration for those daring to write about myths and monsters and whatever else folks are putting down in bits and bytes these days. Coffee is a Jamaican Blue Mountain. Teas are Assam and English Breakfast. The pitchers of iced tea and lemonade are washed and refilled.

Have a nice weekend.

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Now I gotta make godzilla all cuddly now when he meets a cute animal...lol

There's always Minilla (Godzilla's son from the 60s-70s era of Godzilla movies). That's about the hardest they ever hit the cute button in a Godzilla movie.

nepotism - smoosh

Repeat after me: I will not try to pet the police dogs while they are working.

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yay a new contest .. don't know much about the subject but I'll give it some thought

Oh come on, a cute little animal meeting a mosnter should work. Just look up Godzilla Meets Bambi.

On second thought, don't. Just take my word for it. Really. 😳

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Bingo!

Whoa, you got Ping out of hiding! That alone is worth it.

Takes a Zoomie Kitty and a couple random cookies.

Sighs

After my enthusiasm in the comp thread, I can speak my true feelings here. With only a month to the deadline, I am not sure that I pull this one off. My mood and interest in writing are the pits right now. I have a long weekend happening and I will need that just to get an idea together. I love this topic and really want to be in for it, but the timing isn't great. Don't count me out, but if this becomes a slog instead of something I enjoy, I will have to consider passing.

Just so happens, the very much on topic YouTube series Monstrum dropped a new video this week that got me thinking. So this is timely. 😊

And Storied, the channel it is on, would be good research and inspiration material in general. Besides Monstrum, there's another ongoing series called Fate & Fabled about mythology in general.

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I’m betting Ape is psyched!

Ape likes topic. Ape will definitely be taking a shot at this.

Hill - Hilt

Ether - Ermine

Well, this year it's Iceland. Would like to visit Oz eventually, too, though.

Savoury or sweet?

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Hoo boy, are the Mets sucking right now.

Well, you and Leafs fans can get together to commisserate. They made it past the first round of playoffs, a rare event, then blew their second round series.

Zeppelin - indignation

Charlotte Wessels is the former lead singer of Dutch symphonic metal band Delain, now a solo artist with two fantastic albums out. Zora Cock leads the band Blackbriar. Zora's band is currently doing some shows with Charlotte on her solo tour, so the two singers teamed up for a duet cover of Ghost's "Mary on a Cross". This is the studio version, but they are doing the song live in their concerts, too.

Curl - Hurl

Coffee is on. Teapots are filled to the tippy top with Earl Grey and English Breakfast. Cold beverages (unsweet iced tea and lemonade) are in the fridge along with sodas.

Good morning!! I want to write but I must work!! And I must find something to write!! I am kind of flailing right now!!

(Why am I making everything a dramatic exclamation?!?!?)

Caribbean, though I wouldn't mind trying a river cruise sometime to see.

Regular cruise or a "themed" cruise (e.g. a cruise with a favorite band, as many lines do now)?

This week, we have a list of 35 print magazines (yes, paper still exists) that take a variety of genres in fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.

https://authorspublish.com/35-magazines-that-publish-in-print/

And from last week, 52 literary journals and magazines with a genre focussed. A lot are speculative fiction (horror, sf, fantasy) but there's a smattering of other genres.

https://authorspublish.com/52-literary-journals-and-magazines-open-to-genre-work/

Good morning! I think everyone's fantasy on a Monday is that there are caffeinated beverages available.

Tattoo yells, "Da plane, boss, da plane."

in Ricardo Montalban's sumptuous accent

Ah, I see our guests have arrived. Smiles, everyone.

Welcome to Fantasy Cafe. Your fantasies shall be fulfilled by a pot of hot, strong Nicaraguan dark roast coffee.

Ah, your fantasy involves leaves, not beans? Here's some Assam and Irish Breakfast teas.

It's too hot for you? Well, there are iced tea and lemonade waiting, as well.

Your rooms are prepared. Are you ready to have your fantasies fulfilled?

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Does anyone remember the Love Boat and Fantasy Island? A different set of "stars" would be on each week.

Indeed, I do. Mom was into the former due to its parade of old movie and TV stars. I did watch with her a lot. I preferred Fantasy Island, though, with its darker, weirder tone.

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Loosely based on a Bradbury story I think. Great old movie.

Nope, that's The Beast From 20000 Fathoms, based on his short story The Foghorn (the original story is basically one short sequence in the film). That's one of the best pre-Godzilla kaiju films (1953) and is credited as an Inspiration for the first Godzilla film.

Good morning all. Coffee is brewed, teapots are full, fridge has fresh cold bevvies. Hope you're enjoying your weekend. It is lovely here.

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Could your kaiju be a fakey-looking B&W giant iguana from out of a 50s movie?

So back in my misspent youth, an independent station out of Buffalo that we received ran old s-f movies on Saturday afternoons. It's where I saw a lot of Showa-era Godzilla and Gamera movies (there were also after school movies on another Buffalo station that occasionally had "Monster Week" that also ran a lot of classic Big G). And I am pretty sure they had one about a giant gila monster (venomous lizard from the US Southwest and Mexico). But IIRC, they used a real gila monster rampaging through a miniature village.

One monster, admittedly rather similar to Godzilla in some respects, that I keep coming around to is Gorgo. Terrific British kaiju movie about a mother monster rampaging through London in search of her child.

Edentate - terrorize

Corn, though I generally like any kind of flat bread.

Look at the stars through a telescope or just drink in the sight with your own eyes?

Whatever was bugging my right ear (probably just a big ball of wax) seems to have cleared, at least a bit. My hearing is better and my tinnitus has lessened.

So I started on the kaiju story I mentioned yesterday and realized why I dropped it before. I don't know what the kaiju should look like. In the first version I wrote some time ago (like, years), I was just picturing my old buddy Godzilla but since we don't do fanfic here, I probably need to come up with something a bit more original (or at least so obscure that the mods won't notice 😉). Hmm. Giant bug of some kind might be fun, but a dinosaur-ish creature or something mammalian a la Kong could be justified as a "smart" kaiju moreso than a bug could be.

Anyhow, that's enough rambling. Coffee is brewing. There's English Breakfast and Lemon teas in the teapots. Hot water is on for other hot beverages. Iced tea (unsweet) and lemonade are refreshed and the sodas are stocked up.

Have a good one!!

Cart - Curt

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Please write this.

It might happen. I need to get something on the front burner because my back burner is kind of full.