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.

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I remember those Airport movies. They were around the tine of all those disaster movies, right? Posieden Adventure? Towering Inferno?

Yep. The original Airport was earlier (1970) and I guess was part of the gestation of that whole genre but the sequels were pretty much part of the seventies wave of disaster movies.

Hm. I've never written a disaster story (well, I guess my latest on another site is kind of one). Something to consider as I try to break out of my slump. I've had an idea kicking around for a while about a couple trying to survive in a city that had the hell stomped out of it by a kaiju and that is now kind of the kaiju's turf but never got too far with it.

Hmmm. Toughie, really. Santana, I think. Great guitarist is an understatement with him.

Wired earbuds or Bluetooth?

Hmm. Quiet here these days.

Anyhow, the coffee is brewed and waiting. There's Red Rose and Earl Grey in the teapots. Iced tea and lemonade are in the fridge as usual.

Hope everyone is well. Later.

The Dark Side of the Moon (the cover band, not the album) dropped a new song ahead of their album release tomorrow. Guest singer Fabienne Erni joins lead vocalist Melissa Bonny in a terrific performance. I love this band and am eager to hear the full album tomorrow.

Dishwasher but some things have to be done by hand.

CD or vinyl?

Good morning folks. I recall seeing ads and trailers for the later Airport movies but not sure I ever watched any. Airplane, on the other hand...🤣

Coffee is brewed. There's Earl Grey and Assam in the teapots. Iced tea and lemonade are in the pitchers. Checked soda stocks, too.

Later.

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Have I mentioned the Mets suck?

Ah, the lovely spring call of the rare fanus Metus. 🤣

Thanks for setting up. I'll have a double decker bus and some Tasmanian Twist.

Back to flailing at writing now that my comp entry for another site is done. Ideas, I got 'em. But somehow writing them out takes more effort than I seem to be willing to expend. Or something like that.

Later.

Yeesh, forgot to come in and put the coffee on. Sorry (though it looks like I am first in).

Coffee pot is filled with a nice Jamaican Blue Mountain. Teas are Red Rose and Japanese Red Tea. Hot water is on for other beverages. Pitchers of unsweet iced tea and lemonade are in the fridge.

Hope you're all having a nice weekend!!

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I wanted to let everyone know we will soon be getting a cover story creator. This will make it easier to add text to the photo of your choice.

This sounds like fun, actually. I don't usually go to the effort of adding text to images, just make the adjustments I need to make it fit. With something like this, that might change.

Apes comes in, does a graceful leap followed by a pirouette, then stops and looks at the confused faces

Spring weather in these here parts this weekend. Warm, sunny today, rainy tomorrow.

Putting on some Ethiopian Yirgacheffe for the coffee crowd. Teas are English Breakfast and Earl Grey. Cold beverages are in their pitchers in the fridge.

Have a nice weekend, y'all!