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Happy Friday the 13th!Friday the 13th has enduring superstitions around it, and an eerie mystique that has as murky an origin as it does an ambiguous, but…Dec 13, 2024Dec 13, 2024
The Children of the Monsters You Couldn’t Mash — The Universal Appeal of the Undead***Note: this originally appeared on apstrange.com in 2023, and is presented here for your Halloween enjoyment- but also, in the form of a…Oct 24, 2024Oct 24, 2024
On Cultivating a Weird LibraryThere was a time when my collection of Weird Books was only enough to fill a shelf or two of my bookcase. In that time, visitors to my…Oct 5, 2024A response icon21Oct 5, 2024A response icon21
Communion With the CrittersI have fed the birds at my house for almost as long as I have had a house. Initially, this was more for the benefit and amusement of my…Aug 5, 2024Aug 5, 2024
Of Monoliths and MachinesIn the midst of that strange and depressing year 2020, a peculiar object caught the attention of the public. Discovered by a group of men…Jul 25, 2024Jul 25, 2024
Complete Head Transplantation — A Pop-Culture Odyssey of Mad ScienceMad science takes many forms, both in real-life and in fiction. The classic mad scientist is typified by Dr. Frankenstein, in particular…Jun 30, 2024Jun 30, 2024
The Local Flying Saucer Report, 1947The following first appeared on apstrange.com in June of 2022:Jun 23, 2024Jun 23, 2024