A Field Guide to Giant Mutant Insects of Missouri

This entire entry is classified "Asterisk - historical fact."

Last night, after having had an utterly ludicrous conversation with kittenpants and triadruid regarding the nature of MUDs and the use of elephants therein, I wandered downstairs to go to bed at the entirely ungodly hour of 2:30 a.m. And lo, what to my wandering eyes should appear but a Thing that was apparently delivered to my room to be endured as penance for the sins of the previous conversation (those sins mostly being grievous affronts to elephants, in case you're keeping score).

It was an insect, but not any standard issue sort of insect - this was clearly a custom job commissioned for some circle of hell and never paid for by the demon who'd ordered it (demons being notoriously difficult to collect from once the product is in hand).
( Continue the horror? )

A Field Guide to Giant Mutant Insects of Missouri

This entire entry is classified "Asterisk - historical fact."

Last night, after having had an utterly ludicrous conversation with kittenpants and triadruid regarding the nature of MUDs and the use of elephants therein, I wandered downstairs to go to bed at the entirely ungodly hour of 2:30 a.m. And lo, what to my wandering eyes should appear but a Thing that was apparently delivered to my room to be endured as penance for the sins of the previous conversation (those sins mostly being grievous affronts to elephants, in case you're keeping score).

It was an insect, but not any standard issue sort of insect - this was clearly a custom job commissioned for some circle of hell and never paid for by the demon who'd ordered it (demons being notoriously difficult to collect from once the product is in hand).
( Continue the horror? )