Monsters are blurry beings—out-of-focus, liminal creatures between two categories. Bigfoot is man and ape, a category-­breaking bipedal primate. Werewolves are shape-shifters between humans and wolves ...
In novels like “Moby Dick” or “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,” monsters exist to aggravate and impinge on human life. Science, folklore, and fiction have villainized deep sea creatures for centuries, ...
Something’s going on with our monsters. They used to feast on humans with abandon, burn our villages, prowl the margins of the map; now they’re seeking therapy. The fangs are still there, but they’re ...
1. Humans were once prey to other hominid species. Neanderthals, who were larger and stronger than modern humans, coexisted ...