Hyacinth & Venus by Filippo Parodi (1630-1702)
Tag: !nd
hades: who’s a good demonic guardian of hell? WHO’S a good demonic guardian of hell?
cerberus: ???????????????
hades: you are!
cerberus: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Modern Monsters
- Demon kids loitering outside of convenience stores, lighting up cigarettes with their own flames
- Werewolf girls snarling at men who dare to cat call them, baring fangs to show they are not to be trifled with
- Sirens crooning into a mic in a smoky bar, voices resonating with otherworldly passion
- Vampire EMTs taking night classes and struggling to get into medical school
- Alarunes dutifully tending to their gardens, whispering encouragement to their seedlings
- Satyrs being the most charming baristas ever seen, flirting with every customer
- Gorgons uploading fashion tips and make up tricks onto their blogs
- Nagas chatting with their centaur friends about how hard it is to workout when you’re not bipedal
- Sphinxes posing annoying riddles at a train stop and then leaving
- Hybrid monster kids not being sure where they belong but learning to love themselves anyway
Odysseus: What’s a word that’s a mix between angry and sad?
Patroclus: Malcontent, disgruntled, miserable –
Achilles: Smad
Modern Mythology: Hades
“Oh, what a home I have built in my skull.”
A modern Hades with no skin to be seen, it is there, of course, but if you turn too quickly to steal a glance to see if there is any life in those eyes, all you will know is shadow.