Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: chipper
  • Music: Thea Gilmore, "This Town."

From A to Z in the InCryptid Alphabet: B.

B is for BOGEYMEN.

Bogeymen like dark places, like attics and basements and the back of your closet. Bogeymen are closely related to humans, but they branched off right around the time that Homo erectus was figuring out how to use rocks as weapons, and they've never looked back. Bogeymen have a great fondness for secrets. If there's something going on, odds are good that your local bogeyman knows about it, and would be happy to share what he knows...for a price. No bogeyman ever worked cheap, or failed to look for the most profitable angle.

"Bogeyman" is gender-neutral. Female bogeymen are just as dangerous as male bogeymen, and just as likely to be hiding underneath your bed.

Sleep well.
Tags: discount armageddon, incryptid
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tsgeisel

February 9 2012, 19:31:13 UTC 5 years ago

I do hope you're looking into someone to illustrate these. They'd make a great feature for the web page, and possibly even as a companion book.

seanan_mcguire

February 9 2012, 21:20:18 UTC 5 years ago

That's a fun idea, but the field guide is taking up all my graphic funds for right now.

tsgeisel

February 10 2012, 00:49:09 UTC 5 years ago

Have your agent make a pitch to the publisher. I mean, you're not Neil Gaiman yet, but it could be a nice branch out.

Might even make for a nice comic book...

(Spoken as someone who has *no* idea how the publishing business works, nor of how agents work. :-) )