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The Ten Most Terrifying Dragons In Fantasy Fiction

2 days ago | themarysue.com | Sarah Fimm

The dragon. The ultimate boogeyman. A creature of untold dread and destruction that appears in ancient myths across the world. Beowulf has one! The Babylonian creation myth Enuma Elish features another! Even The Bible features a seven headed dragon in the apocalyptic Book of Revelation! Honestly, if a mythology doesn’t feature a dragon of some kind, can it really be considered a mythos at all?
The 10 Best Cosmic Horror Sci-Fi Books (That Aren't H.P. Lovecraft)

2 days ago | themarysue.com | Sarah Fimm

While H.P. Lovecraft was responsible for popularizing one of the most profoundly terrifying genres of horror imaginable, he was also a total bigot. A xenophobic shut in, many of Lovecraft’s stories were inspired by his fear foreign cultures, and his racism is often reflected in his fiction. Plenty of modern authors have made superior contributions to cosmic horror, without any of the problematic views.
The 10 Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century

3 days ago | themarysue.com | Sarah Fimm

The Odyssey. Beowulf. The Epic of Gilgamesh. Throw them all in the trash, those fantasy stories are old as dirt. It’s a new century, and with that comes a fresh crop of fantasy books destined to become timeless classics. While the 21st century still has 75 odd years to add new contenders to the pile, these novels are shaping up to be the very best of the modern era. Eat your heart out, Homer. Ancient Babylonian scribes and Viking mead hall singers, you guys can do the same.
These Might Just Be The 10 Most Evil Anime Villains Ever

4 days ago | themarysue.com | Sarah Fimm

Sometimes a villain has a point. Sometimes a villain is worthy of empathy. Sometimes a villain uses questionable means to justify a noble end. These villains? None of the above. These characters are the most vile, sadistic, depraved and unjustified villains in all of anime – the lowest of the low, the cruelest of the cruel. If story is only as good as its villain, you can consider each one of these titles a masterpiece.
The 10 Best Anime of 2024

4 days ago | themarysue.com | Sarah Fimm

Ahhhh 2024, a fine vintage for anime. Twenty years from now, the discerning connoisseur of the medium will surely point to these titles as the most potable of the annum. With palatable notes of high fantasy, historical, and far flung science fiction, these titles distinguish themselves from the competition – like Champagne compared to off-brand grape soda. Here they are, the 10 best anime of 2024 – certain to age like the finest wine.
The 10 Best Fantasy Books with No Magic

6 days ago | themarysue.com | Sarah Fimm

A fantasy book with no magic? That’s like a bagel without cream cheese! Cereal without milk! An owl without a graduation cap! Criminal! Heretical! An affront to nature! Or is it? Maybe fantasy books don’t actually need to be propped up by whacky magic systems, allowing author to focus on character building rather than enchanted swords and ponderable orbs. Maybe these authors are actually on to something here?
'Clown in a Cornfield' review: A new kind of slasher film

6 days ago | themarysue.com | Rachel Leishman

There are certain things in this world that I do not like. Clowns are not really my vibe. I kind of hate cornfields. And then the sound of chainsaws gives me full body chills. So Clown in a Corn Field really had everything to make me terrified. The new film from Eli Craig is based on a novel by Adam Cesare and puts us into a rural area where cell phone service doesn’t really work and everyone kind of lives back in the good ol’ days. But that isn’t as it seems.
Not even Elmo is safe from lay-off culture

1 week ago | themarysue.com | Rachel Leishman

You know things are really bad when even Elmo was laid off. Well, to be fair, it is a joke but it still is pretty telling that we all understand Elmo’s fake pain. The meme started with X user Amanda Litman posted a supposed LinkedIn update from our favorite 3 and a half year old on Sesame Street. It reads “Unfortunately Elmo was recently laid off because of the federal budget cuts. Elmo worked at Sesame Street for 45 years. Elmo is sad.
Do you wanna taste the new 'Peacemaker' trailer?

1 week ago | themarysue.com | Rachel Leishman

Christopher Smith just wants to be the best hero he can be and sometimes, that’s a struggle. And in the season 2 trailer for Peacemaker, we can see that even saving the world isn’t enough to get Chris some respect. Peacemaker was a “villain” of sorts during The Suicide Squad.
'Y’all’s transphobia did, in fact, result in a woman being attacked by a man': A woman was forced to prove her gender in a bathroom

1 week ago | themarysue.com | Rachel Leishman

The transphobic notion that a trans woman wants to just get into a woman’s bathroom to attack other women has now led to a woman being accosted by a male security officer in a hotel’s restroom. All because he seemingly thought she wasn’t a woman… Ansley Baker is a cis woman and was using the restroom at the same time as her girlfriend.