HauntedMTL Original – McCurry Saves the World – Nelson Sims
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4 years agoon
What happens when a man tries to save the world and gets some help from an attractive visitor? McCurry happens, of course! In this must read tale, we bring you some adult horror stomp romp that will make you sell your very soul… -Jim
McCurry Saves the World
An academic to his core, Doctor Richard Franklin McCurry was a man of concrete, straight forward facts and data and had little patience for anything not supported by its fair share of both. His devotion to this led him down a path of science, and science yielded results for his life. Though he started out in the classroom, Dr. McCurryās patience for students was minimal, at best, and his passion for research steered him in other directions.
Doctor Richard Franklin McCurry was now in the business of saving the world.
Heād achieve this seemingly impossible dream the same way heād achieved everything else in his life. Through careful assessment of quantitative data and results, McCurry would hypothesize in as logical and unbiased a way as was objectively possible (though, he admitted, he would never truly be able to account for his own personal biasness), and then he would test said hypothesis again and again, taking different factors and possibilities into account each time, to eventually reach a final conclusion.
To eventually save the world.
Doctor Richard Franklin McCurry had no desire to be labeled a hero, had no desire to be labeled anything whatsoever. His determination to save the world was, in truth, a selfish one, a desire rooted in McCurryās own hubris. So strong was McCurryās faith in the power of science that heād resolved to use it to scale the most insurmountable mountain he could find.
Dr. McCurry wanted to save the world for the same reason that some men want to climb tall mountains, simply to show that it can be done.
In truth, Dr. McCurry had little time for the people his work would be benefitting. He lived alone in a home he barely saw and regarded merely as a place to sleep and little else.
Outside of lab assistants that he spoke briefly to and made no effort to learn the names of, he worked alone. This did not bother Richard McCurry; this was, in fact, what he wanted, what he preferred. Richard regarded mankindās desire to socialize, to seek out affection, and to fall in love as an inherent, almost irresistible flaw ā a flaw that he, himself, had become almost entirely immune to. Dr. McCurry detested obstacles that got in the way of progress, that stopped a man from realizing his true potential.
Doctor Richard Franklin McCurry wanted to save the world because saving the world suited his idea of living up to his true potential. He did not want to save the world out of any deep-rooted love, respect, or regard for his fellow man. Mankindās continued survival on the planet Earth was an unwanted side effect of his work succeeding.
He sighed. It was late. The assistants had gone home hours ago. No one was making any overtime. There was no reason to still be there.
And yet, it was closer than ever. So close he could taste it. The work was nearing its end, heād known that at the beginning of the month. But with just a little more effort, he could well see the results heād been looking forā¦ā¦..
But not tonight, McCurry thought.
He rubbed his eyes and thought about reading over his notes briefly before deciding against it. He was tired. He was getting excited…which meant he was getting emotional and careless. Yes, the end was in sight. But no need to rush it. After all, the work would be there tomorrow. The world would be there tomorrow.
McCurry shut down the computers in the lab one by one and hung his lab coat on his chair. It would be good to get home. To eat. To rest. Heād have some soup and ta-
Something caught his attention before he could finish the thought. Something strange. A smell.
Smoke.
But not a bitter aroma, a sweet one. Like what youād get with an expensive cigar.
He turned, but the lab was empty. Of course the lab was empty. Whatās more, there was no smoke at all.
Still, though, he smelled it. He knew he did.
McCurryās thoughts raced. Phantom smells could mean a lot of things. He could be getting ready to have a seizure or a stroke. It could be a brain tumor. Heād need to schedule an appointment with Dr. Cartwright tomorrow, get an MRI. It wouldnāt be convenient, but it was all that could explain it. Because he was absolutely damned if it didnāt smell like someone had been smoking a cigar in the lab. Not like one had just been lit up, either. Like theyād been in there smoking it for hours. And that was impossible. Because he was the only one in there.
āItās certainly not a brain tumor, Mr. McCurry.ā A voice. Female.
He looked up.
And there she was. Impossible in every way. Impossibly beautiful, and impossibly present. A woman, brunette, looking like sheād just stepped out of a magazine or even off a movie screen, not that Doctor Richard Franklin McCurry had time for movies or for magazines, mind you. But there she was, all the same. Wearing a red dress with heels to match. Smoking a cigar.
The smoke circled above her head like a cloud. She smiled at him.
āMen like you. Oh what you must be thinking,ā she said with a chuckle.
McCurry couldnāt help it. He chuckled back. This must be it, he figured. āIām dying,ā he said with a laugh.
She drew back, gave an exaggerated gasp. āOh! Well I certainly hope not! Not for awhile, at least. Not when youāve got suchā¦ā¦such wondrous work to do.ā
āI know itās a shame,ā he said monotonously, bringing his hands to his head, wondering desperately if heād be able to feel the lump that was so obviously growing on his brain. āBut this is what happens when youāre dying, one way or the other. Iād ask you to call me an ambulance, but I donāt expect illusions have the power.ā
āOh if itās an ambulance you want, Mr. McCurry, itās an ambulance youāll have,ā she said in a slightly mocking but slightly seductive tone that McCurry wasnāt sure how to read.
āThough, somehow I doubt thatās what you really want. Particularly when I can assure you that youāre most certainly not dying.ā
McCurry turned his back and bit his tongue, determined not to engage with a delusion, particularly a delusion that seemed to be mocking him.
āNow is that any way to treat someone whoās here to help you, Mr. McCurry?ā she asked in the same maddening tone.
āThe only thing that can help me now is medical science,ā Richard McCurry curtly replied. āYou, madam, are a symptom. A side effect of a larger issue,ā unconsciously switching to lecture mode, Dr. McCurry turned around to face his visitor. āA larger issue that, sadly my attractive friend, lies squarely within me.ā He sighed. āGiven that Iām not frothing about on the floor, I suppose the safest bet is brain tumor; though, it surely must be an advanced one given this level of hallucination.ā
She blinked. āAttractive? Richard, really, I hardly thought youād notice.ā
He turned around again. No sense engaging with this. Iāve got to get to an emergency room, he thought. Yes. An emergency room. But it surely wasnāt safe to drive to one. Not in his present condition.
āRichard, if itās an ambulance and doctors you want, you need only say the word. Iām more than happy to oblige.ā
He turned around. āThat settles it,ā he stated plainly. āYou canāt be real. You canāt have known what I was thinking about.ā
āUnless I could read your mind, of course.ā
He laughed, more heartily than he meant to. Longer than he meant to. He forced himself to stop. He was coming unraveled, and that was no good. Disease, even terminal disease, could be combated. Plunging headfirst into madness was hardly the answer.
She sighed, took a long drag of her cigar, and dropped it on the laboratory floor.
āHey whatāre you doing!ā McCurry exclaimed, in spite of himself. A lit cigar was a fire hazard.
She laughed as McCurry scrambled towards the cigar.
āYou can pick it up,ā she said plainly. āHold it in your hands. Take a puff off it if you want, Richard. Itās real. Just as real as me, and just as real as our business tonight.ā
Doctor Richard Franklin McCurry verified his visitorās words as she said them. The cigar was as real as anything else in the lab. He was holding it in his hand. He could feel the heat from lit end. She was right. If he were so inclined, he could have smoked it himself.
āJust what the hell is this?ā He asked out loud, to himself more so than his guest.
But she answered anyway.
āItās an opportunity, Richard. A chance to achieve that potential that you seem to possess so much of. Thatās all.ā
āWhat do you mean?ā
āWhat I said, of course. Iām here to discuss an opportunity.ā
āYouāre here? But whereād you come from? And who are you?ā
She laughed, but this time, it was different. It was deeper, throatier than her earlier chuckles. Like there was something beneath the attractive brunette in the red dress and matching heels standing in front Doctor Richard Franklin McCurry on this late evening in the lab.
The laugh caused McCurry to shudder.
Then, it was over, and she was speaking in her same half mocking half flirty tone. āIām sorry. Itās just that usually those are the first two questions I get asked, but Iāve been here for a good ten minutes now, and weāre just getting into the hows and whys. Why bother? Letās get to business, Richard. Letās get to your work.ā
Suddenly, McCurry felt offended. Who was this woman, and who did she think she was?
What could some floozy in a red dress possibly know about his work?
āYou donāt know the first thing about my work,ā he said plainly and confidently, more confidently than heād expected. But it was, after all, his work being discussed. And no one knew more about the topic than Doctor Richard Franklin McCurry.
āI know you want it to work,ā she said plainly and unblinkingly.
He stopped.
This wasnāt right.
Hallucinations didnāt argue with you.
And why did this feel less like an argument and more like a negotiation?
āWell thatās obvious,ā he said flatly. āWho does anything without the expectation of success?ā
āThatās true,ā She said as she stood up and walked towards him. āBut who else is as focused on the results as you? Who else inspects every detail to ensure success at every level like you, Richard Franklin McCurry?ā
He blinked. She was right. There was no one else. There was no one else who poured over the details like he did, who paid as much attention to the data as he did. No one else seemed to realize that the data was sacred. The data was law. But Richard did. He always had, and it had always been his greatest strength.
That was how he was ever tasked with saving the world. Because he was the man most capable of making it happen.
āI can make it happen,ā she said plain, matter of factly. As if making it happen was the easiest task to accomplish on Earth.
He laughed. He couldnāt help it.
āIāll bet you can,ā he managed between chuckles.
She frowned and turned around. After a brief glance over her shoulder, she returned to her original seat and looked at him plainly, silently, and unblinkingā¦.unaffected by his offensive lack of faith.
He stopped laughing. Cleared his throat, straightened his collar, and did what he could to regain his composure. Something about the expression on her face made him stop, made him considered that, just for a moment, maybe what she was saying was genuine, that this woman in the red dress with heels to match could somehow, some way help him save the world.
āSupposing thatās true,ā Richard McCurry observed, slipping comfortably back into lecture mode. āSupposing that you possess some way of deciphering the existing Mathematical data, data that would vex a Chemical Engineer working on her second PhD Iāll plainly add, supposing that you, some vixen with a cigar who has inexplicably managed to walk into this highly secured laboratory undetected, are remotely capable of understanding where I am right now, the progress Iāve made thus farā¦.and that you may somehow be able to take that understanding and apply some untapped knowledge, a perspective I have not considered despite the fact that Iāve been working at this for nearly three solid years of my lifeā¦.ā
āRichard, Richardā¦my, myā¦ā It was her turn to laugh. āWhat an exceedingly long sentence that was. Is it your ego driven appreciation for your own intelligence or your exceeding willingness to stamp all over your perception of mine that drives such a reaction? I do wonder.ā
She turned her back on him, and Doctor Richard Franklin McCurry found himself appreciating the gesture. His visitor, whoever she was, was certainly a well built woman.
āI wonder,ā she continued, her voice taking on a sterner tone. āIf itās because Iāve chosen to come to you tonight as a woman,ā she paused, and cast a brief, but alluring, glance over her shoulder that was purposely picturesque to the point of absurdity. āPerhaps that was a miscalculation on my behalf, an overreliance on tried and true tactics without the proper respect for the more modern place and time.ā Her voice took on a deeper, throatier, quality with each syllable. It no longer seemed to belong to the brunette in the red dress and matching heels at all.
She briskly turned back around and walked towards Richard, her heels clapping rhythmically on the floor with each step.
She stopped, just inches away from him.
āPerhaps another form would have suited you better, one that you would have respected more instantly,ā she continued in a sandpapery, guttural voice that didnāt seem to match the woman standing in front of McCurry. āOur business is most paramount, after all, as we are discussing matters of life and death, are we not Mr. McCurry?ā
āDāDāDoctor McCurryā¦ā he stammered without thinking.
She laughed, a pleasant one that immediately seemed to belong to the beautiful woman standing in front of him, the shapely brunette in the red dress and matching heels who was inexplicably in his laboratory with a keen interest in the success of his work.
āOh Richard,ā she sighed as she brought her hands to his face and gently touched his cheeks. āAs I was saying, I just want to help you make it work.ā
āI know you do.ā He felt like a man in a dream. And why not? Surely this was some sort of dream. For what other reason would a beautiful woman be standing in front of him with no other interest than the success of his work?
āAnd do you believe that I can?ā She asked with a smile.
āI do,ā he said flatly, hardly believing the words coming out of his mouth. Who was this woman? How was she supposed to be able to help him?
āWell then,ā She exclaimed as she made her way back to the lab chair sheād been sitting in when McCurry first saw her. With a wink, she produced another cigar, seemingly out of thin air, and, with a flame that appeared on the tip of her well manicured index finger, lit it.
Richard blinked.
Surely he hadnāt seen that. āOh God,ā he mumbled.
She laughed, genuinely amused. āOh Dr. McCurry, you donāt mean to tell me you believe in him, do you? When you find it so impossible to believe in me, even when Iām standing right in front of you?ā
āIā¦that is I mean to say that itā¦It…ā Doctor Richard Franklin McCurry had rarely, in fact never, in his career found himself at such a loss for words. And yet, in the presence of present company, he could hardly string together a sentence.
He cleared his throat in an effort to regain his composure.
āItās just an expression,ā he said with a renewed sense of confidence that, if pressed, McCurry wouldnāt have been quite able to explain. Though he did not fully believe the situation that he seemed to be finding himself in on this evening, a part of him reasoned that the best course of action would be to see the situation through until the end. To that end, he added: āIf you mean to help me with my work, then letās get on with it. Iād like to see my bed sometime this evening.ā
She clapped her hands together, and McCurry briefly observed her perfectly manicured nails painted a deeper shade of red than her dress and matching heels.
He wondered, fleetingly, if her toenails were painted to match.
āWonderful,ā she declared. Something about the look in her eyes, something about the smile on her face, something about her entire demeanor seemed to suggest that she knew McCurry was taking moments to admire the shade of her nails or the cut of her figure. āWith the offer already on the table, Dr. McCurry, the only remaining aspect of our deal to discuss would be the price.ā
āOur deal?ā That word shook McCurry out of the fog of lust that was slowly but surely beginning to envelope him. āIs that what this is, a deal?ā
āAn understanding,ā she assured him.
He chuckled. Such a strange choice of words. āLady,ā he declared in a voice that his colleagues over the years wouldāve been hard pressed to recognize. Gone was the air of formality that seemed to drip off of every word. āThereās not a damned thing about any of this that I understand at all.ā
With no immediate reply, his words hung in the air for moments that, to Richard Franklin McCurry, felt like a thousand eternities. The two regarded one another, sized one another up, each of them contemplating the next, crucial, step towards the eveningās inevitable conclusion.
After agonizing seconds, she sighed.
āIām wasting my time.ā She declared plainly.
āNo!ā He exclaimed, hardly believing the word as it left his mouth. A part of him suddenly felt very certain that, should this opportunity walk out his lab door, it would not present itself again for a very long time, if ever.
Opportunity was nothing to scoff at. Not when the world is at stake.
She turned with a smile, the same smile that haunted so many of the waking dreams of Richard Franklin McCurry over the years, the same smile that, until tonight, was nothing more than a lost and distant fantasy to him.
She walked towards him purposefully, confidently, in a way that Richard couldnāt help but appreciate, her red dress flowing, a perfectly tanned leg peeking out of a slit that, until now, Richard hadnāt taken time to appreciate the length of.
Her red high heeled shoes clacked rhythmically on the lab floor.
āLetās get to it, then,ā she said.
āYes,ā Dr. McCurry agreed, finally allowing a lecherous smile to appear on his face.
****
It was over.
She was gone.
The deal was done. The price was paid.
Dr. McCurry had done it. After years of research, years of hard work, hours upon hours of tireless data analysis, tests and post tests, careful, painstaking, evaluation of data and results.
The world was saved. Humanity would thrive for centuries upon centuries. Its first significant conquest since nature was at hand.
His eyes watered. His nostrils screamed in agony. He had always been particularly sensitive to smoke.
For a moment, he wondered if he had used enough gasoline. But only for a moment. Fire, particularly one that has been sufficiently fed, rarely allows for much more than moments.
His back burned. He wondered fleetingly if it was because of the scratches or the flames.
It has to be the flames, he told himself. She was never here. She couldnāt have been.
The brave new world that would have doubtlessly resulted from his work went up in flames as Richard Franklin McCurry, Dr. McCurry to his colleagues, closed his eyes and accepted, begrudgingly that the universe contained forces that he could never hope to explain nor understand.
Nelson Sims is a part-timeĀ author and full time English Instructor at a community college in Selma, Alabama, where he lives with his wife, two dogs, and two cats. When he’s not teaching classes,Ā walking the dogs, and playing manservant to the cats, he tries his best to write compelling fiction in between reading comic books from the 80s and 90s.
Real skull. Don't ask. You wouldn't believe it if I told you.
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LTD: Revisiting Broken Doll Head, Interview 2
Published
3 days agoon
March 19, 2023
Our last interview with Broken Doll Head here on Haunted MTL never set well with me. I just feared that I wasn’t able to get the whole scoop on the V-Day Uprising for you, our dear readership. So I arranged another exclusive interview to reconnect and see how it’s going.
Without further ado, I bring you our second exclusive interview with Broken Doll Head…
Thank you so much for having me again. Wow you have changed since the last time we spoke. You seem… calmer. Please don’t hate me or burn down my house for saying anything about it.
The movement is still underway; it is still time. But I needed to take care of me, you know. The rage has subsided somewhat. My anger was not serving me well. After the last uprising, the rest of me was sent to the far corners of the earth in biohazard bags. I had to find another approach, for the cause as well as my own sanity. I am much calmer, thank you for noticing.
In our last interview, you kept repeating that it is time. Time for what exactly? Would you care to elaborate here now?
It is still time. It is always time. Until the violence is addressed we must continue to rise up and make a scene. We will not be silenced or stigmatized. We can’t be complacent. This is how we got to where we are with the Supreme Court in 2022. Horrific injustices are still happening globally and even within our own borders; it’s too easy to forget that.
What do you suggest we do?
Take action. Share your stories. Give others space to voice their own. Raise awareness and fight the system of oppression. Rally. We must take back our own power. It will not be just given freely.
So what are you up to nowadays?
I’ve been getting in touch with my inner Earth Goddess. Are you aware of how our environmental impacts affect dolls everywhere? Climate change is creating greater vulnerabilities for those already at risk. We have to look at the intersections of climate, gender and race globally. We have to return to our Mother Earth.
Thank you again Broken Doll Head for joining us and our dear readership here on Haunted MTL’s Lighter than Dark. It’s good to reconnect with you after the V-Day Uprising and we wish you all the best in your bold eco-enlightenment vision.
Again, if you want to learn more about the V-Day movement, please check out their website here.
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The Way Things Were, story by Jennifer Weigel
Published
5 days agoon
March 17, 2023
Revisiting my last St. Patrick’s Day post, what’s a wolf to were?
I grimaced as I remembered the previous St. Patrickās Day. I had been shot while I was eating a sugar cookie waiting in line to buy a Scratchers ticket, my golden ride to my dream cabin in the woods. Wow, to think that was just a year ago and so much has changed since then. But where should I begin?
Well, the junkyardās under new management. Or something. It seems they decided I wasnāt ferocious enough so Iāve been replaced by a couple of working stiffs. Or Mastiffs as it were, same difference to me. Apparently after they found the bloodied shirt Iād draped inconspicuously over a chair, they thought something had happened on my watch and decided to retire me.
Or at any rate olā Sal took me home. I guess itās like retirement, but not the good kind where you tour the world Route 66 style, head lolled out of the side of a vintage Cadillac, breeze flowing through your beard as you drink in the open road. More the kind where you just stop showing up to work and no one really asks about you.
Now Salās a pretty cool dude, and he tends to mind his own business. But heās a bit stingy with the treats and heās a no-paws-on-the-furniture kind of guy. I donāt get it, his pad isnāt that sweet, just a bunch of hand-me-down Ikea that he didnāt even put together himself. Not that I could have helped with that, I canāt read those instructions to save my life even if they are all pictures. Itās all visual gibberish to me unless thereās a rabbit or a squirrel in there someplace that I can relate to.
And itās been a real roll in the mud trying to cover up the stench of my monthly secret. I miss third shift at the junkyard when Monty would fall asleep on the job and I was free to do whatever I wanted. It sure made the change easier. Monty never noticed, or he never let on that he did. We were a good team and had it pretty good, he and I ā I donāt know how I wound up shacking up with Sal instead when all was said and done. There was some kind of talk at the time, over landlords and pet deposits and whatnot, and in the end Sal was the only one who said yes.
So there I was, this St. Patrickās Day, trying to figure out how to sneak out into the great suburban landscape with the neighborsā headstrong Chihuahua who barks his fool head off at everything. He doesnāt ever say anything interesting through the fence about the local gossip, just a string of profanities about staying off his precious grass. Just like his owners⦠Suburbia, it doesnāt suit the two of us junkyard junkies. Iām pretty sure Sal inherited this joint with everything else here. He just never had the kind of ambition that would land him in a place like this on his own, if you know what I mean.
Fortunately, this St. Patrickās Day, Sal was passed out on the sofa after binge watching some show on Netflix about werewolves of all things. Who believes in that nonsense? They get it all wrong anyway. The history channel with its alien conspiracies is so much better.
I managed to borrow a change of clothes and creep out the front door. At least thereās something to say about all the greenery, it is a fresh change of pace even if the yards are too neatly manicured and the fences are too high. And I do love how I always feel like McGruff crossed paths with one of those neighborhood watch trenchcoat spies this time of the month. Iād sure love to take a bite out of crime, especially if it involves that pesky Pomeranian that always pees on Mrs. Pattersonās petunias and gets everyone else blamed for it.
So sure enough, I slunk off towards the local convenience mart, which is a bit more of a trek here past the water park and the elementary school. Nice neighborhood though, very quiet, especially at this time of night.
Well, when I got there, wouldnāt you know it, but I ran into that same nondescript teen from my last foray into the convenience store near the junkyard. What was he doing here of all places? Seriously donāt these kids learn anything nowadays? I let out a stern growl as I snatched a cookie from the nearby end cap, making sure he noticed that I meant business.
Apparently the kid recognized me too, he stopped mid-tracks at the beer cooler and his face blanched like heād seen a ghost. Some cheeky little girl-thing motioned to him to hurry it along by laying on the horn of their beater car from the parking lot. Whatever they were up to was no good, I was certain. He snapped out of it, grabbed a six-pack and headed towards the cashier, eyes fixed on me the whole time. Not again. Not after what it cost me the last time when I hadnāt realized my job was at stake. I stared back, hairs rising on the back of my neck. I bared my teeth. This time, I wouldnāt let him off so easyā¦
The teen edged up to the cashier and presented his trophy. Unsurprisingly, the clerk asked for ID, and the kid reached into his jacket. Let the games begin, I grumbled to myself. But instead of a gun, he pulled out a wallet. He flashed a driverās license at the clerk and pointed in my general direction, āIāll get whatever Santaās having too.ā He tossed a wad of cash on the counter and gave me a knowing wink before he flew out of there like he was on fire. I stood in dazed confusion as he and his girl sped out of the lot and disappeared down the road.
āWell, Santa?ā the clerk said, snapping me out of my reverie. Her dark-circled eyes stared over wide rimmed glasses, her rumpled shirt bearing the name-tag Deb. She smelled like BBQ potato chips and cheap cherry cola.
I quieted and shook my head. āI want a Scratchers. Not one of those crossword bingo puzzle trials but something less⦠wordy. How ābout a Fast Cash?ā I barked as I tossed the cookie on the counter.
āSure thing,ā she said as she handed me a ticket and looked towards the door at the now vacant lot. āAnd keep the change, I guess.ā
A couple silver pieces, a peanut butter cookie and a lotto ticket later, maybe this is my lucky day after allā¦
Check out more of Jennifer Weigelās writing here at Jennifer Weigel Words.
So this isn’t a review but more just some thoughts…
I have to admit that I actually like the She Wolf music video by Shakira.
Maybe partly because my Zumba group back in the day used to dance to it with all of us cautioned to not to look up the music video for fear it would be too risque or something… (The Zumba dance to this was one of my favorites, and I loved our group of mostly 60+ year old retirees for all that some of them did act surprised at these things, whether or not they actually were.) Or maybe partly because it reminds me of Madonna’s Express Yourself, or by extension the famous dance scene in Metropolis directed by Fritz Lang.
It’s a guilty pleasure.
The ways these things evolve and stay the same over time fascinates me, especially how the messaging and movement change, and yet stay the same.
Anyway, I created this artwork based upon the She Wolf video and song, incorporating a Hazelle puppet head atop a modern Barbie doll body. I don’t recall what happened to Barbie’s actual head though I’m pretty sure I needed it for another project. (Technically I needed the body for another project too, and this was just a stopover.) Years ago this piece found itself part of the Women’s Caucus for Art website as one of the chosen artworks for the year. I was going to try to write something to go with it for Haunted MTL but instead I thought I’d share it as a lead up to my revisitation of my werewolf story from St. Patrick’s Day last year.
Feel free to check out more of Jennifer Weigelās work here on Haunted MTL or on her writing, fine art, and conceptual projects websites.
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