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Cartoon 438

Caption: Khazar-khum

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Feedback Request

Your input is requested by the author of New Beginning 666 for a new version you'll find in the comments there.

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Beneath the Ashes

1. They all laughed at Professor Whittaker's insane theory explaining the global uptick in volcanic eruptions . . . until the dragons began emerging from the lava.

2. In the days of old, burning at the stake could kill a witch. But paranormal investigator Kate Hanson is learning the hard way that in modern times fire is not enough, and evil lurks . . . beneath the ashes.

3. Unemployed banker Francois Goibert spends a lot of time gazing out his attic window, so when M

Cartoon 437

Caption: Anon.

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Writing Exercise

The 2nd Biennial Evil Editor Poetry Slam

You'll find the first in the archives on 8/4/07.

Time once again to give the blog a little culture. Any poetry will do, from Haiku and limericks to sonnets and epic poems in unrhymed iambic pentameter. Humor is always appreciated, as is the immortalizing in verse of Evil Editor.

Deadline: Sunday, 10 AM eastern.

New Beginning 667

As Alexander, son of Xavier, walked through the crowd of people in the marketplace, someone who didn't know any better would think he was royalty. The brown-skinned youth strode forward with all the confidence of a general and all the regal bearing of a king. The bags laden with groceries he carried did nothing to detract from his commanding presence. As he went, the crowd parted before him. But they did so not out of respect, but out of fear. Alex might seem human at a first glance, but there w

Cartoon 436

Caption: Whirlochre

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Demon Prey

1. Laci is living a normal life with a normal job. Then one day someone comes into her office, insists that she's a demon hunter, and gives her her first assignment: to single-handedly capture Zathspar, the deadliest demon ever to plague the Earth.

2. Thanks to Vincent's experiment with advanced genetic manipulation, aphids the size of Volkswagens emerge from the chicken shack and go in search of religion, only to confront demonic beetles the size of Hummers. Can Vincent

Cartoon 435

Caption: Anon.

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Vocabulary Exercise 10

"'Mother PINXIT?' What arrogance." EE fluffed his mutton chops, leaned against the gallery wall and frowned at me. "The PRACTICE of PAYING YOU for a REENLARGEMENT of what's inside your shrunken, walnut-sized brain is losing its charm."

He stepped away from the wall and observed my busy canvas. "A TERNERY of skinny blond SOCIALITES steeped in AMBERGRIS OUTRACE their REPLACEABILITY and FORTIFY their STYLE with a FOURTH of a busted quartet? Why MORTISE an INFIDEL GINK with a WICKER?"

"Here, take this