Real Life Horror: The Moray Eel

Moray eels look like this:


“Creepy Moray Eel” by Michael Bentley

There’s something about them that makes me uneasy. They’re so…thick. Substantial. Meaty. Imagine scuba diving and looking down and seeing that big green monster right below you.

But that’s not the half of it.

From the front, they look like this:


both images from Gamestop.com

The “eyes” of the humanoid face you’re seeing are actually its nostrils, but that doesn’t make it any less creepy. Also? The green moray eel, pictured here, has two full sets of  jaws. Due to their bite mechanism,  “…the eel cannot release its grip even in death and must be manually pried off.”

See it in action below, and ask yourself why you ever thought it was a good idea to go into the ocean.

Blenderstein!

I usually like to post fun-slash-cute things on a Friday, but I just found this and I’m an impatient child when it comes to waiting for anything ever. So tada! Blenderstein!

This cartoon short is fantastic! I love everything about it, right down to the bitchin’ song at the end credits. Enjoy!

Blenderstein! from Cartoon Brew on Vimeo.

(ps: exclamation mark!)

ScreamBody

“ScreamBody is the first of the series of Wearable Body Organs. ScreamBody is a portable space for screaming. When a user needs to scream but is in anynumber of situations where it is just not permitted, ScreamBody silences the user’s screams so they may feel free to vocalize without fear of environmental retaliation, and at the same time records the scream for later release where, when, and how the user chooses”

I’m going to go ahead and hope this is conceptual art, because the idea of someone vomiting screams into an interactive scream sack makes me uncomfortable.

You’ll Float, Too

It’s a beautiful day for horror writing: thunder is booming outside and the wind is whipping the branches into my office window. The sky is grey and it looks like dusk at 1 PM. It’s cold, for spring, and it sounds like winter.

When I looked out at the street I saw a small river rushing down the gutter…

I think I’ll stay inside today.