For a Nation Divided by Hate and Anger Author’s Note This piece is inspired by Nalusa Falaya, the Long Black Being from Choctaw tradition—a figure that feeds not on violence or spectacle, but on despair, isolation, and spiritual imbalance. In its original context, Nalusa Falaya is not a monster meant to be hunted or defeated. […]
Not all monsters chase you. Some wait. In the Choctaw tradition, Nalusa Falaya—often translated as “the Long Black Being”—is not a creature of teeth or claws, but of shadow and spirit. It does not roar through forests or announce itself with violence. Instead, it arrives quietly, slipping into the edges of human thought, feeding on […]
Blood and Bark: The Yara-ma-yha-who In the dense shade of Australian fig trees waits a creature too small to notice, too strange to forget. The Yara-ma-yha-who, a red, frog-faced being from Aboriginal legend, hides in the branches. Patiently. Unlike most monsters that stalk or chase, this one waits for the living to come to it. […]
