Trope: The Monster is Grief

  • The One and Only Crystal Druid

    The One and Only Crystal Druid

    Ten years ago, I risked everything on a nameless boy. I came out the other side with a murder conviction, a prison sentence, and a minor case of amnesia. I forgot everything about that boy, and now I’m out on parole, just a nobody witch volunteering at an animal rescue and keeping a low profile.…

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  • QQ Sweeper Vol. 1-3

    QQ Sweeper Vol. 1-3

    In human hearts, negative energy sometimes finds a place to dwell. This negativity can begin to take shape into monstrous creatures, which can only be dealt with by “Sweepers,” special people with the ability to banish them and bring peace. Kyuutarou Horikita comes from a long line of Sweepers, but most of his classmates see…

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  • After God Vol. 1-6

    After God Vol. 1-6

    Desperate for answers about her friend’s disappearance, Waka breaches the Tokyo danger zone in search of clues. Instead, she finds Tokinaga, a researcher with the Anti-God Scientific Research Institute. While Waka tries to decide if she should trust Tokinaga, he quickly realizes Waka is hiding a dangerous secret of her own—one that may just be…

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  • Bring Her Back

    Bring Her Back

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    Following the death of their father, a brother and sister are introduced to their new sibling by their foster mother, only to learn that she has a terrifying secret. i found this while dickin around and had it in the backlog, but remy requested it so i moved it up the list for adding to…

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  • Uglymug, Epicfighter

    Uglymug, Epicfighter

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    His looks are -255, touching girls causes him pain, and sexual acts will literally tear him apart. Just what can our ex-salesman Shigeru get in the other world in exchange for such inconveniences…? This is an epic tale of one very ugly, but ridiculously strong man! i actually ended up liking this a lot. it…

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  • Animal Crossing

    Animal Crossing

    so way back when let’s plays were becoming a thing, people used to do write-ups of let’s plays. this was back in ye olde october 2007, the perfect time for me to be scouring the internet for interesting horror stories and the period of growing popularity of creepy pastas! so this is a reinterpretation of…

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  • Northranger

    Northranger

    In this swoony and spooky teen summer romance graphic novel set on a Texas ranch, sixteen-year-old Cade Muñoz finds himself falling for the ranch owner’s mysterious and handsome son, only to discover that he may be harboring a dangerous secret. Cade has always loved to escape into the world of a good horror movie. After…

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  • This Delicious Death

    This Delicious Death

    Four best friends, one music festival, and a cooler filled with human organs: this summer is about to get gory. ​​​ Jennifer’s Body fans will clamor for this new sapphic horror standalone from New York Times bestselling author Kayla Cottingham. Three years ago, the melting of arctic permafrost released a pathogen of unknown origin into…

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  • Escape Room

    Escape Room

    Six strangers find themselves in circumstances beyond their control, and must use their wits to survive. nothing to do with the movie, but taylor russell is just beautiful… anyway, this is a fun movie that has a saw-esque premise of people dropped into an extreme survival situation that is very, very personalized to their trauma.…

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  • Motherthing

    Motherthing

    She’s dead in the basement. And she’s refusing to leave… When Ralph and Abby Lamb move in with Ralph’s mother, Laura, Abby hopes it’s just what she and her mother-in-law need to finally connect. After a traumatic childhood, Abby is desperate for a mother figure, especially now that she and Ralph are trying to become…

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Welcome to the Menagerie.

Here is where M logs their media activity. Partly because Goodreads is forgettable and keeping physical logs is harder. Sometimes M writes a lot. Sometimes M doesn’t write enough. It doesn’t matter. This is just a for-fun little blog so that M can remember what they thought about whatever they watched or read or played or. Whatever.


What is M?

I read. Voraciously. I have subscriptions to those book things on digital retailers. I consume books at nearly all hours. The hours I don’t spend reading? I’m writing. I’m drawing. I have a problem. I have a problem in that I love to read things that are in the same vein repeatedly. Book journals don’t work and as much as I text my friends screenshots of book passages, it doesn’t scratch the itch. Now I’m going to be doing… tiny… tiny book reports.


Truck-Kun Kill Count:


Books & Light Novels Read in 2025: 26/50
52%
Comics Read in 2026: 91/200
45%
Physical Owned Books Read: 482/848
56%


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