STYLUS DEVIL

STYLUS DEVIL

STYLUS DEVILDiablo repeata degroova RANGE: A Stylus Devil comes with every phonograph sold in America.This ear-bending imp is to be found under the machine’s tone arm, hanging ina position convenient to steer minute flecks of ash, hair, and other rubbishtoward...
TEAM SPIRITS

TEAM SPIRITS

TEAM SPIRITSRosa petrus a.k.a. canis calidus RANGE: Despite their reputation for enormous importance, Team Spiritsare harder to see than a dab of hair oil on a baseball travelling at 95 mphbetween a pitcher’s hand and a catcher’s glove. Learned experts...
THE BACKYARD BARBACREEP

THE BACKYARD BARBACREEP

THE BACKYARD BARBACREEPConflagratio suburbia RANGE: Since hanging plants and other decorative foliage in the kitchen are often sensitive to smoke, many folks find it advisable to do their cooking out back, where all the trees and bushes (that spoiled the view) have...
DEVIL DOGS

DEVIL DOGS

DEVIL DOGSRegurgitations RANGE: These sweet-seeming but deadly creatures dangle from chipped metal racks in snack bars, bodegas, truck stops, movie theater lobbies, corner candy stores, fast-food franchises, neighborhood delis, superettes, souvenir stands,...
HANDIMANTICORE

HANDIMANTICORE

HANDIMANTICOREArs amputat artas RANGE: Down in the basement workshop, where Dad’s soldering hisfingers together. Up on the roof with Sis, who’s installing the weather vanelightning rod FM antenna in a thunderstorm. Out in the garage, where Junioris...