by burnstyle | Dec 24, 2018 | American Version
THE CHICAGO WORLD’S FAIRYUrbs secunda RANGE: The Chicago World’s Fairy, a hulking, towering, powerfully muscled Giant, Hog Butcher, Tool Maker, and Stacker of Wheat with a Titanic Inferiority Complex, sitteth—as everybody knows by now—at the northwest...
by burnstyle | Dec 24, 2018 | American Version
THE NIGHT MAYORIncubus migitus urbanus RANGE: Dark street corners. Darker alleys. Vacant lots. Abandoned buildings. Just outside the window. Was that the wind? Beneath the broken street light. Lurking in that doorway. What was that? Only a shadow. Only a cat....
by burnstyle | Dec 24, 2018 | American Version
UNION JACKBritannicus, a, um RANGE: A Brownie passing as a Bogie and more British than the British, the Union Jack is actually of lowland Scots origin, and, not surprisingly, makes his North American headquarters in British Columbia, Canada. He may be found loitering...
by burnstyle | Dec 24, 2018 | American Version
NYMPH O’MAINEPiscator potator RANGE: In the bitter cold Atlantic waters of the Grand Banks, off the rockbound and forbidding coast of New England and Canada’s Maritime Provinces, the Nymph O’Maine splashes and sports in the sea, carefree as a starlet...
by burnstyle | Dec 24, 2018 | American Version
THE TORONTOGREUrbs porcus RANGE: The Torontogre would like to describe her habitat as downtown Toronto, Ontario, but since neither she nor anyone else has been able to find downtown Toronto, she ranges the area bounded by Kingston, Buffalo, Hamilton, and Owen Sound....
by burnstyle | Dec 24, 2018 | American Version
THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUISBabbit redux RANGE: Although he is named for that magnificent urban center in the “Show-me” State, the Spirit does not confine his operations to its environs but wanders the heartland of this great nation, from the Grain Belt to the...
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