Dog Eat Doug by Brian Anderson for August 12, 2024

And this is the kid that was freaked out by Timby.

Perfect reading between the Welsh rarebit and the pillow.

Objectively it’s not much worse than those old nursery rhymes. The characters are falling down hills, off of walls, or into wells; then there’s scary spiders, blind and tailless mice, lost livestock (some of which achieve lunar orbit), animals playing musical instruments, and eloping kitchenware.

And don’t even get me started on the mayhem in Grimms Fairy tales.

Lovecraft might be difficult to read out loud

Lovecraft can be difficult to read.

Anybody else ever have a real Lovecraftian nightmare, with dark entities tearing at your flesh and sucking out your soul for eternity? Not really that entertaining.

Rugose! Eldritch! Squamous! Don’t forget the essential salts!

Probably the latter.

Will the adult reading the story be sleeping this week?

That must belong to the cats.

I love H.P. Lovecraft! He, Ray Bradbury, and Robert Heinlein are my favorite authors.

Better skip the ones that endorse racism.

Dougie’s not afraid. Yet. :)

I’m Cthulhu and I approve this message.

Next, he’ll want the complete works of Edgar Allen Poe.

Have the book and have read it several times. Vote Chthulhu 2024 – why settle for the lesser evil?