Supernatural Fiends

Last poll, I swear. Maybe this seems intellectually lazy to you, but it's not easy to work out a good (or passable! Please! Please! ) plot in (looking at watch) about 48 hours, and write a bit for it. Maybe it's a bad idea, too. Maybe I should give myself a week.

Nah. Here at Crisis of Praxis, we embrace the crises.

Vote as much as you like. I close this poll tomorrow around noon.

Okay, Let's get specific about these Supernatural Fiends. Which do you prefer?

The poll is closed!

And the results are:

• werewolves 3 votes
• vampires 6 votes
• various nasty undeads (ghouls, zombies,etc.) 1 vote
• giant spiders! 0 votes
• ghosts 2 votes
• The Unseen Evil 2 votes
• dragons, milord 4 votes
• pixies 4 votes
• minor gods 3 votes
• Your own private demon (Please elaborate in Comments) 0 votes

There's a definite preference, I see, for the undead vs. the living dead, and I thank you. I just threw in ghouls, etc., to be thorough. Describing pus and rot isn't one of my fortes.

So, let's talk about vampires. The trouble with writing about vampires is that (to quote Carrie K.) "they have been done to death lately, no pun intended." So how can I write about vampires without being trite? (True, I've got a couple scenes in my head, but that's hardly a plot.)

And dragons. I'm thinking, really. Pixies I think I have covered. I don't know what I was doing yesterday when I was thinking about the pixies, but I have that all sewn up, so to speak.

It's this overarching plot thingamajiggy. It's Sunday morning, and I haven't had my coffee yet. I think I'll go do that and maybe the brain juices with start flowing. I'll be checking the blog every now and then, so if you're bored on an Easter Sunday, feel free to entertain me in the comments. Don't worry about sounding like you're talking nonsense. I tried to brainstorm the other night with my boyfriend/ partner/ whatnot, and all he came up with was giant spiders. With no reason for them. Just giant spiders. We can do better than that. At least, I think so.