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This is the final month of the submission window to make our 2024 cryptid zine! Please get your art and writing to us by June 30th to be included. Everyone welcome - just draw or write about cryptids.

We will jam as many submissions as possible into it, like so many hopkinsville goblins in a tar paper shack.

Full details on the zine's landing page:

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Got an upcoming crowdfunding campaign, book release, or comics to share? If you are an independent creator who wants to get the word out about your project to motivated listeners, consider advertising on our show.

It is only $2 an episode. We will read your ad or write an ad for you, with your guidance.

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The Supernatural Selection 2024 Cryptid Encounter Zine is still taking submissions!

We are in the back half of the zine submissions period, so if you love monsters and cryptids and would like to submit art or writing for the zine now is a great time to send your work in. We are collecting material until the end of June 2024.

Remember that once the Zine is available, you are free to distribute and resell it as you wish at conventions and art fairs. We make no claims on your art or writing.

For more details on the zine, in addition to the current schedule for publishing, please check out the web page.

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Im finally putting my first work out!

Ive illustrated a whole tabletop adventure Zine and launched it on Kickstarter! If you like Cryptids and High Strangeness, 5E Tabletop RPG’s and retro inspired art, please consider supporting it!

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We are now on BlueSky!

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Two new piping hot podcast episodes for you!

First up, the Cancer Wolves are at your door.

Next, give "Marrowsmith" a try. It is the latest episode of The Distraction Hole, a podcast on pop culture distractions.

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We are about 1/3 of the way through the submission period of late June. We are still looking for cryptid art and writing.

The zine is shaping up well, but could use more contributions - especially writing. Poems, encounter stories, and essays are welcome!

We will be posting zine updates here on the Tumblr account for the podcast from here out. We are eager to see what cryptid content shows up in our inbox.

Zine Details

Cryptid Encounters 2024 is a zine that celebrates cryptids and invites writers and artists to contribute material. Love cryptids and monsters? This is the zine for you!

The zine will be available for free download upon publication at the Supernatural Selection zine archive.

Participants can print, redistribute, and sell the zine as they see fit at conventions but cannot modify the contents. Participants retain all rights to their work included within the zine, and the Supernatural Selection podcast team makes no claim to the material, only the ability to archive and distribute the zine.

The current submission period is January 1st, 2024, to June 30th, 2024.

More details, including submission guidelines, can be found on the website.

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Illustrations of kappa, a yōkai demon or imp found in traditional Japanese folklore, 19th century

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Listen to our latest episode where we explore the world of yokai!

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Some upcoming yokai content for the podcast. Drawing by @hpkomic

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A fairly harmless tsukumogami. A little impish, but not too worrisome of a yokai.

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Catch the latest episode of Supernatural Selection. We're talking about cults, AI, and Elmo (the muppet) this week!

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Today is World Frog Day, perfect day to share this image of the Loveland Frogman.

(Left, the iconic original photoshop from Wikipedia, made by Tim Bertelink. Right, my remastered version.)

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On This Day in Cryptid History

February 19th: In 1838, Jane Alsop answered her door to a man who claimed to have captured Spring-Heel Jack. But when she opened, the stranger through off his cloak and blew blue and white flames from his mouth. Alsop was assaulted and scratched by the stranger until she was rescued by her sister.

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On This Day in Cryptid History

March 3rd: On 1972, at around 1:00am, Loveland police officer Ray Shockey claimed to have seen a 3-4ft frogman walking across Riverside Drive. This was the first official sighting of the Loveland Frog, one of the strangest creatures in cryptozoology.

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Super excited to officially announce that I’m going to be a speaker at this year’s International Cryptozoology Conference! I’ll be sharing “My Favorite 25 Cryptozoology Facts” at 2:00pm on Saturday, April 27th! It’s going to be a blast. I have to narrow down my facts and which ones I want to share!

I’m also going to have a vendor spot where I’ll be selling some of my silly needle felted cryptids and some cool resin items that my mom makes!

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Cryptids & Creatures of Folklore Drawtober Day 24 — Cactus Cat

The Cactus Cat is a creature from American folklore. Cowboys and pioneers in the early 19th century reported encountering this strange creature in California, New Mexico, Nevada, and other areas of the southwestern US. It was described as a bobcat-like animal covered in sharp spines, having a tail with cacti-like branches, and with a sharp bone or barb protruding from each foreleg which it used to slash open cacti. It would wait for the exposed juice to ferment before partaking of it and becoming intoxicated.