MONSTER MEME NO. 13

AP- Japan has joined the U.S. Navy with their mine-sweeping effort in the Strait of Hormuz this week. Enlisting the help of Godzilla is intended to facilitate the job of removing mines from the critical passage, as the legendary sea monster is impervious to explosives. In addition, the creature will be able to down swarms of drones with his incendiary breath. The Navy is expected to see shipping back to normal by the end of the week.

WORLD OF MONSTERS IS BACK ONLINE

Hi, monster fans. Well, it was a while coming, but after frying a capacitor on my motherboard, buying a replacement laptop, file recovery and assorted other tasks, I'm pretty much back up and running. I've still got a bit of organizing to do, but I'll be able to provide some entertainment in the meantime.

During my blog hiatus, I was suddenly slammed with multiple writing assignments (with deadlines). Consequently, my priority is publishing over posting, so there may be some shorter and sporadic entries here for a while.

In other news, there's just a few more days to vote in the Rondo Awards. Voting ends at the stroke of midnight, May 1, 2026 EST (that means folks on the West Coast have until 9:00 pm.). If you haven't already, I'd sure appreciate it if you would cast your vote for World of Monsters for best website and ‘The Phantom of the Opera, A Centennial Retrospective,’ by John H. (typo, should be M) Navroth, CASTLE OF FRANKENSTEIN #42 for best article.

Click HERE to see the ballot. You're not required to cast a vote in every category. You could even send a simple email to David Colton at taraco(at)aol.com and just vote for my entries if you like.

Thanks for your support and there's much more monster goodness to come!

TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES AT THE MYSTERIOUS MANSION

UPDATE: I've got my recovered files on my new laptop. Need to do a little organizing and then get back to business. Should be a few more days before you see a new post.

I'm having some technical difficulties here at the Mysterious Mansion. After 12 years of faithful service my laptop gave up the ghost. I have a backup laptop to monitor the site and reply to comments, but it doesn't have my working files on it to create new posts. I'm waiting for a recovery disc from my backup provider to upload my files onto my new laptop. As a result, it will be a while until I'm back up to speed.

In the meantime, I invite you to use the search tab on the right sidebar or the label index at the bottom of the page and poke around for lots of archived material.

Thanks for your patience.

Your Sinister Scribe