Monsters

The history of literature and film is full of colourful monsters that come from netherworlds and other worlds and laboratories.

Vampires, werewolves, zombies, extraterrestrials, poltergeists, abominations of nature, hideous creatures created by experiments gone wrong.

None are real.

All are projections, metaphors, an externalization of what lies within us.

The only monsters in this world are those who pass for human, who cast shadows and are reflected in mirrors, who smile and speak of compassion and shed convincing tears.