All our monsters are the same monster, the male monster. The Bzou wolf, the vampire, the troll, the ogre. Bannik, the Russian demon who travels by night and flays disrespectful children. Bluebeard, who kills his child bride.

What is the story of the Minotaur but the story of Teddy Volker at Camp Blood: youths sent to a faraway place where they cannot escape, stalked and murdered by a monster in a ritual sacrifice?

Our monsters are the night visitors, the child stealers, the boo-baggers, the baby guzzlers. They are the men who eat children. It is the oldest and only story, our attempt to imitate the two divine acts of God: creation and destruction. Birth and death. Women get birth, so men must settle for death. And they've become experts on the subject.

The Final Girls Support Group by Grady Hendrix