Monster of the Week: The Phantom Hitchhiker
Also Known As: Vanishing Hitchhiker. Some frequently-occurring phantom hitchhikers also have local names or nicknames. Description: Phantom hitchhikers appear to be normal people in need of a ride. While some phantom hitchhikers act oddly or are silent, many carry on conversations with the driver who picks them up and give no indication as to their…
Monster of the Week: Electric Linguine
Also Known As: Galaxi-worms. Description: “Electric Linguine” is the colorful name for an extraterrestrial life form that crashed to earth with Galaxikhan in 1958. Spawning from microbes found in or on Galaxikhan’s body, the creatures rapidly adapted to life on Earth, and have developed into a serious menace. Electric Linguine typically appears in small…
Monster of the Week: The Living Dead
Also Known As: Zombies, Walking Dead, Animated Dead, Walking Corpse, Brain Eaters, Fleshbags. They are also sometimes called ghouls, though this usage is technically incorrect. It is important to distinguish between the living dead and zombis or the re-animated (see “BMA Classification”). Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email
DC Interview Vault: Robert Kirkman & Tony Moore
Editor’s Note: Back in the early 21st Century, The Death Cookie published quite a few kick-ass interviews. We recently decided that even though most of them are extremely outdated, it’s a shame for them to just be hanging out unread on the hard drives in One Hex Tower. So we’re going to re-publish them…
Actual Play Theater Episode 1: Sword & Sorcery
Even though the Hex staff is spread out from Nashville to Toledo, we do occasionally manage to get together and play games outside of conventions. This year, Joshua LH Burnette has been recording many of these games, and as he gets them edited and bumpered, we’re going to post them here for your enjoyment. Facebook…
Monster of the Week: The White River Monster
Also Known As: “Whitey” Description: Eyewitness accounts of the White River Monster vary. Some say it’s “catfish-like,” while others describe it has having the serpent-like appearance more common to water-dwelling cryptids. Whitey has smooth, gray skin that is sometimes reported as peeling all over its body. According to one account, Whitey has a large bone…