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MamaForestCritter's avatar

— the naked baby angel who wields a projectile weapon system —

Epic....

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Joe Donatelli's avatar

A lot of comedy is labeling

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Shelly Stallard's avatar

Cerberus got here when we opened the kennel at the shelter.

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Ken Miura's avatar

Load bearing towels. Oh my god.

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Andrea Tortora's avatar

As usual, you made me laugh. When does the book or TV show based on your essay come out!?!?

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Joe Donatelli's avatar

Thanks. I think the world is ready for a ninth Leprechaun movie.

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Treekllr's avatar

"And i cant believe you think im a fucking leprechaun!"

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Sue Shawn Says's avatar

The year is 2055. A kid who was 12 years old in 2025 is now 42 years old. Some witty writer on a platform called Substacksomething.com is going to write a nostalgic essay about how "back in the good ol' days" there was only SIX imaginary creatures and the world was an acceptable place, and now there is TWELVE hypothetical creatures and the world has gone to poop.

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Joe Donatelli's avatar

I uh can't do math so I am just going to trust those numbers are correct

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Brett Richards's avatar

I think your hypothetical creatures skew too greek. You are also strikingly short on practical solutions. You could have at least devoted a paragraph to the pros and cons of exorcism. Other than that a thought provoking piece on an important, but undercovered crisis.

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Joe Donatelli's avatar

This is a fair analysis, and you were kind not to point out that this is what the erasure of unicorns looks like. I'm open to exorcism, but it's getting harder and harder to find an affordable neighborhood exorcist. Most of the local mom and mom exorcists have been bought out by private equity.

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Brett Richards's avatar

I have a local exorcist we use. He comes highly recommended on nextdoor, and also does drywall. I can put you in touch if you like. Tell him the unicorn sent you.

He’ll know what that means.

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