Monica and Steve are collecting Cherokee folklore from an old timer who tells them of a creature called the Tsukala. It is said to possess the ability to take the shape of any animal - even human- in order to lure its prey.
On the Dark Road was written by Ian McDowell.
On the Dark Road first appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and was reprinted in The Year's Best Horror Stories XVIII (ed. Karl Edward Wagner).
Ian is an award-winning journalist with a flair for the macabre who has written two novels, Mordred's Curse and Merlin's Gift, and numerous horror, fantasy and science fiction stories, many set in the American South.
Ain't No Such Thing is narrated and produced by Amanda Rachels
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