Everyday Parenting Tips

A father offers advice on what to say when their child says they believe a monster lurks under the bed — that is at a time when an ongoing Monster Uprising is actually occurring on the globe. The creature pandemic has unleashed the likes of Gorgog the Annihilator, Ctharga the Eater of Souls and a “giant, swirling portal in the sky that looks like a screaming mouth” that is simply called Drain of Ga.

• based on short story