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I had an idea for mixing the supernatural stuff and the fact that it's set in Northeastern Pennsylvania, using a play on Werewolves of London. You know, like:

Succubi of Scranton
Vampires of Vandling
Changelings of Carbondale
Monsters of Minooka

I don't know why, but I kind of like 'em. :)

Date: 2004-09-27 08:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cleobourne.livejournal.com
Monsters of Minooka is fun to say.

/me makes mentle note to use those three words in a sentence today.

Date: 2004-09-27 08:51 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] apocalypsos.livejournal.com
Minooka is one of the best town names in NEPA, bar none, just for being fun to say. :)

Date: 2004-09-27 08:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] illmantrim.livejournal.com
The Perils of Preternatural Pennsylvania?

Date: 2004-09-27 08:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] miggy.livejournal.com
I'd say something like the Banshees of Boise, but really, you can't beat the terror of straight-laced churchgoers in the 1950s when a lot of the city leaders were discovered to be participating in Big Gay Orgies. The whole thing was labeled the Boys of Boise. Can't get catchier than that.

Date: 2004-09-27 09:12 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] kinetikatrue
Aw, I sorta like The Walking Dead of Wilkes-Barre.

Date: 2004-09-27 06:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] apocalypsos.livejournal.com
*giggles hysterically* Aaaaaaaaand now I have a plotbunny. :)

Date: 2004-09-27 07:09 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] kinetikatrue
Can they invade the Ho-Jo's? Can they, can they?

Date: 2004-09-27 09:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] teenygozer.livejournal.com
I like The Monsters of Minooka (I think you need the "The", instead of just "Monsters of Minooka").

The Monsters of Minooka really rolls off the tongue.

Date: 2004-09-27 09:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] xerne.livejournal.com
Nothing intelligent to add, just laughing.

Date: 2004-09-27 02:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] apocalypsos.livejournal.com
Oh, really? No funny town names from up there to suggest? ;)

Date: 2004-09-27 09:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kleenexwoman.livejournal.com
Demons of Detroit!

Hm, that would be a good name for a hockey team.

Date: 2004-09-27 09:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nute.livejournal.com
Everyone knows the Succubi have to be from Intercourse.

Date: 2004-09-27 02:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] apocalypsos.livejournal.com
The only problem being that Intercourse is in western PA. Ooo, maybe they can take a road trip ...

Date: 2004-09-27 09:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sabra-n.livejournal.com
Kelpies of King of Prussia has a certain ring to it, no? Basilisks of Brandywine, Leviathans of Levittown, Chimeras of Chester, Manticores of Media. Hey, this works on southeast PA, too.

*is not doing homework*

Thanks for the distraction!

-blue

Date: 2004-09-27 10:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] matildarose.livejournal.com
Better yet, have it be in Northern Minnesooota.

The Damned of Duluth. Yes, that's what I'm talking about.

Date: 2004-09-27 10:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eilonwy.livejournal.com
As someone who's from Eastern PA, I must say I'm laughing my arse off over here. (Not currently *in* PA, but that makes no nevermind.) What about something for Aquashicola or Tamaqua? :-) Ooo! Too bad it's not actually in my hometown ("town" being a loose term, as it's actually a village) -- then it could be Zombies of Zionsville!

Date: 2004-09-27 03:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] apocalypsos.livejournal.com
Tamaqua's on my list. I'm lucky this story's spawning sequel ideas in my head. :)

And then, of course, there's the inevitable Battles at Lousy NEPA Tourist Traps. The final battle in this one's at the Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour. ;)

Date: 2004-09-27 06:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eilonwy.livejournal.com
Ha ha! Brilliant! Too bad you're not working farther West, so they could visit Roadside America.

Date: 2004-09-27 06:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] apocalypsos.livejournal.com
I may send them on a road trip in a later story just for the western PA stuff. ('Cause this premise is just begging for more than one book. :))

Date: 2004-09-27 11:20 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jim-smith.livejournal.com
"Changelings of Carbondale" makes it sound like you're writing a quirky supernatural tale about southern Illinois, not Pennsylvania. I'm sure Pennsylvania has one too, but everybody will think of the bigger one. When I moved to college in Charleston, IL, everyone I knew thought I was headed to South Carolina.

I like "Succubi of Scranton" because it sounds a little like "suck on my scrotum." Hee hee.

Date: 2004-09-27 12:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/___destijl/
Um. I now have Warren Zevon stuck in my head, and probably will for the rest of the night.

Date: 2004-09-27 12:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dragonamara.livejournal.com
Monsters of Minooka is something I'd pick up just to see what a Minooka was ^_^

Then again, anything with Succubi is bound to be....fun? >:)

Date: 2004-10-02 09:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hippiechiq.livejournal.com
Hee! Succubi of Scranton. If it were set a little farther south, I'd suggest Incubus of Intercourse, Werewolf of Warwick, Manticore of Manheim, Lamia of Lancaster, Lindwurm of Lititz, Nosferatu of Newburg... yeah, I'll stop now.

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