But the actual stories revolving around gremlins in Mahnke’s book are considerably weirder, and far more dire.įor one, they were a phenomenon witnessed not just by pilots of one country, but seemingly all of them.
In the years that have followed, well-remembered cartoons such as Bugs Bunny’s “Falling Hare” have satirized the concept and appearance of the “gremlin,” and they of course lent their name to Joe Dante’s classic 1984 horror-comedy Gremlins as well. They were a widely known concept-small, humanoid figures or beasts that would reportedly appear on warplanes during flights in the first and second world war, wreaking havoc with a seemingly preternatural ability to understand and disrupt advanced human technology. You’ve likely heard of gremlins before, especially if you have passing familiarity with World War II. With that in mind, then, allow us to present five of the more disturbing or unusual beasts featured prominently in The World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures. The more one reads, in fact, the less safe we seem in our conception of a safe, modern world. And it fits the spirit of Lore to a tee-his new book, The World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures is like an ambling journey down a dark, overshadowed path in the woods, as the wind howls and large yellow eyes light up in the underbrush.
It was a natural step, considering that the podcaster had been a novelist before he ever began recording himself telling the stories he’d chronicled. 13-how appropriate.īut before then, Mahnke has taken the world of Lore to another frontier-the printed page. Some of the best of these stories will be headed to the small screen when Lore premieres on Amazon this Friday, Oct.
At the set visit, I was able to sit down with Mahnke to discuss his process and the thrill of hunting down stories that have lain dormant for dozens or hundreds of years. Adapted from Aaron Mahnke’s popular podcast of the same name, Lore is essentially a chronicle of the darker aspects of human nature and the more inexplicable elements of our collective trove of folklore. Back in the spring of 2017, I had an opportunity to visit a TV set during the shooting of Amazon’s new macabre anthology series Lore.
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