Now a time-worn 22-year-old, after ten successful years hunting monsters under beds, Tommy was washed up and ostracized, no longer hero but villain.

His insatiable appetite for monster flesh and increasing expertise in the slaughter had brought his prey near extinction.

A protected species, the last monsters cowered in zoos.

Alison would like to give thanks to Ran Walker, who made her think about those poor monsters under the bed in a different light.

Editor: This story is a follow-up to Ran Walker’s “Hunting Nightmares.”