Fantods! A feeling of deep unease! Or a little dragon creature from mysterious writer and illustrator of eerie stories, Edward Gorey. I also like to imagine them as wispy ghosts in the woods. Or star creatures. Take your pick. And what is it about their howling that makes it so much more unsettling? Expand your vocabulary of American slang….and dig some pleasing terrors this October!

What Does Fantods Mean? Definition & Examples

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www.thehowlingfantods.com/

https://www.neh.gov/humanities/2010/novemberdecember/statement/the-gorey-details

https://literature.fandom.com/wiki/A_Neighbor%27s_Landmark