Schylla, the terrible mother of the vile beast called Grendel, tears herself painfully from the bloody caverns of hell. She seeks revenge for the murder of her child, and she must protect innocent nature from the brutal slaughter of men.
"Grendel's Mother" provides a differing vision of the stuggles of Beowulf. Beyond violent revenge and savage death, the goddess seeks a confused peace and a strange, convoluted love.
Schylla, the terrible mother of the vile beast called Grendel, tears herself painfully from the bloody caverns of hell. She seeks revenge for the murd...
Her real name is Mariah, but she has asthma and a hoarse voice, so everyone calls her Wheezy. Wheezy is an abandoned child, left at her grandfather's trailer by parents who simply disappear one day (Wheezy thinks they were taken by aliens). When her grandfather's crop duster plane crashes (Wheezy was flying), she is sent to a care home to be under the thumb of the tyrannical Velma Bodely. Meanwhile, she attends Hope Special Day School (called "Hopeless Day" by many), because she is different. For example, she finds walking and learning difficult, she has seizures, she hears strange voices,...
Her real name is Mariah, but she has asthma and a hoarse voice, so everyone calls her Wheezy. Wheezy is an abandoned child, left at her grandfather's ...