"Golem Clay", a terror tale I composed a few seasons back, will appear in Airship 27 Production's The Purple Scar, Vol 4. In an earlier Sept post, I mentioned that not only does Hebrew monster-mythology distinguish my story, but a creepy component culled from Universal Studios' The Mummy's Curse.
In truth, "Golem Clay" also embraces other influences, including that of a '50s horror/science-fiction movie that sprung from a related, '50s horror/science-fiction short story.
The former is producer Jack H. Harris' The Blob, written by Theodore Simonson and Kay Linaker and directed by Irwin Yeaworth and Russell Doughton; the latter is "Slime", written by Joseph Payne Brennan. (The second inspired the first, though it took a lawsuit to clinch the evident.)
In addition, The Purple Scar/Miles Murdock's foe adapts a slick flexibility akin to DC's Clayface, or so one could argue. As a result, Murdock's adversary is much more monster than he is. Let's not forget, Murdock's persona is but a revengeful ruse: a means to strike fear into the hearts of baddies in the style of The Shadow, The Spider, The Black Bat and The Batman.
The full content of "Golem Clay" will come to light before long, for The Purple Scar, Vol 4 has entered its final, production phases. In the interim, Bizarrechats will continue to report on this eerie anthology's escalating progression. Stay tuned.
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