Short Story The Monsters Haunt Jennifer Strunge

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Monsters haunt Jennifer Strunge. They lurk in every room of her home. Their bulging eyes stare from shelves. Their long , gangly arms reach our from every corner. They crowd her bedroom.

They even haunt her dreams and Strunge could not be happier. “I love monsters, “says the 25-year old artist from Baltimore. Md., whose handcrafted creatures are winning her an international following,.

In wild and varying colors of vintage fabrics, made without patterns so that no two are ever alike, her monsters range from the size of a small doll to those big enough to eat a man.

“MONSTERS are awesome, “she says, “they have the capacity to frighten or protect, depending on whose side they are on. My monsters aren’t scary Kinds laugh at them.”

Strunge

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