The Monster That Devoured Cleveland

By A.M. Murray

A satirical short story that tells the tale of how a monster was formed and came to devour, as in eat, the entire city of Cleveland.

• Language: English
• Publisher: A.M. Murray
• Release date: Feb 25, 2010
• ISBN: 9781452356242

A.M. Murray

A.M. Murray was an immigrant to the USA after WWII, at age 3. He earned a Bachelor's degree in Psychology but then got drafted into the Army during the Vietnam era. He came home and bummed around the country a while, worked lots of jobs, went back to school, got a degree in Photojournalism with lots of grad work in Mass Media. Worked as video producer for a big company but was forced out due to office politics. He wondered if it was him or just his luck. He did some research and came up with a book, "The Best of Luck." Other books done or in the works reflect his experiences, interests -- "The Secret of the Serpent Mound," about death at the mysterious earthen effigy; "In the new Country," about immigrants on a dead end street and the possibility of deportation. "A Jekyl & Hyde Woman," about good versus evil, set in New Orleans.

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THE MONSTER THAT DEVOURED CLEVELAND

a short story written and published by

A.M. Murray

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Blame TV for the monster if you like. Or blame other modern menaces like pollution, politics, technology or Vietnam veterans. But don't blame the old Dobie Gillis TV show, where Maynard G. Krebs, the cool beatnik character, would often ooh-ooh and oh-wow and wax eloquent about his favorite movie, The Monster That Devoured Cleveland. That was just a joke.

Cleveland was the butt of that joke due to the fact that back before the current Cleveland Renaissance the city was often referred to as the mistake on the lake, and it's only real distinction was that its Cuyahoga River had once caught on fire. (Twice actually, but who's counting.)

And the joke might have had nothing to do with Cleveland per se or even the Cleveland Monster hockey team because the is America and not Canada, eh, and who even thinks about