Dracula trade paperback #1, Warren Publishing, 1972. Front and back cover illustrations by Esteban Maroto.

Describing it as a “real close call,” a local seagull suffering from an acute case of diarrhea told reporters that he was barely able to make it to a crowded public beach in time to relieve himself Monday. “Oh, man, I really had to go and there wasn’t a sunbather or occupied picnic table in sight—I honestly didn’t know if I could hold it,” said the gray and white seabird, who reportedly uttered a deep, contented sigh of relief upon finally reaching a densely packed group of beachgoers and releasing a voluminous torrent of loose fecal matter.

Milkyway, wildlflowers and Comet C/2023 A3, Cornwall Coast