Monsters are blurry beings—out-of-focus, liminal creatures between two categories. Bigfoot is man and ape, a category-­breaking bipedal primate. Werewolves are shape-shifters between humans and wolves ...

Something’s going on with our monsters. They used to feast on humans with abandon, burn our villages, prowl the margins of the map; now they’re seeking therapy. The fangs are still there, but they’re ...