Field guide
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Oct 11, 2026
Jonathan MaberryGUEST
I wrote a nonfiction book about the folklore of supernatural belief systems around the world and throughout history.
Jonathan MaberryGUEST
Uh, it was called Vampire Slayer's Field Guide to the Undead, and it was the only thing ever published under a pen name because my publisher at the time was publishing my martial arts books and was afraid if I started writing about vampires, my readers would think I'd lost my mind.
Jonathan MaberryGUEST
Mind you, they may actually be right, but, you know, it's beside the point.
Jonathan MaberryGUEST
Um, and, um, doing the research for that, I fell in love with the folkloric versions of monsters, which are substantially different than the versions we see in books and movies and TV.
Mike SlaterPANELIST
But anyway, I was thinking last week
Bill YurickPANELIST
about this whole field guide phenomenon.
Bill YurickPANELIST
I was with Wes on Skyline Drive, and I was thinking, do people even, are field guides even a thing anymore? I mean, when people, when we go out on bird walks, I think everybody's got their phones.
Bill YurickPANELIST
And I'm not really, you know, everybody seems to have Merlin turned on.
Bill YurickPANELIST
And, you know, it's however we, I guess, I'm not going to be judgmental on anybody or anything with birdwatching.
Bill YurickPANELIST
And I guess the smartphone has become the new field guide.
Bill YurickPANELIST
And most, you know, Russ seems to agree that he's gone on more bird walks with larger groups of people than I have.
Bill YurickPANELIST
And he's noticed that phones are the thing, that field guides aren't really being used all that much.
Lora SmithGUEST
I did make a connection between the way that Tommyknockers were maybe there to warn people about a pending disaster, and the fact that these goblins suddenly showed up.
Lora SmithGUEST
We're seeing a series of climate disasters, and so I did kinda take them as a sign that we need to reimagine some things.
Gwen JohnsonGUEST
I asked this guy, who was also a coal miner.
Gwen JohnsonGUEST
He and his wife and I were hanging out one evening at the community center, and I said, "Tell me, have you ever encountered anything in the coal mines that you didn't know what it was?" And he said, "Yeah, everywhere I ever worked." He was very candid about it.
ShelbyHOST
Right.
BelleGUEST
So I'm thinking it's either, like, Chaol's Field Guide to Dragonkind, maybe-
MalibuHOST
Ooh
BelleGUEST
... like, his, his book.
Kerry BrownGUEST
and the time of year, and it gives you photos and all the description you would need.
Kerry BrownGUEST
And if you were to pair this with something like Samuel Thayer's Field Guide, man, you would be all set.
Kerry BrownGUEST
But to go ahead and give you an overview here to kind of get your brain working on taking this on, uh here's uh here's how i would go about it so it's kind of a good idea to break you know break it down by the seasons but also keep in mind that of course your microclimates are going to account for certain adjustments that you need to make areas especially areas that stay you know cooler longer or get warmer sooner and so forth or stay warmer longer where you have thermal mass in place Your elevation is going to matter.
Kerry BrownGUEST
I think it's for every 1,000 feet in elevation, you are one USDA growing zone cooler.