All posts tagged: phi

Halloween Round Up: Phi Galore!

Innsmouth Free Press just announced the pre-sale for Bryan Thao Worra’s new book of poetry, DEMONSTRA, which will begin shipping in December. Until November 16th, you can get it for $8.50 instead of the usual $10 and shipping. This is for the standard edition, not the deluxe edition which was only available to the kickstarter backers.  That version is also anticipated to begin shipping in December. In our first year at Little Laos on the Prairie, one of our first posts was about the phi known as Ghong-Goy. This year, Bryan’s going to share some of his notes from researching phi to give you some chills before Halloween kicks into full swing. Many of these ghastly spirits appear in his new book! Phi Dip ຜີດິບ: All month long, we’ve been treated to the Phi Dip thanks to Saymoukda Vongsay’s play, Kung Fu Zombies vs. Cannibals. In Laos, Phi Dip is the general catch-all term for the undead who have physical bodies, such as zombies and vampires, as opposed to incorporeal entities such as banshees and poltergeists.  It …