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The Tiger Fish, after playfully nipping a swimmer at Gulf Shores, developed a taste for human flesh, like its rainforest counterpart. Unlike the mammalian tiger, its piscine namesake was not a solitary hunter. Small, yes, but numerous. Soon Alabama's beaches had a new kind of crimson tide.

She's Burning Bright

Tiger-man flared nostrils
meat, not far away
he licked his lips with sandpaper tongue
there are no tigers now
but there might be tiger-woman
she he will not eat
when Luna swells
they'll meet for a meal
and to propagate werekind