Cryptid High Heels: Pride Mothqueen Greeting Card

Designed by Christopher Box, printed and assembled with love in Eureka Springs Arkansas (these are not mass produced greeting cards).

🌈 The Parable of MothQueen

(A Pride Month Transmission from the Forest Fringe)

Deep within the glitter-veined mountains of the Ozarks, where springs sing secrets and crystals vibrate with memory, MothQueen was born - not as a boy or girl, but as a glimmering possibility.

A cousin of the famed West Virginia Mothman, MothQueen was never a harbinger of doom. That was just bad PR! They were never trying to scare anyone - they were just trying to help… maybe in fabulous heels, with wings that shimmered like oil slicks and disco balls. But isn’t that the queer experience? Being misunderstood, just for shining too brightly in a world built for beige?

MothQueen is gender fluid, a being who refuses to be categorized, classified, or corrected. Like many of us, they weren’t built to fit in—and that’s the magic. Their rainbow fan bears a message for us all: Stay Queer, Eureka. Stay weird. Stay wonderful. Because different isn’t broken = it’s sacred.

The disco ball they carry? That’s no accessory, it’s a lighthouse for every lost queer wandering the woods of this world, looking for home.

And if you listen closely beneath the full moon’s glow, you might hear them whisper: "You are a once-in-a-lifetime cosmic event. Play your note. Shine your color. There’s a place for you in this wild symphony of life."

Happy Pride, from the edge of the forest.

- MothQueen 🦋

This card was created as a Pride edition, honoring self-expression in all its forms and the magic of living unapologetically.

Blank inside so your message can be celebratory, affirming, fierce, or full of love.

About the Cryptid Cookout Series

The Cryptid Cookout series was born at the crossroads of place, memory, and imagination.

I grew up in Northwest Arkansas, deep in the Ozark Mountains. It’s a land rich with beauty, folklore, and quiet mystery — and for a long time, not a place where being openly LGBTQ felt safe or celebrated. Like many people from rural regions, I learned early how to read a room, how to hide parts of myself, and how to find belonging in quieter, sideways ways.

Cryptids felt familiar for that reason. They live on the edges. They’re rumored, misunderstood, whispered about. And yet, they persist.

This series imagines a different ending to those old stories. What if the cryptids weren’t hiding? What if they gathered openly, joyfully, in daylight — at Beaver Lake, no less — for a cookout where everyone was welcome?

High heels. Rainbow swimwear. Laughter. Chosen family.

The Cryptid Cookout is a love letter to being weird, to finding your people, and to the truth that love is love — even (and especially) in places where that hasn’t always been spoken aloud. It’s a playful reimagining of Ozark lore through a queer lens, blending regional identity with celebration, humor, and heart.

The response at Eureka Pride 2025 made it clear this story wanted to keep going. What started as a single scene has expanded into a growing cast of characters, each with their own personality, relationships, and evolving mythology.

Everyone is invited to the cookout.
You don’t have to explain yourself.
You don’t have to fit the old story to belong.

Pull up a chair.