The word game!!

Sex :yes:

muffin

man

Dead.

...alive...

necromongers [or the holy-half-dead]

fishmongers

stinky

Skate :dizzy2:

rink

wrinkle

zamboni

smooth

cool

cucumber

veg

.
wag
.

mag

HAT!

cat (in the hat)

(... but the cat in the hat came)

back

.
hack
.

slash ~:cheers:

Guns-N'-Roses

iron (maiden)

.
ferrum
.

ironic

life

[a] biota [of-its-own]

fauna