Showing results for "Cryptid Hunters" in All Categories

Something ancient stalks the forests of Blue Mountain—and it’s hungry. Specter thought his past was buried with the ashes of his family. Years ago, they vanished in these very woods, victims of a massacre no one believed. Now, as part of an elite black-ops unit that tracks and exterminates cryptids, Specter returns to where the nightmare began. His team is the best—snipers, hackers, medics, demolition experts, each handpicked to kill the unkillable. Their mission: find ten missing people and eliminate whatever’s responsible. But Blue Mountain isn’t just haunted. It’s hunting. ...

Briar Hollow has kept a bloody secret hidden deep within the Appalachian mountains for eleven years. Deputy Rebecca Slade never believed the local legends until a routine call on a rainswept mountain road brings her face to face with an impossible nightmare. A violent entity is slaughtering residents under the cover of darkness, and the local police force is entirely unequipped to stop it. Peter Rusk knows exactly what is hunting the citizens of his isolated community. He carries the same violent genetic curse in his veins, relying on iron chains and sheer willpower to lock himself away ...

The Program sent him to sanitize the woods. They didn't tell him he was the one in the crosshairs. Logan Pierce is a professional. For twelve years, he has served as a silent executioner for a government agency that does not exist. His job is simple: locate the biological anomalies, neutralize them, and erase every trace of their existence. No records. No witnesses. No mistakes. But the Dead Zone in the southern Cascades is different. Dropping into a landscape of pressurized silence and ancient timber, Logan expects a routine retrieval mission. Instead, he finds a forest that has been ...

A child vanishes in the depths of the Washington wilderness—and the forest offers no answers. Seven-year-old Lily Miller disappears from her family’s campsite near the Sauk River without a sound. No footprints. No struggle. No trace she was ever there. Days of searching turn up nothing but empty ground and growing fear. Lux Makarios has seen this before. Years earlier, she barely survived an encounter in these same mountains with a predator that moves silently, thinks strategically, and leaves nothing behind. The signs surrounding Lily’s disappearance are unmistakable. This wasn’t ...

"Cryptids of the Deep South: Unveiling Myths, Monsters, and Mysteries of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Alabama" takes you deep into the heart of Southern folklore, where shadowy creatures roam the swamps, mountains, and rivers of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Alabama. From the terrifying Rougarou of Cajun legend to the elusive White River Monster and the enigmatic Honey Island Swamp Monster, this book explores the rich tapestry of myths and mysteries that have fascinated generations. Dive into detailed accounts of cryptid sightings, historical folklore, and cultural traditions that reveal the ...

When Deanna Schloss is commsioned as an architect by Adolf Hitler she finds herself deep within the world of Supernatural Horrors.

Welcome to the United States of Cryptids, where mysterious monsters lurk in the dark forests, deep lakes, and sticky swamps of all fifty states. From the infamous Jersey Devil to the obscure Snallygaster, travel writer and chronicler of the strange J. W. Ocker not only uncovers the bizarre stories of these creatures but investigates the ways in which communities have embraced and celebrated their local cryptids.  

Five friends ice fishing in the far northern part of Minnesota’s Upper Peninsula encounter something out of their worst nightmares. A creature from myth and legend. A creature with an insatiable appetite. Sending out a call for help, they can only pray it reaches them in time. Team Odin arrives to find a creature like nothing they have ever faced before. From out of the nightmares of the frozen north comes the Wendigo. The Spirit of Hunger with a lust for human flesh. The fate of the survivors and the entire team rests on finding a way to defeat the cannibalistic beast. Battling the ...

True Stories of Terror and Mystery from the American Wilderness They are the shadows in the trees, the eyes that watch from the darkness, the creatures science refuses to believe—and yet people keep encountering them. In Cryptid Encounters: Volume One, real people recount their chilling, first-person experiences with the unexplained and the inhuman. From remote forests in Alaska to forgotten backroads in the South, these gripping accounts bring readers face-to-face with creatures that defy logic and challenge everything we think we know about the natural world. Told in vivid detail, each ...

"Hunt or be hunted." Jack Raines, a former Marine, and his lifelong friends Ethan, Ben, and Tommy, head into the Pacific Northwest for their traditional annual hunt for whitetail deer. However, the tables turn dramatically when they encounter a massive Sasquatch deep in the woods. Now fighting for their lives, the group is pushed to their limits to make sure this isn't their final hunt. As the hunted, they face a brutal struggle to survive, desperately trying to outsmart and escape their formidable pursuer.

"This isn’t a myth—it’s a predator." In the secluded woodlands of Northern Michigan, the Harwood family finds their peaceful life shattered when they encounter a creature of legend—the Dogman. Recently settled into their new home, the Harwoods are unprepared for the terror that stalks them under the cover of night. Annette Harwood, a determined mother and wildlife biologist, becomes obsessed with proving the creature’s existence as her husband, Michael, grapples with protecting their two children from a threat he cannot understand. The tension builds with each passing night, ...

Deep in the frozen wastes of Siberia, a mining crew unwittingly unleashes an ancient force back into this world. The loss of multiple teams of Spetznaz Special Ops Teams forces the Russian Government to ask for aid from the United States. Initially denied due to current political upheaval, the US agreed to come to their aid when they learned that the problem could threaten the entire globe if left unchecked. Team Odin receives orders to deploy, assess the situation, and eliminate the threat. Due to the unique nature of the mission, Clark requests help from Mika Canowicakte and the other ...

In May of 1865, the United States has just emerged from the bloodiest chapter in her young history. The loss of life will be unmatched by every war the US will fight for the next hundred and fifty years combined. Yet out of this turmoil, a new breed of hero arises. A new branch of the United States Marshalls Service is assembled in secret. They’re tasked with the elimination of non-human threats to settlers and travelers. These special deputies will take on any challenge, face any creature, and go anywhere to ensure the success of their mission. Assembled from all walks of life and both ...

Along the Mogollon Rim in Arizona, hikers and campers have been disappearing with astonishing frequency for years. When an eyewitness comes forward, she’s dismissed as being crazy for claiming that Bigfoot abducted a woman right in front of her. The people that are supposed to help only threaten her to keep silent. When the police won’t believe her, the witness calls the Nightmare Hunter for help. What begins as simply taking the report of a cryptid encounter turns into the fight of his life. This investigation will take him into the heart of the Nightmare, deeper than ever before. Can ...

Off the jagged coast of Maine, a remote community keeps its secrets buried deep—until the bodies refuse to stay down. When insurance investigator Nate Halpern arrives to audit a string of suspicious maritime claims, he expects to uncover a mundane financial scam. Instead, he finds a town bound by a blood-soaked pact. For two centuries, a powerful local family has protected a horrifying lineage, masking brutal massacres as tragic boating accidents and collecting the payouts to fund their silence. But the sedation protocols are failing. The chains are breaking. And as a catastrophic storm ...

We go through life, beginning at a young age, being scared by supposed mythical creatures so we'll go to sleep, be good and mind our parents. In the midst of the fear, our parents reassure us that these creatures are not real. And then, we find that every creature that they ever used against us is as real as you and me. When we first moved here and I saw my first Sasquatch, I was terrified! How could these childhood monsters be real? My mind was frantic to find the answer and to understand why my parents and grandparents lied to me. Fast-forwarding to present day; These creatures...these ...

Danny Pruitt should have turned back before the blizzard trapped him on Stillwater Mountain. A massive beast tracks him through the snow, moving faster than a man and hunting with lethal precision. Jack Pinter and his teenage son, Patrick, are stranded in Cabin Four as the storm cuts off all communication. The temperature drops by the hour, and the howling starts outside in the dark. They barricade the doors and prepare to fight. But the pack outside is smart, using abandoned mining tunnels to coordinate their attacks from below. With the generator dying and their barricades splintering, ...

This exciting cryptid creature feature collection contains six short stories of terror in the woods. It contains three previously published stories: THE DARKNESS IN THE PINES THE BEAST OF FALLOW PINES, and SOMETHING IN THE WOODS in addition to three never before published stories: FALLOW CREEK PART I FALLOW CREEK PART 2 and the conclusion to the Fallow Pines story, SOMETHING IN THE WOODS PART II - THE BEAST IN THE DARKNESS! FALLOW CREEK PART I While exploring the long-abandoned Fallow Creek Campground, Dan Easton makes a terrifying discovery in the pines. FALLOW CREEK PART II Rob Easton ...

You can escape the woods. But you can never outrun the bloodline. Elara Vance survived the Briarwood Holler massacre. She escaped the fire, the fangs, and the horrific truth of what slumbers beneath the Appalachian ridge. The official report called it a tragic forest fire that claimed her research team. But Elara knows the truth. The deep, cellular chill inside her has nothing to do with the trauma. Her silver scar thrums with a dark, terrifying rhythm. She brought a piece of the holler back with her—a gnawing, ravenous emptiness that grows stronger as the moon waxes. She is a ticking ...

Some things in the deep woods were never meant to be captured on film. Wildlife biologist Lena Hart has spent her career debunking anomalous footage. Lens flares, motion blur, misidentified bears—she’s seen it all. But when a cheap memory card pulled from a remote Pacific Northwest survey site yields an image that defies all biological logic, her rigid skepticism is completely shattered. Tasked with retrieving the remaining equipment from the deep-woods perimeter, Lena and a small team of researchers hike into the dense, unnaturally silent canopy. What begins as a routine retrieval ...