Monsters State

Fans of The Exorcist and Insidious will love this bone-chilling sequel to The Well—a haunting tale of an orphanage plagued by a malevolent force. Easton’s Home for Wayward Youth is no ordinary orphanage: it’s a house under siege. Ghostly footsteps echo through its halls. Objects hurl across rooms. And at the center of it all is Isiah—a jittery, terrified boy cruelly ostracized for everyone’s safety. Enter Jacob Waldmiller, a rogue priest with no credentials, no congregation, and no luck. His freelance exorcism gigs, scattered between paranoid students and superstitious grandmas, ...

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.  

Washington is a land where the improbable has always walked beside the ordinary. Long before Kenneth Arnold banked his monoplane over Mineral and saw nine brilliant objects skimming the peaks at impossible speed, the Evergreen State had already accumulated a ledger of mysteries. Its mountains hold stories of tall, shaggy hominids glimpsed at dusk on logging roads; its deep lakes and coastal waters whisper of serpentine forms rising and sinking with the tides; its forests carry the weight of legends older than settlement itself. On the afternoon of June 24, 1947, the sky over Mount Rainier ...

Fans of The Conjuring and The Amityville Horror will love this chilling new novel unraveling the tale of a family haunted by the ghosts of their malevolent ancestors’ disturbing past. The decrepit well has been a fountain of terror for generations, an abyss of dread that emits tragedy and death like fog. Its darkness touched Jacob’s soul some twenty years ago, and since moving back to his ancestral home, the chilling feeling of being in front of the old well hasn’t left his troubled mind. But this time, the shadows that creep from the well have taken on a malevolent sentience, ...

Who or what is Bigfoot? The simplest description is of a huge, hairy, muscular bipedal creature like a big ape and covered in hair ranging from black to brown to red to white depending it seems on the season as well you might see. The average heights reported are six to nine feet tall. Numerous North American peoples have mythologies concerning this mysterious creature and that would be an enormous book in its own right. I will stick to this which is the largest set of books on Bigfoot ever published which due to its size. It is in 5 volumes in paperback format. Over 1471 pages of Bigfoot ...

His very name inspires awe, horror, and, for some of the greatest masters of contemporary science fiction, a strong affection. Find out why in this special collector's edition of the original 1932 novelization of Wallace and Cooper's movie that includes commentary by masters of science fiction Ray Bradbury, Ray Harryhausen, Orson Scott Card, Harlan Ellison, Larry Niven, Catherine Asaro, Jack Williamson, and Marc Zicree.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Laurell K. Hamilton offers a sexy, suspenseful novel of human—and inhuman—passions, as vampire hunter Anita Blake must repay a favor to a man almost as dangerous as the ancient evil she's about to face. . . . Edward is a hit man, specializing in monsters...

New York Times bestselling author of Tinseltown and Bogart offers the first definitive account of the Black Dahlia murder—the most famous unsolved true crime case in American history. The brutal murder of Elizabeth Short—better known as the Black Dahlia—in 1947 has been in the public...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, a sweeping epic of our greatest president, revealing for the first time his secret lifelong battle with the undead. Indiana. Moonlight falls through the dense woods that surround a one-room cabin, where a...

The instant New York Times bestseller and laugh-out-loud look at pop culture and social media stardom from one of the most popular funemployed millennials today, perfect for fans of Give Them Lala and The Betches. As the creator of the breakout Instagram account @GirlWithNoJob, Claudia Oshry has...

17 Legendary American Monsters. One Unforgettable Book. From the swamps of Louisiana to the forests of the Pacific Northwest, America is haunted. Beneath every small town and behind every old story, something is watching. Monsters America is your illustrated guide to the most terrifying, fascinating and enduring creatures in United States folklore — the legends whispered around campfires and the cryptids that refuse to be forgotten. Download now and start reading in seconds. Inside this book, you'll come face to face with: Bigfoot (Sasquatch) — the giant shadow of the Pacific Northwest ...

The woods are watching. In Pennsylvania, some secrets don't stay buried. While the Pacific Northwest may claim the legend, Pennsylvania has quietly become a terrifying hotspot for Sasquatch encounters. From the dense, ancient woods of the Allegheny National Forest to the haunted hollows of the Laurel Highlands, thousands of ordinary people have ventured into the wild, only to come back with stories that defy explanation. Now, for the first time, twenty of the most compelling and chilling firsthand accounts have been collected in a single, terrifying volume. This is not a book of abstract ...

Florida has beaches, sunshine, palm trees, and theme parks. It also has swamp monsters, haunted forts, ghost roads, pirate legends, psychic towns, mermaids, mysterious springs, cursed dolls, and enough alligator-related anxiety to make every splash feel personal. Weird Florida Legends & Monsters is a funny, story-rich road trip through the stranger side of the Sunshine State. This is not a normal travel guide. It is a weird Florida adventure built around real places, odd history, local legends, roadside mysteries, spooky folklore, and bizarre stories travelers can actually chase across the ...

Deep in the woods of Ohio, something walks among us. From the legendary Minerva Monster to chilling recent encounters in Salt Fork and Wayne National Forest, Bigfoot in Ohio uncovers fourteen immersive, true narrative accounts of unexplained sightings across the state. Drawing on local witness testimony, public records, and eerie firsthand details, author Ethan Blackwood brings each story to life with suspense, atmosphere, and emotional realism. Whether it’s a hiker hearing guttural growls at dusk or a family terrorized near their cabin, these tales aren’t fiction — they’re part of ...

The deep woods of the Lone Star State hold secrets. On lonely backroads and in the shadow of sprawling suburbs, ordinary people have been confronted by an impossible, terrifying reality. For decades, whispers of a giant, hair-covered creature—a monster that walks on two legs—have haunted the dense, swampy bottomlands. Most dismiss them as folklore. But what if the stories are true? This chilling collection brings together the most compelling and detailed eyewitness testimony ever recorded. From a driver’s blood-chilling encounter on a dark highway and a teenager’s glimpse of a ...

"Major Tom" Corbett has come home–but it is a very different world than he left behind. His life-pod has touched-down into the middle of a nautical war, as massive mega-tooth sharks clash with gigantic reptilian sea-monsters–a conflict that spreads as giant prehistoric alpha-predators struggle for ultimate dominance on both land and sea.

The question is not whether monsters walk among us. They do. They have. For thousands of years. On the borders of humdrummia and every day reality, be it the forest’s edge or a moonlit graveyard draped in gossamer spiders’ webs, the macabre is all about. For our souls, our sanity, the vital question to answer is: Just WHERE are all these blankety-blank monsters? Santa Clarita is a riparian bedroom community, an hour’s drive north of Los Angeles. It’s been home to giant, man-eating grizzly bears, ghosts, serial killers, devil cults, more ghosts, Bigfoot, werewolf encounters, UFO ...

Gorgeous woman from across the United States share their milky joy! Books 1 - 4 of The United States of Milk Series. TWO BONUS Books from The Milky Way Explorers Road trip! The United States of Milk Book 1: Ganged and Milked in Las Vegas Book 2: Ganged and Milked in Charleston Book 3: Ganged and Milked in Rockport - How the Doughnut Got its Hole Book 4: Ganged and Milked in Kitty Hawk - Helen's First Flight The Milky Way Explorers Road Trip Book 1 - Tennessee Book 2 - Pennsylvania, Dutch Country These are MF, MFMMMM tantalizing short stories containing consensual group activities.

Ashley Morgan has been many things: a trainee spy for the House, a psychic superhero, a private detective, and a bounty hunter. However, she's lost all of those jobs because it turns out none of them are very easy in a city run by vampires. Now having her wounded sister recovering in her apartment, Ashley has to figure out who her latest enemies are. What she finds out are they may be closer to home than she ever imagined and targeting her old classmates at spy school for sale at an undead slave market.

Cryptids of New York From the towering peaks of the Adirondack Mountains to the bustling streets of New York City, the Empire State is home to a remarkable collection of mysterious creatures, unexplained sightings, and enduring legends. Cryptids of New York takes readers on an unforgettable journey through the state's most fascinating folklore, exploring the stories that have captivated eyewitnesses and researchers for generations. Discover legendary creatures such as Champ, the elusive monster said to inhabit Lake Champlain, the eerie Sleepy Hollow Headless Horseman, the mysterious Hudson ...