Terror Monster

Deep in the abyss of Loch Ness, a forty-year-old secret is waking up. High school English teacher Isla McKenna knows the old rules of the loch: show respect, stay off the water after dark, and never mock the deep. But when billionaire Julian Croft builds Serenity Point Lodge—a modernist glass palace—directly over the water, he disturbs a territorial titan that has been studied, enhanced, and imprisoned for decades. Marine biologist Dr. Rowan Cade arrived chasing acoustic phantoms, but he found a biological nightmare. The "accident" that claimed an elite guest was no slip; it was a ...

An ancient evil awakens on the storm-lashed coast. For the tourists flocking to Valentia Island's annual festival, the jagged rock of Skellig Michael is a picturesque landmark. For Caleb O'Rourke, it's a final, desperate sanctuary—a place so remote, he hopes the beast inside him can finally be contained. But the island is not a refuge. It is a cage. When a full moon rises over the Atlantic, a primal hunger is unleashed. The fishing trawler returning to the festival carries a passenger of pure, instinctual slaughter. What begins as a night of celebration descends into a bloodbath as a ...

Strange tales, mysterious legends, and bizarre creatures lurk in the wild places of the world. This volume of short stories from the mind of D.A. Roberts will both haunt and terrify you. From the mysterious shores of Lake of the Ozarks to the rugged banks of the Niangua River to the New Mexico prairie and beyond, take these darkened pathways at your peril. You never know what might lurk in those deep shadows. Danger awaits in the darkness and follows you on silent feet, eager for the kill. From the legendary Bigfoot to the dangerous Dogman, these stories will take you on a thrill-ride of ...

SOMETHING IS LURKING IN THE WATER... On the small island of Kalou, Fiji, a rash of disappearances has the local police stumped. Men, women and children seem to disappear without a trace. Mark Whittaker is the island's sole private investigator. A former LAPD detective who moved to the island to get away from the violence of the city, he's now thrust into the middle of the disappearances when he's hired to find the brother of a mysterious client. As Mark digs into the disappearances, he discovers that something sinister and ancient has been awakened on the island. Something that kills ...

When monster hunters Rick Becker and Sarah Dalton retreat to the Smoky Mountains for a well-earned vacation, they expect peaceful hikes and quiet nights. But when a gruesome attack shakes the nearby woods and massive feline tracks turn up near a tourist cabin, peace quickly gives way to something darker. As legends of the Wampus Cat begin to blur with reality, Rick and Sarah are pulled into a chilling investigation that uncovers not just ancient Cherokee myths, but evidence of a secretive research facility hidden deep in the forest. With the help of trusted allies and a mysterious Cherokee ...

Out in the open ocean, far beyond shipping lanes and rescue routes, something ancient is hunting again. Crandle’s Keep is a remote island refuge—quiet, isolated, and surrounded by deep, uncharted waters. For Jake Crandle, it was supposed to be a sanctuary from the past. For marine biologist Amy Caldwell, it was a temporary research stop to study warming ocean currents. For a handful of others, it was simply another waypoint at sea. None of them knew they had entered a feeding ground. When ships begin vanishing without distress calls, when steel hulls are torn open as if they were paper,...

The DogMan Deep in the heart of the Michigan wilderness lives a creature born of pure rage and hunger, feared by the natives, stalking European settlers, and haunting the cities of modern times. The DogMan, a large, powerful, and vengeful beast, strikes fear into the hearts of any unfortunate souls unlucky enough to cross its path. Larger than a Sasquatch and stronger than a werewolf, the small towns of central Michigan stand no chance when faced with the return of the Michigan DogMan. As fear takes hold of the community, the boundaries between myth and reality blur, and a small group rises...

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 ...

From, Ethan Hayes, bestselling author of FEAR IN THE FOREST, WHAT LURKS BEYOND, and ENCOUNTERS IN THE WOODS, comes a compilation of true stories written by the very people who experienced them. It delves into a world of the unknown, focusing on encounters with Bigfoot, Sasquatch, demons, black-eyed children, and other enigmatic creatures or entities. Within the pages you'll embark on a thrilling journey through raw and genuine firsthand accounts that explore the boundaries of our understanding. These accounts come from individuals who have come face-to-face with the unimaginable, sharing ...

The promise of fun and thrills arrives with the rides and amusements atop the trucks of the traveling carnival. But beneath the balloons and lights lurks a foreboding monster seeking only to fulfill his darkest desires. The powerful and twisted desires of perverted mind that seeks the young and the pretty to use like play things. To use and destroy. To feed a never-ending desire for an unhinged ecstasy. Join Bilbo the Clown and the good nun Sister Sledge, as they are again thrust into the icy demonic grip of evil. An evil unlike any they have yet encountered. This time Bilbo has met his ...

The most terrifying predator in the ocean isn't hungry. It's smart. And it wants revenge. For marine biologist Mira, a week on the open ocean was an escape from a stalled career. For estranged brothers Jack and Rob, it was a final, desperate attempt to mend a family shattered by tragedy. Aboard the gleaming yacht Sea Pulse, they sought a quiet horizon. But the ocean had other plans. When a storm of unnatural ferocity rips their vessel apart, they are left adrift, clinging to a fragile life raft in an endless expanse of water. Their ordeal has just begun. They are not alone. The creature ...

An anomaly in the Kentucky wilderness. A hole that descends into absolute, uncharted darkness. A specialist team of explorers—a scientist, a vlogger, and a grieving leader—rig their ropes for the first-ever descent. They are prepared for treacherous geology and tight squeezes, but not for what awaits them in the crushing black. The cave is not dead. It's waiting. It's hungry. And it learns. When their equipment begins to fail and the echoes from the deep answer back in their own voices, the expedition becomes a desperate fight for their lives. The shadows move on their own. The team's ...

The storm has a name. And it is hungry. In the remote heart of the Ozark mountains, a veteran park ranger vanishes on the eve of his retirement. The official story is a bear attack, but Sheriff Valerius knows the truth is far more monstrous. The whispers of local folklore have become a brutal reality. This is no gentle giant. A pack of intelligent, territorial creatures—a primal family that kills for sport—has claimed the forest as their own. Now, their hunt is expanding. When a brutal storm cuts the town of Mill Creek off from the world, the sheriff and a handful of survivors are ...

Welcome to the Sereno Verde Resort, a masterpiece of glass and stone where impossibly wealthy guests indulge in curated luxury deep within the heart of the jungle. It’s a paradise built on an ancient, untamed land. A land with a memory. A land with a god. When the resort’s construction desecrated a sacred site, a pact was broken. Now, the guests’ blissful vacation is about to become a living nightmare. An ancient guardian of the river—a creature of myth and nightmare known as the Ahuizotl—has awoken, and it is hungry for a tribute that has long been denied. Trapped by a raging ...

They weren't alone on the ice. For seventy years, Elias has known Lake George like the back of his hand. It's a place of quiet tradition and harsh beauty. For his grandson, Alex, it's a boring winter trip—another day spent disconnected from his world, watching his grandfather fish in the brutal cold of the Adirondacks. But the ice groans with a weight that isn't natural, and the wind carries a sound that no man or animal should make. When a savage blizzard descends, it brings with it a terror that has haunted these woods for generations. An ancient predator, impossibly large and brutally ...

The human mind needs monsters. In every culture and in every epoch in human history, from ancient Egypt to modern Hollywood, imaginary beings have haunted dreams and fantasies, provoking in young and old shivers of delight, thrills of terror, and endless fascination. In Monsters: Evil Beings, Mythical Beasts, and All Manner of Imaginary Terrors, anthropologist David D. Gilmore explores what human traits monsters represent and why they are so ubiquitous in people's imaginations and share so many features across different cultures.

"Our world is more than we can see, more than what we have discovered and more than what we can imagine." - A cryptid investigator. In the fall of 1988, Lon Strickler, researcher, author, and publisher of the syndicated Phantoms and Monsters blog, came face to face with a red-eyed winged humanoid. This encounter changed him forever and set him on a path that has spanned decades seeking answers and ultimately the truth regarding these mysterious creatures. In the pages of this book, he covers a wide variety of winged cryptid eyewitness reports which he has personally received and directly ...

A devastating secret has been buried off the shores of Kilkee since 1982. Now, something colossal has awakened in the dark waters. When journalist Ryan embarks on a routine expedition aboard the Cuan Mara research vessel, he expects to uncover local myths. Instead, a catastrophic electromagnetic pulse disables their ship, leaving the crew stranded in the churning Atlantic. An ancient apex predator, armed with unimaginable destructive capabilities, is hunting them from the abyss. Trapped in a life-or-death struggle against an unstoppable marine entity, Ryan and the surviving crew must ...

Markham’s paranormal web series is failing. Desperate for a hit, he travels to the isolated towns bordering Pennsylvania's Chestnut Ridge to document a 50-year-old cryptid legend. He expects to find quirky local folklore. He finds a communal trauma, a wound that has never healed. The residents whisper stories of a hairy giant, of impossible strength and animal cunning. But they also speak of things that don't fit the myth: silent, orange lights that dance in the sky, of livestock slaughtered with surgical precision, and of tracks that lead to the middle of an open field and simply vanish....

Moo During the early Spring of 1976, outside of the small town of Vine, Alabama, a series of horrific events transpired. A local man by the name of Sherman Marion neglected to properly care for his herd of cattle. The malnourished and starving herd, unnaturally developed carnivorous appetites and freed themselves from captivity. What happened next became the stuff of nightmares.... ©Zombie Media