Mogollon Monster
The pines on the Mogollon Rim held the dark after the sun dropped. Mark had walked the old logging road because the tracks were fresh. Something large had crossed it. The prints were deep and spaced far apart. He carried the rifle low and kept the flashlight off until he needed it. The smell reached … Read more
Jackalope
The prairie stayed quiet after the wind dropped. Eli had followed the tracks because they looked wrong, too large for a rabbit. The hind feet pressed deeper than they should. He had come out to check the fence line before dark. The grass bent where something had moved through it in a straight line toward … Read more
Honey Island Swamp Monster
The boat had been still for nearly an hour when the smell reached Marcus. It was not the usual rot of the swamp. Something heavier sat under it, thick enough that he tasted it when he breathed. He had come in after dark to check the lines he had set the day before. The cypress … Read more
Grafton Monster
The road along the river was empty when Daniel slowed the truck. Headlights washed across the grass between the pavement and the water. Something stood there that had not been there on the way into town. Taller than the cab of the truck, and wider through the shoulders than any man. The skin was pale … Read more
Gloucester Sea Serpent
The water off Gloucester had been wrong for three nights. Fishermen reported long wakes that ran against the tide and a smell of something older than salt. Thomas took the skiff out alone because the others would not go past the breakwater after dark. He rode until the lights of the harbor were only a … Read more
Ebu Gogo
The child had stopped crying by the time the men reached the cave mouth. The sound had carried down the slope for nearly an hour, thin and high, then cut off all at once. Torches burned low in the damp air. The entrance was low, little more than a crack between two limestone faces, and … Read more
Chuchunya
The reindeer had already stopped struggling by the time Alexei reached the blood in the snow. The animal lay on its side, throat opened in a single long tear. Steam rose from the wound. The tracks around it were not the neat prints of a wolf. They were longer, broader, and one of them showed … Read more
The Chatawa Monster
Elias stepped from the truck bed and let the door fall shut behind him. The sound carried farther than it should have in the damp air. He had come for the hound that had not returned the night before. The tracks leading off the gravel were too wide for any dog he knew, and they … Read more
Cadborosaurus
The fishing boat had been out since dawn, working the channel west of Cadboro Bay. The water was flat and gray. Marcus stood at the stern with the gaff, watching the line. The other two men, Ellis and the new one whose name he had not learned, sat on the gunwale and smoked. No one … Read more
