Werewolves, zombies, and aliens! Oh my! Not to mention sea serpents, jackalopes, rusalka, and other creatures of the fantastic.
In this collection of stories, follow the trail of monsters from this world and others. Swim with them in the depths of the sea and soar with them above the clouds. Join a pair of monster hunters as they venture into the jungle in search of men that fly like birds. Discover true love between two outcasts in outer space. Leave behind the lights of home to find what is waiting beyond.
THE WAY WE USED TO WALK
Fifteen years ago, six college housemates accidentally opened a dimensional threshold, unleashing monsters into their world. Charlie was the only one who dared to touch the portal, gaining the secret language to close it-at a terrible cost. His wife died, and his friends’ memories of the trauma were erased, leaving him to carry the burden alone.
Now, Charlie and his estranged friends are worn down by adulthood, battling burnout, divorce, and deep personal demons. When the monsters return Charlie tries to walk away-until his conscience drags him back. To stop the Nowhere Men for good, Charlie teaches his found family the secret language that saved them once before. Together, they must confront their past, their lost friend, and the monsters threatening reality itself.
What happens when the saviors of the world are falling apart at the seams?
PECULIAR SITUATIONS
A whisper in the dark…how peculiar!
A hunting expedition gone wrong…astonishing!
A mysterious woman sealed in an ancient tomb…by Jove!
A pair of shoes at a crossroads…have you ever seen such a thing?
These preposterous journeys take the reader from the sands of Egypt to a small Southern town, deep into a mine in the Wild West and down a river of immortality in Africa.The world is full of strangeness. Megan Engelhardt brings you four of the darkest, funniest, most peculiar situations of them all.
Stories first appeared in Zombie Kong (Books of the Dead Press), Necrotic Tissue (Stygian Publications), The Scroll of Anubis (Library of the Living Dead Press) and The Old Weird South (QW Publishers).
