Monster Anthology

Horror author C. Dennis Moore returns to the short story form with this latest collection, The Dichotomy of Monsters, 15 terrifying tales of things that aren't what they seem. Moore's reality will leave you questioning your own senses and doubting the proof right in front of your eyes.

A huge crab and a giant scorpion, ancient foes intent on battle, and woe betide anything or anyone who gets in their way.

Dracula, Wolfman, The Mummy, Frankenstein. You've lived with the stories your whole life. You've read the tales. You've watched the films. But what if the stories were different? What if the things you read about these monsters were warped and twisted? Here lie stories you may not have heard. Stories both weird and shocking. Bizarre and grotesque. Alternate versions of your favorite classic monsters you've never read and never will again. Featuring 13 stories by Jonathan Moon, The Sisters of Slaughter, Tom Lucas and more! 

Dulce, a busty and lesbian minotaur, is surprised when her best friend (and romantic interest) shows up with her new hubby. Bessie, a gorgeous minotaur, wants to pretend her one night of lesbian passion with Dulce never happened. With hubby tied up, Dulce begins her seduction. She's eager to show the straight minotaur all the joys of sapphic passion. The boarding house is going to be shaking with lesbian minotaur passion!

Addio, Love Monster is a novel told in linked stories spanning generations on the “regular” yet remarkable Singer Street of fictional midcentury Mulberry Park, just outside of Chicago. Marrocco transports you fully into this small world where Signora Giuseppa, the “iron fist” of Singer Street, does everything it takes to keep her grown children very near her, no matter what

The Bluesman - musician, magician, lethal killer. Thrown into our world from a parallel universe, the Bluesman seeks to save the Earth from being overrun by the horrid, mutated creatures that came with him. Armed with magic, skill, and his companion, Scotch, he faces these monsters hoping to create a peaceful world for all.

Ellen gets a big shock when her double appears out of the bathroom mirror. But Mirror-Belle is a double with a difference! She is a princess, and a very mischievous one at that. Join magically mischievous Mirror-Belle as she comes popping out of Ellen's mirror to sweep her into a variety of hilarious escapades - from Mirror-Belle muscling in on Ellen's seaside holiday to the return of Prince Precious Paws. You can always guarantee that wherever Mirror-Belle goes, trouble will follow.

Lindy is a criminal by trade, a professional thief and swindler with her sights set on one last score before turning her life around and going legit. Going solo, she breaks into the home of renowned deep-sea explorer and television personality Norman White in search of set of rare pearls. After falling into a tank in Dr. White's personal aquarium, however, Lindy finds a very different kind of pearl necklace. Now she's stuck trying to break out instead of break in, and the only way is through a ruthless sharkman gangbang

It's the day of Lindsey's wedding, and thanks to her losing gambler boyfriend they've got no way of covering the expenses. It wouldn't be so bad if they hadn't gone with an extravagant and expensive destination ceremony in Ireland. But when the family dog, Jack, discovers a hidden clan of leprechauns in their cabin basement, Lindsey suddenly finds herself with the opportunity to collect heaps of gold. Of course everything has its price.

A group of freakish outsiders strive to take the next step in human evolution. A vicious serial murderer finds himself stepping on the toes of some very powerful beings. A journalist gets caught in the middle of a battle between rival zombie cults. A hapless woman causes bloody carnage with an uncontrollable killer mind virus. These are just a few of the monsters on offer in this collection of macabre tales - monsters who hope to either shed their monstrosity...or revel in it.

For most people, the Jersey Devil is nothing more than an urban legend. To Shana, however, the feared creature is the subject of an abnormal infatuation. She has spent years searching for some kind of proof of the beast and always comes back empty-handed. But her luck is about to change When she finds herself lured and surrounded by a group of the fabled creatures, their carnal urges become evident. Will Shana escape the grip of their menacing claws, or will she be forced to submit to the pack of feral sex-fiends?

Within this collection of short stories you will find a variety of monsters - a whole consternation of them, to use the collective noun. In these tales, a creature of make-believe proves difficult to disbelieve, a trickster-god takes an unkindly interest in witnesses, eldritch horrors can be summoned with a quilt, frustrated wolves face dangerous prey, the angel of death wears a plaid sport coat, wise old women are to be feared and heeded, and where one of the most powerful and potentially dangerous objects in the world is a fork.

Who has not been thrilled and not a little frightened by tales of ghosts, spirits, hauntings, and monsters? Some of the most fascinating accounts come from the dark hollows of the Ozark Mountains. For generations, these scary, mystifying legends have been told around campfires and family gatherings and handed down through the generations. Now, for the first time, the best of these tales have been gathered together and presented in this volume.

“The Gateway of the Monster” is a story featuring Thomas Carnacki, a detective who investigates cases of an occult or supernatural nature. It is one of five tales of Carnacki's ghost-hunting exploits that first appeared serially in The Idler magazine in 1910 and were published together with one more as the collection Carnacki the Ghost-Finder in 1913. After a good dinner, Mr. Carnacki relates his experiences of ghost finding to his limited circle of four friends whom he has summoned to his home in Chelsea.

It was Ian's 18th birthday, and all that he wanted was to go with his father to the castle town of Gabbs. Unfortunately, the annual sacrifice to the jinn, a hideous tentacle monster, would be taking place that night, postponing their quest to seek council with the king. Forced to stay in an inn until the ritual was over, Ian left his father to go exploring the city. Little did he know that the jinn would be much more interested in him than the virgin sacrifices it had been presented with.

When the queen is murdered, it's up to the tentacle monster arthro to choose another. But its method for selection is not for the faint of heart. The tentacle monster will only accept virgins of the purest quality, and when it doesn't like the offering, the girl ends up brutally murdered by the monster. While it normally takes a handful of maidens before the monster chooses the new heir to the throne, this time, its hunger cannot seem to be satiated.

Everyone's heard the stories of strange creatures who live in the old factory at the edge of town, but when Kevin begins receiving mysterious phone calls in the middle of the night, the legend quickly becomes a reality. After being warned of an impending bridge collapse by the monsters known as mothmen, Kevin must exchange his hot, ripped body for the safety of the townspeople. It's not long before he finds himself in the center of a ruthless gay mothman gangbang.

As Rich and his team of explorers descend deep into the heart of the jungle, they are being watched. The question remains; is the tribe who protects the temple they seek human, or are they the legendary apemen? Rich soon finds out after coming face to face with the entire pack. He quickly learns that the apemen have a prophecy regarding the appearance of a handsome outsider like himself - and a plethora of gay sexual rituals that must be preformed.

Tom is a handsome, young biologist who's not cut out for research deep in the Himalayan Mountains. Overwhelmed with homesickness, he spends his days at the research lab touching himself and fantasizing.

Mind-bending science fiction. Nightmare-inducing horror. Shocking psychotic crime-noir. Inside are 16 tales by Joe Prosit, short story author extraordinaire, each crafted to tantalize and terrorize, and selected from dozens of magazines and podcasts into this definitive collection. Listen and go on a journey into the furthest reaches of the human experience, from the pinnacle of progress to the blackest pit of insanity.