Jason Offutt – författare

Discover 250+ humanoids, howlers, and scaley swimmers in this follow-up to Chasing American Monsters. Jason Offutt takes you on an adventure across all the countries of North America to discover more than 250 monsters. Featuring illustrations throughout, this book travels to Belize, Canada, the Caribbean, Greenland, Mexico, and beyond. You'll meet at least one monster in every US state as well as every province of Canada and Mexico. Journey to Cuba to find the horned boa known as the Mother of Water. Head to the south of Honduras to spot the giant bird known as El Comelenguas (the tongue-eater). Catch a glimpse of the Grafton Monster alongside West Virginia's roadways. Hunt for the Ogopogo (dragon) of Lake Chelan, Canada. From Arizona's Lizard Man to Canada's Wendigo, this book opens your eyes to the monstrous wonders of North America.

From Alabama to Wyoming and every state in between, the United States is crawling with monsters lurking in the dark corners, just waiting for the right moment to scare the pants off unsuspecting victims. This eye-opening book is a state-by-state guide to monsters, myths, cryptids, and things that go bump in the night. Discover Connecticut s Black Dog of Hanging Hills, the Tommyknockers of Pennsylvania, the Banshee of the South Dakota Badlands, and hundreds of other fearful figures. With more than 250 creatures covering everything from modern-day dinosaurs

From Asia to Antarctica, this book explores 150+ new monsters with no repeats of those featured in Chasing American Monsters and Chasing North American Monsters. Cryptozoologist Jason Offutt is back, inviting you to join him in the hunt for even more monsters across every continent. Follow along as he chases the Kongamato, Mongolian Death Worm, Orang Pendek, Man Bat of Briggs Road, and many more. Featuring illustrations throughout, this riveting book shares eyewitness accounts of lake creatures like Argentina's Nahuelito, jungle dinosaurs like the Congo's Mokele-Mbembe, and giant birds like India's Garuda. Even Antarctica has a slew of beasties that will fascinate and frighten you. Are these monsters real? Find out for yourself in this thrilling collection.

Skid doesn't believe in ghosts or time travel or any of that nonsense.A circus runaway-turned-bouncer, she believes in hard work, self-defense, and good strong coffee. Then one day an annoying theoretical physicist named Dave pops into the seat next to her at her least favorite Kansas City bar and disappears into thin air when she punches him (he totally deserved it).Now, street names are changing, Skid's favorite muffins are swapping frosting flavors, Dave keeps reappearing in odd places like the old Sanderson murder house-and that's only the start of her problems.Something has gone wrong. Terribly wrong. Absolutely &#*$&ed up.Someone has the nastiest versions of every conceivable reality at their fingertips, and they're not afraid to smash them together. With the help of a smooth-talking haunted house owner and a linebacker-sized Dungeons and Dragons-loving baker, Skid and Dave set out to save the world from whatever scientific experiment has sent them all dimension-hopping against their will.It probably means the world is screwed.

Skid doesn't believe in ghosts or time travel or any of that nonsense.A circus runaway-turned-bouncer, she believes in hard work, self-defense, and good strong coffee. Then one day an annoying theoretical physicist named Dave pops into the seat next to her at her least favorite Kansas City bar and disappears into thin air when she punches him (he totally deserved it).Now, street names are changing, Skid's favorite muffins are swapping frosting flavors, Dave keeps reappearing in odd places like the old Sanderson murder house-and that's only the start of her problems.Something has gone wrong. Terribly wrong. Absolutely &#*$&ed up.Someone has the nastiest versions of every conceivable reality at their fingertips, and they're not afraid to smash them together. With the help of a smooth-talking haunted house owner and a linebacker-sized Dungeons and Dragons-loving baker, Skid and Dave set out to save the world from whatever scientific experiment has sent them all dimension-hopping against their will.It probably means the world is screwed.

Sometimes beauty belongs in darkness.Fairies don't exist. At least that's what Thomas Cavanaugh's parents say. But the events that one night, when he follows a fairy into the cornfield on his parents' farm, prove them wrong. What seems like a destructive explosion was, Thomas knows, an encounter with the Empty that threatens to destroy the fairie's world?and his sanity. Years later, after a troubled childhood and a series of dead-end jobs, he is still haunted by what he saw that night. One day he crosses paths with the beautiful young woman and the troubled young man he first met as a kid while under psychiatric care after his encounters in the cornfield. Has fate brought them together? Are they meant to join forces to save the fairie's world and their own? Or is one of them not who they claim to be?

Sometimes beauty belongs in darkness.Fairies don't exist. At least that's what Thomas Cavanaugh's parents say. But the events that one night, when he follows a fairy into the cornfield on his parents' farm, prove them wrong. What seems like a destructive explosion was, Thomas knows, an encounter with the Empty that threatens to destroy the fairie's world?and his sanity. Years later, after a troubled childhood and a series of dead-end jobs, he is still haunted by what he saw that night. One day he crosses paths with the beautiful young woman and the troubled young man he first met as a kid while under psychiatric care after his encounters in the cornfield. Has fate brought them together? Are they meant to join forces to save the fairie's world and their own? Or is one of them not who they claim to be?

The sequel to Jason Offutt's award-winning novel, The Girl in the Corn, which critics have raved is "e;an outstanding blend of horror, speculative fiction, and apocalyptic fantasy topped with madness"e; (HorrorDNA) and "e;a haunting, unsettling, gripping novel"e; (Richard Thomas, a Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson nominee).Evil comes in pretty packages.Thomas Cavanaugh's life is now a blur, a blend of foggy memories and hidden horrors. When his fae girlfriend Jillian begins to act strangely, he wonders whether he should put an end to their relationship. Then Jillian does the unthinkable and vanishes with four-year-old Jacob Jenkins, a boy with terrifying supernatural powers. Suddenly, years later, Jacob reappears unaged, claiming to have been in another world.Sheriff Glenn is called in to investigate a series of violent murders, all with evidence pointing toward the boy from two worlds. Someone with dark magic is devouring souls but for what purpose? Thomas and his allies must prepare for a bloody final battle before their world is completely swept away into another, with no way to get home.For readers who enjoy horror novels by Stephen King, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Stephen Graham Jones, and Paul G. Tremblay.