Monstrous: 20 Tales of Giant Creature Terror

by Ryan C. Thomas | Horror |
ISBN: 9781934861127 Global Overview for this book
Registered by wingGoryDetailswing of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 12/16/2019
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Journal Entry 1 by wingGoryDetailswing from Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Monday, December 16, 2019
I got this fair-condition softcover from an online seller. I'm fond of "giant creature" tales in film and literature, and couldn't resist this anthology.

Later: Lots of fun stories here! Among my favorites:

Steve Alten's "Lost in Time" is a tale of vengeance over romance gone wrong - combined with greed, and the rumors of treasure hidden in a deep sinkhole. The giant creature here is a somewhat unusual variant on the theme, but it certainly has good timing!

"Attack of the 500-foot Porn Star" by Steven L. Shrewsbury, which would rate a mention for the title alone, but which adds a lot of dark humor to its mad-scientist story.

"Whatever Became of Randy" by James A. Moore deals with a virulent cancer that mutates into something immense - and that spreads as aggressively at the macro level as the micro.

Evan Dicken's "Extinction", in an alternate Middle Ages where battles between giant armored/mechanized beasts are a feature of society.

"The Big Bite" by Jeff Strand, which posits a 65-foot-tall vampire (!). As the narrator notes, once a vampire reaches the size where it can hurl your car around, blood-sucking is the least of your worries...

"Six-legged Shadows" by David Conyers and Brian M. Sammons, perhaps my favorite story here, with a delightful twist. Spacefaring humans return to Earth millennia after leaving it in a dying state, to find it apparently lush and completely rejuvenated - until they land in the green meadows of Australia and find giant ants, and worse...

And then there's "The Island of Dr. Otaku" by Cody Goodfellow, which posits nano-tech, extreme fandom, and sentient cities that rise and walk!

Other stories feature such foes as giant lice in the trenches of WWI, immense snapping turtles in Maine, a humongous creature that excretes gold, and more.

Journal Entry 2 by wingGoryDetailswing at LFL [OBCZ] - New Searles Rd, #46 in Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Sunday, August 9, 2020

Released 3 yrs ago (8/9/2020 UTC) at LFL [OBCZ] - New Searles Rd, #46 in Nashua, New Hampshire USA

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

Guidelines for safely visiting and stocking Little Free Libraries during the COVID-19 pandemic, from the LFL site here.

I left this book in my Little Free Library on this warm day; hope someone enjoys it!

[See other recent releases in NH here.]

*** Released for the 2020 One Word Title challenge. ***

*** Released for the 2020 Science Fiction challenge. ***

Journal Entry 3 by wingGoryDetailswing at Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Tuesday, August 25, 2020
I decided to take this one back from the LFL and save it for an upcoming bookbox.

Journal Entry 4 by wingGoryDetailswing at Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Released 3 yrs ago (2/11/2021 UTC) at Nashua, New Hampshire USA

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I'm adding this book to the Otherworldly bookbox, which will be on its way to its next stop shortly. Hope it travels safely, and that people enjoy the selection!

*** Released for the 2021 Heads Shoulders Knees Toes challenge, for the embedded "mons" in the title. ***

*** Released for the 2021 Science Fiction challenge. ***

Journal Entry 5 by Chicvolley99 at Denver, Colorado USA on Thursday, March 25, 2021
Received in the Otherworldly {Shrinking} Bookbox: Sci-fi/Fantasy/Horror: Round V

I am not a fan of the BCID# (I'm a little superstitious), so I will release this book back into the box.

Journal Entry 6 by Chicvolley99 at Denver, Colorado USA on Thursday, March 25, 2021

Released 3 yrs ago (3/25/2021 UTC) at Denver, Colorado USA

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Journal Entry 7 by BookLovinMama at Arnold, Missouri USA on Monday, May 3, 2021
Keeping this as part of emmejo’s Otherworldly Bookbox. Can’t wait to read it!

Have a feeling one of the teenagers "might" grab this book. It could end up at the local high school as they tend to leave Bookcrossing books behind when they have finished them.

Journal Entry 8 by BookLovinMama at Arnold, Missouri USA on Saturday, April 16, 2022
This book was easy to read over time as each chapter was a different short story.

My favorites were:
* Present Tense, Future Imperfect
* The Locusts Have a King
* Six-Legged Shadows

Journal Entry 9 by BookLovinMama at Disney's Vero Beach Resort in Vero Beach, Florida USA on Saturday, April 16, 2022

Released 1 yr ago (4/17/2022 UTC) at Disney's Vero Beach Resort in Vero Beach, Florida USA

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Finished the last few chapters on the plane. Leaving in the lending library.

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