Detroit, Michigan – Does Bigfoot lurk in the woods? Do werewolves stalk unsuspecting villages? Can we spot vampires fly overhead hunting for blood? What are we to make of local legends, like Wisconsin’s Hodag, the Jersey Devil, or the English Channel’s Morgawr? Monsters have been sighted everywhere, not just slithering under a child’s bed or lurking in the closet!
From the creeping undead thirsting for blood to the giant serpent-like creatures inhabiting lakes, rivers, and seas, Monsters: Myths, Legends, and Real Encounters (Visible Ink Press / March 10, 2026 / $22.95) by Richard Estep dives into the unexplained tales and frightening folklore of beasts that inhabit the land, sea, and air. Master storyteller and seasoned paranormal investigator Richard Estep shares stories of winged humanoids with glowing red eyes, dragons and devils, werewolves and water-horses, chupacabras, tommyknockers, and many, many more, including …
The Vampire of Alnwick, a medieval bloodsucker
Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yowie
Bunyip, an Australian water monster
Chedipe, the tiger-riding naked woman of India who crawls into chimneys to prey on the blood of unsuspecting men
The Grafton Monster, a nocturnal hulk from West Virginia
The Jersey Devil
Kraken, Krampus, and Lilith
Manananggal, the bat-winged vampire women
Morgawr, Mothman, and Nessie
The Werewolf of Cannock Chase
And numerous other prominent and lesser-known monsters of fact, myth, and legend!
Whether you’re a monster hunter, a skeptic, or simply looking for a fun read, you will find plenty of strange, fascinating stories and explorations of mysterious creatures that inspire fear and wonder within the pages of Monsters. It’s the (im)perfect bedtime read!
Richard Estep is the author of 30 books, many of them in the field of paranormal nonfiction, including Visible Ink’s Dark Spirits: Monsters, Demons and Devils; Ghostly Encounters: Terrifyingly True Hauntings; Serial Killers: The Minds, Methods, and Mayhem of History’s Most Notorious Murderers; and The Serial Killer Next Door: The
Double Lives of Notorious Murderers. Estep is a regular columnist for Haunted Magazine and has also written for the Journal of Emergency Medical Services. He appears regularly on the TV shows Haunted Case Files, Haunted Hospitals, Paranormal 911, and Paranormal Night Shift. British by birth, Richard now makes his home a few miles north of Denver, Colorado, where he serves as a paramedic and lives with his wife and a menagerie of adopted animals.
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