In their small Minnesota town, eleven-year-olds Frankie and her best friend Ruby try to track down the Mothman, but can they handle the terrifying truth when they finally come face to face with the monster in the moonlight?
In the role of a cryptozoologist, the reader will investigate three sightings of the Mothman in three different locations across the country, and choose how the investigations will proceed.
The Elders have deemed the local locksmith worthy of protecting. Vee focuses on her work as a locksmith; being an empath makes her very aware of the supernatural beings that live amongst humans. As a serial killer terrorizes the nation from east to west coast, she can’t ignore the fact the reports scream were-creature. Thankfully, she has an angel-like guardian named Durran watching her back per the Elders’ decree. When her empath powers set her attention on a girl changing into a wolf for the first time, she springs into action. Shane, the local pack leader, can’t ignore Vee’s involvement. He also can’t deny the instant connection he has with the empath. An uncontrollable need and uncanny desire to protect Vee has him questioning if this is purely instinct or his actual feelings. As they get to know each other, romantic tensions begin to blossom between them. He’ll tear anyone apart who dares endanger her. Vee will have to decide to remain hidden or embrace her powers to protect the newfound friends and love in her life.
Preternatural chaos just can’t seem to leave Vee alone After a security breach threatens their survival, Vee and Shane move into a new home and pack headquarters. Before she can even attempt to find a new normal, a new threat arises. Of course it does. Summoned to her former home after a neighbor calls, she finds a grisly scene just as the mate bond between herself and Shane goes as silent as a tomb. It is up to Vee to find out how these seemingly random events are connected while stepping into a new role as pack leader. But how can she protect the pack when she barely understands her own abilities and isn’t a Werewolf herself?
The legend of the Mothman comes to Saint Louis. In the aftermath of the Manhattan Project, 47,000 tons of radioactive waste was illegally dumped into a landfill in St. Louis. Prior to the Silver Lake Bridge in Point Pleasant, West Virginia collapsing in 1967, many residents reported strange sightings of a flying creature and encounters with a monster they called the Mothman. Two seemingly separate tragedies converge upon the Gateway City, just as Jonah and his friends are about to begin their senior year. Violent nightmares turn into prophetic visions, and people all over town are haunted by the feeling that something terrible is about to happen. Jonah cannot escape his own tragic past, and he is terrorized by the demonic Mothman, voices from the dead, and a looming danger that threatens the entire city. The end is near. Death is coming. Jonah and his friends feel helpless to stop it.
When Heather moved out to the woods, she never expected she’d fall in love with Mothman—much less get married to him. Bachelorette parties are supposed to be fun, right? That is, until her night of fun in the faerie realm ends with Heather getting pulled through a portal—kidnapped by an impossible vampire king who swears to make her his bride. Determined not to be a damsel, Heather hatches her escape plan using her greatest weapons: her charm and her cell phone. But with a vampire determined to make her his bride, she may be in over her head. After years alone, Moth can’t believe that soon he’ll be married to his flame. But with Heather missing and his memories of Eclipsica foggy, his world is shaken. The cryptid will not only need to sheath his claws and work with his friends to find his bride, but he will have to contend with something even more challenging: his future mother-in-law. Like a moth to a flame, Moth and Heather will always find each other… but will it be in time for the wedding?
This book describes the creature dubbed "Mothman" by the press. Beginning in Virginia in the early 1960s, witnesses reported sighting a flying creature about seven feet tall with a wingspan of more than ten feet, glowing red eyes and scaly skin. It made a screeching sound, caused radio interference, and seemed to have some sort of mind control power. As reports continued, more powers were attributed to the creature and the legend grew. Critical thinking sidebars help readers decide for themselves on whether Mothman was real.
In the quaint town of Cornfield Creek, siblings Jake and Lily Morgan make a startling discovery in their attic – a journal belonging to their great-grandfather detailing his encounters with the enigmatic creature known as the Mothman. As they delve deeper into the journal’s pages, they are thrust into a thrilling adventure that intertwines their family’s history with the mysterious legends of the Mothman. From rustling shadows to glowing red eyes in the dark, the town is soon abuzz with whispers and sightings of the Mothman. As strange occurrences escalate, the siblings, driven by curiosity and a sense of responsibility, embark on a quest to decipher the Mothman’s message and its connection to the eerie events plaguing their town.
Every year since 2002, over the third weekend of September, the town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia holds its Mothman Festival. But starting back in November 1966, locals reported dozens of disturbing sightings of a winged man near the Silver Bridge over the Ohio River. A little less than a year later, the Silver Bridge collapsed due to undetected structural defects right at the evening rush hour. Forty-six people lost their lives and nine more were injured. Mothman’s Vengeance offers a new perspective on an ancient Shawnee curse and ongoing mystery. When New York Detective Richard Cooper is found brutally murdered, Point Pleasant police search diligently for clues but come up empty-handed. As Richard’s only son Michael presses the police, he begins to remember childhood nightmares of a red-eyed spectre. Then he learns his estranged mother was killed by a hit and run driver. As strange happenings and disturbing phone calls mount around Michael and his young family, the mystery deepens. Safe only within the walls of his ancestral home, Michael must find the clue that will release the curse that has killed generations of his forebears.
The New York Times bestseller long regarded as a classic in the literature of the unexplained—the basis of the 2002 film starring Richard Gere. “The Mothman remains a potent piece of American folklore.” —CNN West Virginia, 1966. For thirteen months the town of Point Pleasant is gripped by a real-life nightmare culminating in a tragedy that makes headlines around the world. Strange occurrences and sightings, including a bizarre winged apparition that becomes known as the Mothman, trouble this ordinary American community. Mysterious lights are seen moving across the sky. Domestic animals are found slaughtered and mutilated. And journalist John Keel, arriving to investigate the freakish events, soon finds himself an integral part of an eerie and unfathomable mystery. “An essential read. Even if you just enjoy good suspense, when Keel talks of his own experiences with Men in Black, stolen evidence, and intimidation via eerie phone calls and visitations, you’ll want to keep reading.” —Strange Horizons