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Not What They Seem: Three Cryptozoological Stories (The William Meikle Chapbook Collection 45) Kindle Edition
- The Cornish Owlman
- The Young Lochinvar
- The Monster of the Ness
In here you'll find three beasts that are not supposed to exist, The Cornish Owlman, The Mothman, and the thing that lurks in the waters of Loch Ness.
In these stories the creatures are all too real.
And they all have a message for us, should we choose to hear it.
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateApril 21, 2020
- File size3566 KB
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Product details
- ASIN : B083ZCGPM4
- Publication date : April 21, 2020
- Language : English
- File size : 3566 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 66 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #811,240 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #2,256 in Two-Hour Science Fiction & Fantasy Short Reads
- #6,759 in Two-Hour Literature & Fiction Short Reads
- #6,930 in Dark Fantasy Horror
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About the author
I am a Scottish writer, now living in Canada, with over thirty novels published in the genre press and over 300 short story credits in thirteen countries. I have had books published with a variety of publishers including Dark Regions Press, DarkFuse and Severed Press, and my work has appeared in a number of professional anthologies and magazines.
I live in Newfoundland with whales, bald eagles and icebergs for company and when I'm not writing I drink beer, play guitar and dream of fortune and glory.
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- Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2022The three stories are about mysterious creatures. They seem to show up cloaked in darkness with a message of doom.
- Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2023Another three will written British 🏰 paranormal fantasy world 🌎 haunting horror adventure thrillers short stories by William Meikle Chapbook Collection book 39of 53. Three very different short stories each different with interesting well developed characters lots of action, misdirection, and violence leading to the unexpected conclusions. Challenger, Malone, and Carnacki are telling tales of paranormal adventure. I would recommend this series and author to 👍 readers of paranormal fantasy adventure mystery novels 👍🔰. Enjoy the adventure of reading 👓 or listening 🎶 to Alexa read books 📚. 2023 😀😯😕🐉
- Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2020William Meikle’s Not What They Seem: Three Cryptozoological Stories contains three more of his spooky paranormal stories. His stories are very consistent, so I always know I’ll enjoy them. These stories take place in Scotland. In “The Cornish Owlman,” Professor Challenger and his friend Malone go hunting for a creature that Challenger believes is a pterosaur. They meet up with Thomas Carnacki and have a spooky encounter with either a man in a long coat or a man-sized owl with wings. In “The Young Lochinvar,” Julia is disillusioned with her visit to Scotland, and is horrified to find out she’s been betrothed to a blathering narcissistic man who repulses her. She meets a mysterious figure on the train who, much like our cryptid in the first story, has some curious information to impart. In “The Monster of the Ness,” Challenger and Malone meet up again in search of the Loch Ness monster.
These stories are a bit spooky, a bit weird, and fascinating to read about. They’re quite short (it took me less than an hour to read all three), and just what the doctor ordered when you’re feeling a bit worn down and could use a mental break. Not that that’s an issue in the world right now or anything. All three stories introduce a cryptid, but leave us with a good sense of mystery afterward.
I can’t get into much more without spoiling the stories, so I’ll just say I really enjoyed these and leave it at that!