Long before Bigfoot was fixed as a cultural icon in American folklore, people encountered hairy wild men and gorilla-like beasts in the woods, the mountains, and the creek bottoms. Strange cries and enormous footprints were met with hunts and posses, to no avail. Not until 1958 did the popular understanding of Bigfoot arise to suggest a possible answer to the puzzle. This book surveys the historical Bigfoot, providing the researcher and enthusiast with data on hoaxes, misidentifications, fokloric patterns, and cases which suggest the presence of an as-yet-unidentified primate in North America.

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Invertebrata Enigmatica collects thirty classic sci-fi/fantasy short stories involving strange invertebrates. From giant arachnids to intelligent insects, the stories explore imaginative worlds where human meets bug (and bug might just win...). Some stories are well-known, others are rarely reprinted. They include: The Sphinx, The Blue Beetle: A Confession, The Strong Spider, The Queen of the Bees, The Crab Spider, A Moth-Genus Novo, The Purple Emperor, The Messenger, The Captivity of the Professor, The Valley of the Spiders, The Ash-Tree, The Great White Moth, The Green Spider, The Empire of the Ants, The Lace Designers, The Feather Pillow, Caterpillars, The Golden Fly, The Red Spider, An Egyptian Hornet, The Spider, The Eggs of the Silver Moon, The Blue Cockroach, The Gold-Seekers, The Spectre Spiders, The Eggs from Lake Tanganyika, Mive, The Worm, Vampires of the Desert, and The Bees from Borneo.

This fourth Coachwhip anthology of weird botanical and fungal entities collects 21 stories with menacing flowers from the darkest corners of the globe, invasive seeds from outer space, botanical experiments gone awry, and expeditions encountering mythical green horrors. From the uncanny nature of our vast forests and jungles to the scientific manipulation of vegetational genes, the world of plants and fungi offers a vast wellspring of inspiration for writers of speculative fiction, and these anthologies have shown the many strange and different ideas that take root under cover of darkness.

Stories included are: Phalaenopsis Gloriosa (1905) by Edgar Wallace, The Tree That Eats (1908) by Brew Molohan, The Devil Plant (1923) by Lyle Wilson Holden, Fungus Isle (1923) by Philip M. Fisher, Mandrake (1923) by Adam Hull Shirk, Si Urag of the Tail (1923) by Oscar Cook, The Gray Death (1923) by Loual B. Sugarman, The Man-Trap (1925) by Hamilton Craigie, The Plant-Thing (1925) by R. G. Macready, Dorner Cordaianthus (1925) by Hester Holland, The Devil-Plant (1928) by John Murray Reynolds, The Gas-Weed (1929) by Stanton A. Coblentz, Up Irriwaddy Way (1929) by Lieutenant Edgar Gardiner, Moss Island (1930) by Carl Jacobi, The Giant Puffball (1931) by Eugene Stowell, At the Bend of the Trail (1934) by Manly Wade Wellman, Seeds from Space (1935) by Laurence Manning, The Moaning Lily (1935) by Emma Vanne, The Glowworm Flower (1936) by Stanton A. Coblentz, Forest of Evil (1938) by John Murray Reynolds, and Seed (1946) by Jack Snow.

This collection of classic supernatural stories ranges from light fantasy to darkly weird, as angels, demons, souls (lost and saved), and a vast spiritual landscape are brought to light (or at least to print). The authors of these 44 stories include Daniel DeFoe, James Hogg, George MacDonald, G. K. Chesterton, Mary Wilkins, E. G. Swain, M. R. James, Henry S. Whitehead, Robert H. Benson, and others.

This anthology collects a wide range of early stories involving dinosaurs and other fossil reptilians come back to life. The short stories include The Last of the Vampires, The Lizard, The Monster of Lake LaMetrie, The Slaying of the Plesiosaurus, The Pterodactyl, The Monster of Partridge Creek, The Diplodocus, The Last Haunt of the Dinosaur, The Great Beast Of Kafue, The Lizard God, The Beast of the Yungas, The Paradise of the Ice Wilderness, The Ancient Horror, and Report on the Status Quo. Also included is Arthur Conan Doyle's classic, The Lost World.

Insect collectors, breeders, photographers, and other nature hobbyists will find this book useful when searching for the walkingsticks of North America. The masterful camouflage of stick insects intrigues anyone who is fortunate to find and recognize one in the field. This guide provides data on known regions of inhabitation, host plant preferences, and characters to distinguish the various species. Also included are reprints of classic entomological studies on our native stick insects: systematics, natural history, and behavior.

Nineteen tales of flowering enigmas and leafy terrors are presented in Coachwhip Publications' third volume of cryptobotanical short stories from classic science fiction and fantasy. Man-eating trees, poisonous orchids, killer cacti, and lycanthrope-inducing blossoms are among the mysterious vegetation we meet in these tales, as the botanical kingdom shows its teeth. Stories include The Giant Wistaria (1891), Kasper Craig (1892), The Gold Plant (1895), The Story of the Grey House (1898), The Flower of Death (1916), The Lure of the Lavender Trees (1917), The Warlock of Glororum (1919), An Orchid of Asia: a Tale of the South Seas (1920), Glued (1921), The Tree (1921), Through the Crater's Rim (1926), The Blood-Flower (1927), The Devils of Po Sung (1927), White Orchids (1927), Vine Terror (1934), The Devil Flower (1939), The Garden of Hell (1943), and Cactus (1950).

Sometimes geography is no match for metaphysics. Uncanny of Place: Cities, Streets, Shops, and Spaces in Classic Speculative Fiction collects seventeen stories of magical shops, vanishing rooms, sentient streets, and other transitory or perplexing locations.

Stories include: The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe); Germelshausen (Friedrich Gerstäcker); Mysterious Disappearances (Charles Bierce); The Hall Bedroom (Mary E. Wilkins Freeman); The Magic Shop (H. G. Wells); Number 13 (M. R. James); A Somewhat Improbable Story (G. K. Chesterton); The Door in the Wall (H. G. Wells); The Madness of Andelsprutz (Lord Dunsany); Space (John Buchan); The Never-Ending Road (Anonymous); The Bureau d'Echange de Maux (Lord Dunsany); The Street (H. P. Lovecraft); The Blue City (Frank Owen); The Theater Upstairs (Manly Wade Wellman); The Street That Wasn't There (Clifford D. Simak and Carl Jacobi); Tunnel Terror (Allison V. Harding)

The haunted house is a foundational motif in the literary ghost story. There may be a distinct spectral presence, or the building itself (or even just a room) may take on the supernatural essence. Authors have been playing with the theme for decades, exploring the idea of haunting and being haunted within what was intended to be a welcoming home, making clear that tragedy, pain, and evil leave their marks.

Eighteen stories and a short series ('The Ghost Hunters, ' by Allen Upward) are included in this volume.

Included are: The Ghost Story of Pliny the Younger; The Tapestried Chamber (Sir Walter Scott); The Haunted Manor-House of Paddington (Charles Ollier); The Haunted and the Haunters (Edward Bulwer-Lytton); An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House (Sheridan Le Fanu); The Ghost at Laburnum Villa (Anonymous); The Spook House (Ambrose Bierce); The Little Room (Madeline Yale Wynne); The Red Room (H. G. Wells); The House that was Not (Elia Wilkinson Peattie); A Case of Eavesdropping (Algernon Blackwood); The Southwest Chamber (Mary E. Wilkins Freeman); The Empty House (Algernon Blackwood); The Toll-House (W. W. Jacobs); Afterward (Edith Wharton); The Beckoning Fair One (Oliver Onions); The Attic (Algernon Blackwood); The Decoy (Algernon Blackwood); The Ghost Hunters (Allen Upward)

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Eleven classic stories of adventure, exploration, and extreme zoology as humanity discovers there are things that bump, growl, and bite in the darkness. From Robert Duncan Milne's 'The Iguanodon' (1882), a tale of prehistoric resurrection in the jungles of Papua, to invisible horrors from remote outposts, ghastly creatures from the sea, and other strange, sometimes unearthly, beasts, people find that Nature has plenty of surprises in store.

Anthropologica Incognita collects twenty classic short stories of wild men, monster apes, weird primates, and strange races. Includes the Story of TsoqélEM, Two Nights in Southern Mexico, Hunting of the Soko, Manmat'ha, A Haunt of the Jinkarras, From a Simian Point of View, Dankwarra: the Isle of Fear, The Depths of Kyamo, No-Man's-Land, The Harbour-Master, Found by the Missing Link, In the Lower Passage, Beyond the Banyans, Back There in the Grass, The Ape-Man, The Missing Link, Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family, Spirit Island, The Horror-Horn, and The Tale of the Abu Laheeb.

First published in 2004, Cryptozoology: Science and Speculation examines the rationale, purpose, and methodology of this discovery science. This is followed by several chapters discussing various mystery animals and zoological folklore that are of interest to cryptozoological researchers, illustrating how an investigator might examine a reported mystery animal from a biological-folkloric perspective.

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This anthology collects early fifteen stories (1819-1916) that demonstrate time travel, time shifts, and other temporal tampering before the golden age of science fiction took time travel stories to heart. Stories include the well-known and sometimes overlooked: Rip Van Winkle, Peter Rugg, Missing One's Coach, A Christmas Carol, A Tale of the Ragged Mountains (Poe), The Clock that Went Backward, An Uncommon Sort of Spectre (Mitchell), Newton's Brain, The New Accelerator (H. G. Wells), Wireless (Kipling), The Hour-Glass, John Bartine's Watch (Bierce), Phantas (Oliver Onions), Accessory Before the Fact (Algernon Blackwood), and Enoch Soames. This is a useful collection for those investigating the early history of time travel fiction.

Boss Snakes: Stories and Sightings of Giant Snakes in North America offers a comprehensive collection of tales involving an often overlooked folkloric creature. While recognizing that hoaxes and misidentifications exist, there are stories that might just point to larger-than-expected serpents. Includes a brief guide to our larger native species (and new invasive species) and a state-by-state listing of hundreds of historical and contemporary stories.

A Haunting Note collects twenty tales that tease open the veil to supernatural realms through diabolical melodies, ghastly symphonies, and uncanny harmonies. Musical instruments offer Faustian bargains to unwary musicians, while cursed songs seek to destroy body and soul. As weird fiction, ghost stories, and cautionary tales, this collection will provide enjoyable nights' entertainment for the enthusiastic reader of classic speculative fiction.

The stories include: The Old Nurse's Story (Elizabeth Gaskell, 1852); The Murderer's Violin (É. Erckmann and A. Chatrian, 1860); A Legend of the North (Anonymous, 1866); The Lost Song (M. B. O., 1872); The Ensouled Violin (Hilarion Smerdis, 1880); The Bandsman's Story (Hugh Conway, 1882); The Haunted Organist of Hurly Burly (Rosa Mulholland, 1886); A Far-Away Melody (Mary E. Wilkins, 1890); A Wicked Voice (Vernon Lee, 1890); The Weird Violin (Anonymous, 1893); The Piano Next Door (Elia Wilkinson Peattie, 1898); The Violin (Richard Marsh, 1900); The Canonic Curse (Arthur E. McFarlane, 1902); The Soul of Mozart (W. E. P. French, 1902); The Flautist (J. H. Yoxall, M.P., 1903); The Pipers of Mallory (Theo. Douglas [Mrs. H. D. Everett], 1917); Drake's Drum (Arthur Machen, 1919); The Music of Erich Zann (H. P. Lovecraft, 1922); Symphonic Death (Fred R. Farrow, Jr., 1928); The Chords of Chaos (L. A. Lewis, 1929).

Light Spirits collects 22 ghost stories of various shades: horrific tales, humorous jests, criminous masquerades, and emotional romances, all originally published for the entertainment of the late 1800s to early 1900s magazine readership. The stories include:

Aunt Ann's Ghost Story, by Laurence Oliphant (Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, 1864); Guy Neville's Ghost, by Percy Greg (Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, 1865); A Ghost in a State-Room, by Samuel Blotter (The Galaxy, 1868); The Ghost of a Face, by Frederick H. Dewey (Ballou's Monthly Magazine, 1878); An Antiquary's Ghost Story, by Augustus Jessopp, D.D. (Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, 1880); The Ghost of Aldrum Hall, by Anonymous (The Argosy, 1880); The Eynesham Ghost, by Captain Arthur Collins (Time, 1880); The Open Door, by Mrs. Oliphant (Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, 1882); No Fiction, by J. G. P. (Macmillan's Magazine, 1882); No. 11 Welham Square, by Herbert Stephen (The Cornhill Magazine, 1885); By One, By Two, and By Three, by Adrian Ross (Temple Bar, 1887); A Shadow of Gold, by Vida D. Scudder (The Overland Monthly, 1887); The Green Lady, by Walter Herries Pollock (Longman's Magazine, 1888); My Uncle's Clock, by Anonymous (Macmillan's Magazine, 1888); A New Ghost Story, by Anonymous (Belgravia, 1890); The Empty Compartment, by Anonymous (Murray's Magazine, 1890); Louise, W. L. Alden (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1895); Number Ninety, by Mrs. B. M. Croker (Chapman's Magazine, 1895); The Story of a Ghost, by Violet Hunt (Chapman's Magazine, 1895); The Long-Distance Telephone, by Robert Barr (Cassell's Magazine, 1900); The Haunting of Shudderham Hall, by Robert Barr (The Idler Magazine, 1906); The Irtonwood Ghost, by Elinor Glyn (Pearson's Magazine, 1911)

Other Life collects thirteen tales of strange and sometimes incomprehensible life forms from alien worlds throughout (and beyond) the universe. Humanity faces the unknown, whether peaceful or deadly, and is rarely the same after. From sentient trees and comet-based medusae, to living rocks and unearthly forces, classic science fiction writers have explored the outer limits of their imagination to create a diverse bestiary of non-terrestrial beings. This anthology will entertain anyone who has glanced to the stars and wondered what life could be like far from planet Earth. The stories include are: The Willows by Algernon Blackwood; The Green Splotches by T. S. Stribling; The Thing from-Outside by George Allan England; Spawn of the Comet by Otis A. Kline; The Planetoid of Peril by Paul Ernst; Hunt the Hunter by Kris Neville; Tree, Spare That Woodman by Dave Dryfoos; In the Forest by Leslie Perri; The Anglers of Arz by Roger Dee; Green Thumb by Clifford D. Simak; Tabby by Winston Marks; The Night of Hoggy Darn by R. M. McKenna; The Botticelli Horror by Lloyd Biggle, Jr.

Cetus Insolitus is an anthology of twenty-six classic sea monster stories, from giant squid and invisible octopuses to sea serpents and strange deadly fish. The stories range from the humorous to the darkly apocalyptic. Well-known stories by authors like H. G. Wells and William Hope Hodgson are compiled with pieces that have rarely been seen since their first publication in the 1800s or early 1900s. The stories include The Tail of the Big Sea-Serpent, Jim Newman's Yarn: Or, A Sight of the Sea Serpent, A Real Sea-Serpent, A Matter of Fact, The Rival Beauties, The Sea Raiders, In the Abyss, The Last Stand of the Decapods, The Voyage of the Mary Simpson, Out of the Deep, The Sea Serpent Syndicate, A Tropical Horror, From the Tideless Sea, The Terror of the Sea Caves, The Mystery of the Derelict, Winkler Ashore: The Sea-Serpent, Crew Saved by Sea Serpent, The Thing in the Weeds, The Finding of the Graiken, From the Darkness and the Depths, The Stone Ship, De Profundis, Demons of the Sea, The Habitants of Middle Islet, The Finless Death, and The Octopus Cycle.

Wild Palette surveys common color combinations found in birds, bugs, beasts, and other animal species, to inspire model creators, interior designers, and other artists. Whether you are creating wildlife statues or painting a themed room, you'll find a wide range of color and shade combinations (over 200) to consider.

There are 2-color, 3-color, up to 7+-color combinations to inspire your work. Colors can be subtle or brilliantly contrasting, yet there's a place for all of them.

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