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Real Monsters: A story cycle about the real and the unreal inside all of us
Paperback
Science FictionFiction AnthologiesGeneral Fiction
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Oct 24 2023
Pages: 254
Weight: 0.76
Height: 0.53 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
What if the monsters we fear are not the ones hiding in the dark-but the ones living inside us?
In Real Monsters, Cameron McVey presents seventeen interconnected tales of literary science fiction that journey across mysterious islands, turbulent oceans, distant worlds, and the hidden landscapes of the human heart.
A gifted violinist confronts forces beyond reason. Strange creatures emerge from legend and science. Traumatized souls search for sanctuary, while alien encounters and impossible transformations challenge everything they believe about identity, love, and survival. Threaded through these haunting stories is a provocative question: What truly makes someone a monster?
Blending speculative science, mythology, mystery, and deeply human emotion, Real Monsters explores the fragile boundary between beauty and terror, predator and victim, humanity and the unknown. Each story stands alone, yet together they reveal a larger universe in which damaged people and extraordinary beings are drawn toward connection, redemption, and a mysterious island where nothing-and no one-is quite what it seems.
Atmospheric, imaginative, and emotionally resonant, Real Monsters is for readers who enjoy:
- Literary and philosophical science fiction
- Interconnected short stories
- Mythical creatures and alien encounters
- Oceanic mysteries and isolated islands
- Tales of trauma, transformation, and redemption
- Monsters portrayed with complexity and compassion
Some monsters destroy. Some protect. And some are more human than we are.
Enter the strange and unforgettable world of Real Monsters today.
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