There Be Monsters: Then and Now: Thirteen Tales of Folk Horror and Haunted Places

Some monsters are not creatures at all. They are places, memories, secrets, and old warnings that refuse to stay buried.

In Then and Now, the first book in the There Be Monsters series, T. P. Grimbard collects thirteen illustrated horror stories where forgotten histories and haunted places become doorways into something patient, hungry, and impossible to escape.

A church bell rings for the dead - even when no one has died. A lake tour returns without its passengers. A schoolhouse knocking game refuses to end. A sealed crawlspace whispers from below. A well gives water only after it takes something first.

Blending folk horror, supernatural suspense, quiet dread, and black-and-white interior illustrations, this collection is built for readers who like haunted places, family secrets, cursed histories, and endings that linger after the lights are out.

Every warning was true once. Some are still being written.