Monster

by John Tigges

Even a brute monster with incredible strength has a weakness, and Sasquatch discovers his at the hands of a beauty who cannot conquer his monumental strength, but is able to tame the savage beast within. Original.

Genres: Horror

368 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published February 1, 1995

About the author

Tigges began his career as an author and writer in 1973. He wrote more than thirty-eight books under his own name and pen names "Ned Stone" and "William Essex."

In 1976 Tigges was commissioned to write Jean Marie Cardinal, an historical novel. Teaming with James Shaffer, he wrote Dubuque: The 19th Century, Dubuque: The 20th Century, Iowa’s Last Narrow-Gauge Railroad, and Railroads of Dubuque, Iowa. Tigges wrote such novels as Garden of the Incubus, Unto the Altar, Kiss Not the Child, Evil Dreams, The Immortal, Hand of Lucifer, As Evil Does, Vessel, Comes the Wraith, Venom, and Book of the Dead. Under the pen name William Essex he wrote The Pack, Slime, and From Below. He wrote Mountain Massacre, and Rails to Hades using the name Ned Stone. Tigges founded the Sinipee Writers Workshop and taught writing seminars in Iowa and Wisconsin.

Tigges made many contributions locally to the field of music. He established the Dubuque "Pops" orchestra and co-founded the DUBUQUE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA in 1956. Tigges served as business manager of the symphony for ten years and played violin with it from 1958 to 1968 and again from 1971 to 1973. In 1972 Tigges founded the Julien Strings, a society string orchestra. He led the group and played violin.

Reviews

[Grady Hendrix · Rating 2 out of 5]

Pretty chaste for a Bigfoot book where a chick ditches her sensitive husband for a big-dicked Bigfoot.

[Bandit · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good Sasquatch story is tough to find and this one, while admittedly not high literature, was decent enough. Sort of like King Kong, but with Sasquatch. Woman gets abducted in British Columbia's wilderness during a camping trip to save her marriage, only to discover a completely new and original relationship alternative. The writing was very plain and slightly repetitive, but serviceable. Apparently Tigges published a whole bunch of book during the earlier years of Leisure horror publishing, cheesy covers and all. Very quick read and a pretty entertaining way to spend two and a half hours.

[Sean McDonough · Rating 2 out of 5]

The unbearable, nerve-wracking tension of waiting to see if this woman is really going to have sex with Bigfoot.

[Neil Davies · Rating 4 out of 5]

A Bigfoot tale with more than a hint of Beauty and the Beast about it. Not one for the prudish, but then John Tigges's books seldom are. I was almost put off by the bigfoot angle (most attempts to write or film bigfoot stories have not been great in my experience) but I needn't have worried. In the capable hands of John Tigges, this is an entertaining, exciting and different take on things. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

[Ethan’s Books · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book gets a lot of hate.

As far as big foot stories go, this one wasn’t bad. Granted it’s about a man and wife that go camping in the woods to escape the everyday hustle and grind that is life and marriage.

The wife being abducted by a big foot, the husband must trek through the woods to find her.

Meanwhile... the woman has to fight off the urges of a horny big foot, that has the erection of an eleven inch diameter...

(that’s right, you heard me. My boy big foot slanging that monster dong through the woods).

I will say.. the ending is sad and would drive any man crazy that loved his wife...

Give it go. Or don’t.

[DJMikeG · Rating 3 out of 5]

Probably more like 2 and a half stars, but hey, I read the final 100 pages in a sitting tonight, so I rounded up. Full of pretty obvious flaws, I still found it entertaining. Maybe I'm a sucker for bigfoot, but I think Tigges' easy and breezy prose is what kept me turning the pages. Suffers from the same problem of many horror boom paperbacks, bloat. I would wager this would be a much better book minus about 70 or so pages. People continuously have the same internal monologues over and over as they turn their situation around and around again in their minds. That aspect of the book gets monotonous, especially in about the beginning of the second third of the story. Once you get to the end of that second third, however, the book zooms along at a good clip. Not a great story by any means, but I found Tigges' easy going prose likable enough to have an overall positive opinion of the book.

[Nat · Rating 1 out of 5]

Well that was stupid. If you are interested in reading a book about a woman getting abducted by a lusty Sasquatch, then this is perfect for you. Otherwise spare yourself from this tale of horny Bigfoot and the men brave enough to track him down.