Evansville Monsters: Weird Tales of Goblins, Ghoulies, and Ghosts

by Kyle Darnell

In Evansville Indiana, there is more than meets the eye. For over two centuries this city has tried to keep its dirty secrets hidden, but that time has come to an end. “Evansville Monsters: Weird Tales of Goblins, Ghoulies, and Ghosts.” is a collection of ten of these stories. Illustrated and expanded upon by author Kyle Darnell.The Green Clawed Beasts snatches tourists out of the Ohio River. The Grey Lady haunts just around the corner. Potholes swallow people up whole. Thrill yourselfWill you be able to avoid the Maniac of Mesker Park Zoo? Probably not, but why not find out in “Evansville Monsters: Weird Tales of Goblins, Ghoulies, and Ghosts.”

157 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 26, 2019

Reviews

[Cornerofmadness · Rating 3 out of 5]

I received this one as a gift and I was excited to see Evansville's urban legends, only that's not what this is. Mr. Darnell took the local urban legends and turned it into a short story anthology. If you think about it, that's sort of a neat idea, really. I am not a huge short story fan though.

I will say these are well written (and honestly the wood block art style that went with each story might be my favorite thing about this) though some stories take a lot of liberties such as the haunting of Willard library, a ghost I've actually gone hunting for and doesn't have a violent reputation (though that would make for a far more boring story, right?)

The maniac of Mesker Park Zoo might have been my favorite (and one of the few legends I hadn't heard of before). All of the stories are good though but with any anthology there is some hit or miss. The one thing I will say is, this really needed better editing. I'm not sure who edited it but every story had the right spelling but wrong word issues, a few homophone errors and a few that are just plain spelled wrong. It was distracting in an otherwise enjoyable anthology.

[Jess · Rating 4 out of 5]

Full disclosure - I attended high school with this author, and I love his artwork and the premise of his stories. There are some typos and errors in this work, but the guts of the stories are there and good. My favorite story was Hagridden, mainly because it focuses on block art printing, a theme throughout the amazing artwork.

[cuddlefished · Rating 5 out of 5]

ts is fireeee

[Hailey Shepherd · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved how I could picture the exact locations with being an Evansville Native myself. There are several spelling errors but will definitely recommend this book to my friends/family

[Kerry Ao · Rating 5 out of 5]

I would recommend reading this if you appreciate interesting horror stories. These short stories are quite fascinating and is a must read.