He's a YouTube sensation, making hilarious videos about hunting down monsters in the wilds of Missouri that are too outlandish to be real. Besides, everybody knows things like gowrows, Momo, and jimplicutes are just tall tales told to scare children.
Aren't they?
Follow Mason Dixon, his sidekick Emma, and their tech guru Himari as they wander the woods of the Midwest looking for the monster that killed Mason's brother, and working hard to protect the other cryptids from encroaching humans. And sometimes protecting the encroaching humans from the cryptids, too! This hilarious horror comedy series is part of the expanded Bubba the Monster Hunter Universe created by John G. Hartness and populated by Hunters like Mark Wojcik, Jess Friedman, and Caitlin Kelley.
Included in this volume are the first four novellas featuring Mason and the gang - Mason Dixon, Monster Hunter Mason Dixon & the Wampus of Reed Springs Mason Dixon & the Ghost Dinosaur Mason Dixon & the Gowrow's Last Stand
Eric R. Asher is the author of over 30 titles, including the Vesik urban fantasy series and the YA steampunk series, Steamborn. Look for his upcoming cozy fantasy, The Theme Park at the End of the World, in 2024. He is currently living in St. Louis, Missouri, where the local folklore often finds its way into his Mason Dixon: Monster Hunter rural fantasy series.
Mason Dixon Monster Hunter: Season One combines four previously published novellas - Mason Dixon; Mason Dixon and the Wampus of Reeds Spring; Mason Dixon and the Ghost Dinosaur; and Mason Dixon and the Gowrow's Last Stand.
Mason Dixon is my second favorite Monster Hunter of the Bubbaverse, right behind the Monster Hunter Mom. His gimmick to pay the bills is run a video channel of Monster Hunting cryptics - only do the video so bad, it is all clearly fake. He and his team have to work really hard to make their very real monster investigation and relocation (they don't kill the monsters, but move the creatures to a better place where they don't harm the environment or humans) look fake.
And moving monsters around is NOT easy or safe, but they try and save lives of all kinds whenever they can. From Wampus to Invisible Dinosaurs.
I find the series (or collection - depending on which way you are reading it) charming, delightful, action-packed, and funny.
I really enjoyed the surprises around every corner. I worked guest services at a zoo for 20 years, been a docent, & a best (building educational support team). The animal interactions feel plausible & the cyrptid names tickle my funny bone. Well written at every step!
i thought i finished this in december or january and decided to listen again. found that i accidentally stopped just at book four. restarted. endearing characters and creatures. fabulous addition to the monster hunter/new templars family.
This is more personal pet peeves. I couldn't stand how the voice actor did the MCs voice and I just couldn't stop being annoyed with the names they gave the critters.