Bestiarium Cryptozoologicum: Mystery Animals and Unknown Species in Classic Science Fiction and Fantasy

by Chad Arment (Editor)

This anthology collects 23 classic short stories with cryptozoological unknown species, relict creatures from the past, and strange creatures hidden in dark corners of the globe. Stories include The Jheen, In the Avu Observatory, Æpyornis Island, The Fiend of the Cooperage, The Brazilian Cat, The Killing of the Mammoth, The Spell of the Bird, A Relic of the Pliocene, The Monarch of St. Elias, The Great White Serpent of the Malorli, Alfred Jenkins and the Didi, The Gregosaur of Black Lake, The Death-Trap, Last of the Race, The Air Serpent, The Terror of Blue John Gap, The Horror of the Heights, The Humming Bats, The Devil's Fish, An Alaskan Monster, The Last Egg of the Great Auk, The Shame Of Gold, and An Undiscovered "Isle in the Far Sea".

302 pages, Paperback

First published January 25, 2010

About the author

Two of the first "real" authors I read when I was young were Alistair MacLean and Rex Stout, and those remain favorites. Today, for personal reading, there are several mystery authors I enjoy; for non-fiction, I jump around a bit depending on what I'm interested in. (At the moment, suiseki and dragonflies, go figure.)
In 2004, I self-published my first print-on-demand book, on cryptozoology. Since then, I've added several other of my own titles, a fair number by other authors, and a whole lot of reprints (both public domain and licensed). Titles can be seen at www.coachwhipbooks.com.
I currently live in Ohio.

Reviews

[Riju Ganguly · Rating 2 out of 5]

Whatever merit this book has, that's only because of the stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, almost all of which can be found in his "Tales of Mystery & Terror". Rest of the stories were rubbish.