What Lurks: A Cryptid Anthology

cryptid

noun

cryp-​tid

plural cryptids

: a creature (such as Sasquatch or the Loch Ness Monster) that has been claimed to exist, but never proven to exist by scientific means.

There's no solid proof they exist ... but the audio recordings and video transcripts, the old journal entries and first-hand accounts and tales passed down through the generations, the evidence can't be so easily dismissed. You'll know them by the smell of sulfur and rot, or by the steady ringing in your ears. You'll hear ...