Lake Monsters

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Back in Print -- A "monstrous" tale by Vermont's master of the macabre.

Downsized from his job and dumped by his girlfriend, Harrison Allen longs for a fresh start. Alone, with no prospects or plans, he relocates to a borrowed house on Friars Island in Lake Champlain to relax, contemplate, and begin redefining his life. Then he hears about the monsters . . .

Creatures -- perhaps similar to those of Loch Ness -- are said to inhabit the murky waters and fogbound marshes of his new island home. His interest piqued, Harrison becomes preoccupied with finding them. But his innocent questions provoke a surprising response: the islanders won't discuss monsters. After Harrison meets the lovely local schoolteacher, Nancy Wells, events inexplicably turn menacing. He suspects he is being watched; he is warned away from an abandoned monastery; and somehow he wins the wrath of a murderous local bully. Then people begin to disappear . . . and die.

Harrison's harmless monster hunt discloses something dark and disturbing beating in the heart of this tiny Vermont town. Malevolent forces, powerful and primitive, propel the unwary couple into a maelstrom of escalating terror. Suddenly they find themselves targeted by an unstoppable evil never before contemplated and impossible to comprehend.

Harrison's "new beginning" is like nothing he'd ever planned. And Lake Monsters ends with a surprise that's shocking, unexpected, and unforgettable.

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Joe Citro's WEIRD VERMONT

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CLASSIC TALES OF VERMONT HIGH STRANGENESS

JOE CITRO’S WEIRD VERMONT is an indispensable collection of unparalleled weirdness from the Green Mountain State.

In these virtual pages you’ll find the complete written transcripts of master storyteller Joseph A. Citro’s Weird Vermont audiobook. Handpicked favorites: 8 bizarre and baffling accounts of Vermont’s haunted past… and present.

READ ALL ABOUT IT !
* Champlain Monster Mania * Angels in Danville * Student Spirits
* Horror in a Dummerston Barn * Terror Triangle of No Return
* Water Wonders * Bridges Through Time
* The Spirit Capital of the Universe

EXTRA! EXTRA!
BONUS materials include photographs, illustrations, and Joe Citro’s personal commentary on every selection.

Ghosts… Monsters… Murders and Madmen—they’re all here in this first-ever eBook collection of the Green Mountains’ most macabre mysteries and marvels.

Don’t sit around the campfire without it.

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DEUS-X: The Reality Conspiracy

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This finely crafted tour de force is Joseph A. Citro's most ambitious, irreverent and unusual work to date. Sometimes violent, sometimes elegant, DEUS-X is an electrifying excursion into spiritual terror, blending classic elements of occult horror with nightmarish contemporary themes.

Beginning as a mystery, we witness two seemingly unrelated events; in a secret California government installation, a political prisoner is grotesquely executed: and on the East Coast an elderly Vermont farmer vanishes, victim of an otherworldly abduction.

Three amateur investigators--a psychologist, a physicist, and a priest--join forces, sharing divergent world views to discover the relationship among the two dissimilar events.

Stalked by a murderous psychopath bent on stopping them, they encounter UFO's, bizarre religious phenomena, multiple personalities, and overwhelming psychic violence. They are drawn inexorably forward through the Gothic halls of a Canadian hospital for elderly and demented priests to the locked chambers of a covert American repository for space age weaponry where they uncover the most sinister application of computer technology since Kubrick's 2001.

The trio's efforts ignite a chain reaction of unrelenting terror that eventually explodes like a nuclear bomb!

In the devastating climax, we join the characters as they confront an undreamed of physical and philosophical menace that threatens to destroy every notion about good and evil, illuminate the fragile nature of reality, and ultimately subjugate all mankind.

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The full spectrum of Joseph A. Citro's wild talents as a master storyteller are beautifully displayed in DEUS-X. He guides us into a world that's comfortably familiar, yet oddly alien, a world where you can believe your feet are safely under you until something shifts ... and suddenly nothing is as it seems. Imagination, style and intelligence merge perfectly to make Deus-X as unforgettable as it is entertaining. This superbly literate novel is guaranteed to quicken your pulse, shatter your sleep, and turn all your cherished beliefs upside down

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Joseph A. Citro has won enthusiastic critical attention for uniquely plotted, fast-paced thrillers. His eccentric perceptions, nail-gnawing suspense, and believable--if slightly oddball--characters make him a true original.

He has sold work to magazines, newspapers, radio and television, with short fiction appearing in various anthologies, including the World Fantasy Award-winning Year's Best Fantasy and Horror. Three novels were recommended for Bram Stoker Awards: four were optioned for films. Several stories were collected on his two audio books, and his film Soul Keeper premiered in 2011.

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NOT YET DEAD

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NOT YET DEAD - The Short Fiction of Joseph A. Citro
Although best known for his Vermont novels, his collections of weird tales, and his radio work, Joe Citro has also published a small yet elegant selection of short fiction. Collected here for the first time, each is a polished gem of terror and tension. This limited edition is a perfect sampling for Citro enthusiasts, or lovers of the Green Mountain Gothic. A rare, one-of-a-kind collection.
"Every state deserves a native son like Joseph A. Citro." -Booklist
"The work of Joseph A. Citro could make a vampire fear the dark." -Dan Simmons

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VERMONT'S HAUNTS Tall Tales & True from the Green Mountains

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VERMONT’S HAUNTS
Tall Tales & True from the Green Mountains

Who was Vermont’s first Ghostbuster?
Was a full-blown exorcism performed at a local college?
What mystery did a Vermont Doctor discover on the Moon?
Do unknown populations live hidden in the Green Mountains?
What are Vermont’s most shameful secrets?

These and other questions are the “favorite haunts” of Joseph A. Citro, Vermont’s Ghostmaster General. Get the answers you want—and maybe some you don’t—in this latest addition to Mr. Citro’s ongoing collection of Vermont oddities.

Strange but True!
Strange but MAYBE True!!
Strange but HOPEFULLY NOT True!!!

Grab hold and hang on as we enter that realm of the SUPER WEIRD, a place teeming with monsters, madmen, ghosts, curses, eerie lands, and strange legends. A place we call VERMONT!

"Joe Citro is an important collector. His research on local lore and legend is making a real contribution to our historic record. Perhaps most importantly, he makes the whole enterprise fun and engaging for all."
—Peter T. Mallary, former President, Vermont Historical Society

"Every state deserves a native son like Joseph A. Citro..."
—Booklist

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SOUL KEEPER

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SOUL KEEPER

Soon to be a Vermont motion picture!

A tale of terror set in the wilds of Vermont’s fabled Northeast Kingdom.

“Soul Keeper” is a stand-alone short story recently published as part of Joseph A. Citro’s collection Not Yet Dead.

After a terrible car crash on a remote country road, Carl Congdon is pulled from the wreckage. But he quickly discovers there is something a bit unsettling about his rescuer. At first Carl thinks he has fallen into the hands of a well-meaning eccentric. But as his recovery lengthens, the “Good Samaritan’s” religious beliefs begin to make themselves known. And suddenly Carl’s salvation becomes a tangible and terrifying ordeal.

Nightmares or sleepless nights guaranteed!

Published here as a stand-alone short story as a tie-in with the motion picture SOUL KEEPER, from Projection Film. Directed by Tim Joy.

A Bat Book

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