Man Made Monsters

Man Made Monsters
Mad Marv
Crypto-American Press
ISBN: 0-9771341-0-5
Fiction, Horror, Paranormal
Reviewed by Dr. Tami Brady

Man Made Monsters is comprised of nine short stories, each depicting a tale about a monster, murderer, or brutal event. Some of these stories like Sins of the Mother include a seemingly normal person that is involved in really extraordinary events. The unexpected twist in this story is particularly good.
Other stories like the Recipes for Disaster explain a myth of a particular monster and details how one would go about creating this creature. This section is fascinating, creepy, and entertaining in itself. However, these chapters go on to describe events that occurred after characters actually tried to make this monster. Usually, the consequences are dire and more then the monster creator expected.
Man Made Monsters has a good variety of creative original stories with plots ranging from intelligent and ironic to downright gory. Many of the tales have unexpected twists at the end that keep the reader guessing until the last page or two. Other tales have somewhat expected endings and the reader often finds him or herself feeling almost like the characters have it coming after being so stupid with such a lack of forethought.