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The Monsters in Your Neighborhood
Author: Jesse Petersen
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As one of Frankensteins Creatures, Natalie Gray knows that unique parts sometimes make up a great whole. Still, leading a diverse support group for monstersnow including Cthulhu!isnt an easy task. Especially not since the internet arrived. New York City embraces the different and the bizarre. Still, even for such a fun-loving city, the supernatural and monstrous might be a bit too much. Its been six months since the members of Club Monstrosity overcame the most recent spate of anti-monster violence and theyve reestablished their routine of meeting in a church basement once a week to (ugh!) talk about their feelings. Still, they also know a war against them is brewing. Natalie and Alec (the werewolf) have begun dating, and the mummies Kai and Rehu are tighter than a bug in awell, bandage. But when modern means (YouTube, Twitter, bits and bytes) are used to chilp away at the solidarity of these ancient monsters, its up to Natalie to save the day. #MonstersInNewYork may be trending on Twitter, but this girls trending toward saving the daysomehow.
File Type: epub
As one of Frankensteins Creatures, Natalie Gray knows that unique parts sometimes make up a great whole. Still, leading a diverse support group for monstersnow including Cthulhu!isnt an easy task. Especially not since the internet arrived. New York City embraces the different and the bizarre. Still, even for such a fun-loving city, the supernatural and monstrous might be a bit too much. Its been six months since the members of Club Monstrosity overcame the most recent spate of anti-monster violence and theyve reestablished their routine of meeting in a church basement once a week to (ugh!) talk about their feelings. Still, they also know a war against them is brewing. Natalie and Alec (the werewolf) have begun dating, and the mummies Kai and Rehu are tighter than a bug in awell, bandage. But when modern means (YouTube, Twitter, bits and bytes) are used to chilp away at the solidarity of these ancient monsters, its up to Natalie to save the day. #MonstersInNewYork may be trending on Twitter, but this girls trending toward saving the daysomehow.
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