Like Mothman to a Flame


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What happens when you mix a woman with the uncanny trait of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, a man who is descended from the original Mothman, and a plot to take over one rural WV mountain town?Blaze Roberts is a 28yr old city girl who ran away from a shitty past in her hometown of Briar Creek, WV to start new. She's called back when the family home burns to the ground, and she's determined to get shit done and get outta dodge as fast as possible.Clay Thomas is the local librarian in Briar Creek and a long-time bachelor with no desire to repeat his father's history with women. But when a whirlwind of a girl comes barreling into his library, looking like her fiery namesake and then some, he can't help but be drawn to the wild and free firebrand.Blaze is an untameable mustang of the wild plains. She doesn't do tied-down and she certainly doesn't do small-town life. Not anymore. But her growing attraction to Clay makes her wonder if she really meant it when she said she wouldn't stay.When it comes out that there's a more sinister plot behind the wildfires in the area, will Clay be forced to sacrifice his secret to save the girl he's come to love?




I'm Getting Married to Mothman


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When Heather moved out to the woods, she never expected she’d fall in love with Mothman—much less get married to him. Bachelorette parties are supposed to be fun, right? That is, until her night of fun in the faerie realm ends with Heather getting pulled through a portal—kidnapped by an impossible vampire king who swears to make her his bride. Determined not to be a damsel, Heather hatches her escape plan using her greatest weapons: her charm and her cell phone. But with a vampire determined to make her his bride, she may be in over her head. After years alone, Moth can’t believe that soon he’ll be married to his flame. But with Heather missing and his memories of Eclipsica foggy, his world is shaken. The cryptid will not only need to sheath his claws and work with his friends to find his bride, but he will have to contend with something even more challenging: his future mother-in-law. Like a moth to a flame, Moth and Heather will always find each other… but will it be in time for the wedding?




Mothman's Vengeance


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Every year since 2002, over the third weekend of September, the town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia holds its Mothman Festival. But starting back in November 1966, locals reported dozens of disturbing sightings of a winged man near the Silver Bridge over the Ohio River. A little less than a year later, the Silver Bridge collapsed due to undetected structural defects right at the evening rush hour. Forty-six people lost their lives and nine more were injured. Mothman’s Vengeance offers a new perspective on an ancient Shawnee curse and ongoing mystery. When New York Detective Richard Cooper is found brutally murdered, Point Pleasant police search diligently for clues but come up empty-handed. As Richard’s only son Michael presses the police, he begins to remember childhood nightmares of a red-eyed spectre. Then he learns his estranged mother was killed by a hit and run driver. As strange happenings and disturbing phone calls mount around Michael and his young family, the mystery deepens. Safe only within the walls of his ancestral home, Michael must find the clue that will release the curse that has killed generations of his forebears.




I'm Engaged to Mothman


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Heather’s cozy life with her cryptid boyfriend just got a little more complicated. When 23–year–old Heather started dating Mothman, she anticipated a few surprises. Getting transported to the faerie realm he was banished from? Yeah, that was a surprise. Heather was sure dating a forest monster meant she wouldn’t have to impress his family, but faced with the royal court of Eclipsica, she realizes things might not be so simple. The former influencer must trade her quiet #cottagecore aesthetic for a lavish #royalcore week in a new world filled with creatures, ballgowns, and secrets. With Moth’s family to impress, old friends resurfacing, and his memories returning, Heather begins to question their future. As the grand ball gets closer and Moth creeps out of bed in the middle of the night, Heather can’t help but wonder: can their cozy cottage in the woods compete with a castle?




HowExpert Guide to Moths


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If you want to learn about, save, and educate others about moths, then check out HowExpert Guide to Moths. HowExpert Guide to Moths written by Jessica Dumas is a guidebook that is packed with more than 101+ fun facts and tips to learn about moths. In this guidebook, you will learn everything you ever wanted to know about moths. In addition, this book will be an eye-opener as to how important they are and why they should be appreciated as much as the butterflies. This guidebook has more about moths than an encyclopedia and is much easier to understand. It is not an official field guide normally used for identifying moths; however, you can use it along with your field guide for additional details that may not be in a field guide. You can use this book to teach children or anyone else interested in learning about moths. Some of the topics of this guidebook are as follows: - Tips on who belongs to the Lepidoptera family - Tips on distinguishing a moth from a butterfly - Tips on how to identify different types of moths - Moth life cycle and stages of metamorphosis - Descriptions of body parts and their functions - Learn why moths are attracted to lights - Learn how to repel moths in your closets - Learn why there’s a decline in moth population - Learn important reasons why moths matter - Learn how moths act as a gauge for the ecosystem - Tips on things you can do to help save moths - Tips on growing a moon garden for moths - Tips on being a moth-er and going mothing - Tips on science careers of studying moths - Tips on educating children and others about moths There are several more fascinating topics included that will be fun to explore. You will not find other resources that compile all the most interesting and educational information about moths in one organized source like this book. Check out HowExpert Guide to Moths to learn about, save, and educate others about moths. About the Author Jessica Dumas is a freelance writer who was inspired to write about butterflies and moths because of her love for them. She has been a butterfly advocate who has been writing books and poems for over ten years. She lives in a small mountain town in Arizona but is originally from Minnesota, where she grew up in the country near the Mississippi River. At the early age of 11, she fell in love with butterflies which inspired her to want to become a pilot. Years later, she met a flight instructor who taught her how to fly and opened the way to a love story. They married, had three children, and spent 30 years together. Butterflies inspired other dreams for her, such as having a business and becoming a writer. You can read her story in her book The Captain - A Memoir of Life with the Best Flight Instructor in LA County. Jessica’s latest book is a follow-up of one she did called HowExpert Guide to Butterflies. She didn’t want to leave out the butterfly’s cousins, so she has now written this educational book with tons of facts about moths as well as tips for learning how to help save moths from dying off. HowExpert publishes how to guides on all topics from A to Z by everyday experts.




Return of the Mothman


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Ted Browning moves back to his rural hometown of Logan, West Virginia, after learning his grandmother is dying of cancer. When he hears talk of Mothman sightings from miners at Bear Creek Coal Company he simply doesn't believe it-until a series of events puts him in direct confrontation with the evil winged creature. Ted is forced to face his inner demons in order to protect the very loved ones he's kept at a distance for twenty years ... and to let go of a tragic past that is drawing him like a moth to the flame.




Mothman's Curse


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"When Josie and her brother Fox discover the truth behind the legend of the Mothman, they must stop a disaster in order to break the curse that has been afflicting their town."--




Ameri-Scares West Virginia: Lair of the Mothman


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In the town of Broad Run, West Virginia… Vance Archer and Marybeth Wilkins, a pair of adventurous seventh graders, have discovered an exciting activity called geocaching—a kind of scavenger hunt using GPS technology—which leads them after hidden treasures in the woods around their community. However, on one of their outings, they encounter a frightening, half-seen creature with glowing red eyes watching them from the shadows. Soon, Vance begins to receive mysterious messages on his phone from a caller named Indrid Cold. He learns that this name is associated with the legendary Mothman, a strange, unearthly being that is said to appear when some terrible event is about to occur. Believing that they—as well as their friends and loved ones—may soon face mortal danger, Vance and Marybeth try to solve the increasingly strange clues before disaster strikes. Each Ameri-Scares novel is based on or inspired by an historical event, folktale, legend, of myth unique to that particular state.




The Mothman Prophecies


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The New York Times bestseller long regarded as a classic in the literature of the unexplained—the basis of the 2002 film starring Richard Gere. “The Mothman remains a potent piece of American folklore.” —CNN West Virginia, 1966. For thirteen months the town of Point Pleasant is gripped by a real-life nightmare culminating in a tragedy that makes headlines around the world. Strange occurrences and sightings, including a bizarre winged apparition that becomes known as the Mothman, trouble this ordinary American community. Mysterious lights are seen moving across the sky. Domestic animals are found slaughtered and mutilated. And journalist John Keel, arriving to investigate the freakish events, soon finds himself an integral part of an eerie and unfathomable mystery. “An essential read. Even if you just enjoy good suspense, when Keel talks of his own experiences with Men in Black, stolen evidence, and intimidation via eerie phone calls and visitations, you’ll want to keep reading.” —Strange Horizons




Almanac of the Infamous, the Incredible, and the Ignored


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The Almanac of the Infamous, the Incredible, and the Ignored is a fact-collector’s dream directory of history’s mysteries and unexplained events — rich with original illustrations throughout. An outstanding trivia and reference book for any lover of unusual lore, each date has one or more historical events, a quote, an illustration, and a “secret power.” Topics include the Crystal Skull, UFO encounters, and other enigmas of nature, uncanny experiments in science, coincidences, the unsolved and the downright peculiar.