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Skeptic Soup

By Michael A. Ventrella & JW Harp
Skeptic Soup by Michael A. Ventrella & JW Harp digital book - Fable

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There are creatures lurking in our world. Obscure creatures long relegated to myth and legend. They have been sighted by a lucky-or unlucky-few, some have even been photographed, but their existence remains unproven and unrecognized by the scientific community.

These creatures, long thought gone, have somehow survived; creatures from our nightmares haunting the dark places. They swim in our lakes and bays, they soar the night skies, they hunt in the woods. Some are from our past, some from other worlds, and others have always been with us-watching us, fearing us, hunting us.

These are the cryptids, and Systema Paradoxa tells their tales.

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The internet, a cornucopia of informational videos, alternative news sources, and real-time footage of fantastic encounters too outrageous to believe. Or are they? Three friends for the video channel Skeptic Soup to debunk sensational claims, but when a first-hand account involving a missing boy takes them to the wilds of Canada, what they find may-or may not-align with their personal beliefs.

Will they survive their foray into the field? Or worse, will they have to eat their words?


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About Michael A. Ventrella

Michael A. Ventrella writes witty adventures like the Teddy Roosevelt steampunk novel Big Stick and the Terin Ostler fantasy series.He's edited over a dozen anthologies, including Release the Virgins, Three Time Travelers Walk Into..., and The Baker Street Irregulars series (with Jonathan Maberry). He has nonfiction books about The Beatles and The Monkees, and with Pulitzer Prize winner Darrin Bell, How to Argue the Constitution with a Conservative. He lives in the beautiful Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania with his artist wife Heidi Hooper and four spoiled cats. In his spare time, he is an attorney. His web page is www.MichaelAVentrella.com.

JW Harp

Until his decades-long disappearance, JW Harp was known for his trippy underground comic strip Captain Thetan, about a seafarer whocontrols reality for himself and others. This otherworldly character appeared in a dozen issues of the classic rare underground zine Sandanista Romp. JW has reemerged thanks largely to eSpec Books' Systema Paradoxa series. In 2023, JW started Skilletfire Studios with comic-book author Scott Eckelaert. Under the Skilletfire Studios mantle, JW has produced the graphic novel Boylon Heights, and the Gimme Five Comics series. Since its launch, Gimme Five Comics has included work by Artyom Topilin, Elena Cerisciola, John L. French, Keith Lansdale, and Joe R. Lansdale with more to come.JW grew up in the seedy parts of South Carolina, which is all of it. He feels part Canadian and part Costa Rican these days. He lives inNorth Carolina. Please get in touch with him at jwharp@skilletfire.com.

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