New Nonfiction Books Bring the Forgotten and the Undiscovered Back to Life
A chilling new trio of nonfiction books will arrive next month, bringing readers face-to-face with real witch trials, legendary monsters, and mysterious creatures that still haunt the American landscape. Written in an engaging, story-driven style, these new editions are perfect for history lovers, paranormal fans, and anyone who devours eerie tales at night.
Witches of New England: Stories About the Accused, the Trials, and the Fear that Swept the Region
Witches of New England opens in the colonies, long before Salem became a household name. It covers the real men and women who were accused, tried, and executed for witchcraft—not as legends but as people. Readers meet Alice “Alse“ Young, the first woman hanged for witchcraft in colonial America, condemned not by hard evidence but by the fear of neighbors who couldn’t explain why their children were dying while hers were not. They follow families torn apart by rumor; grieving mothers whose visions were used against them in court; and communities where illness, crop failure, and bad luck were enough to send someone to the gallows. The book traces the full arc of the hysteria—from Connecticut’s earliest executions through the climax at Salem—and follows the long, painful road to exoneration that, for some victims, didn’t come until 2022. It reads like historical fiction, but every word is true.
Monsters of California and the Southwest: Stories About Bigfoot, Thunderbirds, and Other Legendary Creatures
Heading west, Monsters of California and the Southwest trades courtrooms for desert canyons and city streets. This book explores the cryptids, creatures, and unexplained events that have shaped the folklore of the American Southwest. In 1883 Arizona, a towering “demon“ terrorized a remote sheep ranch—and the truth behind it turned out to be stranger than the legend. In 2022, security cameras at an Amarillo zoo captured something bipedal, long-armed, and completely unidentified prowling the grounds at 3 a.m. Chupacabra sightings, Skinwalker Ranch, the Fresno Nightcrawler, and the legendary Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot film all get the deep-dive treatment in this book that’s impossible to put down.
Monsters of the Rocky Mountains: Stories About Bigfoot, Lake Monsters, and Other Legendary Creatures
Then there is Monsters of the Rocky Mountains, which ventures into the high peaks, deep lakes, and abandoned mines of one of America’s most remote regions. Bigfoot sightings stretch from Montana to Colorado. Lake monsters—with names like Isabella and Flessie—surface in waters that reach hundreds of feet deep. A Romanian immigrant buried in a Colorado mining town became the unlikely center of a vampire legend that lasted for generations. And in Wyoming, a pair of miners blasted open a cave wall in 1932 and found something inside that scientists still haven’t fully explained.
Witches of New England restores the names and humanity of those the colonies condemned, turning courtroom records into stories that are impossible to forget. Monsters of California and the Southwest and Monsters of the Rocky Mountains pick up where history leaves off, venturing into areas where unexplained creatures are still waiting to be discovered. All three titles arrive next month.
