Hello all! I have been trying to find a book from the late 70s for a long time. I posted a request on a book finder website with no luck a few years ago, no luck. I hope the army may be able to help!
This is what I remember:
The book was a monster catalog type book. black and white pictures line style that looked like Gahan Wilson art. Very simple. it was half sized so maybe 8x8 1/2. The paper was very flimsy, not pure white, more like off white newsprint. There were probably 20-30 monsters in the book and on one side of the open book was the picture, and on the other side of the open book was a short paragraph on the mythology or story of the monster. I vaguely remember one creature was some kind of humanoid that dwelled in a lake. The picture on that one was basically a head half submerged up to the eyes. That was about the extent of the picture on that one.
It may have been a local legends type book. I got it on a trip to Michigan, Mackinaw Island, 1978.
I hope someone can help. This is the last missing relic from my monster youth. Its that missing piece that nags at the back of my brain every now and then.