‘American Cryptic’ Book Explores Scary Urban Legends

Anubis Press | American Cryptic

If you’re most frightened by scary stories purported to be true, you may have a good time reading the new book American Cryptic: True Stories of the Strange and Uncanny by Jim Towns. Collecting some of the most well-known urban legends from the Western Pennsylvania area, Towns presents 13 tales which allegedly occurred in real life while also delving into some of his own personal experiences.

From the press release:

Anubis Press is excited to announce the release of AMERICAN CRYPTIC: TRUE STORIES OF THE STRANGE AND UNCANNY by author and filmmaker Jim Towns, now available on Kindle and in paperback.

Towns is best known for HOUSE OF BAD (2013), STATE OF DESOLATION (2020) and TV’s “66 HORROR FLIX”. His next film, 13 GIRLS, starring Sadie Katz, Daniel Roebuck, P.J Soles and Victoria De Mare, is currently in pre-production.

AMERICAN CRYPTIC is an open-minded cynic’s take on the uncanny and sometimes frightening things that border our accepted reality. Through thirteen stories and essays, author and filmmaker Jim Towns examines several legends native to his own roots in Western Pennsylvania, and recalls some of his own unexplainable experiences as well. From folk tales of Native American giants buried under great earth mounds, to a haunted asylum, to a phantom trolley passenger, this work seeks not only to present the reader with new and fascinating supernatural tales, but also to deconstruct why our culture is so fascinated by their telling and re-telling.

American Cryptic: True Stories of the Strange and Uncanny is available now on Kindle and in paperback. Some of the stories include “The Attic Apartment,” “Marks of a Pitchfork,” “The Six-Toed Man,” “Indian Peter,” “The Deer Corpse God,” and “The Giants Under the Mounds.” You can take a peek at the official cover below.

Anubis Press | American Cryptic

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