Local writer Ben Longoria is the author of The Hound of Endtown, Hello Defiant, Luis and Amanda, The Forest Around the Hill, and the first book in his magnum opus- A Death Solar. His A Death Solar series was discussed in the LA Times and was the focus of his Seattle based band. In 2014-15 he worked with the Palo Alto College Archives Project interviewing local poets for the city's Department for Culture and Creative Development.
American Monsters is a collection of tales about the wicked creatures and abominations who ruled the wild and mysterious land set between two vast stretches of ocean, the uninhabited America.