Pareidolia Special Edition

By Lee McCormick

Something always has bigger teeth.

Aspen

I've spent my life chasing emotions I can't understand. I don't feel bad for what I am-I don't feel much at all, really. I'm a monster, comfortable in my own skin. When I move to a small town where people go missing and they say the woods are haunted by a beast, I think I've finally found a place to settle.

And then he finds me... A creature made of shadow and moonlight.

A beast with wings that feeds on pure emotion.

A monster who says I belong to him.

Nox

I am the shadow that hangs over my small town by the mountains. I am the thing the children fear and the adults speak of in hushed voices. I've never cared to know a human, until Aspen shows up in the woods with blood on his hands. I feed on emotions, but his are volatile... different. He doesn't feel fear, but I can taste the desire for violence just beneath his skin.

I want to consume him. I want to keep him. I want to peel away his layers and wrap him up in my wings until I can taste his heart on my tongue.

I never believed in mates, but I know Aspen is mine.

Pareidolia is a full-length MM dark monster romance, and is part of the Mayhem Manuscripts Cryptids shared world collaboration. Expect

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HMFR2CPN
• ISBN13: 9798177633480
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.0"