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“We can help,” Maddie declared. She didn’t decide to say that. She just said it. And she could see by the look on her brothers’ faces that they agreed
completely.
“You can?” J-Rod asked.
“Do you mind a roommate?” Max asked. “Do you mind a pet?” Theo asked.
“Do you mind a roommate that is a pet?” Maddie
and Max asked at the exact same time. They laughed.
“You are an interesting family,” J-Rod said, smiling hopefully.
“True story!”
“Houston, do you copy?” Marcus asked over the walkie-talkie. “You all getting along back there?”
“Notta foot!” “Notta fist!” “Notta finger!”
“Notta little green antinna, either!” Theo added. “Antenna,” his brother and sister corrected.
“YOU KNOW WHAT I MEANT!”
POSTSCRIPT
Alien
And that, dear readers, is how what happened in
Vegas got out of Vegas.
Bet you didn’t see that coming.
But I hope you were betting on the Mattigans (not your allowance, of course). They may be out there, but they’re doing the best they can, traveling through unmapped territory in a world where not everything is as it seems.
Some people call that trip Life.
Discuss among yourselves.
Meanwhile, I’ll get started sinking my teeth into the next Mattigan adventure.
It’s a bloody good one.
Here’s some advice for your trip: Keep your campers
unlocked, and don’t stop leaving those Mar-tian-mallows under the bunks. (See what I did there?)
Sincerely,
Your pal
About The Author
David Michael Slater is an acclaimed author of books for children, teens, and adults. His work for children includes the picture books Cheese Louise!, The Bored Book, and The Boy & the Book as well as the on-going teen fantasy series, Forbidden Books, which is being developed for film by a former producer of The Lion King. David’s work for adults includes the hilarious comic-drama, Fun & Games, which the New York Journal of Books writes, “works brilliantly.”
David teaches in Reno, Nevada, where he lives with his wife and son. You can learn more about David and his work at www.davidmichaelslater.com.
About Mysterious Monsters
Mysterious Monsters is a humorous six-book early chapter book series full of mystery and adventure. When Marcus Mattigan, star of the popular show “Monstrous Lies with Marcus Mattigan” offers to let his kids, Maddie, Max, and Theo, travel around the country with him as he exposes frauds and fakes, the trio manages to find and capture the world’s most mysterious and elusive creatures — and then to hide them in their increasingly crowded basement. As you can imagine, with each book, the situation gets more and more hairy.
Credits
This book is a work of art produced by:
Incorgnito Publishing Press.
Susan Caminos
Editor
Mauro Sorghienti Illustrator/Artist
Star Foos Designer
Janice Bini Chief Reader
Daria Lacy
Graphic Production
Michael Conant
Publisher
March 2017
Incorgnito Publishing Press