Heyooo! So I just randomed across your stories about unplottable houses and doppelgangers on my dash (IT WAS RIVETING), and I was just wondering... did your professor, or do you for that matter, have any recommendations for good books about cryptids? I'm always looking for some more weird reading. :D
Well, none of the original course was about cryptids so much as âWhat makes something monstrous/freaky?â Which is a GREAT question, and itâs all good reading:
Freakery: Cultural Spectacles of the Extraordinary Body By Rosemarie Garland Thompson. Itâs a text book, but it;s a REALLY FUCKING GOOD textbook about the history of disability and the cultures around âfreakishnessâ and itâs super well-written.
Theories of International Politcs And Zombies By Daniel W. Drezner is a great introduction to international politics through the lens of disasters and the weird cultural niche zombies hold.
The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide To Eccentric And Discredited Diseases  is like if monty python write for the mayo clinic and it;s HILARIOUS
Also good; read Freakery, THEN read Phantom of the Opera or Dracula, and think about how those books are influenced by perceptions of monstousness.
and it wasnât in the original curriculum but if House of Leaves is creepy as shit and fuckign GREAT if youâre in a mood to be terrified by substandard architecture forever.