Poll: What’s Your Favorite Monster Fiction?

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Written by Chris Well
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Do you love stories about monsters and monster hunters? Whether you’re drawn to stories that terrify, that entrance, or that help you escape—there’s a wide variety of monster fiction or monsterfic out there. Which are your favorite kinds? Please vote in the poll below to help Monster Complex spotlight the movies, television shows, and authors you want to know more about!

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Chris Well

Chris Well been a writer pretty much his entire life. (Well, since his childhood.) Over the years, he has worked in newspapers, magazines, radio, and books. He now is the chief of the website Monster Complex, celebrating monster stories in lit and pop culture. He also writes horror comedy fiction that embraces Universal Monsters, 1960s sitcoms, 1980s action movies, and the X-Files.

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