Sean O'Reilly Knihy

The story features a group of friendly monsters enjoying a day at the beach, which takes an unexpected turn when they encounter Gill, a shy and lonely Lock Ness Monster afraid of the water. Through their support and encouragement, they help Gill overcome his fears and embark on a journey to reunite with his family in the ocean. Themes of friendship, courage, and self-discovery are central to this heartwarming tale.

An enigmatic warrior named Kade embarks on a quest to lift the Dark Veil and confront the demon responsible for the encroaching darkness. Throughout his journey, Kade grapples with an inability to feel, from the pain of battle to the warmth of human connection. This trade paperback compiles the first five issues of the series, featuring behind-the-scenes imagery, a cover gallery, and commentary from creator Sean O'Reilly, offering readers deeper insights into the story and its development.

The story follows the Mighty Mighty Monsters on a chaotic field trip to a city museum, where they encounter a mummy that unexpectedly comes to life. Utilizing their unique 'Monster Might,' the group bands together to help the mummy escape and return him to Transylmania, blending adventure with humor and teamwork.

The Mighty Mighty Monsters must relight the flame of Halloween. If they don't, the haunted holiday could be extinguished for good.

A bag mix-up leads Vlad and his monster friends into the middle of a wild art heist. As they uncover the culprits behind the museum theft, they must navigate a series of challenges to protect themselves and recover the stolen artwork. The story blends adventure and humor, showcasing the teamwork and cleverness of the monster gang as they tackle unexpected dangers.

The monsters are enjoying a day at the annual scare fair when Milton runs into trouble. Cursed with bad luck, he breaks all the mirrors in the infamous hall of mirrors. The scare fair is already having money trouble, and Milton must find a way to replace the mirrors and make the fair popular again.

The stories in this debut collection present a harsh and unsentimental view of the mudane, underscored by moments of beauty, humour and pathos. The characters inhabit a world that can seem dangerously indifferent to human feeling, but alive to the thrills of living on the edge.

When one of the Mighty Mighty Monsters' pets goes missing, they all must lend a hand, or a paw, or a claw. . .

The Gift of Travel: The Best of Travelers' Tales brings together the editors' favorite stories from their award-winning books in celebration of Travelers' Tales' fifth year of publishing. These stories, from all over the world, reveal in simple and profound ways that travel is one of the best teachers anyone can have in life. As one travel writer observes, "Travel messes everything up," and does so in countless wonderful and alarming ways, rearranging the voyager's psychic and emotional furniture. One rarely returns from a trip unchanged, a point that is not lost on the authors of these wonderful true tales of life on the road.

The Best Travel Writing 2007 is the fourth volume in the annual series Travelers' Tales launched in 2004 to celebrate the world's best travel writing -- from Nobel Prize winners to emerging writers. These 29 stories cover the globe, from probing the depths of a culture in Jerusalem to riding the rails in India and trying to save a life in Costa Rica. The points of view and perspectives are global, and themes encompass high adventure, spiritual growth, romance, absolute hilarity and misadventure, service to humanity, and encounters with exotic cuisine. In The Best Travel Writing 2007 readers will become a sex slave in Zambia, watch karma play its part in rough travel in Costa Rica, rediscover Jewish roots in Germany, see preconceptions crumble aboard a tramp ferry on the Red Sea, comprehend the social magic of the Mexican taco stand, discover how a restaurant can make miracles with only fish in Italy, hang on the knife's edge between life and death on a mountain in New Zealand, become a kick boxer in Thailand, escape a volcanic eruption in Vanuatu...and much more.