Grab your coonskin cap, you Kentucky trailblazer. And get ready to channel your inner Daniel Boone. At least the version of Daniel Boone popularized by actor Fess Parker. The real Boone didn’t like coonskin caps, and wore beaver felt hats instead. Reality often isn’t as sexy as the myth. Like how Sasquatch is really a homeless guy from California.

Cherie Priest delves into the mythology surrounding Daniel Boone in Those Who Went Remain There Still, carving out a little piece for herself in order to tell a self-proclaimed cheesy little monster story. If this is cheesy, it’s a beautifully baked six cheese extravaganza. A three Michelin star dish of mac and cheese. Yummy and absolutely satisfying. A rare monster story in which—brace yourself—the monster is actually scary.

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Those Who Went Remain There Still by Cherie Priest (Subterranean Press)