Kracken and Other Water Monsters

Tag Area: Fictional Collective
Comic Book

Unusual Tales #11

Dream On . . . !


Fred Cotton refuses to sleep because each of his nightmares later comes true! —Michael Main
He fought sleep like a man fighting demons! But no man can stay awake forever! His eyelids began to close, heavy with fatigue, his head began to nod . . .
In three large panels, Fred Cotton wakes up from a seemingly impossible dream
                of a giant sea monster.
  • Fantasy
  • Audience: YA and Up
  • Time Phenomena
Early Chapter Book

The Magic Tree House 15

Viking Ships at Sunrise


Another book for Jack and Annie to rescue, this time a collection of Celtic tales from the 9th century AD. —Michael Main
The serpent’s neck was as tall as a two-story building. Its green scales were covered with sea slime.
Alone in a small Viking ship with a dragon masthead, young Jack and Annie seem
                worried about reaching the shore through rough waves.
  • Fantasy
  • Audience: Children
  • Definite Time Travel
Novelette

Magic Tree House: Merlin Mission 3*

Summer of the Sea Serpent


Jack and Annie travel in their magic tree house to the land of the mystical selkies to seek a magical sword for Merlin. —based on fandom.com
Stranded on a small rock in a rough sea, Annie and Jack bravely hoist a heavy
                sword toward a menacing sea serpent.
  • Fantasy
  • Audience: Children
  • Debatable Time Travel
Novelette

Magic Tree House: Merlin Mission 11*

Dark Day in the Deep Sea


When Jack and Annie join a group of nineteenth-century explorers aboard the H.M.S. Challenger, they learn about the ocean, solve the mystery of its fabled sea monster, and gain compassion for their fellow creatures. —based on fandom.com
Young Annie and Jack struggle underwater in the grip of a giant squid!
  • Fantasy
  • Audience: Children
  • Definite Time Travel
Novel

Artemis Fowl, Book #6

Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox

  • by Eoin Colfer
  • (Hyperion Books for Children, July 2008)

When fourteen-year-old genius Artemis Fowl realizes that the only cure for his mother’s case of Spelltropy lies in a species of lemur that Artemis made extinct eight years ago, there is only one solution: Grab your 80-year-old, elfin-police-captain-friend Holly Short and trick her into traveling back in time to stop your formerly evil, ten-year-old self from killing off the last of the all-cure lemurs.

Author Eoin Colfer does a masterful job presenting a single nonbranching, static timeline, complete with three consistent causal loops (further described in our tag notes for this story). But really, Eoin, you missed the shuttle on “the kiss”! With the help of N°1, Artemis can time travel, so if you're intent on his first romantic kiss coming from Holly Short, couldn’t N°1 have brought Holly’s actual fourteen-year-old self into the story? Might have even presented an opportunity for a fourth causal loop: Fourteen-year-old Holly kissees fourteen-year-old Artemis, but only because fifteen-year-old Artemis had already told thirteen-year-old Holly that they would enjoy it. —Michael Main
Oh, bless my bum-flap. You’re time travelers.
A boy clutching a lemur and followed by a smaller version of himself is blown
                out of the page by a yellow explosion.
  • Science Fiction
  • Fantasy
  • Audience: Young Adults
  • Definite Time Travel
Animated Feature Film

Monster High, Movie #10

Monster High: Freaky Fusion


The animated gang of teen monsters travel centuries into the past to the first day ever at Monster High, but when they return they have each merged with another in the group creating freaky hybrid monsters all around. I’m not sure, but I’m betting that Mattel used this DVD release as an opportunity to also sell freaky hybrid fashion dolls. —Michael Main
It’s 1814: They’ve never seen fashion styles like ours before.
Green-skinned Frankie Stein and two of her fellow-students pose in front of a
                time portal.
  • Fantasy
  • Audience: Children
  • Definite Time Travel