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Follow on Google News | ![]() Author Simon Alkenmayer is Not a Bot"I find this all terribly amusing,"Alkenmayer said, "but I assure everyone that I am terrifyingly real. It's certainly more palatable to humans that I be perceived as a machine, than to think monsters walk among them…which of course proves the hypothesis of my work." The Creature's Cookbook debuted May 11th on the Tapas app: a game-inspired, immersive comics and fiction app that can be downloaded free at the Apple App or Google Play stores. Tapas specializes in bite-sized content that can be consumed in a brief moment in a mobile environment… Mr. Alkenmayer, who insists you call him Simon, is actually an immortal monster who must eat humans to survive. He blogs at creaturescookbook.com and is "a talented chef as well as a master wordsmith," according to his literary agent Laurie McLean of Fuse Literary. To discover for yourself whether The Creature's Cookbook is written by human, monster or computer intelligence, first go to the Apple App store or Google Play store and download the Tapas app. Open the app, click on "Books", and start reading The Creature's Cookbook or any of the fabulous noshes found there. The book costs approximately 15 cents per episode after a free sampling. About Tapas Media Tapas Media is a next generation media company that offers bite-sized content through its online mobile platform and boasts a user base of over 1 million readers, primarily in North America. Tapas is based in San Francisco with a satellite office in Seoul. CEO of Tapas Media and Google vet, Chang Kim, founded the company in 2012 and soon after raised funding from Silicon Valley investors and Daum Kakao, the Google of South Korea. Daum Kakao funds Korea-based sister company, KakaoPage, which hosts a similar platform to Tapas in Korea. Learn more about Tapas Media at http://www.tapas.io. *** For more information contact: Laurie McLean, laurie@agentsavant.com or Adrienne Horsley, adrienne@tapasmedia.com End
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