Swamp Gas Books

Since 2003, Scott Maruna and the Swamp Gas Book Co. have published non-fiction books on unusual topics of interest to those in downstate Illinois and beyond. Scott Maruna is a chemistry and physics teacher from Jacksonville, Illinois and also possesses an honors degree in biology. He can be reached at scottmaruna@gmail.com.

• Robert Earl Hughes: The Largest Man to Ever Walk the Earth, 2008
• Unexplained Mysteries of Jacksonville, 2006
• The History and Mystery of the Piasa Bird, 2005
• The Mad Gasser of Mattoon: Dispelling the Hysteria, 2003 

The Swamp Gas Book Co. can be reached at publishing@swampgasbooks.com

• Cougars in Illinois
• Audubon's Giant Washington Eagle
• The Disappearance of Bruce Campbell from Jacksonville, Illinois
• The Lawndale, Illinois "Thunderbird"
• Avian Abductions
• An Unnatural History of Flying Snakes in North America
• A Fortean-Rain over Taylorville, Illinois
• A former weekly Local History (Morgan Co., Illinois) column in The Source, Jan-April 2009

The Every-so-often anomalous biology Blog of Scott Maruna can be found HERE.

• Pirahna or Pacu in Lake Jacksonville?
• Dead fish line Lake Mauvaisterre’s shores
• In Search of the Mad Gasser
• Are Illinois’ Toothy Fish Surviving Winters and Reproducing?
• Radio Podcast of interview on Robert Earl Hughes