You’ve found them—the cryptids and casters that inhabit the world of MetaZoo. Here you’ll discover stories of mysterious sightings, strange encounters, and a world you never knew existed…until now.

What in the World Was THAT?

What in the World Was THAT?

How to Be a Caster

How to Be a Caster

Chapter 1: Abrams, to Be Called Abraham, Comes into the World a Hard Way

Chapter 1: Abrams, to Be Called Abraham, Comes into the World a Hard Way

Walking Sam Got My Dad

Walking Sam Got My Dad

Penny Wise and Sewer Foolish

Penny Wise and Sewer Foolish

A Tale of the Loveland Frogman, or Can't Go Home Again

A Tale of the Loveland Frogman, or Can't Go Home Again

A Tale of the Colossal Koi, or A Card for Trade

A Tale of the Colossal Koi, or A Card for Trade

Chapter 6: Mad Dogs and English Myths

Chapter 6: Mad Dogs and English Myths

A Tale of the Colossal Koi, or A Card for Trade
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A Tale of the Colossal Koi, or A Card for Trade
I am often surprised when I hear about Casters and how they choose to use the cryptids they map—or in some cases, inherit.
Jul 01, 2025
Chapter 6: Mad Dogs and English Myths
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A Conjuring of Cryptids
Chapter 6: Mad Dogs and English Myths
The first time the Caster Enigma Coalition—those of the purple berets—tried to kill Blake, Bòcan Pavilions had been in London for just a few weeks.
Jun 24, 2025
Chapter 6: Mad Dogs and English Myths
NEW! Series 6 of 6
A Conjuring of Cryptids
Chapter 6: Mad Dogs and English Myths
The first time the Caster Enigma Coalition—those of the purple berets—tried to kill Blake, Bòcan Pavilions had been in London for just a few weeks.
Jun 24, 2025
Penny Wise and Sewer Foolish
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Penny Wise and Sewer Foolish
Harvey Trout, affectionately called “the seven-foot fish” by his pupils at Thoreau Elementary in the NYC suburb of White Pines, was declared legally dead after disappearing seven years ago.
Jun 19, 2025
A Tale of the Loveland Frogman, or Can't Go Home Again
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A Tale of the Loveland Frogman, or Can't Go Home Again
As surely as a creature might sniff your foot one day, it might bite your toes off the next.
Jun 17, 2025
Squonk Wrote My Book!
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Squonk Wrote My Book!
While exploring Johnstown one evening, Gallagher claimed he encountered a diminutive blue-skinned creature weeping inconsolably by the river’s edge.
Jun 12, 2025
A Tale of Batsquatch, or For Sale: Common Sense—Enquire Within
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A Tale of Batsquatch, or For Sale: Common Sense—Enquire Within
Sometimes, those who see cryptids are far too eager to try to interact with them.
Jun 10, 2025
70 Years Later: The Cryptid Court Case
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70 Years Later: The Cryptid Court Case
In November 1949, Judge Emmett Cabin in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, chose to seal the records of the case Timmons v. Schneider, ordering that they be so sealed for seventy years...
Jun 05, 2025
Chapter 5: Inverness and After
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A Conjuring of Cryptids
Chapter 5: Inverness and After
After nearly ninety years as a caster, I can sum up everything I’ve learned about cryptids in a single sentence: You cannot learn everything about cryptids.
Jun 03, 2025
Chapter 5: Inverness and After
NEW! Series 5 of 5
A Conjuring of Cryptids
Chapter 5: Inverness and After
After nearly ninety years as a caster, I can sum up everything I’ve learned about cryptids in a single sentence: You cannot learn everything about cryptids.
Jun 03, 2025
The Velveteen Surprise
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The Velveteen Surprise
Nicolas Tyler, affectionately known as “Soup Sandwich” around Getty Gulch, Minnesota, was considered an oddity by his neighbors, a harmless crackpot.
May 29, 2025
A Tale of Spring Heeled Jack, or the Persistent Caster
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A Tale of Spring Heeled Jack, or the Persistent Caster
A young caster presented me with copies of the journal pages that follow as a gift for my one-hundredth birthday, noting, “I tracked him to his lair to get them.”
May 27, 2025
Chapter 4: The Protégé
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A Conjuring of Cryptids
Chapter 4: The Protégé
Without a contract, without a request, without a single word, I became part of the traveling carnival.
May 20, 2025
Chapter 4: The Protégé
NEW! Series 4 of 4
A Conjuring of Cryptids
Chapter 4: The Protégé
Without a contract, without a request, without a single word, I became part of the traveling carnival.
May 20, 2025
History Repeats Itself Along the Rio Grande
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History Repeats Itself Along the Rio Grande
Production was initially suspended as the search for Laine expanded to include local, state, and federal officials.
May 15, 2025