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

Brace Your-Elf: Highway Mayhem in Colorado Springs!

Brace Your-Elf: Highway Mayhem in Colorado Springs!

A Tale of Mike the Headless Chicken, or Getting Ahead of Yourself

A Tale of Mike the Headless Chicken, or Getting Ahead of Yourself

Twelve Thousand Feet Below the Tides: Monsters and Mysteries

Twelve Thousand Feet Below the Tides: Monsters and Mysteries

Chapter 8: No Rest for the Wicked

Chapter 8: No Rest for the Wicked

The Pumpkin Prankster…or Something Else?
NEW! Series
Keeping Tabs Weekly
The Pumpkin Prankster…or Something Else?
Last Halloween, Piney Bluff woke up to a shock- 186 jack-o’-lanterns across town were carved with the same eerie grin. All but one.
Sep 11, 2025
The Pumpkin Prankster…or Something Else?
NEW! Series
Keeping Tabs Weekly
The Pumpkin Prankster…or Something Else?
Last Halloween, Piney Bluff woke up to a shock- 186 jack-o’-lanterns across town were carved with the same eerie grin. All but one.
Sep 11, 2025
A Tale of Mothman, or Perhaps of a Caster Named Indrid Cold
NEW! Lore
A Tale of Mothman, or Perhaps of a Caster Named Indrid Cold
Indrid Cold- the boy once mocked- now emerges with a new power, and a deadly new companion.
Sep 04, 2025
Bunyip-ee Ki Yay!
NEW! Lore
Bunyip-ee Ki Yay!
Twelve-year-old Charlotte Smith led her classmates out of the Australian Outback after they were lost for days.
Sep 02, 2025
KTW EXCLUSIVE: Mothman the Hunter
NEW! Lore
KTW EXCLUSIVE: Mothman the Hunter
A reporter goes missing. A college kid gets hunted across state lines. And in every city-from Point Pleasant to Chicago-the same shadow looms: Mothman.
Aug 28, 2025
Chapter 9: To the Village Come
NEW! Series
A Conjuring of Cryptids
Chapter 9: To the Village Come
Abraham’s journey through war-torn France takes a darker turn. A Tarasque mapped in desperation. A massacre he cannot forget. And now… a familiar rival returns.
Aug 26, 2025
Chapter 9: To the Village Come
NEW! Series
A Conjuring of Cryptids
Chapter 9: To the Village Come
Abraham’s journey through war-torn France takes a darker turn. A Tarasque mapped in desperation. A massacre he cannot forget. And now… a familiar rival returns.
Aug 26, 2025
Brace Your-Elf: Highway Mayhem in Colorado Springs!
NEW! Stories
Brace Your-Elf: Highway Mayhem in Colorado Springs!
According to reports, the individual would “disappear” from sight before making contact with the moving vehicles on I-25 below.
Aug 07, 2025
A Tale of Mike the Headless Chicken, or Getting Ahead of Yourself
Stories
A Tale of Mike the Headless Chicken, or Getting Ahead of Yourself
I had the fortune—neither good nor bad—to see Mike the Headless Chicken in the short months before he became a cryptid.
Aug 05, 2025
Twelve Thousand Feet Below the Tides: Monsters and Mysteries
NEW! Stories
Twelve Thousand Feet Below the Tides: Monsters and Mysteries
An Alaskan fisherman has been arrested in connection with the black market sales of historic items from the Titanic wreckage.
Jul 31, 2025
A Tale of Bigfoot, or Don't Think of Bigfoot
Stories
A Tale of Bigfoot, or Don't Think of Bigfoot
The uses for a mapped cryptid are more than one might suspect at first blush. I’ve seen them used to amuse, to terrify, and to threaten.
Jul 29, 2025
Lions, and Tigers, and—!!!!
NEW! Stories
Lions, and Tigers, and—!!!!
Two older students in the Myths & Literature evening class at Prideland Community College engaged in a heated debate Tuesday night.
Jul 24, 2025
Chapter 8: No Rest for the Wicked
NEW! Series 8 of 8
A Conjuring of Cryptids
Chapter 8: No Rest for the Wicked
I’m neither bragging nor seeking pity; instead, I’m simply explaining how Whitnail, Arthur the snipe, and I went from Portugal... to Spain.
Jul 22, 2025
Chapter 8: No Rest for the Wicked
NEW! Series 8 of 8
A Conjuring of Cryptids
Chapter 8: No Rest for the Wicked
I’m neither bragging nor seeking pity; instead, I’m simply explaining how Whitnail, Arthur the snipe, and I went from Portugal... to Spain.
Jul 22, 2025
Snake on a Plane!
Stories
Snake on a Plane!
An Allegiant Airlines flight from Las Vegas to Orlando was diverted to Birmingham, Alabama, after multiple passengers reported a massive creature on one of the Airbus A320’s wings.
Jul 17, 2025