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.

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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

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Chapter 2: What We Try Not to Think About

Chapter 2: What We Try Not to Think About

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Chapter 3: The Bòcan Pavilions

Chapter 3: The Bòcan Pavilions

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Chapter 4: The Protégé

Chapter 4: The Protégé

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Chapter 5: Inverness and After

Chapter 5: Inverness and After

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Chapter 6: Mad Dogs and English Myths

Chapter 6: Mad Dogs and English Myths

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Chapter 7: The End of So Many Things

Chapter 7: The End of So Many Things

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Chapter 8: No Rest for the Wicked

Chapter 8: No Rest for the Wicked

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The Jersey Devil, or “The Hitchhiker”
NEW! Stories
The Jersey Devil, or “The Hitchhiker”
A hitchhiker on a rain-soaked Jersey highway accepts a ride from a stranger with secrets older than the Pine Barrens themselves. What begins as small talk soon unravels into a chilling enco
Oct 17, 2025
In Over His Head!
NEW! Series
Keeping Tabs Weekly
In Over His Head!
When a late-night prank drops a human skull on his counter, Clarence Tinsman learns some things buried don’t stay that way for long.
Oct 15, 2025
In Over His Head!
NEW! Series
Keeping Tabs Weekly
In Over His Head!
When a late-night prank drops a human skull on his counter, Clarence Tinsman learns some things buried don’t stay that way for long.
Oct 15, 2025
The Mare, or "A Case Report"
Lore
The Mare, or "A Case Report"
Nightmares are often explained away by stress, trauma, or the mind playing tricks… but what if something else is responsible?
Oct 02, 2025
A Hint of Chase Born, or "The Wendigo"
Series
From The Archives
A Hint of Chase Born, or "The Wendigo"
What if Stephen King’s Pet Sematary wasn’t just horror fiction… but a field guide?
Sep 30, 2025
A Hint of Chase Born, or "The Wendigo"
Series
From The Archives
A Hint of Chase Born, or "The Wendigo"
What if Stephen King’s Pet Sematary wasn’t just horror fiction… but a field guide?
Sep 30, 2025
A Tale of Indrid Cold, or “Escape”
Lore
A Tale of Indrid Cold, or “Escape”
Three friends enter an escape room. Two come out. Laura Blessing was never seen again. Riley followed Indrid to another city… and vanished, too.
Sep 25, 2025
Would Socrates Approve?
Series
Keeping Tabs Weekly
Would Socrates Approve?
A middle school Socratic circle was supposed to be about grasshoppers in literature. Instead, it turned into a firsthand cryptid encounter.
Sep 23, 2025
Would Socrates Approve?
Series
Keeping Tabs Weekly
Would Socrates Approve?
A middle school Socratic circle was supposed to be about grasshoppers in literature. Instead, it turned into a firsthand cryptid encounter.
Sep 23, 2025
Triptych: The First
Lore
Triptych: The First
Abraham’s path takes him deep into the shadows of Wewelsburg Castle.
Sep 19, 2025
A Tale of Hat Man, or Buzz
Lore
A Tale of Hat Man, or Buzz
A family hat shop. A mysterious package. And a hat rack that shouldn’t move… but did.
Sep 16, 2025
The Pumpkin Prankster…or Something Else?
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?
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
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!
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
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