MONSTRUM
ATHENAEUM
INTO THE UNEXPLAINED
MONSTRUMATHENAEUM

Some things were never meant to be found.

Explore the unknown

THE NIGHT DESK

Some stories don’t stay in the dark.Find your next rabbit hole ↓

Your story starts with a choice

Which monster are you?

Two paths into the dark. Find your nature, then share your result.

WHEN THE NIGHTS DRAW IN

Halloween in the library

Read the history

How Halloween Became an American Tradition

How immigration, Samhain, Allhallowtide, pumpkins and twentieth-century celebrations helped shape American Halloween.

THE STRANGE DOESN’T STOP HERE

In rotation.

Pick a subject. Follow a new lead. There’s more beyond the familiar stories.

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OUT THERE, SOMEWHERE

Cryptid
Tracker Explore the sighting reports

Latest in the collection

From the most recent original publications.

AFTER HOURS / Myths of the sea

The Fisherman and the Siren

A grieving fisherman pulls something extraordinary from the sea. An old love gives way to a dangerous new one.

Enter the story ↗

6 min read

PICK A THREAD. KEEP PULLING.

Into the unknown.

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STAY CURIOUS. LOOK CLOSER.

Follow the sources. Find your next strange read.