As the story goes, a gigantic snake or serpent once roamed the remote region near the Connecticut border. It had a giant red ...

Geralt of Rivia would prefer to not involve himself in the problems of mankind. People are too complicated. He’d much rather focus on an easier enemy—monsters. Sure, they might be able to bite your ...

Many legendary creatures may have surprisingly ordinary origins rooted in misunderstood animals and fossils. The basilisk likely emerged from exaggerated descriptions of cobras, whose upright posture ...

Every culture has stories of beasts and monsters, many of them passed down for centuries. But monsters aren't real – right? Sorta. Many mythical monsters may have been based on real creatures with ...

Ask historian Brooks Blevins his favorite Halloween story, and you won't get the kind that raises goosebumps around a campfire. He calls it "tame and unremarkable." "I suppose I hold on to it because ...

Born with Autism (formerly classified as Asperger syndrome), Tyler B. Searle has been obsessed with storytelling since he was old enough to speak. He gravitated towards fairy tales, mythology, the ...