We live at the confluence of two rivers: the mundane and the transcendent. One is well-traveled and familiar, the other mysterious and little-explored. Where the waters co-mingle, we experience a swirling maelstrom of energy and unpredictability. On any given day, we have business to transact on both rivers, and transacting that business is the business of these pages. The rivers may seem not to share a common source, but they definitely rush toward the same serene delta. Expect the unexpected as we ply the waters together.

Cities near the banks of rivers have a certain energy about them. They bustle and buzz. There’s commerce and travel and the perpetual dynamic of change. But hidden beneath the surface of any substantial river — or substantial city — are undercurrents and treacherous snags… and sunken relics. These hidden realities — the obscura that are very real but typically unnoticed — make life on the river interesting. If you haven’t lived in a river city, take it from someone who was born in one and now lives in another: the psychic energy that permeates a fluvial habitation is palpable every single day. Go ahead and dip your toe in the water.

Cryptids like Big Foot and the Loch Ness Monster and Mothman may or may not actually exist in the real world. But they certainly exist as concepts that ought to be considered at least. But the obscura that concern us the most are the Big Picture curiosities that we encounter every single day. We love a good ghost story or alien abduction account. We also love the obscure weirdness of day-to-day life. Which fascinates you more: the possibility of life on other planets, or the reality of life on this one? Both fascinations are worth a good investigation, no?