The Monster Science Catalog
Behold! A complete list of standard, hour-long Monster Sciences, as of February 2023! By larger topic and then alphabetical!
MODERN FICTION
Beasts Both Fresh and Rad (parts I & II) (monsters from 80s film and television)
Beholders and Illithids and Pals (Dungeons & Dragons monsters)
Big In Japan (Godzilla and other Toho daikaiju)
Bizarrocosms (speculative evolution)
Comic Book Space Persons (aliens in comics)
The Ecology of the Video Game Dinosaur (dinosaurs in video games)
Frankenstein: D-Bag (Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” and retellings)
Friendly Neighborhood Spider Monsters (the monsters of Spider-Man)
How to Remake a Monster (remakes of cinematic monster movies)
Lizard Women From the Dawn of Time (reptilian creatures in Doctor Who)
Monster Science of the Planet of the Apes (the Planet of the Apes series)
The Nearest Convenient Parallel Dimension (monsters from other dimensions)
Screampunk: What the Victorians were Scared Of (Victorian horror literature)
Some of These are Monsters (monster topics appearing in the work of the Jazz Butcher Conspiracy)
Vampires of Venice (legendary monsters in Doctor Who)
Weirdos of Middle-Earth (the unreal creatures of Tolkien’s work)
When Lumberjacks Lose Their Minds (Fearsome Critters and American tall tales)
The Zoology of the Galactic Empire (animals in Star Wars)
MYTH AND LEGEND
The Ecology of Hell (demons and spirits of various afterlife concepts)
Here Be Dragons (global dragon stories)
How to Come Back From the Dead (global undead traditions)
How to Contract Lycanthropy (global stories of humans turning into animals)
Humongous Tales of Giants and Trolls (the stories about giants from Norse myth)
Kill You As Soon As Look At You (Medusa and basilisks)
Magical Weirdo Creatures of the Northwoods (creatures of relatively recent Scandinavian folklore)
Magical Weirdo Neighbors (global faerie or faerie-like traditions)
Neck Romance (global vampire stories)
Psychopomp and Circumstance (global stories of escorts to the land of the dead)
The Snake Around the Earth and the Wolf Who Eats the Sun (Norse myth)
Unicorns: Are They Pretty? (the history of the unicorn)
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
Cryptogonzo (especially implausible modern cryptids)
The Ecology of Sasquatch (cryptids viewed in terms of speculative ecology)
Nessie Galore (a history of the Loch Ness Monster)
UFOs, ETs, BBQ (a history of the UFO phenomenon)
PALEONTOLOGY
Eccentrisaurs (especially unusual dinosaurs)
The Meander of Humanity (human evolution)
A Memoir of Mammoths and Mastodons (proboscidean prehistory)
Pterosaur Country (a complete overview of the Pterosauria)
The Ten Best Dinosaurs (favorite dinosaurs rated and described)
What to Do in Case of Dinosaur Attack (how dinosaurs would be dangerous, and what to do)
BIOGRAPHY
The Beast Flesh Creeps Back (H. G. Wells)
The Call of the Shadow of the Horror Out of Space (H. P. Lovecraft)
The Ecology of the Muppets (Jim Henson)
Mother of Monsters (Milicent Patrick)
Original Kaiju and Fightin’ Skeletons (Ray Harryhausen)
A World Full of Monsters (Guillermo del Toro)
BY STATE
An Arizona Bestiary (prehistoric, legendary, and cryptozoological creatures of Arizona)
A Minnesota Bestiary (prehistoric, legendary, and cryptozoological creatures of Minnesota)
A Wisconsin Bestiary (prehistoric, legendary, and cryptozoological creatures of Wisconsin)
BY BASE ANIMAL
The Apes of Wrath (prehistoric apes, and fictional, legendary, and cryptozoological ape-monsters)
Doctorate of Octopuses (prehistoric cephalopods, and fictional, legendary, and cryptozoological cephalopod-monsters)
Raining Cats and Manticores (prehistoric felines, and fictional, legendary, and cryptozoological cat-monsters)
Rat Kings (fictional, legendary, and cryptozoological rat-monsters)
HOLIDAY
Beauties and Beasts and Also the Average-Looking (love stories about monsters)
Deck the Hells (Christmas monsters)
Krampuses and Flying Reindeer (more Christmas monsters)
MISC
Better Armageddons Than This (parts I & II) (the monsters of End of the World stories)
Demons of the Deep Blue Sea (sea monsters in legend, cryptozoology, and fiction)
Monster Island on $20 a Day (fictional and legendary lands where monsters dwell)
Reverend Matt: Boy Cryptozoologist (a personal history)
The Root of All Evil (the specific fears that inspired specific monsters)
Sympathy For the Devil (a history of the Christian Satan)