Wonders

History

Wonders was published with archive holdings spanning the 1870s through the 1990s, making it one of the broadest chronological collections in the archive. Contributors included Mark A. Hall and Steinar Hunnestad, and the publication covered cryptozoology, anomalous phenomena, and the Loch Ness enigma (including a review of Henry Bauer's "The Enigma of Loch Ness: Making Sense of a Mystery"). The publication also carried "Books of Note" reviews and responses to the Cryptozoology Review, positioning itself within the serious cryptozoological research community.

Hall was a Minnesota-based researcher who spent decades compiling historical records of anomalous creatures across North America. His contributions to Wonders drew on newspaper archives, explorer journals, and settlement-era accounts going back to the nineteenth century, giving the publication a historical depth that most cryptozoological periodicals lacked. The "Books of Note" section reviewed new releases alongside older works, building a bibliography for readers who wanted to do their own research rather than simply consume reports.