The Morbid Anatomy Library houses hundreds of books and artifacts for your edification and pleasure. The giftshop features signed books, used and antique books, t-shirts, tote bags, and sundry artifacts from around the world. Admission is free, and no appointment is necessary. 

We are part of the Industry City complex, which is just 20 minutes from Manhattan, located on the Brooklyn waterfront off the D/N/R subway lines, exit at 36th Street. The Library is located at 254 36th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232 on the second floor. Use the stairwell or elevators next to Jus by Julie. You will find us in room 2-C248 from 12-5pm, Saturdays and Sundays.

In Eastern esoteric spiritual traditions, life is ultimately seen as an occasion to practice and prepare one for death. This weekly group meditation—led by Eastern-Trained Meditation Teacher and End of Life Doula Bryan Melillo—is aimed towards helping reduce fear of death and preparing participants for end of life while also cultivating a community of like-minded people with whom to share this collective experience.

Join us at The Morbid Anatomy Library to read some or our many books, marvel at our collection of curiosities, and peruse our extensive gift shop. Today, we also invite you to take part in an informal tarot salon, in which we’ll share, enjoy, and discuss readings and interpretations in a friendly and non-competitive atmosphere. This free event is for curious fans, enthusiasts, dedicated scholars, and for those who just want to learn more about tarot from other tarot enthusiasts. Bring your own deck or use the display decks from our tarot shop.

Most horror fans would likely agree that the witch is a feminist symbol—and there’s a reason for that. That Very Witch—the second book by Payton McCarty-Simas—examines the evolution of the witch as a symbol of feminism in America, taking a historiographic approach to how that figure has evolved; why do witches appear when they do? What can we learn about the state of feminism when they do (or don't!) take center stage in the culture? How has that representation changed alongside the culture over time? In this lecture, Payton will delve into parts of their research into this subject, touching on everything from the '60s counterculture to the Satanic Panic to Riot Grrrl to WitchTok and beyond.

The Morbid Anatomy Library houses hundreds of books and artifacts for your edification and pleasure. The giftshop features signed books, used and antique books, t-shirts, tote bags, and sundry artifacts from around the world. Admission is free, and no appointment is necessary. 

We are part of the Industry City complex, which is just 20 minutes from Manhattan, located on the Brooklyn waterfront off the D/N/R subway lines, exit at 36th Street. The Library is located at 254 36th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232 on the second floor. Use the stairwell or elevators next to Jus by Julie. You will find us in room 2-C248 from 12-5pm, Saturdays and Sundays.

In Eastern esoteric spiritual traditions, life is ultimately seen as an occasion to practice and prepare one for death. This weekly group meditation—led by Eastern-Trained Meditation Teacher and End of Life Doula Bryan Melillo—is aimed towards helping reduce fear of death and preparing participants for end of life while also cultivating a community of like-minded people with whom to share this collective experience.

Join us at The Morbid Anatomy Library to read some or our many books, marvel at our collection of curiosities, and peruse our extensive gift shop. Today, we also invite you to take part in an informal tarot salon during opening hours, in which we’ll share, enjoy, and discuss readings and interpretations in a friendly and non-competitive atmosphere. This free event is for curious fans, enthusiasts, dedicated scholars, and for those who just want to learn more about tarot from other tarot enthusiasts. Bring your own deck or use the display decks from our tarot shop.

We are part of the Industry City complex, which is just 20 minutes from Manhattan, located on the Brooklyn waterfront off the D/N/R subway lines, exit at 36th Street. The Library is located at 254 36th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232 on the second floor. Use the stairwell or elevators next to Jus by Julie. You will find us in room 2-C248 from 12-5pm, Saturdays and Sundays.

FREE to Morbid Anatomy Patreon Members at the Memento Mori ($5/month) and above levels. Eligible members will get an invitation in their Patreon inbox. Become a member here.

Join Morbid Anatomy Founder and Creative Director Joanna Ebenstein to discuss The Devil: Perceptions of Evil from Antiquity to Primitive Christianity. This book, by religious studies professor Jeffrey Burton Russell, traces the history of the concept of evil from its beginnings in ancient times to the period of the New Testament. Drawing upon a vast number of sources and addressing the problem of evil over a broad span of time and in a number of diverse cultures, Russell probes the roots of the idea of evil, traces the development of the idea in the Ancient Near East, and examines the concept of the Devil as it was formed in late Judaism and early Christianity.

Why do monsters thrill and terrify us, and how have both they and we changed over time? This talk by author Nicholas Jubber embarks on a global journey through monster lore—from Cornish giants, Bavarian dragons, and Japanese oni, to the Louisiana werewolf. Starting with the monstrous gods of antiquity and traveling up to the present day, we’ll see how monsters offer a shadow history to our own, shaping foundational myths and distilling collective traumas. Far more than mere bug-eyed spectacles, monsters act as mirrors to our evolving humanity. Drawing on a wide range of sources and stories, Jubber explores what keeps monsters relevant and how they continue to evolve alongside us.

Reiki—a practice originating from Japan and developed by Mikao Usui in the 1920s—is most often translated as universal energy, or life-force energy. It can be understood as that essential quality that makes something alive, the difference between animate and inanimate. When this vital energy is amplified, it creates the conditions for healing and nourishment to occur. This online monthly group will provide a space for the therapeutic application of Reiki for relaxation, release, and community; relaxation exercises and therapeutic sound (such as Tibetan bowls and chimes) will also be utilized. Reiki can have restorative effects on the nervous system and allow for increased creativity, insights, emotional release, light trance states. It can also be beneficial to those who are grieving or wish to prepare for “a good death,” by inviting a deeper relationship to energy beyond the physical body.

The Morbid Anatomy Library houses hundreds of books and artifacts for your edification and pleasure. The giftshop features signed books, used and antique books, t-shirts, tote bags, and sundry artifacts from around the world. Admission is free, and no appointment is necessary. 

We are part of the Industry City complex, which is just 20 minutes from Manhattan, located on the Brooklyn waterfront off the D/N/R subway lines, exit at 36th Street. The Library is located at 254 36th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232 on the second floor. Use the stairwell or elevators next to Jus by Julie. You will find us in room 2-C248 from 12-5pm, Saturdays and Sundays.

Join us at The Morbid Anatomy Library to read some or our many books, marvel at our collection of curiosities, and peruse our extensive gift shop. Today, we also invite you to take part in an informal tarot salon, in which we’ll share, enjoy, and discuss readings and interpretations in a friendly and non-competitive atmosphere. This free event is for curious fans, enthusiasts, dedicated scholars, and for those who just want to learn more about tarot from other tarot enthusiasts. Bring your own deck or use the display decks from our tarot shop.

FREE to Morbid Anatomy Patreon members at Oracle & Joanna’s Psychopomp Salon ($15/mo) and above levels. Eligible members will receive a viewing link in their Patreon inbox on the day of the event. Become a member here.

Join us to watch episodes 3 and 4 of the cinematic serial that the legendary writer and illustrator Edward Gorey called the greatest ever made! Louis Feuillade’s Barrabas is a French crime serial that weaves together themes of mystery, criminal masterminds, and suspense, set against a backdrop of shadowy intrigue and melodrama. Feuillade’s serials, including Fantômas and Les Vampires, helped define early 20th-century crime and gothic cinema, with their masked villains, secret societies, and a pervasive sense of unease.

“I believe we celebrate the wrong end of life. We throw parties for birthdays… Meanwhile we ignore the day that gives our life its deepest meaning. Our deathday.” So writes bestselling author Karen Salmansohn in her new book To Die For Life: How To Maximize Joy and Minimize Regret Before Your Time Runs Out, her new book that aims to help reframe thinking about death as motivating rather than morbid. In this talk, she’ll introduce her new book, and offer suggestions for reverse engineering your life—from your deathbed backwards—in order to transform your current life into the ideal of your aspirational eulogy. “Because,” in her words, ”nothing will motivate you to seize the day . . . more than realizing your days are numbered."

The Morbid Anatomy Library houses hundreds of books and artifacts for your edification and pleasure. The giftshop features signed books, used and antique books, t-shirts, tote bags, and sundry artifacts from around the world. Admission is free, and no appointment is necessary. 

We are part of the Industry City complex, which is just 20 minutes from Manhattan, located on the Brooklyn waterfront off the D/N/R subway lines, exit at 36th Street. The Library is located at 254 36th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232 on the second floor. Use the stairwell or elevators next to Jus by Julie. You will find us in room 2-C248 from 12-5pm, Saturdays and Sundays.

The Morbid Anatomy Library houses hundreds of books and artifacts for your edification and pleasure. The giftshop features signed books, used and antique books, t-shirts, tote bags, and sundry artifacts from around the world. Admission is free, and no appointment is necessary. 

We are part of the Industry City complex, which is just 20 minutes from Manhattan, located on the Brooklyn waterfront off the D/N/R subway lines, exit at 36th Street. The Library is located at 254 36th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232 on the second floor. Use the stairwell or elevators next to Jus by Julie. You will find us in room 2-C248 from 12-5pm, Saturdays and Sundays.

Shapeshifter: The Art of Family Tragedy and How to Be Amazing Anyway is an interactive memoir that explores inherited grief, recovery, art, and death. The book highlights how inherited grief stemming from the traumatic childhood death of the author's aunt Susan cast a shadow over generations. Putney Koenig tells her story in flash essays interspersed with haunting and inspiring images, and explores the impact of Susan's accident on her own childhood and how its echoes influenced her approach as an artist and death care worker. In this illustrated talk, join the artist as she collects her mother's bones after cremation and opens Susan's coffin 50 years after her death. 

The Morbid Anatomy Library houses hundreds of books and artifacts for your edification and pleasure. The giftshop features signed books, used and antique books, t-shirts, tote bags, and sundry artifacts from around the world. Admission is free, and no appointment is necessary. 

We are part of the Industry City complex, which is just 20 minutes from Manhattan, located on the Brooklyn waterfront off the D/N/R subway lines, exit at 36th Street. The Library is located at 254 36th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232 on the second floor. Use the stairwell or elevators next to Jus by Julie. You will find us in room 2-C248 from 12-5pm, Saturdays and Sundays.

The Morbid Anatomy Library houses hundreds of books and artifacts for your edification and pleasure. The giftshop features signed books, used and antique books, t-shirts, tote bags, and sundry artifacts from around the world. Admission is free, and no appointment is necessary. 

We are part of the Industry City complex, which is just 20 minutes from Manhattan, located on the Brooklyn waterfront off the D/N/R subway lines, exit at 36th Street. The Library is located at 254 36th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232 on the second floor. Use the stairwell or elevators next to Jus by Julie. You will find us in room 2-C248 from 12-5pm, Saturdays and Sundays.

The Morbid Anatomy Library houses hundreds of books and artifacts for your edification and pleasure. The giftshop features signed books, used and antique books, t-shirts, tote bags, and sundry artifacts from around the world. Admission is free, and no appointment is necessary. 

We are part of the Industry City complex, which is just 20 minutes from Manhattan, located on the Brooklyn waterfront off the D/N/R subway lines, exit at 36th Street. The Library is located at 254 36th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232 on the second floor. Use the stairwell or elevators next to Jus by Julie. You will find us in room 2-C248 from 12-5pm, Saturdays and Sundays.

The Morbid Anatomy Library houses hundreds of books and artifacts for your edification and pleasure. The giftshop features signed books, used and antique books, t-shirts, tote bags, and sundry artifacts from around the world. Admission is free, and no appointment is necessary. 

We are part of the Industry City complex, which is just 20 minutes from Manhattan, located on the Brooklyn waterfront off the D/N/R subway lines, exit at 36th Street. The Library is located at 254 36th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232 on the second floor. Use the stairwell or elevators next to Jus by Julie. You will find us in room 2-C248 from 12-5pm, Saturdays and Sundays.

The Morbid Anatomy Library houses hundreds of books and artifacts for your edification and pleasure. The giftshop features signed books, used and antique books, t-shirts, tote bags, and sundry artifacts from around the world. Admission is free, and no appointment is necessary. 

We are part of the Industry City complex, which is just 20 minutes from Manhattan, located on the Brooklyn waterfront off the D/N/R subway lines, exit at 36th Street. The Library is located at 254 36th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232 on the second floor. Use the stairwell or elevators next to Jus by Julie. You will find us in room 2-C248 from 12-5pm, Saturdays and Sundays.

The Morbid Anatomy Library houses hundreds of books and artifacts for your edification and pleasure. The giftshop features signed books, used and antique books, t-shirts, tote bags, and sundry artifacts from around the world. Admission is free, and no appointment is necessary. 

We are part of the Industry City complex, which is just 20 minutes from Manhattan, located on the Brooklyn waterfront off the D/N/R subway lines, exit at 36th Street. The Library is located at 254 36th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232 on the second floor. Use the stairwell or elevators next to Jus by Julie. You will find us in room 2-C248 from 12-5pm, Saturdays and Sundays.

The Morbid Anatomy Library houses hundreds of books and artifacts for your edification and pleasure. The giftshop features signed books, used and antique books, t-shirts, tote bags, and sundry artifacts from around the world. Admission is free, and no appointment is necessary. 

We are part of the Industry City complex, which is just 20 minutes from Manhattan, located on the Brooklyn waterfront off the D/N/R subway lines, exit at 36th Street. The Library is located at 254 36th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232 on the second floor. Use the stairwell or elevators next to Jus by Julie. You will find us in room 2-C248 from 12-5pm, Saturdays and Sundays.

The Morbid Anatomy Library houses hundreds of books and artifacts for your edification and pleasure. The giftshop features signed books, used and antique books, t-shirts, tote bags, and sundry artifacts from around the world. Admission is free, and no appointment is necessary. 

We are part of the Industry City complex, which is just 20 minutes from Manhattan, located on the Brooklyn waterfront off the D/N/R subway lines, exit at 36th Street. The Library is located at 254 36th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232 on the second floor. Use the stairwell or elevators next to Jus by Julie. You will find us in room 2-C248 from 12-5pm, Saturdays and Sundays.

In the 1840s, the Fox Sisters and the Spiritualist movement they sparked transformed séances from parlor tricks into political and personal statements, drawing suffragists, scientists, and skeptics alike. Spiritualism gave women a voice and blurred lines between faith, fraud, feminism, and financial opportunity, attracting figures from Harry Houdini to Victoria Woodhull. In this lecture, Ilise S. Carter—author of When We Spoke to the Dead: How Ghosts Gave American Women their Voice—explores how Spiritualism’s forgotten roots shaped today’s fascination with manifestation and mysticism, tracing how the supernatural evolved from heresy to a powerful social force.

Join Lauren Seeley—death care worker and death literacy advocate, as well as the facilitator for the Silent Book Club Of Death NYC Chapter—at Brooklyn’s Morbid Anatomy Library for a night in which we read silently about death/grief/mortality followed by a game of The Death Deck. Following, there will be an open discussion and reflection where guests will have the opportunity to share their findings and feelings about mortality. Refreshments will be included.

The Morbid Anatomy Library houses hundreds of books and artifacts for your edification and pleasure. The giftshop features signed books, used and antique books, t-shirts, tote bags, and sundry artifacts from around the world. Admission is free, and no appointment is necessary. 

We are part of the Industry City complex, which is just 20 minutes from Manhattan, located on the Brooklyn waterfront off the D/N/R subway lines, exit at 36th Street. The Library is located at 254 36th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232 on the second floor. Use the stairwell or elevators next to Jus by Julie. You will find us in room 2-C248 from 12-5pm, Saturdays and Sundays.

The Morbid Anatomy Library houses hundreds of books and artifacts for your edification and pleasure. The giftshop features signed books, used and antique books, t-shirts, tote bags, and sundry artifacts from around the world. Admission is free, and no appointment is necessary. 

We are part of the Industry City complex, which is just 20 minutes from Manhattan, located on the Brooklyn waterfront off the D/N/R subway lines, exit at 36th Street. The Library is located at 254 36th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232 on the second floor. Use the stairwell or elevators next to Jus by Julie. You will find us in room 2-C248 from 12-5pm, Saturdays and Sundays.

The Morbid Anatomy Library houses hundreds of books and artifacts for your edification and pleasure. The giftshop features signed books, used and antique books, t-shirts, tote bags, and sundry artifacts from around the world. Admission is free, and no appointment is necessary. 

We are part of the Industry City complex, which is just 20 minutes from Manhattan, located on the Brooklyn waterfront off the D/N/R subway lines, exit at 36th Street. The Library is located at 254 36th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232 on the second floor. Use the stairwell or elevators next to Jus by Julie. You will find us in room 2-C248 from 12-5pm, Saturdays and Sundays.

The Morbid Anatomy Library houses hundreds of books and artifacts for your edification and pleasure. The giftshop features signed books, used and antique books, t-shirts, tote bags, and sundry artifacts from around the world. Admission is free, and no appointment is necessary. 

We are part of the Industry City complex, which is just 20 minutes from Manhattan, located on the Brooklyn waterfront off the D/N/R subway lines, exit at 36th Street. The Library is located at 254 36th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232 on the second floor. Use the stairwell or elevators next to Jus by Julie. You will find us in room 2-C248 from 12-5pm, Saturdays and Sundays.

In the late 1940s, the flying saucer craze swept through post-war America, sparking renewed fascination with the marvelous and the strange—psychic powers, supernatural and alien encounters, and fringe occult beliefs. This talk will examine the intersection of science fiction fandom and mid-century bohemian culture with the paranormal, including a discussion of outsider artist and alien contactee Richard Shaver.

Reiki—a practice originating from Japan and developed by Mikao Usui in the 1920s—is most often translated as universal energy, or life-force energy. It can be understood as that essential quality that makes something alive, the difference between animate and inanimate. When this vital energy is amplified, it creates the conditions for healing and nourishment to occur. This online monthly group will provide a space for the therapeutic application of Reiki for relaxation, release, and community; relaxation exercises and therapeutic sound (such as Tibetan bowls and chimes) will also be utilized. Reiki can have restorative effects on the nervous system and allow for increased creativity, insights, emotional release, light trance states. It can also be beneficial to those who are grieving or wish to prepare for “a good death,” by inviting a deeper relationship to energy beyond the physical body.

The Morbid Anatomy Library houses hundreds of books and artifacts for your edification and pleasure. The giftshop features signed books, used and antique books, t-shirts, tote bags, and sundry artifacts from around the world. Admission is free, and no appointment is necessary. 

We are part of the Industry City complex, which is just 20 minutes from Manhattan, located on the Brooklyn waterfront off the D/N/R subway lines, exit at 36th Street. The Library is located at 254 36th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232 on the second floor. Use the stairwell or elevators next to Jus by Julie. You will find us in room 2-C248 from 12-5pm, Saturdays and Sundays.

The Morbid Anatomy Library houses hundreds of books and artifacts for your edification and pleasure. The giftshop features signed books, used and antique books, t-shirts, tote bags, and sundry artifacts from around the world. Admission is free, and no appointment is necessary. 

We are part of the Industry City complex, which is just 20 minutes from Manhattan, located on the Brooklyn waterfront off the D/N/R subway lines, exit at 36th Street. The Library is located at 254 36th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232 on the second floor. Use the stairwell or elevators next to Jus by Julie. You will find us in room 2-C248 from 12-5pm, Saturdays and Sundays.

Join us as we welcome author Ilise S. Carter for an in-person reading and signing of her new nonfiction book When We Spoke to the Dead: How Ghosts Gave American Women Their Voice. Mixing memoir, travelogue, and history; her sophomore effort examines how the mediums of the Victorian-era Spiritualist movement have influenced everything from Disneyland to modern medicine.

Join Lauren Seeley—death care worker and death literacy advocate, as well as the facilitator for the Silent Book Club Of Death NYC Chapter—at Brooklyn’s Morbid Anatomy Library for a night in which we read silently about death/grief/mortality followed by a game of The Death Deck. Following, there will be an open discussion and reflection where guests will have the opportunity to share their findings and feelings about mortality. Refreshments will be included.

Reiki—a practice originating from Japan and developed by Mikao Usui in the 1920s—is most often translated as universal energy, or life-force energy. It can be understood as that essential quality that makes something alive, the difference between animate and inanimate. When this vital energy is amplified, it creates the conditions for healing and nourishment to occur. This online monthly group will provide a space for the therapeutic application of Reiki for relaxation, release, and community; relaxation exercises and therapeutic sound (such as Tibetan bowls and chimes) will also be utilized. Reiki can have restorative effects on the nervous system and allow for increased creativity, insights, emotional release, light trance states. It can also be beneficial to those who are grieving or wish to prepare for “a good death,” by inviting a deeper relationship to energy beyond the physical body.

Join Lauren Seeley—death care worker and death literacy advocate, as well as the facilitator for the Silent Book Club Of Death NYC Chapter—at Brooklyn’s Morbid Anatomy Library for a night in which we read silently about death/grief/mortality followed by a game of The Death Deck. Following, there will be an open discussion and reflection where guests will have the opportunity to share their findings and feelings about mortality. Refreshments will be included.

The alter ego is a gateway to the glittering, rebellious world of underground nightlife, where drag artists, club kids, and cabaret misfits transform the ordinary into the extraordinary. This tradition of radical self-invention—seen in icons like Klaus Nomi, Divine, and the Club Kids—celebrates the bizarre and the beautiful, turning nightlife into a stage for personal and artistic liberation. With wild costumes, bold personas, and a spirit of defiance, these scenes invite us to break free from convention and embrace our most creative selves. Join artist Le Pustra for a lively discussion on the transformative power of alter egos in nightlife and cabaret, and hear about his own evolution from outsider to living work of art.