The Strange is a game published by Monte Cook Games. It is, at least in part, set in the normal world, but there are other worlds out there, in the Strange. This list has six rumours for that setting, similar to the various different adventure hooks in the books, and these can be used as adventure hooks or simple misinformation.

1. Crow coin is the currency of Crow Hollow and in large quantities it has certain powers. It’s rumoured that somewhere within Crow Hollow lies an enormous treasure trove of crow coin, in theory just waiting for someone to come and take it but in practice guarded by powerful beings and deadly traps.
2. Crow Hollow’s Beak Mafia is divided into various families, all of them independent from the others. There are rumours that some of the families are attempting to combine their forces into a larger entity, as such an alliance would quickly enable them to gain power over all the other families and gain dominance in the Glittering Market.
3. Shops come and go in the Glittering Market in Crow Hollow, but it’s rumoured that one shop comes and goes rather more discretely than others, and also returns at random intervals. It’s said that this shop should be avoided, no matter how tempting the wares look, for once the right person has come inside, the shop will disappear. When it returns, those who were inside it when it vanished have disappeared.
4. The Beak Mafia of Crow Hollow offers protection to the shops of the Glittering Market in return for a monthly fee. Though not every shop pays this fee, there are rumours about the sort of things that happen to shops and their proprietors who seek to avoid the expense.
5. The Glittering Market in Crow Hollow is, amongst other things, the premier location for the buying and selling of cyphers. It’s rumoured that some powerful items have changed hands here, but also that the most powerful items have a habit of ending up in the pockets of the Beak Mafia. One way or another.
6. Wyclef Drood is the current head of the largest Beak Mafia family in Crow Hollow, but there are rumours that his power is starting to slip away. It’s said that others in the family don’t respect Don Wyclef like they once did, and that his days are now numbered, with his replacement almost certain in the not-too-distant future.