The ServatoryThat Those Who Cross May Cross KnowingThe Keeping · membership
Help keep The Servatory free.
Everything in the open library is free to read, and it always will be. Membership is simply how the work gets paid for. Your support goes straight to researching, writing, illustrating, and narrating new entries, and to keeping the whole archive online. Pick a tier below.
Where your money goes
What membership pays for
Every membership, at any tier, goes to the same three things. Nothing in the open library is ever locked behind payment.
The hours behind every entry: researching, drafting, and editing each finding before it is published.
Original illustration for new findings, plus the narrated audio reading that accompanies each entry.
Servers, storage, and maintenance, so the open library stays fast, free, and online for everyone.
Membership
Choose your tier
Three tiers, billed monthly. Each one includes everything in the tiers below it, and you can cancel anytime.
For readers who want to chip in and help keep the archive free.
- Your name in the members credits
- Helps keep the open library free for everyone
- Early word when new entries are published
For regulars who want early access and the full audio.
- Everything in Crosser
- Early access to new entries before they go public
- Full, uninterrupted narrated audio on every entry
- A members-only mark beside your name
For the all-in reader who wants everything, sealed material included.
- Everything in Keeper
- Full access to the restricted Greater Encyclopedia
- Access to the Sealed Encyclopedia, the archive’s most closely held findings
- A physical object mailed to you each quarter
Billed monthly · cancel anytime · secure checkout via Stripe
Common questions
Before you join
Is The Servatory free to read?
Yes. The Open Encyclopedia is free for everyone, no account needed. The Lesser Encyclopedia is free too — you just create a free account to read it. Membership supports the work and never moves existing entries behind a paywall; the deeper Greater and Sealed Encyclopedias are a Lector’s Circle perk.
What does membership get me?
Depending on your tier: early access to new entries, full narrated audio, access to the restricted Greater and Sealed Encyclopedias, and a quarterly object in the mail. Most of all, it funds new entries being made.
Can I cancel?
Anytime, from your account. Your membership stays active until the end of the period you already paid for, and there is no penalty for stopping.
What is the Sealed Encyclopedia?
The archive’s most restricted findings, normally closed to readers. Lector’s Circle members get full access to it as a perk of the top tier.
How does payment work?
Securely, through Stripe. Your card details go straight to Stripe and are never seen or stored by The Servatory.
That those who cross may cross knowing.
Thank you for reading, and for any support you can offer. It is what keeps this project going.