Set in the fictional town of Mayview, the comic follows the Activity Club, a group of middle school students who have the ability to interact with the supernatural world.

[4] The story is told through an omniscient third person, sometimes including guest art or mini-comics.

Morrison interacts with their readers through the text underneath the pages as well as both their Twitter[6] and Tumblr[7] accounts.

Comic Book Resources has described Paranatural as "fun, action-packed and visually inventive", with "enjoyable character moments", and compared it to Dragon Ball Z.

[11] Inverse praised its "sly use of manga-esque stylistic tropes", remarking that "its characters leap off the screen".