InCryptid

InCryptid is a series of urban fantasy novels by American author Seanan McGuire. They follow multiple generations of a family of cryptozoologists who protect supernatural beings from discovery by humankind.

InCryptid
  • Discount Armageddon
  • Midnight Blue-Light Special
  • Half-Off Ragnarok
  • Pocket Apocalypse
  • Chaos Choreography
  • Magic for Nothing
  • Tricks for Free
  • That Ain't Witchcraft
  • Imaginary Numbers
  • Calculated Risks
  • Spelunking Through Hell

AuthorSeanan McGuire
Cover artistAly Fell
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreUrban Fantasy
PublisherDAW Books
Published2012-Present
No. of books11
Websitewww.seananmcguire.com

Books

  1. Discount Armageddon: Verity Price splits her time between professional dance and acting as protector for the cryptid community of Manhattan. Which means she won't let cryptid-killing Covenant agent Dominic DeLuca invade her turf without a fight...
  2. Midnight Blue-Light Special: When the Covenant of St. George sends an team to NYC, Verity teams up with Dominic to protect both the cryptid community and her extended family from the Covenant's attentions.
  3. Half-Off Ragnarok: Alex Price disguises studies of reptilian cryptids by working as a herpetologist for the Columbus Zoo. A series of petrifications leads him to look to the local Gorgon community, even as he tries to keep his extracurriculars a secret from his maybe-girlfriend and fellow zoologist Shelby Tanner.
  4. Pocket Apocalypse: Alex and Shelby head to Australia so Alex can serve as an expert on werewolf epidemics.
  5. Chaos Choreography: Verity returns to her performer roots with an all-star season of reality show Dance or Die, which is living up to the "dying" part of its name.
  6. Magic for Nothing: Antimony "Annie" Price goes undercover with the Covenant of St. George in order to make sure her family stays safely out of their reach.
  7. Tricks for Free: Annie has settled into self-imposed exile at a Florida amusement park, found a teacher to help her master her sorcerer powers, and still seems to be running into death and destruction at every turn.
  8. That Ain't Witchcraft: Annie and her friends take refuge in a tiny Maine town, where Annie meets another sorcerer and learns more about the Crossroads.
  9. Imaginary Numbers: Sarah Zellaby, adoptive cousin of the Price siblings, faces her destiny as an psychic, potentially psychopathic, alien wasp.
  10. Calculated Risks: Sarah, Annie, and their friends are trapped in another dimension and must find a way to get everyone home safely.
  11. Spelunking Through Hell: After half a century of searching, Alice Price-Healy finally makes a breakthrough in finding her long-lost husband.

Short stories

McGuire has released more than fifty short stories and novellas set in the InCryptid universe. They are available through anthologies, bonus content in the print editions of her books, her website, and to her Patreon subscribers.

Music

McGuire has released several filk songs about the character Alice Price:

  • "Mama Said," Wicked Girls (2011)[1]
  • "Dear Thomas." Wicked Girls (2011)[2]
  • "Continental Divide." Stars Fall Home (2013)[3]

Awards and recognition

Publication history

  • The first nine books in the series were published as mass market paperbacks. Spelunking Through Hell (2022) was the first book published as a trade paperback.
  • The digital audiobooks are available exclusively through Audible.

Trivia

  • The eleventh book in the series, Spelunking Through Hell, was plotted out and titled years before book one was even published.[4]

References

  1. "Seanan McGuire: Songbook". seananmcguire.com. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  2. "Is the Dear Thomas Track from the Wicked Girls CD from Alice singing to Thomas Price?". seananmcguire.tumblr.com. 2018-03-16. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  3. "Continental Divide - Seanan McGuire at LexiCon". Youtube. 2017-09-15. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  4. "4 things I'd love to write". seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
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