(Editor’s note: Since 2024, Cryptid Quarterly is a feature where I highlight cryptid horror fiction from each quarter of the year, using Amazon Kindle release dates.)
Luka T. Jacobs and Jeffrey B Miley continue their successful runs on the Cryptid Quarterly Top 10 List as they delivered more top-rated cryptid horror fiction during the second quarter of 2025.
Jacobs and Miley each had three titles on the chart, which marks the first time any author has had more than two releases in the Top 10.
Jacobs topped the chart and finished with a trio of titles in the top five, including books three and four in her Nicole Beretti Thriller series.
Miley continues his streak as the only author to reach all six Cryptid Quarterly Lists. This time, Book 53 in his Sasquatch Adventures series along with books five and seven in his Cryptid Classics series earned spots in the Top 10.
There is one newcomer to the Cryptid Quarterly Top 10. It’s author Timothy King. I really enjoyed his novel Port Luck and highly recommend it. I reviewed Port Luck for The Bigfoot Files, a bimonthly column that I write for HorrorAddicts.net. Click HERE to read the review.
So, without further ado, here’s my Top 10 cryptid horror fiction releases from April 1 through June 30, 2025, along with their Amazon descriptions. There’s also a list of honorable mentions worth checking out. Clicking on the book titles takes you to their Amazon pages where they can be purchased.
#1. Clash of the Cryptids: Part 2 by Luka T. Jacobs
Publication date: May 23, 2025
Length: 185 pages
Amazon rating: 4.7
Amazon description: Book 4 in the Nicole Beretti Thriller series picks up where Book 3 ends. After uncovering what really happened to her parents, Agent Nicole Beretti is left raw and reeling. The grief runs deep, but there’s little time to unravel. As she fights to stay focused, the Dogman grows more cunning. It adapts, shifts tactics, and reveals a level of intelligence that’s far too close to human. While Beretti struggles to hold the line, her partner Noah Jacobi proves trustworthy in the shadows and capable in the spotlight when she needs him most. The war between the Sasquatch and Dogmen intensifies as the centuries-old conflict arrives on the townsfolk’s doorstep.
#2. Port Luck by Timothy King
Publication date: May 2, 2025
Length: 341 pages
Amazon rating: 4.4
Amazon description: Nearly eighty years ago, the town of Port Luck was a thriving community in the wilds of Alaska. That was until a series of unexplained deaths and disappearances forced the townspeople to abandon their home. The town has since been re-inhabited, drawing in new residents and businesses. By all accounts, the town is thriving. Until a body is found on the outskirts of town, shattering the illusion of safety and security. Sheriff Johnny Myers is tasked with investigating the grisly scene. What at first appears to be a random animal attack soon reveals itself to be something much more sinister. As the bodies pile up, Johnny digs into the town’s tragic past, searching for a way to stop the cycle of violence. In the wake of the ever-growing death toll, Johnny is forced to face the truth. The stories were real. And it’s happening again.
#3. Clash of the Cryptids: Part 1 by Luka T. Jacobs
Publication date: May 23, 2025
Length: 230 pages
Amazon rating: 4.6
Amazon description: Book 3 in the Nicole Beretti Thriller series follows Agent Nicole Beretti when she’s called home by her uncle after a string of animal attacks. What she finds instead is the start of a cryptid war. Dogmen are encroaching on Sasquatch territory, and the Sasquatch won’t allow it. Returning to Blackridge isn’t easy for Beretti. She has spent years avoiding old ghosts and facing the fallout of strained relationships proves just as difficult as facing what’s stirring in the woods. Alongside her partner Noah Jacobi, Beretti begins to investigate a rising wave of violence that points to another cryptid pushing into established Sasquatch territory. That can only mean trouble. The town is nervous. The creatures are escalating. And buried beneath it all is a truth Beretti never expected to uncover, one that shatters everything she thought she knew about her past.
#4. Unearthed by Michael Cole
Publication date: April 30, 2025
Length: 212 pages
Amazon rating: 4.5
Amazon description: In the aftermath of global war, the Globus Corporation has its hands in governments around the world. On the isolated island of Delta-5 Caprona, it begins a high-stakes excavation — recovering fragments of a meteorite that crashed 100 million years ago. Inside is a mineral with limitless power, but buried within is something far more dangerous. When an explosion rocks Dig Site Four, security operative Lon Bergis finds only corpses — and enormous footprints vanishing into the dense jungle. Then a scout aircraft goes down without warning, and the nightmare begins. From the shadows emerges a mutated Spinosaurus, awakened and transformed by the meteorite’s strange element. Towering. Relentless. Unstoppable. As the island descends into terror, Bergis must lead a desperate fight for survival — against a monster from prehistory and the ancient horrors that have been unearthed.
#5. Forest of the Sasquatch 3 by Luka T. Jacobs
Publication date: June 20, 2025
Length: 280 pages
Amazon rating: 4.7
Amazon description: After the brutal slaying of their Elder, the southern clan of Sasquatch rises with one purpose: vengeance. Reaching out to surrounding clans, they rally others to their cause and grow into a formidable force. Led by the fierce warrior Aluk, they emerge from the shadows of the Superior National Forest and launch a violent campaign against the human world in retaliation for the recent attack on their sanctuary and for generations of hunting and defilement of their territory. As the boundary between predator and prey collapses, the bloodshed escalates. Suburban homes are no longer safe. Roads are no longer clear. And the annual Squatchsota Sasquatch Convention in Duluth — meant to celebrate cryptid lore — is now caught dead center in the uprising’s path.
#6. Trail Cam by Jeffrey B Miley
Publication date: May 4, 2025
Length: 142 pages
Amazon rating: 4.7
Amazon description: Book 53 of the Sasquatch Adventures series pits Montana ranchers against a Sasquatch. In a community wedged between Kalispell, Montana and the Flathead National Forest, hardworking ranchers raise beef, sheep, horses, goats, chickens and even ostriches. Besides the hard work of animal husbandry and the feeding and care of livestock, the ranchers must fend off grizzlies, wolves, black bears, cougar, lynx, cattle rustlers, and horse thieves. Being a rancher isn’t for the faint of heart. They are a tough breed of human beings, but a creature has made itself known in the area. Its existence is denied by some, and others quietly accept it as real. It is tolerated and feared until it tangles with the wrong group of ranchers. It takes a human life, and a countdown is set in motion. A showdown is coming, but who will be standing when it is finished. How many more will die to rid the frontier of the threat?
#7. CRYPSIS by Edward J. McFadden III
Publication date: June 17, 2025
Length: 265 pages
Amazon rating: 4.6
Amazon description: In the shifting veil between light and shadow, where nature’s boundaries blur, an apex predator born of another age watches and waits. The Saberonis doesn’t hide. It vanishes, slipping through the world like a specter of blood, bone, and unrelenting fury. It sees without being seen and hunts without leaving a trace. Now it’s on a killing spree, and Chad Mercer, Chief of Security at Evolve Enterprises, is about to discover what happens when the unseen decides to strike. Mercer is tasked with terminating the beast before the situation spirals out of control. But someone wants it free, and the Saberonis has a head start. As Mercer searches for answers and tracks the creature, the trail leads into the untamed wilderness of Northern California, where the boundary between predator and prey becomes dangerously vague. Time is running out as the chase tightens and Mercer draws closer. Will he escape the jaws of fate, or become its next victim?
#8. The Scape Ore Swamp Lizard Man by Jeffrey B Miley
Publication date: April 17, 2025
Length: 129 pages
Amazon rating: 4.7
Amazon description: Book 5 of the Cryptid Classics series takes readers to the Scape Ore Swamp in southern South Carolina, which is said to be home to a creature known as the Lizard Man. The creature first gained wide recognition back in 1988 when it ventured from its swamp home and revealed itself to a young man changing a flat tire near the swamp. The young man described it as seven feet tall with glowing red eyes. That description gave many reason to doubt its existence. Soon other sightings were recorded, and a local radio station offered a reward for its capture, which no one claimed. It soon became, like most cryptids, a money-making device for the town and the local entrepreneurs. But many believed its existence to be true. This is the story of a monster whose existence is only rivaled by the human monsters around it.
#9. The Kielder Hunt by Rebecca Fernfield
Publication date: May 24, 2025
Length: 205 pages
Amazon rating: 4.4
Amazon description: Book 5 in The Kielder Experiment series has cryptid hunter Callum Bowman booking his friend’s stag party at an isolated holiday cottage close to the infamous no-go zone within Kielder Forest. As the lads settle in for a boozy and conspiracy-filled weekend, sightings of a wolfman-like creature are reported by the locals outside of the no-go zone. Excited by the chance to finally capture a cryptid on camera, and unaware of the true danger lurking within the shadows, Callum leads the stag party on a drunken expedition into the forest. But nothing is what it seems, and as the party’s numbers begin to dwindle, Callum realizes that whatever is lurking within the trees is very dangerous indeed and that this hunt may be his last.
#10. The Cuero, Texas Chupacabra by Jeffrey B Miley
Publication date: June 24, 2025
Length: 157 pages
Amazon rating: 4.5
Amazon description: Book 7 of the Cryptid Classics series is set in DeWitt County, Texas, which has unwittingly become the epicenter for Chupacabra activity. When cowboys are killed on the Pennington Ranch while guarding the livestock and poultry, the owner, John Pennington, and his cowboys prepare to fight back making things difficult for the unholy beasts. Rather than suffer casualties the pack of Chupacabra leave the ranch and are unleashed on the unsuspecting citizens of Cuero, Texas. It’s a town of friendly neighbors and salt-of-the-earth individuals, and its claim to fame is being the turkey capital of the world. One man must find the answers to what they are facing. Rex Talbot, the chief animal control officer for the county, must work through the stages of belief and understanding. He must enlist local law enforcement to help him. When he finds himself at a crossroads, a local priest steps in to be his ally. The two must find a way to stop the hounds of Hell before everyone in Cuero becomes a victim of their insatiable thirst.
HONORABLE MENTIONS
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Crocodilian by Brian Gatto
Deep Sea Predator by Brian Gatto
Frogs and Margaritas IV by Angel Ramon
Jurassic Dropzone by Ethan Richards
Mega Freak: Bloody Paradise by Mike MacLean
Ravenous by Dan Durkee
Saurian Safari by Brian Gatto
Shadow Walkers: The Creature of Scape Ore Swamp by Robby “Jed” Raines
The Prince George’s County’s Goatman by Jeffrey B Miley
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