(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.) James Kaine debuts atop the Cryptid Quarterly VII chart with a Jersey Devil thriller, and D.A. Roberts returns at No. 2 with the fourth book in The Lakeview Man... Continue Reading →
Cryptid Quarterly V (2025): Top 10 List of Cryptid Horror Fiction
(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.) My first cryptid horror fiction list in 2025 feels like a continuation of last year as half of the 2024 Cryptid Quarterly Authors of the Year fill seven of... Continue Reading →
2024 Cryptid Quarterly Books of the Year
(Editor’s note: The 2024 Cryptid Quarterly Awards are based on the Cryptid Quarterly Top 10 Lists compiled by lionelraygreen.com in 2024. Today’s list features the Top 10 Books of the Year. Click here to check out the Top 10 Authors of the Year released March 12.) I released the 2024 Cryptid Quarterly Authors of the... Continue Reading →
2024 Cryptid Quarterly Authors of the Year
(Editor's note: The 2024 Cryptid Quarterly Awards are based on the Cryptid Quarterly Top 10 Lists compiled by lionelraygreen.com in 2024. Today's list features the Top 10 Authors of the Year. Later this month, lionelraygreen.com releases the Top 10 Books of the Year.) In between watching AI-generated videos of kittens singing the Rosé/Bruno Mars song... Continue Reading →
Cryptid Quarterly IV (2024): Top 10 List of Cryptid Horror Fiction
(Editor’s note: Cryptid Quarterly is a feature where I highlight cryptid horror fiction from each quarter of 2024, using Amazon Kindle release dates.) My fourth and final cryptid horror fiction chart of 2024 features the Top 10 plus 18 more honorable mentions. Luka T. Jacobs tops the list with the first book of her new... Continue Reading →
Cryptid Quarterly III (2024): Top 10 List of Cryptid Horror Fiction
(Editor’s note: Cryptid Quarterly is a feature where I highlight cryptid horror fiction from each quarter of 2024, using Amazon Kindle release dates.) My third cryptid horror fiction list features the Top 10 plus 18 honorable mentions. The list is topped by a Michael Cole novel in the No. 1 spot plus works by many... Continue Reading →
Cryptid Quarterly II (2024): Top 10 List of Cryptid Horror Fiction
(Editor’s note: Cryptid Quarterly is a feature where I highlight cryptid horror fiction from each quarter of 2024, using Amazon Kindle release dates.) My second cryptid horror fiction list features the Top 10 plus 14 honorable mentions. The list includes the latest D.A. Roberts novel in the No. 1 spot plus works by many familiar... Continue Reading →
Cryptid Quarterly I (2024): Top 10 List of Cryptid Horror Fiction
(Editor's note: Cryptid Quarterly is a feature where I highlight cryptid horror fiction from each quarter of 2024, using Amazon Kindle release dates.) I love Sasquatch and enjoy reading cryptid horror fiction. I even write a column for HorrorAddicts.net called The Bigfoot Files. I also compile The MalevolentDark.com Horror Fiction Top 25 chart, where I... Continue Reading →
Top 13 List of Halloween Horror Fiction Reads
If you're looking for Halloween scares inside your mind instead of inside a theater or haunted house, here are thirteen books to get you into the spooky spirit. I like these selections because all but one are short story collections or anthologies, so you get a lot of different variations on the Halloween theme. I think... Continue Reading →
Splatterpunk Awards: The Complete List
I finished my "project for the year" and compiled the complete list of all the Splatterpunk Awards winners and nominees in one spot, which is here. After co-founders Wrath James White and Brian Keene announced the 2023 Splatterpunk Awards Final Ballot on February 8, I decided to sit down and type up all the authors... Continue Reading →