Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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  • Mood: ecstatic
  • Music: We're About 9, "Move Like Light."

InCryptid: It's a family affair.

It is with extreme pleasure and with no small degree of squeaky joy that I announce that the first two InCryptid books have been acquired by DAW Books. These urban fantasy adventures focus on the Price family of cryptozoologists as they seek to protect the cryptids of the world from humanity...and humanity from the cryptids of the world. The first two volumes are:

Discount Armageddon
Midnight Blue-Light Special

Cryptids and cuckoos and field guides, oh my! Words really can't express how insanely happy I am right now. I'm going to be working with the same team at DAW, which means I know I will have great editorial, fantastic in-house support, and a whole lot of sheer bonus fun. I'm so excited that you're all going to get the chance to meet these people. They're some of my favorites. And now, in the words of the Aeslin mice...

CHEESE! AND! CAKE!
Tags: cheese and cake, discount armageddon, good things, incryptid, midnight bluelight special, publishing news
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antimony_medusa

November 24 2010, 20:27:44 UTC 6 years ago

Woo! Congrats!

Um- what are Cryptids?

archangelbeth

November 24 2010, 20:51:00 UTC 6 years ago

(If I Recall Correctly... Cryptids are things like the Loch Ness Monster, Yeti, Batboy (well, he's fiction...), and other "there are lots of reports of these physical beings but none are confirmed" creatures. I believe that ghosts and any other non-physical beings are classed as supernaturals, not cryptids, but I could be wrong. Cryptid comes from the same root as "Cryptic" -- basically, hidden and obscure.

If I do not recall correctly, I will be corrected and I will go yay! O:> )

seanan_mcguire

November 24 2010, 23:39:38 UTC 6 years ago

Cryptid, noun:

1. Any creature whose existence has been suggested but not proven scientifically. Term officially coined by cryptozoologist John E. Wall in 1983.

2. That thing that’s getting ready to eat your head.

3. See also: “monster.”

antimony_medusa

November 25 2010, 00:03:09 UTC 6 years ago

OH yes, these are going on my to-buy list.