Cryptid Academy 3: A Safe Space — Coming out 5/7/26. Pre-order using the buttons below!
To 7th grade golem, Emmett, a lot has changed at Collinstein Academy. The school bully, Shane, was expelled after he attacked Emmett, and the Assistant Dean Ms Gement was removed for encouraging the attack. Even though Emmett spent the winter break at school, it feels like a different place as his friends return.
But Emmett can’t spend his time focused on what happened before break. He still has school work to do, clubs to attend, and his creator’s Bat Mitzvah to look forward to. And with all of that going on, he also knows that Shane’s friends are looking for revenge on Emmett and his friends. It’s going to be up to Emmett to make sure that his friends all have a safe space at school.
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Cryptid Academy 2: What We’re Made of
Winter is on its way at Collinstein Academy, but the students there don’t mind. The djinn can make flames to warm everyone up, the sasquatches and ariels have plenty of fur for heat, and the rest of the mythical creatures find their own way in the cold weather.
Instead, the students are thinking about the same things that any other student thinks about: making friends, working on big projects, dealing with bullies, and even falling in love.
Emmett the golem is worrying about all of that, plus his clay skin is reacting to the weather in some funny ways. Add that to dealing with Shane, the bully, and Emmett and his friends are going to need to show what they are made of.
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Golems, djinns, nagas, and fairies are incredibly powerful, mystical creatures. But that doesn’t mean they’re scary
At Collinstein Academy they are students just like anywhere else. They make friends, fall in love, and get in fights – just like humans.
Emmett the golem is new to the Academy and to the world. It’s hard to be a student when you’re only 3.5 weeks old, but it’s even harder when your reaction to lies is to get bigger, stronger, and sometimes lose all control.
Emmett just wants to know the truth, and when student projects are being destroyed at school, he is determined to find out who is behind it before he gets angry and hurts someone…again.
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