Trevor Casal loves Maplewood and will do anything for its residents, including hosting the town’s first Cryptid Night to kick off the month-long Halloween festivities. After all, Mabel, Maplewood’s own monster, is a tourist attraction, and this is an opportunity to increase business for his inn, his family legacy. But the event, and a rash of new sightings, brings his best friend Bram, a cryptid investigator, to town. Trevor worries that spending so much time together will give away his secret… he's been in love with Bram for years.

 

Bram Macleod’s fascination with cryptids began at the age of ten, and his first encounter with Maplewood’s resident monster. In the years since his pro football career ended, he’s devoted his time to documenting investigations and myths on his podcast. With Cryptid Night, Bram is returning to Maplewood after twenty-five years away. He’s eager to dive into investigating and to spend time with Trevor. But lately, he’s starting seeing his best friend in a new light… one that feels a lot like love.

 

As Bram and Trevor investigate the cryptid sightings and get immersed in Halloween activities, their feelings for each other become harder to ignore. Crossing that line threatens to change everything, including the friendship they depend on.

Something Cryptid This Way Comes is an in-love-with-my-best-friend story with matchmaking family and friends, tricks and treats, a guard dog who likes everyone, so many plaid shirts, bedtime stories as a form of wooing, and a love forged from friendship... with the help of the "Maplewood Monster".