Series List

*Best read after Half-Off Ragnarok.*

1. The Ghosts of Bourbon Street (2014)
2. Snake in the Glass (2015)
3. Swamp Bromeliad (2016)
4. Waking Up in Vegas (2016)
5. My Last Name (2017)

**Antimony**

*Listed chronologically but can be read as standalones, with the exception of "Follow the Lady."*

1. Singing the Comic-Con Blues (2021)
2. Blocked (2014)
3. Bad Dream Girl (2013)
4. Jammed (2014)
5. Survival Horror (2015)
6. Follow the Lady (2020) (*Best read after That Ain't Witchcraft)*

**Istas and Ryan**

1. Red as Snow (2013)
2. Black as Blood (2014)
3. White as a Raven's Wing (2014)

**Jonathan and Frances**

*Can be read independently of main series.*

1. The Flower of Arizona (2012)
2. One Hell of a Ride (2012)
3. No Place Like Home (2012)
4. Stingers and Strangers (2014)
5. Married in Green (2013)
6. Sweet Poison Wine (2013)
7. The First Fall (2013)
8. Loch and Key (2013)
9. We Both Go Down Together (2013)
10. Oh Pretty Bird (2014)
11. Bury Me in Satin (2014)
12. Snakes and Ladders (2014)
13. Broken Paper Hearts (2015)
14. The Star of New Mexico (2015)

**Alice and Thomas**

*Best read after Jonathan and Frances shorts.*

1. The Way Home (Oct. 2015)
2. The Lay of the Land (Feb. 2017)
3. Target Practice (Sept. 2017)
4. Take the Shot (Oct. 2019)
5. Winter Sunshine (Nov. 2019)
6. Off-Balance (Jan. 2020)
7. All That Glitters (Feb. 2020)
8. What You Pay For (Nov. 2020)
9. What You Build (Jan. 2021)
10. The Hand of the Forest (March 2021)
11. By Any Other Name (May 2021)
12. To Build a Better... (June 2021)
13. Halfway Through the Wood (July 2021)
14. School Belles (Oct. 2021)
15. Long Way From Home (Jan. 2022)
16. How to Bake a Pie (Nov. 2022)
17. Passing Grades in Penance (April 2023)

*Spelunking Through Hell bonus novella:*

* And Sweep Up The Wood (Mar. 2022)

**Standalones**

* IM (2014): Artie. *Best read after Half-Off Ragnarok.*
* Tailed (2016): Verity, with author Kelley Armstrong.
* Sleepover (2016): Elsie.
* Balance (2017): Eliza.
* The Recitation of the Most Holy and Harrowing Pilgrimage of Mindy and Also Mork (2017): Sam and Mindy. *Best read after Magic for Nothing,*
* The Measure of a Monster (2019): Alex Price. *Best read after Tricks for Free.*
* What Was I Meant to Do? (2020): Dave. *Best read after Discount Armageddon.*

### Music

**Miscellaneous**

* Fly Little Bird (2005)

**Alice Healy**

* Mama Said (2011)
* Cartography (2011)
* Dear Thomas (2011)
* Continental Divide (2013)

## Ghost Roads Series

### Novels

1. Sparrow Hill Road (2014)
2. The Girl in the Green Silk Gown (2018)
3. Angel of the Overpass (2021): *Best read after InCryptid #8: That Ain't Witchcraft.*

### Shorts

* Train Yard Blues (2013)
* Last Call at the Last Chance (2017)

### Music

* Pretty Little Dead Girl (2004) (recorded in 2007)
* Graveyard Rose (2006)
* Counting Crows (2007) (recorded in 2011)
* Hanging Tree (2007)
* On Dead Man's Hill (2007) (recorded in 2015)
* Waxen Wings (2008)
* When I Drive (2008)
* Sparrow Hill Road (song) (2015)

### Other

* The Girl in the Green Silk Gown – Promo comic by Britt Sabo (2018)

## Reading Order

### Publication Order

* KEY: **InCryptid Novel,** ***GHOST ROADS NOVEL**,* Short Story
	+ The Flower of Arizona (February 2012)
	+ One Hell of a Ride (February 2012)
* **Discount Armageddon** (March 2012)
	+ No Place Like Home (April 2012)
* **Midnight Blue-Light Special** (March 2013)
	+ Married in Green (March 2013)
	+ The First Fall (June 2013)
	+ Loch and Key (August 2013)
	+ Bad Dream Girl (August 2013)
	+ Train Yard Blues (October 2013 - Ghost Roads short)
	+ We Both Go Down Together (November 2013)
	+ Red as Snow (December 2013)
	+ Black as Blood (January 2014)
	+ Blocked (February 2014)
* **Half-Off Ragnarok** (March 2014)
	+ The Ghosts of Bourbon Street (March 2014)
	+ Jammed (April 2014)
* ***SPARROW HILL ROAD*** (May 2014)
	+ Stingers and Strangers (May 2014)
	+ IM (June 2014)
	+ Oh Pretty Bird (July 2014)
	+ Bury Me in Satin (August 2014)
	+ Snakes and Ladders (October 2014)
	+ White as a Raven's Wing (December 2014)
	+ Broken Paper Hearts (February 2015)
* **Pocket Apocalypse** (March 2015)
	+ The Star of New Mexico (June 2015)
	+ Survival Horror (August 2015)
	+ The Way Home (October 2015)
	+ Snake in the Glass (December 2015)
	+ Swamp Bromeliad (story) (February 2016)
* **Chaos Choreography** (March 2016)
	+ Waking Up in Vegas (May 2016)
	+ Tailed (July 2016)
	+ Sleepover (November 2016)
	+ My Last Name (January 2017)
	+ The Lay of the Land (February 2017)
* **Magic for Nothing** (March 2017)
	+ The Recitation of the Most Holy and Harrowing Pilgrimage of Mindy and Also Mork (April 2017)
	+ Balance (August 2017)
	+ Last Call at the Last Chance (November 2017 - Ghost Roads short)
* **Tricks for Free** (March 2018)
	+ The Recitation of the Most Holy and Harrowing Pilgrimage of Mindy and Also Mork (March 2018)
* ***THE GIRL IN THE GREEN SILK GOWN*** (May 2018)
* **That Ain't Witchcraft** (March 2019)
	+ Follow the Lady (March 2019)
	+ Take the Shot (October 2019)
	+ Winter Sunshine (November 2019)
	+ Off-Balance (January 2020)
	+ All That Glitters (February 2020)
* **Imaginary Numbers** (February 2020)
	+ The Measure of a Monster (February 2020)
	+ What Was I Meant to Do? (August 2020)
	+ What You Pay For (November 2020)
	+ What You Build (January 2020)
* **Calculated Risks** (February 2021)
	+ Singing the Comic-Con Blues (February 2021)
	+ The Hand of the Forest (March 2021)
	+ By Any Other Name (May 2021)
* ***ANGEL OF THE OVERPASS*** (May 2021)
	+ To Build a Better... (June 2021)
	+ Halfway Through the Wood (July 2021)
	+ School Belles (October 2021)
	+ Long Way From Home (January 2022)

* **Spelunking Through Hell** (March 2022)
	+ And Sweep Up The Wood (March 2022)
	+ How to Bake a Pie (Oct. 2022)
* **Backpacking Through Bedlam** (March 2023)
	+ The Mysteries of the Stolen God and Where His Waffles Went (March 2023)
	+ Passing Grades in Penance (April 2023)

### Chronological Order

The following chronological reading order described by Seanan McGuire on Twitter and her website. Additional titles published after her original thread that have approximate dates are noted with an asterisk (\*)

KEY: **InCryptid Novel,** *GHOST ROADS NOVEL,* Short Story

* 1928-1945:
	+ Jonathan/Fran shorts (in publication order)
* 1950s
	+ Alice/Thomas shorts (in publication order)
	+ *SPARROW HILL ROAD* (stories span 1956-2014)\*
* 1960s
	+ And Sweep Up The Wood\*
* 2008
	+ Singing the Comic-Con Blues\*
* c. 2011
	+ Blocked
* 2012
	+ **Discount Armageddon**
	+ What Was I Meant to Do?\*
	+ Tailed\*
	+ **Midnight Blue-Light Special**
* 2013
	+ Red As Snow
	+ Bad Dream Girl
	+ Black as Blood
	+ **Half-Off Ragnarok**
	+ The Ghosts of Bourbon Street
	+ Snake in the Glass
	+ Swamp Bromeliad
	+ Waking Up in Vegas
	+ Jammed
	+ My Last Name
	+ **Pocket Apocalypse**
	+ IM
	+ Survival Horror
	+ Sleepover
* c. 2014
	+ **Chaos Choreography**
	+ **Magic for Nothing**
		- The Recitation of the Most Holy and Harrowing Pilgrimage of Mindy and Also Mork
* c. 2015
	+ **Tricks for Free**
	+ *GIRL IN THE GREEN SILK GOWN\**
* 2018
	+ **That Ain't Witchcraft**
	+ The Measure of a Monster
	+ Follow the Lady\*
	+ ***ANGEL OF THE OVERPASS\****
* c. 2019
	+ **Imaginary Numbers\***
	+ **Calculated Risks\***
* 2021
	+ **Spelunking Through Hell**\*
	+ The Mysteries of the Stolen God and Where His Waffles Went\*

* 2022
	+ **Backpacking Through Bedlam**\*
	+ **Aftermarket Afterlife**\*

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/seananmcguire/status/1247941502908563461
2. ↑ https://seananmcguire.com/icshorts.php
**General Reference**

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