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Something Crawled Out: The Complete Series
The Silence of the Lambs meets Something is Killing the Children in the supernatural horror thriller, SOMETHING CRAWLED OUT, where the devil you know may be the most terrifying of all.
The Devil wears many disguises – even the face of a friend.
Something wicked crawled out screaming.
In the small Midwest town of Welling Grove, Edith "Eddie" Miller has no grand plans or great prospects. She spends her days sleeping in and her nights working shifts at the local rest stop. But when her younger sister fails to come home, Eddie unearths a web of missing girls and rotting bodies. The police prove useless, so Eddie teams up with her best friend, Rainer, in a desperate hunt to find her sister. The only thing is…Eddie believes her best friend might be the Devil himself.
SOMETHING CRAWLED OUT is a darkly disturbing tale of desire and brutality, desperation and devastation, and family.
For readers The Autumnal (Daniel Kraus & Chris Shehan), Something is Killing the Children (James Tynion IV & Werther Dell’Edra), The Night Eaters (Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda), Home Sick Pilots (Dan Watters & Caspar Wijngaard), The Woods (James Tynion IV & Michael Dialynas), Nice House on the Lake (James Tynion & Alvaro Martino Bueno), The Me You Love in the Dark (Skottie Young & Jorge Corona), Let Me Out (Emmett Nahil & George Williams), I Hate This Place (Kyle Starks, Artyom Topilin, Lee Loughridge), Basketful of Heads (Joe Hill & Leomacs), My Best Friend’s Exorcism (Grady Hendrix), My Heart is a Chainsaw and Don’t Fear the Reaper (Stephen Graham Jones).
For fans Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, Fargo, A Clockwork Orange, The Green Room, Possessor, I Saw The Devil, and Prisoner.
PRAISE FOR SOMETHING CRAWLED
"Something Crawled Out crackles with character and mystery. Arresting, charming, and bloody, too. Lures you right in." - Hailey Piper, Bram Stoker Award-winning author (for Queen of Teeth)
“Something Crawled Out … unearths a terrifying story of trust, loyalty, and siding with the devil when no one else will. For all of those who couldn't let go of friends-- living or beyond the grave-- Son M. and Madcursed are handing you the shovel...and leaving you to wonder who is going to get hit with it.” – Danny Lore ( Queen of Bad Dreams (Vault), World of Crimson Thaw (Vault), Daughter of Blade (Marvel), Knight Terrors (DC), Journey to the Ancient City (Random House))
The Devil wears many disguises – even the face of a friend.
Something wicked crawled out screaming.
In the small Midwest town of Welling Grove, Edith "Eddie" Miller has no grand plans or great prospects. She spends her days sleeping in and her nights working shifts at the local rest stop. But when her younger sister fails to come home, Eddie unearths a web of missing girls and rotting bodies. The police prove useless, so Eddie teams up with her best friend, Rainer, in a desperate hunt to find her sister. The only thing is…Eddie believes her best friend might be the Devil himself.
SOMETHING CRAWLED OUT is a darkly disturbing tale of desire and brutality, desperation and devastation, and family.
For readers The Autumnal (Daniel Kraus & Chris Shehan), Something is Killing the Children (James Tynion IV & Werther Dell’Edra), The Night Eaters (Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda), Home Sick Pilots (Dan Watters & Caspar Wijngaard), The Woods (James Tynion IV & Michael Dialynas), Nice House on the Lake (James Tynion & Alvaro Martino Bueno), The Me You Love in the Dark (Skottie Young & Jorge Corona), Let Me Out (Emmett Nahil & George Williams), I Hate This Place (Kyle Starks, Artyom Topilin, Lee Loughridge), Basketful of Heads (Joe Hill & Leomacs), My Best Friend’s Exorcism (Grady Hendrix), My Heart is a Chainsaw and Don’t Fear the Reaper (Stephen Graham Jones).
For fans Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, Fargo, A Clockwork Orange, The Green Room, Possessor, I Saw The Devil, and Prisoner.
PRAISE FOR SOMETHING CRAWLED
"Something Crawled Out crackles with character and mystery. Arresting, charming, and bloody, too. Lures you right in." - Hailey Piper, Bram Stoker Award-winning author (for Queen of Teeth)
“Something Crawled Out … unearths a terrifying story of trust, loyalty, and siding with the devil when no one else will. For all of those who couldn't let go of friends-- living or beyond the grave-- Son M. and Madcursed are handing you the shovel...and leaving you to wonder who is going to get hit with it.” – Danny Lore ( Queen of Bad Dreams (Vault), World of Crimson Thaw (Vault), Daughter of Blade (Marvel), Knight Terrors (DC), Journey to the Ancient City (Random House))
192 pages, Paperback
Published July 22, 2025
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March 7, 2025
A confused graphic novel, it doesn't seem to know what it really wants to be. So we have one main character who is supposedly the devil, who has a paranormal power, which he more or less uses for good, and then that he is the devil (or a devil) is more or less taken as a given. His power plays a role in the book, but his supposed devilishness kind of disappears to the background.
Then we get a kind of serial killer who supposedly abducts young girls from a small town, where our devilish character lives with our other main character, Eddie. This killer is never really developed, just shows up now and then, never seems to do or say anything, until a reveal at the end that is kind of shrug-worthy. Anyway, Eddie's sister is one of the girls who has disappeared, so Eddie wants to go and find her, with her devil friend.
It's really weird how quickly Eddie then seems to be okay with killing people, sometimes in surprisingly gory ways (and it's not because of, say, the devilish influence of her friend). The book starts to stumble over itself to justify the violence and the plot becomes a bit ridiculous.
The art is the kind I tend to see a lot of in middlegrade graphic novels, although this book certainly is not for middlegrade readers. It's okay, but has a hard time with action scenes.
(Thanks to Vault Comics for providing me with an ARC through Edelweiss)
Then we get a kind of serial killer who supposedly abducts young girls from a small town, where our devilish character lives with our other main character, Eddie. This killer is never really developed, just shows up now and then, never seems to do or say anything, until a reveal at the end that is kind of shrug-worthy. Anyway, Eddie's sister is one of the girls who has disappeared, so Eddie wants to go and find her, with her devil friend.
It's really weird how quickly Eddie then seems to be okay with killing people, sometimes in surprisingly gory ways (and it's not because of, say, the devilish influence of her friend). The book starts to stumble over itself to justify the violence and the plot becomes a bit ridiculous.
The art is the kind I tend to see a lot of in middlegrade graphic novels, although this book certainly is not for middlegrade readers. It's okay, but has a hard time with action scenes.
(Thanks to Vault Comics for providing me with an ARC through Edelweiss)
August 17, 2025
confusing at first but then made sense at the end
February 3, 2026
Made no sense. Felt like I was in the middle of an ongoing series. No justification for villain or the main characters’ easy and extreme recourse of violence….
March 25, 2026
A fun, little read. Borrowed this from a great friend.
November 12, 2025
Wow... This was extremely bloody, violent and graphic. Plus the plot took some major twists that actually shocked me. I would have rated this higher but I feel lots of the story in here is never actually explained in a satisfying way so even after I have finished the book I am left confused. For awhile bI had thought maybe it was just a crime story but the visuals in here show that is not the case..it certainly seems to have some type of supernatural bent to it but as I said nothing is actually explained. And I like understanding things.
Reading this is not for the faint of heart. There's lots of blood and gore. There is also female nudity (like in the bath)..the book is free of smut though. Lots of murderous characters though.
The basic plot follows Eddie (female) as she searches for her missing younger sister Charlotte. Her friend Rainer (who seems to have a bad reputation for unknown reasons) is helping her. Lots of this is a mystery story and then the violence starts up. Blood flies.
The art is very well drawn. I most definitely liked the art. And you also have to pay attention to the pictures as some things are only stated through the images and not words. You can easily miss things if you don't.
This book tells the entire story from beginning to end.
But I am still confused about what was going on in here. Unfortunately.
Reading this is not for the faint of heart. There's lots of blood and gore. There is also female nudity (like in the bath)..the book is free of smut though. Lots of murderous characters though.
The basic plot follows Eddie (female) as she searches for her missing younger sister Charlotte. Her friend Rainer (who seems to have a bad reputation for unknown reasons) is helping her. Lots of this is a mystery story and then the violence starts up. Blood flies.
The art is very well drawn. I most definitely liked the art. And you also have to pay attention to the pictures as some things are only stated through the images and not words. You can easily miss things if you don't.
This book tells the entire story from beginning to end.
But I am still confused about what was going on in here. Unfortunately.
October 13, 2025
A lot of great elements assembled all wrong.
In the synopsis, it is indicated that Abby is searching for her missing sister with the help of her friend, Rainer. And... that Abby believes Rainer "might be" the devil, which vaguely implicates him in some way. However, 1) it is established early on that everyone in town knows Rainer is a devil of some kind, and 2) Rainer is never once a suspect as the reader progresses through the story. Strangely, Rainer's devilishness is not explored, just used for a trick a time or two. Anyway, the reader is set up to expect a different kind of story.
As for the actual content, it's an intriguing story, but feels jumbled. The killer is never really explained. What was it? How was it doing what it was doing? And, frankly, I'm left unsure of what actually happened at the very end.
I did like the art style, but found our main characters a little too similar in appearance. Sometimes the action scenes felt cut short, like they skipped something or transitioned abruptly. Warning to potential readers that the art does get pretty graphically violent.
In the synopsis, it is indicated that Abby is searching for her missing sister with the help of her friend, Rainer. And... that Abby believes Rainer "might be" the devil, which vaguely implicates him in some way. However, 1) it is established early on that everyone in town knows Rainer is a devil of some kind, and 2) Rainer is never once a suspect as the reader progresses through the story. Strangely, Rainer's devilishness is not explored, just used for a trick a time or two. Anyway, the reader is set up to expect a different kind of story.
As for the actual content, it's an intriguing story, but feels jumbled. The killer is never really explained. What was it? How was it doing what it was doing? And, frankly, I'm left unsure of what actually happened at the very end.
I did like the art style, but found our main characters a little too similar in appearance. Sometimes the action scenes felt cut short, like they skipped something or transitioned abruptly. Warning to potential readers that the art does get pretty graphically violent.
November 5, 2025
The more this went on, the less focused it got. At first it seems to be about this teenager who is supposed to be the devil and can tell people to do things like the Purple Man. Then it becomes about his friend's little sister who has gone missing. These girls have their skin sloff off for some reason. Nothing is explained. It's like Son M. had a series of ideas in her head and then she tried to fit them all together in one story and it just left me unsatisfied. The art had a canned middle school book look to it and I often couldn't tell the two main characters apart. Even though one was a boy and the other a girl, they had similar character designs that made them look the same in most panels.
September 14, 2025
There was a number of inconsistencies throughout the story that made it hard to keep up with at times. The cell phone and year of the story seemed to keep fluctuating which was hard to not focus on. This felt like a really chaotic take ass kick some names situation to the extreme. I really wanted to like this one but I think the character building and dynamics could have been flushed out better and the pacing needed to be slowed down and stretched out more. Would be interesting in seeing more of this characters if this is ever picked back up.
February 27, 2026
This was such a mess, and what a weak story, with the few interesting ideas in it going absolutely to waste.
Mostly action and gore, without any satisfying explanation on what is really happening, or why. The character development is almost non-existent, and the ending sure is lacking.
All in all, a pointless horror story with supernatural elements. The fact that one of the main characters is supposed to be the devil (or a devil, who knows,) and that is not even explained and barely plays in the story, should tell you all.
Mostly action and gore, without any satisfying explanation on what is really happening, or why. The character development is almost non-existent, and the ending sure is lacking.
All in all, a pointless horror story with supernatural elements. The fact that one of the main characters is supposed to be the devil (or a devil, who knows,) and that is not even explained and barely plays in the story, should tell you all.
April 4, 2026
Can’t say I’m entirely sure what I even read here. 🤦🏼♀️Rainer was never explained - what is he? Why does everyone in town think he is the devil? (he seemed nice enough to me??) We got 1/2 a backstory for him but none of the important parts of it, just the usual crap you could have guessed. What was actually going on with her dad, was he responsible for whatever this was or was he just feeding it and if so, why? Also WTF crawled out?? Somehow we go through the entire story without this ever being explained??? So many plot holes. 👿👩🏻🪓🩸
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November 19, 2025Contrary to the press copy, this is neither Silence of the Lambs nor Something Is Killing The Children but rather Scott Snyder’s Wytches illustrated by an artist who clearly came up drawing Tumblr/Deviantart sexy men. Probably would have been better if the characters didn’t all look generically hot in a westernized anime sort of way, but you take what you’re dealt sometimes.
January 20, 2026
So . . . if one of your characters is the honest-to-goodness Devil, shouldn't the book be about Him?
This is a confused stew about missing girls, a serial killer, monsters, poor skin care, and much, much more. There is gratuitous nudity, and unnecessary gore. Yet somehow, it is boring.
I finished it, and for that I feel I deserve a pat on the back.
Or a Payday bar.
This is a confused stew about missing girls, a serial killer, monsters, poor skin care, and much, much more. There is gratuitous nudity, and unnecessary gore. Yet somehow, it is boring.
I finished it, and for that I feel I deserve a pat on the back.
Or a Payday bar.
July 29, 2025
The definition of “well, that escalated quickly…”
No matter the circumstances that Rainer and Eddie went through, their bond of friendship was one to be admired.
The art was very well done and the storyline was both intriguing and engage all the way through to the bittersweet end.
No matter the circumstances that Rainer and Eddie went through, their bond of friendship was one to be admired.
The art was very well done and the storyline was both intriguing and engage all the way through to the bittersweet end.
September 28, 2025
2.5, I feel like this could have done with a whole lot more fleshing out. The most interesting part was Eddie and Rainer's friendship and unfortunately that still felt under explored. The book certainly doesn't skip on the goriness and I did enjoy looking at some of the horrific panels.
December 29, 2025
I saw this at the library and was intrigued by the cover art and description. Well, those were the best parts. Artwork was good but the story was incredibly lacking. Not sure how this managed to get published.
August 14, 2025
3.75 ⭐️
December 7, 2025
Thematically it’s got some good ideas but it’s such a mess.
January 5, 2026
I. Need. More.
June 25, 2025
(Full disclosure: I received a free e-ARC for review through Edelweiss. Content warning for violence and gore, including murder and suicide.)
Something's rotten in Welling Grove -- and it's not Eddie's best friend, Rainer, even if he might be the Devil in the flesh.
When Eddie's younger sister, Charlotte, becomes the latest in a long string of missing girls, Eddie vows to find her. After all, it's not like the adults in their small, backwoods town care. A strange and violent altercation at the gas station where Eddie and Rainer work leads them to the big city, and a haunting woman who's wearing a bracelet just like one Charlotte owned. Can they find Charlotte before she meets a grisly end at the hands of her traffickers?
SOMETHING CRAWLED OUT is a tough one to review. On the one hand, there are some - I don't know if you'd call them plot holes, exactly - but let's just say that I was left with more questions than answers. I really have no idea what went down at the end there. Also, Rainer? Is he actually supposed to be the devil? A changeling? And everyone just kind of goes with it? And what is Eddie, exactly? What have the kidnapped girls become?
[Insert gif of Jim from The Office: WHAT IS GOING ON?!]
On the other hand ... this all doesn't bother me as much as it should. Regardless of any weak points in the plot, the artwork is awesome and the story certainly kept me engaged and at the edge of my seat. I ain't even mad.
Something's rotten in Welling Grove -- and it's not Eddie's best friend, Rainer, even if he might be the Devil in the flesh.
When Eddie's younger sister, Charlotte, becomes the latest in a long string of missing girls, Eddie vows to find her. After all, it's not like the adults in their small, backwoods town care. A strange and violent altercation at the gas station where Eddie and Rainer work leads them to the big city, and a haunting woman who's wearing a bracelet just like one Charlotte owned. Can they find Charlotte before she meets a grisly end at the hands of her traffickers?
SOMETHING CRAWLED OUT is a tough one to review. On the one hand, there are some - I don't know if you'd call them plot holes, exactly - but let's just say that I was left with more questions than answers. I really have no idea what went down at the end there. Also, Rainer? Is he actually supposed to be the devil? A changeling? And everyone just kind of goes with it? And what is Eddie, exactly? What have the kidnapped girls become?
[Insert gif of Jim from The Office: WHAT IS GOING ON?!]
On the other hand ... this all doesn't bother me as much as it should. Regardless of any weak points in the plot, the artwork is awesome and the story certainly kept me engaged and at the edge of my seat. I ain't even mad.
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