The Doomsday Archives Books in Order

The Doomsday Archives is the spooky side of Nick Eliopulos and Zack Loran Clark's work, and it leans into that mood right away. The series is set in New Rotterdam, a coastal town that feels wrong even before anything openly supernatural happens. The sky stays gray. The fog hangs around. Adults seem to know more than they are saying. Kids trade stories about disappearances, cursed objects, and strange figures in the mist.

At the center are Emrys Houtman, Hazel, and Serena, three kids brought together by a shared love of horror, urban legends, and creepy local lore. At first, that means swapping theories and building a wiki of New Rotterdam's weirdest stories. Then they discover the Doomsday Archives, a hidden collection of occult relics, and realize the legends surrounding their town are not just stories after all.

After that, things get dangerous fast.

One of the nice things about this series is that the central premise is broad without feeling messy. Each book introduces a new relic or supernatural threat, but the larger frame stays clear. The trio are not just curious kids anymore. They are being drawn into the job of protecting their town from objects and forces that warp people, tempt people, and sometimes hunt people outright. Later books also make it clear that they are part of something bigger, a secret order with responsibilities they are still learning how to carry.

The setting does a lot of work here. New Rotterdam is not just a backdrop for scares. Its atmosphere shapes the whole series. The town feels old, wet, hidden, and a little sick around the edges. That makes the creepier ideas land harder, whether the threat is a wandering horror, a mask that preys on desire, or an object that can now reach victims through online spaces.

Even with all that darkness, the books are still squarely middle grade. The fear comes from suspense, eerie imagery, cursed objects, and the pressure on the friendships at the center. Emrys, Hazel, and Serena each bring a different temperament to the group, and later books do a good job of letting one character take the emotional lead while the others shift around them.

Read in order, the series builds very nicely. The mythology gets deeper, the town gets stranger, and the kids get more invested in what they are protecting. If you like middle grade horror with urban legend energy, secret histories, and a strong trio at the center, The Doomsday Archives has a lot going for it.