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Ramsey Campbell

Ramsey Campbell also writes as: Carl Dreadstone and Jay Ramsay.

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Ramsey Campbell Stats: The most read book by Ramsey Campbell on Book Notification is To Wake the Dead / The Parasite, a Standalone novel. The second most read book is Scared Stiff, a Collection.

Below is a complete list of Ramsey Campbell books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.

List of The Three Births of Daoloth Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
9
The Searching Dead
2016
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2
Born to the Dark
2017
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3
8
The Way of the Worm
2018
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List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top standalone books are To Wake the Dead / The Parasite, The Count of Eleven, and Midnight Sun.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Wolfman ( As: Carl Dreadstone)
1976
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2
4
The Doll Who Ate His Mother
1976
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3
The Bride of Frankenstein ( As: Carl Dreadstone)
1977
Go
4
Dracula's Daughter ( As: Carl Dreadstone)
1977
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5
4
The Face That Must Die
1979
Go
6
7
To Wake the Dead / The Parasite
1980
Go
7
6.7
The Nameless
1981
Go
8
8.3
Incarnate
1983
Go
9
Claw
1983
Go
10
Night of the Claw ( As: Jay Ramsay)
1983
Go
11
Obsession
1985
Go
12
Ancient Images
1989
Go
13
7.7
Midnight Sun
1990
Go
14
Needing Ghosts
1990
Go
15
6.7
The Count of Eleven
1991
Go
16
8.3
The Long Lost
1993
Go
17
The One Safe Place
1995
Go
18
8.3
The House on Nazareth Hill
1996
Go
19
The Last Voice They Hear
1998
Go
20
9
Silent Children
2000
Go
21
Pact of the Fathers
2001
Go
22
8.7
The Darkest Part of the Woods
2002
Go
23
The Overnight
2004
Go
24
6.3
Secret Story / Secret Stories
2005
Go
25
8.3
The Grin of the Dark
2007
Go
26
8.7
Thieving Fear
2008
Go
27
Creatures of the Pool
2009
Go
28
Solomon Kane
2010
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29
The Seven Days of Cain
2011
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30
Ghosts Know
2011
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31
7
The Kind Folk
2012
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32
Somebody's Voice
2021
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33
Fellstones
2022
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34
The Lonely Lands
2023
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35
The Incubations
2024
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36
An Echo of Children
2025
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List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top short stories and novellas are The Word, The Entertainment, and The Companion .

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
7.3
The Chimney
1976
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2
8
Loveman's Comeback
1977
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3
7.3
The Changer of Names
1977
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4
7.7
In the Bag
1977
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5
After the Queen
1977
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6
7.3
Mackintosh Willy
1979
Go
7
Watch the Birdie
1984
Go
8
9.3
The Other Side
1986
Go
9
8
The Word
1997
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10
9.3
The Entertainment
1999
Go
11
9
Never to Be Heard
1999
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12
7.7
No Story in It
2000
Go
13
8
Fear the Dead
2003
Go
14
7
Just Behind You
2005
Go
15
9
Digging Deep
2007
Go
16
With the Angels
2012
Go
17
The Last Revelation Of Gla'aki
2013
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18
The Pretence
2013
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19
Double Room - eBook Single
2013
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20
9
The Companion
2019
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List of Short Story Collections in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top short story collections are Scared Stiff, Alone With the Horrors, and The Height of the Scream.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Inhabitant Of The Lake And Less Welcome Tenants
1964
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2
Demons by Daylight
1973
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3
8.3
SUPERHORROR
1976
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4
8.7
The Height of the Scream
1976
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5
Dark Companions
1982
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6
Cold Print
1985
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7
7.7
Black Wine (With: Charles L. Grant)
1986
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8
7.3
Scared Stiff
1987
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9
Dark Feasts
1987
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10
8
Waking Nightmares
1991
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11
9.3
Alone With the Horrors
1993
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12
Two Obscure Tales
1993
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13
Strange Things and Stranger Places
1993
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14
Far Away & Never
1996
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15
8.3
Ghosts and Grisly Things
1998
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16
7.7
Told by the Dead
2003
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17
The Book of Liverpool (With: Brian Patten, Eleanor Rees)
2007
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18
Inconsequential Tales
2008
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19
8.7
Just Behind You
2009
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20
The Inhabitant of The Lake & Other Unwelcome Tenants
2011
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21
Cut Corners Volume 1 (With: Ray Garton, Bentley Little)
2012
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22
8.7
Holes for Faces
2013
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23
10,000 Ghost Stories
2014
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24
Hornsea Hauntings (With: Peter Crowther)
2014
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25
Visions from Brichester
2015
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26
By the Light of My Skull
2018
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27
The Companion & Other Phantasmagorical Stories
2019
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28
The Retrospective & Other Phantasmagorical Stories Volume 2
2020
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29
The Village Killings & Other Novellas
2021
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30
Ramsey Campbell, Certainly
2022
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List of Chapbooks in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
9
Through the Walls
1981
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List of Non-Fiction in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top non-fiction books are Letters to Arkham, Horror: Another 100 Best Books, and Ramsey Campbell, Probably.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Core Of Ramsey Campbell
1995
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2
6.7
Horror: Another 100 Best Books (With: Kim Newman, Stephen Jones)
2005
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3
7.7
Doors to Elsewhere (With: Mike Barrett)
2013
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4
8.3
Letters to Arkham
2014
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5
8.3
Ramsey Campbell, Probably
2020
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List of Black Labyrinth Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Walls of the Castle ( By: Tom Piccirilli)
2012
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2
Prisoner 489 (By: Joe R. Lansdale)
2014
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3
The Booking
2016
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List of Night Visions Books in Publication Order

Horror collections featuring stories from various noted authors.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Night Visions: In the Blood
1984
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2
8.7
Night Visions
1985
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3
7.7
Night Visions 2
1985
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4
6.7
Night Visions 3
1986
Go
5
6.7
Night Visions: The Hellbound Heart
1986
Go
6
8.7
Night Visions 6
1988
Go
7
Night Visions 8
1990
Go
8
Night Visions 9
1991
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9
Night Visions 10
2001
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10
Night Visions 11
2004
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11
Night Visions 12
2006
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List of Refuge Collection Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Heaven to Some... (With: Paul Kane)
2016
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2
The PI's Tale: The Refuge Collection 2.5 (By: Steve Dillon, Paul Kane)
2016
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List of Shadows Over Innsmouth Books in Publication Order

inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's Innsmouth, exploring its ichthyoid denizens, their spread across the globe, and mankind's struggle against the Deep Ones.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
10
Shadows Over Innsmouth (By: Stephen Jones)
1994
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2
Weird Shadows Over Innsmouth (By: Hugh B. Cave, Stephen Jones)
2005
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3
Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth
2013
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List of Gothic Fantasy Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top Gothic Fantasy books are George Orwell Visions of Dystopia, Tales of King Arthur and The Knights of the Round Table, and M.R. James Ghost Stories.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Paradise Lost & Other Poems (By: John Milton)
1667
Go
2
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: With Poems, Letters & Biography (By: Lewis Carroll)
1865
Go
3
H.G. Wells Short Stories (By: H.G. Wells)
1990
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4
Science Fiction Short Stories (By: David Tallerman, Rachael K. Jones, Sarah Hans, Brian Trent, Adrian Ludens, Keyan Bowes, Beth Cato, Andy Sawyer, Zach Shephard, Alexis A. Hunter, M. Darusha Wehm, Edward Ahern, Patrick Tumblety, Donald Jacob Uitvlugt, Kate O'Connor, Conor Powers-Smith, Stewart C. Baker, Mike Morgan, Nemma Wollenfang, Jacob M. Lambert, Laura Bulbeck, Rob Hartzell)
2015
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5
Chilling Horror Short Stories (By: Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, Elizabeth Gaskell, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Guy de Maupassant, Thomas Hardy, Ambrose Bierce, H.P. Lovecraft, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edith Wharton, D.H. Lawrence, Lucy Taylor, William Hope Hodgson, A. Merritt, John Buchan, F. Marion Crawford, Robert E. Howard, C.L. Moore, Frank Long, Robert W. Chambers, Rebecca J. Allred, Frank Roger, Gwendolyn Kiste, Elise Forier Edie, Michael Paul Gonzalez, D.J. Tyrer, William R.D. Wood, Kristopher Triana, James Lecky, Glen Damien Campbell, Justin Coates, John H. Dromey, Andrew J. Wilson, Bill Kte'pi, Ed Grabianowski, Gillian Whitaker, Nick Wells, Laura Bulbeck, Dale Townshend, Michael Bondies, David A Elsensohn, Eric Esser, John Neruda, Frances Bodlam, Josie Mitchell)
2015
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6
Chilling Ghost Short Stories (By: Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, Wilkie Collins, Nikolai Gogol, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, E. Nesbit, Henry James, W.W. Jacobs, Oscar Wilde, Washington Irving, Edith Wharton, M.R. James, James Dorr, E.F. Benson, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Amanda C. Davis, Robert W. Chambers, Kurt Bachard, Raymond Little, Brian Rappatta, Tim Foley, Vonnie Winslow Crist, Michael Penkas, Jonathan Balog, Donna Cuttress, Luke Murphy, Annette Siketa, Philip Brian Hall, Rhiannon Rasmussen, Jeff Parsons, M. Regan, Zach Chapman, Lesa Pascavis Smith, Trevor Boelter, Laura Bulbeck, Dale Townshend, Cathy Smith)
2015
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7
Crime & Mystery Short Stories (By: Cameron Trost, Marcelle Dube, James Dorr, Jennifer Gifford, Dan Stout, Ruth Nestvold, Jennifer Dornan-Fish, H.L. Fullerton, Tara Campbell, Nathan Hystad)
2016
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8
Swords & Steam Short Stories (By: S.T. Joshi, Amanda C. Davis, Jennifer Dornan-Fish, Spencer Ellsworth, Liam Hogan)
2016
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9
Dystopia Utopia Short Stories (By: Rudyard Kipling, Jack London, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Kim Antieau, Voltaire , William Morris, Claude Lalumière, Robert W. Chambers, Samuel Butler, Gerri Leen, Konstantine Paradias, M. Darusha Wehm, Thomas More, Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, Edward Bellamy, Carolyn Charron, Jeremy Szal, J.M. Templet, Steve Carr, Richard Jefferies, Michelle Kaseler, Andrew J. Wilson, Nidhi Singh, Jeff Parsons, Sarah Lyn Eaton, Megan Dorei, Dave Golder, Kelsey Shannahan, Russ Thorne)
2016
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10
Murder Mayhem Short Stories (By: James Dorr, Gerri Leen, Liam Hogan, Kate Heartfield, David M. Hoenig, Donald Jacob Uitvlugt)
2016
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11
Lovecraft Short Stories ( By: H.P. Lovecraft)
2017
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12
Lost Worlds Short Stories ( By: Various Various)
2017
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13
Supernatural Horror Short Stories (By: Roger Luckhurst, Damien Angelica Walters)
2017
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14
Time Travel Short Stories (By: Dominick Cancilla, Brian Trent, Kate Heartfield)
2017
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15
Heroic Fantasy Short Stories ( By: Various Various)
2017
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16
Edgar Allan Poe Collection (By: Edgar Allan Poe)
2017
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17
Sherlock Holmes Short Stories ( By: Flame Tree Studio)
2017
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18
Agents & Spies Short Stories (By: Josh Pachter, Martin Edwards, Dan Stout, Tony Pi, Stephen Kotowych, David Downing, Sara Dobie Bauer, Shane Halbach, Colt Leasure, Lauren C. Teffeau, Joseph Cusumano, Jo Miles, Laura Bulbeck, Jonathan MacGregor, S.L. Scott)
2017
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19
Pirates & Ghosts Short Stories (By: Jeremy A. TeGrotenhuis)
2017
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20
Tales of King Arthur and The Knights of the Round Table (By: Thomas Malory, Aubrey Beardsley)
2017
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21
Alien Invasion Short Stories (By: H.G. Wells, H.P. Lovecraft, Jonathan Swift, A. Merritt, Voltaire , Claude Lalumière, Rich Larson, Rachael K. Jones, George Allan England, Patrick Parrinder, Austin Hall, William R.D. Wood, John Walters, Bo Balder, Maria Haskins, Garrett P. Serviss, Sunil Patel, Jennifer Rachel Baumer, Laura Pearlman, Robert Potter, Tim Pieraccini, Angus McIntyre, Suo Hefu, George Chesney, Stephen G. Parks, Eric Reitan, S.A. Westerley)
2018
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22
Norse Myths & Tales (By: Brittany Schorn)
2018
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23
Bram Stoker Horror Stories (By: Bram Stoker)
2018
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24
Endless Apocalypse Short Stories (By: Shannon Connor Winward, Michael Paul Gonzalez)
2018
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25
Robots & Artificial Intelligence Short Stories (By: George Cotronis, Rich Larson, Rachael K. Jones, Bruce Golden, Holly Lyn Walrath, Monte Lin, Eleanor R. Wood, David Sklar, Nemma Wollenfang, Deborah Davitt, Trixie Nisbet, Luke Dormehl, Roan Clay, Jeff Deck, Christopher Geeson, Rob Hartzell, Nathaniel Hosford, Chloie Piveral, Claire Sorrenson, Sara Uckelman)
2018
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26
Lost Souls (By: Roger Luckhurst, Damien Angelica Walters)
2018
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27
Greek Myths & Tales (By: Richard Buxton)
2018
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28
Chinese Myths & Tales (By: Davide Latini)
2018
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29
Irish Fairy Tales (By: Arthur Rackham, D.L. Ashliman)
2018
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30
Mary Shelley Horror Stories (By: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
2018
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31
Celtic Myths & Tales (By: Jake Jackson)
2018
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32
Haunted House Short Stories
2019
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33
Cosy Crime Short Stories (By: Arthur Conan Doyle, E.E. King, G.K. Chesterton, R. Austin Freeman, Arnold Bennett, Edgar Wallace, Arthur Morrison, Martin Edwards, Ernest Bramah, Maurice Leblanc, Amanda C. Davis, Stephanie Bedwell-Grime, Emmuska Orczy, Israel Zangwill, Anna Katharine Green, Catherine Louisa Pirkis, Flame Tree Studio, Andrew Forrester, Nancy Sweetland, Jeffrey B. Burton, Louise Taylor, Annette Siketa, Philip Brian Hall, Tom Mead, C.B. Channell, Michael Martin Garrett, Trixie Nisbet, Joshua Boyce, Sarah Holly Bryant, Gregory Von Dare, B. David Spicer, Elise Warner, Anton Chekhov)
2019
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34
Brothers Grimm Short Stories (By: Jacob Grimm)
2019
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35
American Gothic Short Stories
2019
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36
Short Stories from the Age of Queen Victoria (By: Various Various, Peter Garratt)
2019
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37
Urban Crime Short Stories
2019
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38
Japanese Myths & Tales (By: Jake Jackson)
2019
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39
Lovecraft Mythos New & Classic Collection
2020
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40
Epic Fantasy Short Stories (By: Leah Cypess)
2020
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41
A Dying Planet Short Stories (By: Dave Golder, AnaMaria Curtis)
2020
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42
Detective Thrillers Short Stories (By: Marie Vibbert)
2020
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43
Charles Dickens Supernatural Short Stories ( By: Charles Dickens)
2020
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44
African Myths & Tales: Epic Tales (By: Marian Womack, AnaMaria Curtis)
2020
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45
Heroes & Heroines Short Stories (By: Maria Tatar)
2020
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46
Native American Myths Tales (By: Sam D. Gill)
2020
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47
Witches, Wizards, Seers & Healers Myths & Tales (By: Abbie Farwell Brown, Andrew Lang, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Joseph Jacobs, Yei Theodora Ozaki, Douglas Hyde, Thomas Malory, Jeremiah Curtin, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, Lewis Spence, Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, James Mooney, Charles Godfrey Leland, Florence Holbrook, E.A. Wallis Budge, Richard Wilhelm, F. Hadland Davis, Norman Hinsdale Pitman, Yi Ryuk, Charles Montgomery Skinner, Edmund Leamy, Sophia Morrison, William Elliot Griffis, James Scarth Gale, Elphinstone Dayrell, Alice Werner, M.I. Ogumefu, William Butler Yeats, Diane Purkiss, George W. Bateman, Elsie Finnimore Buckley, Margaret Compton, Jonathan Ceredig Davies, George Douglas, Alice Elizabeth Dracott, George Grey, Francis Hindes Groome, H.A. Guerber, Eleanor Hull, W.F. Kirby, Ignác Kúnos, Minnie Martin, Frederick H. Martens, W.R.S. Ralston, A.G. Seklemian, Chauncy Hugh Stigand, J.R. Walker, E.T.C. Werner, William Drake Westervelt, Lady Wilde, Albert Henry Wratislaw)
2020
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48
9.3
George Orwell Visions of Dystopia (By: George Orwell)
2021
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49
Gods & Monsters Myths & Tales (By: Liz Gloyn)
2021
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50
Terrifying Ghosts Short Stories (By: Charles Dickens, Bram Stoker, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Henry James, Ambrose Bierce, Algernon Blackwood, Edith Wharton, M.R. James, E.F. Benson, William Hope Hodgson, A.C. Benson, Marjorie Bowen, Francis Marion Crawford, Marshall J. Moore)
2021
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51
Black Sci-Fi Short Stories (By: K. Tempest Bradford, Russell Nichols, Wole Talabi, W.E.B. Du Bois, Tara Campbell, Walidah Imarisha, James Beamon, Martin R. Delany, Sandra M. Grayson, Patty Nicole Johnson, Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins, Temi Oh, Michelle F. Goddard, Tia Ross, Harambee K. Grey-Sun, Sutton E. Griggs, Emmalia Harrington, Edward Johnson, Megan Pindling, Sylvie Soul, Lyle Stiles)
2021
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52
8
M.R. James Ghost Stories (By: M.R. James)
2021
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53
Chilling Crime Short Stories (By: Dan Stout, Margaret Murphy, Marshall J. Moore)
2021
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54
Persian Myths & Tales: Epic Tales (By: Christine Ruymbeke)
2022
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55
Beasts Creatures Myths Tales: Epic Tales (By: Tok Thompson)
2022
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56
Asian Ghost Short Stories (By: Lee Murray, K.P. Kulski)
2022
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57
Weird Horror Short Stories (By: M.R. James)
2022
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58
Christmas Gothic Short Stories (By: Marshall J. Moore, Jerrold E. Hogle)
2022
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59
First Peoples Shared Stories: Gothic Fantasy (By: Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science))
2022
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60
Alternate History Short Stories (By: Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science))
2023
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61
Hidden Realms Short Stories (By: Anna Taborska, Briana Una McGuckin)
2023
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62
Immigrant Sci-Fi Short Stories (By: Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science))
2023
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63
Spirits & Ghouls Short Stories (By: Rayne Hall, Bret Nelson, Wen Wen Yang, Ahmed al-Rawi)
2023
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64
Lost Atlantis Short Stories (By: Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science))
2023
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65
Aztec Myths & Tales (By: Jake Jackson)
2023
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66
Algernon Blackwood Horror Stories (By: Algernon Blackwood)
2023
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67
Viking Folk & Fairy Tales (By: Dagrún Ósk Jónsdóttir)
2023
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68
Scottish Folk & Fairy Tales (By: Allison Galbraith)
2023
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69
Egyptian Myths & Tales: Epic Tales (By: Jake Jackson)
2023
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70
Learning to Be Human Short Stories (By: P.A. Cornell)
2024
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71
Shadows on the Water Short Stories (By: Rachael K. Jones)
2024
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72
Arthur Machen Horror Stories (By: Arthur Machen)
2024
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73
William Hope Hodgson Horror Stories (By: William Hope Hodgson, Jonathan Newell)
2024
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74
African Ghost Short Stories (By: Chinelo Onwualu, Nuzo Onoh, Divine Che Neba)
2024
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75
Titans & Giants Myths & Tales: Epic Tales ( By: Debbie Felton)
2024
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76
Quests & Journeys (By: Matt Cardin)
2024
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77
Babylon & Sumer Myths & Tales (By: Fiona Collins)
2024
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78
Sun Rising Short Stories (By: Faye Snowden, Ravit Helled)
2024
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79
Moon Falling Short Stories (By: Various Various, Ben Moore)
2024
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80
Sheridan Le Fanu Horror Stories (By: J. Sheridan Le Fanu)
2025
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81
Afrofuturism Short Stories (By: Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science), Dr. Sandra M. Grayson)
2025
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82
Were Wolf Short Stories (By: Dr. Karen E. Macfarlane)
2025
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83
Prophecies & Oracles Myths & Tales (By: Richard Stoneman)
2025
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84
Robots Past & Future Short Stories (By: Chris Beckett)
2025
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85
Kalevala & Finnish Myths & Tales (By: Various Various)
2026
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86
Faeries & Nymphs Myths & Tales: Epic Tales (By: John Gibbons)
2026
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87
Slavic Myths & Tales: Epic Tales (By: Kristijan Petrovic, Ema Lakinska)
2026
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88
Africanfuturism Short Stories (By: Chinelo Onwualu, Yvette Lisa Ndlovu)
2026
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89
Folklore Horror Short Stories (By: Flame Tree Studio)
2026
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90
Wars in the Stars Short Stories (By: Flame Tree Studio)
2026
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91
Christmas Horror Short Stories (By: Flame Tree Studio)
2026
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List of Fiction Without Frontiers Books in Publication Order

People confront bizarre realms, island secrets, haunted houses, and remote creatures.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The City Among the Stars (By: Francis Carsac)
1962
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2
10
The Hungry Moon
1986
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3
6.7
The Influence
1988
Go
4
10
The Sorrows (By: Jonathan Janz)
2012
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5
Junction (By: Daniel M. Bensen)
2012
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6
House of Skin (By: Jonathan Janz)
2012
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7
The Darkest Lullaby (By: Jonathan Janz)
2013
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8
Savage Species (By: Jonathan Janz)
2013
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9
Think Yourself Lucky
2014
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10
Castle of Sorrows (By: Jonathan Janz)
2014
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11
The Nightmare Girl (By: Jonathan Janz)
2015
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12
10
We Are Monsters (By: Brian Kirk)
2015
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13
Thirteen Days by Sunset Beach
2015
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14
Wolf Land (By: Jonathan Janz)
2015
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15
The Toy Thief (By: D.W. Gillespie)
2018
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16
10
The Siren and the Specter (By: Jonathan Janz)
2018
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17
Creature (By: Hunter Shea)
2018
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18
The Mouth of the Dark (By: Tim Waggoner)
2018
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19
Ten Thousand Thunders (By: Brian Trent)
2018
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20
The House by the Cemetery (By: John Everson)
2018
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21
Night Shift (By: Robin Triggs)
2018
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22
Kosmos (By: Adrian Laing)
2018
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23
The Playing Card Killer (By: Russell James)
2019
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24
The Haunting of Henderson Close (By: Catherine Cavendish)
2019
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25
10
Black Wings (By: Megan Hart)
2019
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26
Will Haunt You (By: Brian Kirk)
2019
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27
Second Lives (By: P.D. Cacek)
2019
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28
10
The Dark Game (By: Jonathan Janz)
2019
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29
Ghost Mine (By: Hunter Shea)
2019
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30
The Gemini Experiment (By: Brian Pinkerton)
2019
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31
Chop Shop (By: Andrew Post)
2019
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32
Dust Devils ( By: Jonathan Janz)
2019
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33
The Devil's Equinox (By: John Everson)
2019
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34
They Kill ( By: Tim Waggoner)
2019
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35
American Dreams (By: Kenneth Bromberg)
2019
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36
Hellrider ( By: JG Faherty)
2019
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37
A Killing Fire (By: Faye Snowden)
2019
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38
A Savage Generation (By: David Tallerman)
2019
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39
One by One (By: D.W. Gillespie)
2019
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40
Slash (By: Hunter Shea)
2019
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41
Those Who Came Before (By: J.H. Moncrieff)
2019
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42
Hearthstone Cottage (By: Frazer Lee)
2019
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43
Snowball (By: Gregory Bastianelli)
2020
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44
The Garden of Bewitchment (By: Catherine Cavendish)
2020
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45
The Forever House (By: Tim Waggoner)
2020
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46
Two Lives (By: A Yi, Alex Woodend)
2020
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47
Vulcan's Forge (By: Robert Mitchell Evans)
2020
Go
48
The Heron Kings (By: Eric Lewis)
2020
Go
49
Boy in the Box (By: Marc E. Fitch)
2020
Go
50
The Wise Friend
2020
Go
51
Until Summer Comes Around ( By: Glenn Rolfe)
2020
Go
52
6
Tomb of Gods (By: Brian Moreland)
2020
Go
53
Sins of the Father (By: JG Faherty)
2020
Go
54
Vintage Crime (By: Martin Edwards)
2020
Go
55
The Apocalypse Strain (By: Jason Parent)
2020
Go
56
Misfits (By: Hunter Shea)
2020
Go
57
7
The Sentient (By: Nadia Afifi)
2020
Go
58
8
After Sundown (By: Mark Morris)
2020
Go
59
Voodoo Heart (By: John Everson)
2020
Go
60
Greyfriars Reformatory (By: Frazer Lee)
2020
Go
61
The Portal (By: Russell James)
2020
Go
62
Human Resources (By: Robin Triggs)
2020
Go
63
Mondo Crimson (By: Andrew Post)
2020
Go
64
City of Angels (By: Kenneth Bromberg)
2020
Go
65
Redspace Rising ( By: Brian Trent)
2022
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List of Encyclopocalypse Classics Books in Publication Order

Horror stories including hired killers, Dracula, and monstrous invasions.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Odd Job (By: Bernard McKenna, Colin Bostock-Smith)
1978
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2
Dracula in Love (By: John Shirley)
1979
Go
3
Killer Flies (By: Mark Kendall)
1983
Go
4
In Darkness Waiting (By: John Shirley)
1988
Go
5
The Rain Ghost (By: Garry Douglas Kilworth)
1990
Go
6
Courage Under Fire (By: Patrick Sheane Duncan)
1996
Go
7
A Private War (By: Patrick Sheane Duncan)
2002
Go
8
Criminal Macabre (By: Steve Niles)
2007
Go
9
The Visitor (By: Chauncey G. Parker III)
2019
Go
10
The Nightmare Blonde (By: Morton Wolson)
2024
Go
11
Spook City (With: Clive Barker, Peter Atkins, Doug Bradley, Angus MacKenzie)
2024
Go
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List of Demonic Visions: 50 Horror Tales Books in Publication Order

Anthology series.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Demonic Visions: 50 Horror Tales
2013
Go
2
Demonic Visions: 50 Horror Tales # 2
2013
Go
3
Demonic Visions: 50 Horror Tales #3
2014
Go
4
Demonic Visions 50 Horror Tales #4
2014
Go
5
Demonic Visions 50 Horror Tales #5
2014
Go
6
Demonic Visions 50 Horror Tales #6
2016
Go
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List of Floppy Shoes Apocalypse Books in Publication Order (with Alex S. Johnson, with John Claude Smith, with Mary Genevieve Fortier, with Russell Holbrook, with Adrian Baldwin, with Josh Laing, with J.K. Wilde, with Roberto Segate)

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Floppy Shoes Apocalypse 2: Cherry Nose Armageddon (With: Alex S. Johnson, John Claude Smith, Mary Genevieve Fortier, Russell Holbrook, Adrian Baldwin, Josh Laing, J.K. Wilde, Roberto Segate)
2016
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List of The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror Books in Publication Order

Collects the year's best dark fantasy and horror stories, edited by Paula Guran.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
9
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition
2010
Go
2
7
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition
2011
Go
3
7
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition
2012
Go
4
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition
2013
Go
5
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition
2014
Go
6
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition
2015
Go
7
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition
2016
Go
8
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition
2017
Go
9
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition
2018
Go
10
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 Edition
2020
Go
11
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 1
2020
Go
12
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 2
2021
Go
13
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3
2022
Go
14
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 4
2023
Go
15
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5
2024
Go
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List of Best Horror of the Year Books in Publication Order

Sci-fi and horror anthologies featuring short-story collections.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One
2009
Go
2
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two
2010
Go
3
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three
2011
Go
4
10
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four
2012
Go
5
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Five
2013
Go
6
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six
2014
Go
7
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven
2015
Go
8
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight
2016
Go
9
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Nine
2017
Go
10
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten
2018
Go
11
The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction
2018
Go
12
8
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven
2019
Go
13
8
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Twelve
2020
Go
14
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Thirteen
2021
Go
15
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fourteen
2022
Go
16
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fifteen
2024
Go
17
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Sixteen
2024
Go
18
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Seventeen
2025
Go
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List of The Dark Descent Books in Publication Order

Offers horror stories from famous authors, with introductions explaining the genre's evolution.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Volume I: The Color of Evil
1987
Go
2
Volume II: The Medusa In The Shield
1990
Go
3
Volume III: A Fabulous, Formless Darkness
1991
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List of Ramsey Campbell Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series II
1972
Go
2
The Year's Best Horror Stories No. 3
1973
Go
3
Great Black Magic Stories
1974
Go
4
The Satyr's Head: Tales of Terror
1975
Go
5
Jack the Knife: Tales of Jack the Ripper
1975
Go
6
Star Book of Horror No. 1
1975
Go
7
Nameless Places
1975
Go
8
Beyond Midnight
1976
Go
9
The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series IV
1976
Go
10
Disciples of Cthulhu
1976
Go
11
Cold Fear
1977
Go
12
Whispers
1977
Go
13
Rivals Of Dracula
1977
Go
14
The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 4
1978
Go
15
The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series VI
1978
Go
16
New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos
1980
Go
17
New Terrors
1980
Go
18
New Terrors Vol. 1
1980
Go
19
Dark Forces: New Stories of Suspense and Supernatural Horror
1980
Go
20
New Terrors II
1980
Go
21
Scaremongers
1981
Go
22
65 Great Spine Chillers
1982
Go
23
The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series XI
1983
Go
24
The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series XII
1984
Go
25
Kingdom of Fear: The World of Stephen King
1986
Go
26
Halloween Horrors
1986
Go
27
Cutting Edge
1986
Go
28
Volume I: The Color of Evil
1987
Go
29
Tales From the Forbidden Planet
1987
Go
30
Gaslight & Ghosts
1988
Go
31
First Annual Collection
1988
Go
32
Barbarians 2
1988
Go
33
Hunger for Horror
1988
Go
34
Demons & Dreams: The Best Fantasy and Horror 1
1988
Go
35
Book of the Dead
1989
Go
36
Hot Blood Tales of Erotic Horror
1989
Go
37
The Year's Best Fantasy: Second Annual Collection
1989
Go
38
Third Annual Collection
1989
Go
39
Dark Fantasies
1989
Go
40
Dark Voices 2
1990
Go
41
8
Best New Horror
1990
Go
42
Volume II: The Medusa In The Shield
1990
Go
43
Now We Are Sick
1991
Go
44
Volume III: A Fabulous, Formless Darkness
1991
Go
45
Dark Voices 3
1991
Go
46
Best New Horror 2
1991
Go
47
Darklands No 1
1991
Go
48
Cold Blood
1991
Go
49
Taboo #5
1991
Go
50
The Architecture of Fear
1991
Go
51
Borderlands 4
1991
Go
52
Best New Horror 3
1992
Go
53
The Mammoth Book of Vampires
1992
Go
54
Fifth Annual Collection
1992
Go
55
The Giant Book of Zombies
1993
Go
56
Deathport
1993
Go
57
The Giant Book of Best New Horror
1993
Go
58
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories
1993
Go
59
Best New Horror 4
1993
Go
60
The Mammoth Book of Zombies
1993
Go
61
The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein
1994
Go
62
The Anthology of Fantasy and the Supernatural
1994
Go
63
Cthulhu's Heirs
1994
Go
64
The Giant Book of Terror
1994
Go
65
The Starry Wisdom: A Tribute to H.P. Lovecraft
1994
Go
66
Sea-Cursed
1994
Go
67
10
Shadows Over Innsmouth
1994
Go
68
The Mammoth Book of Wolf Men / The Mammoth Book of Werewolves
1994
Go
69
100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories
1995
Go
70
10
100 Wicked Little Witch Stories
1995
Go
71
Best New Horror 6
1995
Go
72
Cthulhu 2000
1995
Go
73
Tales from Tartarus
1995
Go
74
4
Dark Terrors
1995
Go
75
Dark Terrors 2
1996
Go
76
Giant Book of Fantasy Tales
1996
Go
77
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 7
1996
Go
78
Dark of the Night
1997
Go
79
Dark Terrors 3
1997
Go
80
100 Fiendish Little Frightmares
1997
Go
81
Millenium
1997
Go
82
The Mammoth Book of Dracula
1997
Go
83
Crimes of Passion
1997
Go
84
Hot Blood X
1998
Go
85
Dark Terrors 4
1998
Go
86
The Young Oxford Book of Nasty Endings
1998
Go
87
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 9
1998
Go
88
4
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 10
1999
Go
89
Dark Terrors 5
2000
Go
90
Swords Against the Millennium
2000
Go
91
October Dreams
2000
Go
92
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #11
2000
Go
93
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #12
2001
Go
94
10
Fourteenth Annual Collection
2001
Go
95
Keep Out The Night
2002
Go
96
Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 13
2002
Go
97
Dark Terrors 6
2002
Go
98
Shelf Life: Fantastic Stories Celebrating Bookstores
2002
Go
99
Beneath The Ground
2002
Go
100
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 14
2003
Go
101
Gathering the Bones
2003
Go
102
Vivisections
2003
Go
103
The Dark: New Ghost Stories
2003
Go
104
The Fear Within
2003
Go
105
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection
2003
Go
106
The Mammoth Book of New Terror
2004
Go
107
Great Ghost Stories
2004
Go
108
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 15
2004
Go
109
Weird Shadows Over Innsmouth
2005
Go
110
Poe's Progeny
2005
Go
111
Dark Delicacies
2005
Go
112
Lost on the Darkside: Voices From The Edge of Horror
2005
Go
113
Best New Horror 16
2005
Go
114
Corpse Blossoms
2005
Go
115
Night Visions 12
2006
Go
116
Shrouded by Darkness: Tales of Terror
2006
Go
117
Read by Dawn, Vol. 1
2006
Go
118
Best New Horror 17
2006
Go
119
Best New Horror 18
2007
Go
120
Summer Chills
2007
Go
121
The Mammoth Book of Monsters
2007
Go
122
Bound for Evil: Curious Tales of Books Gone Bad
2008
Go
123
10
The New Uncanny
2008
Go
124
Best New Horror 19
2008
Go
125
The Best of Cemetery Dance II
2008
Go
126
Dancing with the Dark
2009
Go
127
Best New Horror 20
2009
Go
128
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One
2009
Go
129
Dead Souls
2009
Go
130
The Dead That Walk
2009
Go
131
Curse of the Full Moon: A Werewolf Anthology
2010
Go
132
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two
2010
Go
133
Haunted Legends
2010
Go
134
Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror
2010
Go
135
Black Spiral Twisted Tales of TERROR
2010
Go
136
Never Again
2010
Go
137
Best New Horror 21
2010
Go
138
9
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition
2010
Go
139
The End of the Line
2010
Go
140
Visitants
2010
Go
141
Haunts: Reliquaries of the Dead
2011
Go
142
A Book of Horrors
2011
Go
143
Full Fathom Forty
2011
Go
144
6
Stranger by Night
2011
Go
145
Dead Bait 2
2011
Go
146
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three
2011
Go
147
8
The Book of Cthulhu
2011
Go
148
7
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition
2011
Go
149
Best New Horror 22
2011
Go
150
Horror for the Holidays
2011
Go
151
Rage Against the Night
2011
Go
152
Cut Corners Volume 1
2012
Go
153
10
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four
2012
Go
154
The Devil's Coattails
2012
Go
155
The Mammoth Book of Body Horror
2012
Go
156
Horror for Good
2012
Go
157
A Feast of Frights from The Horror Zine
2012
Go
158
Four For Fear
2012
Go
159
7
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition
2012
Go
160
Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury
2012
Go
161
Mammoth Books Presents The Unexpected
2012
Go
162
Mammoth Books presents A Ghostly Gathering
2012
Go
163
Best New Horror 23
2012
Go
164
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Five
2013
Go
165
Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth
2013
Go
166
Zombies!: Tales of the Walking Dead
2013
Go
167
Bad Seeds: Evil Progeny
2013
Go
168
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition
2013
Go
169
Memoryville Blues: A Postscripts Anthology 30/31
2013
Go
170
Tales of Jack the Ripper
2013
Go
171
Demonic Visions: 50 Horror Tales
2013
Go
172
Fearie Tales
2013
Go
173
Flotsam Fantastique: The Souvenir Book of World Fantasy Convention 2013
2013
Go
174
Best New Horror 24
2013
Go
175
Beware the Dark #1
2013
Go
176
Fresh Fear
2013
Go
177
Demonic Visions: 50 Horror Tales # 2
2013
Go
178
Chiral Mad 2
2013
Go
179
Best New Horror 25
2014
Go
180
Fossil Lake
2014
Go
181
Now Write! Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror
2014
Go
182
Demonic Visions: 50 Horror Tales #3
2014
Go
183
Horror 101: The Way Forward
2014
Go
184
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six
2014
Go
185
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition
2014
Go
186
Cursed Curiosities
2014
Go
187
Suspended In Dusk
2014
Go
188
The Starry Wisdom Library
2014
Go
189
Shadows Over Main Street
2015
Go
190
Cthulhu Deep Down Under Volume 1
2015
Go
191
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven
2015
Go
192
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition
2015
Go
193
Best New Horror #26
2015
Go
194
Horrorology
2015
Go
195
Horror 201: The Silver Scream Vol. 1
2015
Go
196
Gutted
2016
Go
197
Darker Terrors 7
2016
Go
198
Chiral Mad 3
2016
Go
199
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight
2016
Go
200
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition
2016
Go
201
In the Shadow of Frankenstein
2016
Go
202
The Beauty of Death
2016
Go
203
Crime & Mystery Short Stories
2016
Go
204
Swords & Steam Short Stories
2016
Go
205
Grave Predictions
2016
Go
206
Ten Tall Tales: And Twisted Limericks
2016
Go
207
The Madness of Dr. Caligari
2016
Go
208
Murder Mayhem Short Stories
2016
Go
209
Floppy Shoes Apocalypse 2: Cherry Nose Armageddon
2016
Go
210
Supernatural Horror Short Stories
2017
Go
211
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Nine
2017
Go
212
Time Travel Short Stories
2017
Go
213
Behold! Oddities, Curiosities and Undefinable Wonders
2017
Go
214
Dark Places, Evil Faces
2017
Go
215
New Fears
2017
Go
216
Below the Stairs: Tales from the Cellar
2017
Go
217
In the Footsteps of Dracula
2017
Go
218
Agents & Spies Short Stories
2017
Go
219
Masters of Horror
2017
Go
220
The Beauty of Death, Vol. 2
2017
Go
221
Behind the Mask - Tales from the Id
2018
Go
222
Dark Discoveries - Issue #38
2018
Go
223
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten
2018
Go
224
Beyond the Infinite: Tales from the Outer Reaches
2018
Go
225
Suspended in Dusk II
2018
Go
226
Robots & Artificial Intelligence Short Stories
2018
Go
227
The Mammoth Book of Halloween Stories
2018
Go
228
Lost Souls
2018
Go
229
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition
2018
Go
230
The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction
2018
Go
231
The Black Room Manuscripts, Volume Four
2018
Go
232
The Alchemy Press Book of Horrors
2018
Go
233
This Dreaming Isle
2018
Go
234
Mary Shelley Horror Stories
2018
Go
235
The Mammoth Book of Nightmare Stories
2019
Go
236
Best New Horror 29
2019
Go
237
Mannequin: Tales of Wood Made Flesh
2019
Go
238
Terrifying Tales to Tell at Night
2019
Go
239
Urban Crime Short Stories
2019
Go
240
8
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven
2019
Go
241
Nowhereville
2019
Go
242
The Horror Writer: A Study of Craft and Identity in the Horror Genre
2020
Go
243
Lovecraft Mythos New & Classic Collection
2020
Go
244
Miscreations
2020
Go
245
Stories of Hope and Wonder: In Support of UK's Healthcare Workers
2020
Go
246
The Horror Collection: Emerald Edition
2020
Go
247
Vintage Crime
2020
Go
248
8
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Twelve
2020
Go
249
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 1
2020
Go
250
8
After Sundown
2020
Go
251
Best New Horror #30
2020
Go
252
Terrifying Ghosts Short Stories
2021
Go
253
Black Sci-Fi Short Stories
2021
Go
254
The Mammoth Book of Folk Horror
2021
Go
255
Out of the Ruins: The Apocalyptic Anthology
2021
Go
256
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 2
2021
Go
257
Best New Horror #31
2021
Go
258
Professor Charlatan Bardot’s Travel Anthology to the Most Haunted Buildings in the Weird, Wild World
2021
Go
259
From The Depths
2021
Go
260
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Thirteen
2021
Go
261
Chilling Crime Short Stories
2021
Go
262
The Horror Zine’s Book of Werewolf Stories
2022
Go
263
8
Revelations
2022
Go
264
Dark Stars: New Tales of Darkest Horror
2022
Go
265
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fourteen
2022
Go
266
Close to Midnight
2022
Go
267
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3
2022
Go
268
Hidden Realms Short Stories
2023
Go
269
13 Haunted Houses
2023
Go
270
Spirits & Ghouls Short Stories
2023
Go
271
Literally Dead: Book 1
2023
Go
272
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 4
2023
Go
273
Reports from the Deep End
2023
Go
274
Strange Tales of Terror
2023
Go
275
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fifteen
2024
Go
276
Shadows on the Water Short Stories
2024
Go
277
Nightmare Abbey 5
2024
Go
278
African Ghost Short Stories
2024
Go
279
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5
2024
Go
280
Nature Triumphs
2024
Go
281
Spook City
2024
Go
282
Sun Rising Short Stories
2024
Go
283
You're Not Alone in the Dark
2024
Go
284
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Sixteen
2024
Go
285
Robots Past & Future Short Stories
2025
Go
286
8
Roots of My Fears
2025
Go
287
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Seventeen
2025
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Ramsey Campbell

Ramsey Campbell (John Ramsey Campbell) was born on January 4th, 1946 and is currently 80 years old. Ramsey Campbell was born in Liverpool, Merseyside, England.

Ramsey Campbell has written 36 standalone novels, starting with The Wolfman in 1976. The most recently released novel was An Echo of Children, which was released in 2025. There are no upcoming standalone novels by Ramsey at this time.

Ramsey Campbell has also written the Short Story Collections series which has 30 books including The Inhabitant Of The Lake And Less Welcome Tenants and Demons by Daylight.

In 1992, Ramsey Campbell was nominated for the "Professional" award, a World Fantasy Special Award for his work in writing and editing.

Ramsey Campbell: Awards & Accolades

Ramsey Campbell has won multiple awards including: The Bram Stoker Awards, Lifetime Achievement Award, in 1998 and the World Fantasy Award, Life Achievement, in 2015.

Many of Ramsey Campbell's books have won awards, including:

  • The Chimney won the World Fantasy Award, Short Fiction, in 1978.
  • In the Bag won the British Fantasy Award, Best Short Story, in 1978.
  • Mackintosh Willy won the World Fantasy Award, Short Fiction, in 1980.
  • The Stains won the British Fantasy Award, Best Short Story, in 1981.
  • To Wake the Dead / The Parasite won the British Fantasy Award, Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award), in 1981.
  • Dark Forces: New Stories of Suspense and Supernatural Horror won the World Fantasy Award, Collection, in 1981.
  • Incarnate won the British Fantasy Award, Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award), in 1985.
  • The Hungry Moon won the British Fantasy Award, Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award), in 1988.
  • The Architecture of Fear won the World Fantasy Award, Anthology, in 1988.
  • First Annual Collection won the World Fantasy Award, Anthology, in 1989.
  • The Influence won the British Fantasy Award, Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award), in 1989.
  • The Year's Best Fantasy: Second Annual Collection won the World Fantasy Award, Anthology, in 1990.
  • Midnight Sun won the British Fantasy Award, Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award), in 1991.
  • Best New Horror won the British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology, in 1991 as well as the World Fantasy Award - Anthology in 1991.
  • Darklands No 1 won the British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology, in 1992.
  • Alone With the Horrors won the Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection, in 1993 as well as the World Fantasy Award - Collection in 1994.
  • The Long Lost won the British Fantasy Award, Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award), in 1994.
  • Best New Horror 6 won the International Horror Guild Award, Best Anthology, in 1996.
  • Ghosts and Grisly Things won the British Fantasy Award, Best Collection, in 1999.
  • The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 10 won the British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology, in 2000.
  • Ramsey Campbell, Probably won the Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction, in 2002 as well as the British Fantasy Award - Best Collection in 2003.
  • Told by the Dead won the British Fantasy Award, Best Collection, in 2004.
  • Dark Delicacies won the Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology, in 2005.
  • Horror: Another 100 Best Books won the Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction, in 2005.
  • The Grin of the Dark won the British Fantasy Award, Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award), in 2008.
  • The New Uncanny won the Shirley Jackson Award, Best Anthology, in 2008.
  • Best New Horror 20 won the British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology, in 2010.
  • Haunted Legends won the Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology, in 2010.
  • Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury won the Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology, in 2012.
  • Letters to Arkham won the British Fantasy Award, Best Non-Fiction, in 2015.
  • Behold! Oddities, Curiosities and Undefinable Wonders won the Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology, in 2017.

The following novels by Ramsey Campbell were also nominated for these awards:

  • The Satyr's Head: Tales of Terror: British Fantasy Award, Best Short Story (1976).
  • SUPERHORROR: World Fantasy Award, Collection (1977).
  • The Doll Who Ate His Mother: World Fantasy Award, Novel (1977).
  • The Height of the Scream: World Fantasy Award, Collection (1977).
  • The Companion: World Fantasy Award, Short Fiction (1977).
  • Whispers: World Fantasy Award, Collection (1978).
  • Loveman's Comeback: World Fantasy Award, Short Fiction (1978).
  • The Changer of Names: British Fantasy Award, Best Short Story (1979).
  • The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series VI: World Fantasy Award, Collection (1979).
  • New Terrors: World Fantasy Award, Collection (1981).
  • Crouch End: British Fantasy Award, Best Short Story (1981).
  • Through the Walls: British Fantasy Award, Best Short Story (1982).
  • The Nameless: World Fantasy Award, Novel (1982). British Fantasy Award, Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award) (1982).
  • The Other Side: British Fantasy Award, Best Short Story (1987).
  • Black Wine: World Fantasy Award, Collection (1987).
  • Scared Stiff: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection (1987). World Fantasy Award, Collection (1988).
  • Night Visions 3: World Fantasy Award, Collection (1987).
  • Third Annual Collection: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (1991).
  • Dark Voices 2: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (1991). British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (1991). British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (1991). World Fantasy Award, Anthology (1991).
  • Waking Nightmares: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection (1991).
  • Dark Voices 3: British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (1992).
  • The Count of Eleven: British Fantasy Award, Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award) (1992).
  • The Word: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in Long Fiction (1997). British Fantasy Award, Best Short Story (1998).
  • Scaremongers: British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (1998).
  • The House on Nazareth Hill: British Fantasy Award, Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award) (1998).
  • The Entertainment: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in Short Fiction (1999). British Fantasy Award, Best Short Story (2000).
  • The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 10: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology (1999).
  • Never to Be Heard: British Fantasy Award, Best Short Story (1999).
  • Silent Children: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in a Novel (2000). British Fantasy Award, Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award) (2001).
  • No Story in It: British Fantasy Award, Best Short Story (2001).
  • Swords Against the Millennium: British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (2001).
  • Fourteenth Annual Collection: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2001). World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2002). British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (2002).
  • The Darkest Part of the Woods: British Fantasy Award, Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award) (2003).
  • Gathering the Bones: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2003). World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2004).
  • Told by the Dead: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection (2003).
  • Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2003).
  • Beneath The Ground: British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (2004).
  • Fear the Dead: British Fantasy Award, Best Short Story (2004).
  • Secret Story / Secret Stories: British Fantasy Award, Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award) (2005).
  • Corpse Blossoms: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2005).
  • Just Behind You: British Fantasy Award, Best Short Story (2006).
  • Shrouded by Darkness: Tales of Terror: British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (2007).
  • Digging Deep: British Fantasy Award, Best Short Story (2008).
  • Bound for Evil: Curious Tales of Books Gone Bad: Shirley Jackson Award, Best Anthology (2008).
  • Thieving Fear: British Fantasy Award, Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award) (2009).
  • Just Behind You: British Fantasy Award, Best Collection (2010).
  • The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition: Suspense Magazine Awards, Best Historical (2010). Suspense Magazine Awards, Best Anthology (2010).
  • Haunted Legends: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2011).
  • Never Again: British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (2011).
  • Best New Horror 21: British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (2011).
  • The End of the Line: British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (2011).
  • A Book of Horrors: British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (2012).
  • Horror for Good: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2012).
  • Best New Horror 23: Suspense Magazine Awards, Best Anthology (2012).
  • The Kind Folk: British Fantasy Award, Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award) (2013).
  • Holes for Faces: British Fantasy Award, Best Collection (2014).
  • Doors to Elsewhere: British Fantasy Award, Best Non-Fiction (2014).
  • Fearie Tales: British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (2014).
  • Chiral Mad 3: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2016).
  • Gutted: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2016).
  • The Beauty of Death: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2016).
  • The Searching Dead: British Fantasy Award, Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award) (2017).
  • The Beauty of Death, Vol. 2: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2017).
  • The Way of the Worm: British Fantasy Award, Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award) (2019).
  • This Dreaming Isle: British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (2019).
  • Miscreations: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2020).
  • Professor Charlatan Bardot’s Travel Anthology to the Most Haunted Buildings in the Weird, Wild World: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2021). World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2022).
  • Dark Stars: New Tales of Darkest Horror: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2023).

Ramsey Campbell: Lists & Other Mentions

  • Alone With the Horrors was an NPR: 100 Favorite Horror Stories Selection in 2018.

Related Authors

Fans of Ramsey Campbell also enjoy these authors:

  1. Stephen King, author of The Dark Tower Series.
  2. J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter Series.
  3. James Patterson, author of the Alex Cross Series.
  4. Joe Hill, author of the NOS4A2 Series.
  5. Shirley Jackson, author of: The Haunting of Hill House.

Ramsey Campbell: F.A.Q

When was Ramsey Campbell Born? How old is Ramsey Campbell?

Ramsey Campbell was born on January 4th, 1946. Ramsey Campbell is currently 80 years old.

Where was Ramsey Campbell Born?

Ramsey Campbell was born in Liverpool, Merseyside, England and is English.

What awards has Ramsey Campbell won?

Ramsey Campbell has won the following awards: Lifetime Achievement Award at the Bram Stoker Awards (1998) and the Life Achievement at the World Fantasy Award (2015).

What book awards has Ramsey Campbell won?

The Chimney: World Fantasy Award Short Fiction (1978).
In the Bag: British Fantasy Award Best Short Story (1978).
Mackintosh Willy: World Fantasy Award Short Fiction (1980).
The Stains: British Fantasy Award Best Short Story (1981).
To Wake the Dead / The Parasite: British Fantasy Award Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award) (1981).
Dark Forces: New Stories of Suspense and Supernatural Horror: World Fantasy Award Collection (1981).
Incarnate: British Fantasy Award Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award) (1985).
The Hungry Moon: British Fantasy Award Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award) (1988).
The Architecture of Fear: World Fantasy Award Anthology (1988).
First Annual Collection: World Fantasy Award Anthology (1989).
The Influence: British Fantasy Award Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award) (1989).
The Year's Best Fantasy: Second Annual Collection: World Fantasy Award Anthology (1990).
Midnight Sun: British Fantasy Award Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award) (1991).
Best New Horror: British Fantasy Award Best Anthology (1991), World Fantasy Award Anthology (1991).
Darklands No 1: British Fantasy Award Best Anthology (1992).
Alone With the Horrors: Bram Stoker Awards Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection (1993), World Fantasy Award Collection (1994).
The Long Lost: British Fantasy Award Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award) (1994).
Best New Horror 6: International Horror Guild Award Best Anthology (1996).
Ghosts and Grisly Things: British Fantasy Award Best Collection (1999).
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 10: British Fantasy Award Best Anthology (2000).
Ramsey Campbell, Probably: Bram Stoker Awards Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction (2002), British Fantasy Award Best Collection (2003).
Told by the Dead: British Fantasy Award Best Collection (2004).
Dark Delicacies: Bram Stoker Awards Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2005).
Horror: Another 100 Best Books: Bram Stoker Awards Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction (2005).
The Grin of the Dark: British Fantasy Award Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award) (2008).
The New Uncanny: Shirley Jackson Award Best Anthology (2008).
Best New Horror 20: British Fantasy Award Best Anthology (2010).
Haunted Legends: Bram Stoker Awards Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2010).
Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury: Bram Stoker Awards Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2012).
Letters to Arkham: British Fantasy Award Best Non-Fiction (2015).
Behold! Oddities, Curiosities and Undefinable Wonders: Bram Stoker Awards Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2017).

What was the first book Ramsey Campbell wrote?

The first book written by Ramsey Campbell was The Inhabitant Of The Lake And Less Welcome Tenants, published in 1964.

What was the most recent book Ramsey Campbell wrote?

His most recently released work was An Echo of Children on September 9th, 2025.

What is the most popular book by Ramsey Campbell?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular Ramsey Campbell book is To Wake the Dead / The Parasite. Here are his most popular books:
  1. To Wake the Dead / The Parasite (7)
  2. Scared Stiff (7.33)
  3. The Count of Eleven (6.67)
  4. Midnight Sun (7.67)
  5. SUPERHORROR (8.33)

Are there upcoming new books by Ramsey Campbell?

Ramsey Campbell does not have any upcoming books with a set publication date within the next few months at this time.

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How many books has Ramsey Campbell written?

Ramsey Campbell has written 108 books across 20 series, excluding contributions to anthologies.
  • 3 books in The Three Births of Daoloth Series
  • 36 Standalone Novels
  • 20 Short Stories/Novellas
  • 29 Short Story Collections
  • 1 Chapbooks
  • 5 Non-Fiction
  • 1 book in the Black Labyrinth Series
  • 1 book in the Night Visions Series
  • 1 book in the Refuge Collection Series
  • 2 books in the Gothic Fantasy Series
  • 5 books in the Fiction Without Frontiers Series
  • 6 Carl Dreadstone Standalone Novels
  • 1 book in the Demonic Visions: 50 Horror Tales Series

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