Fiction

1. Harming Obsession:
   • The Harrow, October 30, 2000 (first prize winner).
   • Octoberland, Flesh & Blood Press, September 2002.
   • Cemetery Dance magazine, issue 39, 2002
   • Storytellers Unplugged, October 17, 2007
   • I’m Going to Tell You One More Time, Wrong World, October 1, 2008
   • NECON 30 audio CD (audio read by the author)
   • The Best of Cemetery Dance 2, 2019
2. Out of the Blue: The Archives of Arrissia, 23 House (eBook anthology – “Make a Wish” Foundation fundraiser)
3. Ghost Ship: Suddenly IV, Jackie Pelham, ed., Martin House Press, August, 2001.
4. Harder
   • Dark Funeral, April 2001
   • Peep Show, November 2001
5. Replay: Royal Aspirations III, Catalyst Press, April 2002
6. Before the Fall:
   • Royal Aspirations III, Catalyst Press, April 2002
   • Into the Dreamlands, Simian Publishing, June, 2007
7. Answer Me:The Murder Hole, September 2002
8. Time and Tide
   • SBD’s SF&F, October 2002
   • Stories of Myth, Legend and Future: SBD SF&F 2002, January 2003
9. Dig In: Judas e-zine, November 2002
10. Death of a Lover: The 3rd Degree, November 2002
11. The Short, Sad Life of a Blue Ceramic Bowl: Suddenly V (2003), Jackie Pelham, ed., Martin House Press.
12. The Rendezvous: Scorched Wings #3, July 2003
13. Something in Store:
    • Shivers II, August 2003
    • When the Night Comes Down, Dark Arts Press, March 2010
14. Missing Evvie: The Murder Hole, September 2003
15. The Doorbell Rang: Dark Krypt, October/November 2003
16. One of Those Weeks:
    • Borderlands 5, November 2003
    • From the Borderlands, Fall 2004
    • Best of Borderlands 1-5, August 2005
17. Everyone Comes to Rex, In the Outposts of Beyond, November  2003
18. What David Was Doing When the Lights Went Out
    •  Who Died in Here?, Penury Press, December, 2003
    • Cemetery Dance Select: Bev Vincent, July 2015
19. Diver Down
    • Lighthouse Magazine #2, Fall 2003
    • Carve Magazine, Volume Five, Number Two, March 1, 2004
20. Aeolian Winds, To Troy and Back: An Anthology of Very Short Stories, Essays and Poems Inspired by The Works of Homer, Daniel & Daniel Publishers, January, 2004
21. The Lady of Lost Lake
    • Dark Discoveries #1, March 2004
    • Tales from the Lake, Vol 1, Crystal Lake Publishing, 2014
22. Unknown Soldier, All Hallows #36, June 2004
23. Kane’s Mutiny, Fedora III, Wildside Press, Fall 2004
24. Music Hath Charms, Amatory Ink, March 2005
25. Special Delivery
    • 2nd place winner, Weird Tales Contest, WHC 2003
    • Cemetery Dance #51, April 2005
    • Unnerving Magazine #14, October 24, 2020
26. Your Shoes
    • 2nd place winner, Flash Fiction contest, WHC 2005
    • Twilight Tales magazine, May 2005
    • Pseudopod audio “podcast”, September 2006
27. Motel Hell, Red Scream magazine, Spring 2005
28. Two Hands, Then Four
    • 2nd place winner, Darkness Descending short story contest
    • Descending Darkness E-Zine, Summer 2005
29. The Smell of Fear, Corpse Blossoms, 2005
30. Eliza, Here and Now #7, 2006
31. Garden of Earthly Delights Damned Nation, Hellbound Books, January 2006
32. Looking Glass (round robin novella), Cemetery Dance Signature Series, 2006
33. The Deer of St. Barts, Shivers IV, 2006
34. False Witness
    • Thou Shalt Not, Dark Cloud Press, 2006
    • Fight The Real Monsters, 2018
35. Sufficiently Advanced, Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest, issue 9, March 2007
36. Sturm und Drang, A Dark and Deadly Valley, Silverthought Press, June 2007
37. Leap Second, Doctor Who, Destination: Prague, Big Finish Productions Ltd., June 2007
38. Screaming Jenny, Legends of the Mountain State: Ghostly Tales from the State of West Virginia, Woodland Press, October 2007
39. Talking Old Solider, Espresso Fiction, October 16, 2007
40. Popup Killer, Gratia Placenti, Apex Publications, December 1, 2007
41. In a Country Churchyard
    • Horror World, January 2008
    • Tales to Terrify, Volume 1, October 2012
42. Change of Plans, Nossa Morte #2, February 2008
43. Overtoun Bridge
    • Cemetery Dance Publications, February 2008
    • Tesseracts 13, Edge Publishing, August 2009
    • Cemetery Dance Select: Bev Vincent, July 2015
44. Rule Number One, The Blue Religion, edited by Michael Connelly, Back Bay Books, April 14, 2008
45. A Post-apostrophic Tale, Jack Haringa Must Die!, Merricat Publications, May 2008
46. Groundwood
    • Inflation, Wrong World,  July 2008
    • Best New Zombie Tales, Volume One, Books of the Dead Press, 2010-2011
    • The Wicked Library, Episode 518, March 20, 2015
47. The View From The Top
    • Shroud #6, 2009
    • Rage Against the Night, edited by Shane Jiraiya Cummings, December 2011
48. Wake Me Up For Meals
    • Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, May 2009
    • Great Jones Street, October 2016
49. Ten Little Phobias, Afterburn SF, May 2009
50. Charlie’s Voice, Story Station, July 2009
51. Bed & Breakfast, New Love Stories, Fall 2009
52. The Keg of Knob Creek, Brian Keene Must Die, November 2009
53. A Murder of Vampires
    • eVolVe, Edge Publishing, March 2010
    • Cemetery Dance Select: Bev Vincent, July 2015
54. Knock ’em Dead
    • When the Night Comes Down, Dark Arts Press, March 2010
    • The Wicked Library (podcast), June 2014
55. Silvery Moon
    • When the Night Comes Down, Dark Arts Press, March 2010
    • Tales to Terrify (audio), March 2012
56. Purgatory Noir, When the Night Comes Down, Dark Arts Press, March 2010
57. The Fingernail Test, Close Encounters of the Urban Kind, April 2010
58. Zombies on a Plane,
    • Dead Set, 23 House Publishing, April 2010
    • Flight or Fright, Cemetery Dance Publications, September 2018
    • Flight or Fright, Hodder & Stoughton (UK), September 2018
    • Flight or Fright, Simon & Shuster Audio, September 2018
    • Ужас във висините, Pleiada 2018 (Bulgaria)
    • Rettegés a felhők felett, Europa (Hungary), October 2018
    • 17 Podniebnych Koszmarów, Prószyński i S-ka (Poland), February 2019
    • Flug Und Angst, Heyne/Random House (Germany), April 2019
    • Flight or Fright, Scribner, June 2019
    • Flight or Fright, Hodder & Stoughton (UK, tpb), June 2019
    • Απρόσμενες αναταράξεις, Kleidarithmos Publications (Greece), June 12, 2019
    • Odio Volare, Sperling & Kupfer (Italy), September 2019
    • Летать или бояться, AST (Russia), September 2019
    • 死んだら飛べる, Takeshobo (Japan), September 2019
    • Por los aires, Debolsillo (Spain), November 7, 2019
    • Storie in tasca, Bruno Mondadori Edizioni (Italy), 2023
59. Centralia is Still Burning
    • Specters in Coal Dust, Woodland Press, October 2010
    • Cemetery Dance Select: Bev Vincent, July 2015
60. The Bank Job, Thin Ice, Level Best Books, November 2010
61. Chain Reaction, New Scientist’s CultureLab, December 2010
62. It Is the Tale
    • Shivers VI, Cemetery Dance Publications, January 2011
    • The Best of Shivers, Cemetery Dance Publications, 2019
63. Matthias Comes Home From the War, AE: The Canadian Science Fiction Review, 2011
64. Red Planet, Evolve Two – Vampire Stories of the Future Undead, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy, August 2011
65. Blue Plume, The Mothman Files, September 2011
66. The Crane House (round robin novella), Cemetery Dance, April 2012
67. The Case of the Tell-tale Black Cat of Amontillado (with Zombies and an Ourang-Outang), The Spirit of Poe, Literary Landmark Press, 2012
68. Therapy
    • Wee Small Hours contest winner (Hellnotes.com), April 2006
    • Danse Macabre: Close Encounters with the Reaper, Edge Publishing, October 2012
69. Sitting Up with the Dead
    • Appalachian Undead, Zombie Feed Books/Apex Publications, 2012
    • Mountain Dead, Apex Publications, 2013
70. Severance Package,
    • Shivers VII, Cemetery Dance Publications,  August 2013
    • “Paquete de indemnización,” Shivers VII, Restaurant de la Mente Editions, July/August 2024
71. Road Rage, Chilling Tales 2: In Words Alas Drown I, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy, Fall 2013
72. The Honey Trap
    • Mystery Writers of America Presents Ice Cold: Tales of Intrigue from the Cold War, edited by by Jeffery Deaver and Raymond Benson, Grand Central Publishing, April 2014
    • Great Jones Street, October 2016
73. Phantosmia, AE Micro 2014, April 2014
74. The Boy in the White Sheet, October Dreams II, March 2015
75. The Bottle of Red Zinfandel, Sci Phi Journal, Issue 6, 2015
76. Phase Shift, X-files: The Truth Is Out There, March 2016
77. Truth or Dare?, Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep, Necon E-books, July 2017
78. Pain-Man, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, July/August 2017
79. The Halloween Tree
    • Halloween Carnival: Volume Four, Random House, October 24, 2017
    • Halloween Carnival, Cemetery Dance Publications, 2018
80. Sticky Business,  Snowbound: The Best New England Crime Stories 2017, Level Best Books, November 2017
81. The Illusion, The Shadow Over Deathlehem, Grinning Skull Press, December 2017
82. Ray and the Martian, Fantastic Tales of Terror, Crystal Lake Publishing, October 2018
83.  Aeliana
    • Shining in the Dark, Cemetery Dance Publications, 2018
    • СИЯНИЕ В МРАКА, Pleiad Books (Bulgaria), November 2017
    • Shining in the Dark, Independent Legions (Italy), March 2018
    • Shining in the Dark, SST Publications (UK), Summer 2018
    • Osvícení v temnotě, Nakladatelsví Carcosa (Czech Republic), June 2018
    • Shining in the Dark, Festa (Germany), July 2018
    • Varsel i Mörket, Apart/Swedish Zombie (Sweden), September 2018
    • Shining in the Dark, Vulkan (Serbia) 2019
    • Shining in the Dark audiobook, Simon & Schuster Audio, February 5, 2019 (read by Madeleine Maby)
    • Shining in the Dark audiobook, Hodder & Stoughton (UK), February 5, 2019
    • Shining in the Dark, Gallery Books (US), October 22, 2019
    • Varsel i Mörkret, Ekström & Garay (Sweden) 2020
    • Antologia Macabra. Darkside Books (Brazil), February 28, 2020
    • Shining in the Dark, Fusosha Publishing (Japan), August 2020
    • Shining in the Dark, ActuSF (France), October 2020
    • Shining in the Dark, audio, Storytel (Bulgaria), 2020
    • Λάμψη στο σκοτάδι, Klidarithmos (Greece), 2021
    • Shining in the Dark, AST (Russia), 2021
    • Lśnienie w ciemności, Zyxk (Poland), October 2022
    • Shining in the Dark, Altin Kitaplar (Turkey), 2022
    • Un Resplandor en la Oscuridad, Dimensiones Ocultas (Spain), December 2022
    • Shining in the Dark, Buchheim hardcover, March 2025
84. The Shrieking Woman
    • Shivers VIII, Cemetery Dance Publications, April 2019
    • “Die Kreischende Frau” – Shivers VIII, Cemetery Dance Germany, February 2019
    • “La Donna Urlante” – Shivers, Cut-Up (Italy), September 2019
85. The Dungarvon Whooper, Nothing’s Sacred Volume 5, April 2019
86. The Invisible Man, A Time for Violence, Near to the Knuckle Press, May 2019
87. The Patience of Kane, The Eyes of Texas: Private Eyes from the Panhandle to the Piney Woods, Down and Out Books, October 21, 2019
88. Game Seven, Across the Universe, Gray Rabbit Publications,  December 2019
89. Expiration Date, The Book of Extraordinary Impossible Crimes and Puzzling Deaths, Mango, June 16, 2020
90. Kane and the Candidate, Low Down Dirty Vote, Volume II, July 4, 2020
91. The Hound of Bracketville, Places We Fear to Tread, September 2020
92. Halloween Funeral, Something Good to Eat, September 28, 2020
93. The Fugitive with the Dragon Tattoo, Black  Cat Mystery Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 3, October 2020
94. Bloody Sunday, The Book of Extraordinary Sherlock Holmes Stories, Mango, November 2020
95. Reflections of the Past, Mickey Finn, December 14, 2020
96. The Lobster Trap, Masthead: Best New England Crime Stories, Level Best Books, December 15, 2020
97. An Invisible Christmas Spectacular, Halldark Holidays, Cemetery Gates Media, December 2020
98. The Ogilvy Affair, Amazon, January 5, 2021
99. Tupilaq, The Cemetery Gates Society, January 13, 2021
100. The Dead of Winter, Dissonant Harmonies, Cemetery Dance Publications, April 2021
101. Blaze of Glory, Voices of Varuna, June 5, 2021
102. Superspreader, 99 Tiny Terrors, Pulse Publishing, 2021
103. The Vacuum Gang, Die Laughing: An Anthology Of Humorous Mysteries, Mystery Weekly, Summer 2021
104. Escape Velocity, Autumn Noir: An Unsettling Reads Anthology, October 2021
105. The Vengeance, Smoke in the Stars, Hawks Barrow Press, October 2021
106. The House of Sad Sounds, Road Kill: Texas Horror by Texas Writers, Vol. 6, Stygian Sky Media LLC, December 2021
107. Kane and Averill, Black Cat Weekly #18, January 2022
108. Kane’s Theory, Low Down Dirty Vote, Volume III: The Color of My Vote, May 2022
109. Double Play, Summer Bludgeon: An Unsettling Reads Anthology, June 21, 2022
110. Kane’s Alibi, The Book of Extraordinary Femme Fatale Stories, Mango, July 12, 2022
111. Date Night, Picnic in the Graveyard, Cemetery Gates Media, 2022
112. The Unburied Past, The First Line, Vol 24, Issue 2, Summer 2022
113. Cold Case, Black Cat Mystery Magazine, Vol. 3 No. 4 (#12), 2022
114. Death Sentence, Black Cat Weekly #51, August 2022
115. Something Strange, Land of 10000 Crimes, September 2022
116. A Grave Issue, FOUND: An anthology of found footage horror stories, October 8, 2022
117. When an Alien Calls, Campfire Macabre Volume 2, Cemetery Gates Media, October 2022
118. Good Neighbors, Gone, Red Dog Press, November 2022
119. The Lagrange Point, Fans Are Buried Tales, Crazy 8 Press, November 2022
120. A Woman Called Rage, The Place Where Everyone’s Name is Fear, Anxiety/Outcast Press, December 28, 2022
121. Life Saver, Still of Winter, February 2023
122. A Girl and Her Dog, Shortwave Magazine, Feb 8, 2023
123. Chapter 2, Sunny Pines (round robin novella), Cemetery Dance Publications, March 2023
124. The River Heights Ripper, Black Cat Weekly #84, April 2023
125. Crocodile Tears, More Groovy Gumshoes, Down and Out Books, April 2023
126. His Father’s Son, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, July/August 2023
127. Freya Goes Viral, Mirrors Reflecting Shadows, July 29, 2023
128. Grand-Père’s Last Transmission, Rhapsody of the Spheres, Third Flatiron Publishing, August 15, 2023
129. Jurisdiction, The Perfectly Fine Neighborhood, September 2023
130. Turning to Stone, Road Kill: Texas Horror by Texas Writers, Vol. 8, Hellbound Books, 2023
131. Gemini, Mickey Finn Volume 4, December 11, 2023
132. Helen Wheels, The Binge-Watching Cure III, Claren Books, December 16, 2023
133. Somebody’s Watching, (I Just) Died In Your Arms: Crime Fiction Inspired by One-Hit Wonders, Volume I, January 2024
134. Payback, A Killing Rain, April 2024
135. The Voynich Manuscript, Mystery Most International, April 2024
136. The Heart that Fed, About that Snowy Evening: Stories Inspired by Classic Poems, from Emily Dickinson to Walt Whitman and More, 2024.
137. Houston, We Have a Problem, Private Dicks and Disco Balls, May 6, 2024
138. Hank and the Scorpion, Road Kill: Texas Horror by Texas Writers 9, September 13, 2024
139. The Fears of a Clown, Fear of Clowns: A Horror Anthology, Kangas Kahn Publishing, 2024
140. A Tawny Brown Liveaboard, The Amber Waves of Autumn, October 1, 2024
141. Fairy Bridges, Wallstrait, October 11, 2024
142. Where’s Walter, TBA 2025
143. Ghosts and Drugs and Rock & Roll, Thirteen Podcast, TBA
144. Adrift, Not the Same Road Out, Tidewater Press, June 2025
145. Lockdown
     • The End of the World As We Know It: Tales of Stephen King’s The Stand, Gallery Books, August 19, 2025
     • The End of the World As We Know It: Tales of Stephen King’s The Stand, Hodder and Stoughton August 19, 2025
     • Das Ende Der Wekt Wie Wir Sie Kennen – Geschichten aus Stephen Kings THE STAND, Buchheim Verlag, December 2025
146. Blue Avenue, TA, 2026
147. In The Box, Killer Crimes, Cemetery Dance Publications, TBA

Short story series

The Benjamin Kane stories

• Kane’s Mutiny, Fedora III, Wildside Press, Fall 2004
• The Patience of Kane, The Eyes of Texas: Private Eyes from the Panhandle to the Piney Woods, Down and Out Books, October 21, 2019
• Kane and the Candidate, Low Down Dirty Vote, Volume II, July 4, 2020
• The Fugitive with the Dragon Tattoo, Black  Cat Mystery Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 3, October 2020
• Kane and Averill, Black Cat Weekly #18, January 2022
• Kane’s Theory, Low Down Dirty Vote, Volume III: The Color of My Vote, May 2022
• Kane’s Alibi, The Book of Extraordinary Femme Fatale Stories, Mango, July 12, 2022
• Cold Case, Black Cat Mystery Magazine, Vol. 3 No. 4 (#12), 2022
• Good Neighbors, Gone, Red Dog Press, November 2022
• A Woman Called Rage, The Place Where Everyone’s Name is Fear, Anxiety/Outcast Press, December 28, 2022
• His Father’s Son, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, July/August 2023
• A Tawny Brown Liveaboard, The Amber Waves of Autumn, October 1, 2024
• Blue Avenue, TBA, 2026

The Inept Criminals stories

• The Bank Job, Thin Ice, Level Best Books, November 2010
• Sticky Business,  Snowbound: The Best New England Crime Stories 2017, Level Best Books, November 2017
• The Lobster Trap, Masthead: Best New England Crime Stories, Level Best Books, December 15, 2020
• The Vacuum Gang, Die Laughing: An Anthology Of Humorous Mysteries, Mystery Weekly, Summer 2021

The Vicky and Burt stories

• Centralia is Still Burning
  • Specters in Coal Dust, Woodland Press, October 2010
  • Cemetery Dance Select: Bev Vincent, July 2015
• Blue Plume, The Mothman Files, September 2011
• The Shrieking Woman Shivers VIII, Cemetery Dance Publications, April 2019

The Cassandra (“Sandy”) Parker stories

• Crocodile Tears, More Groovy Gumshoes, Down and Out Books, April 2023
• Houston, We Have a Problem, Private Dicks and Disco Balls, 2024