Tim Waggoner

Novels 64

The Face of Pain. Left Hand Press, 2026.
Like Death 2: Kill Them All. Thunderstorm Books, 2025.
The Gatherum. Winding Road Stories, 2025.
I Scream, You Scream. Weird House Press, 2025.
Conan: Spawn of the Serpent God. Titan Books, 2025.
MaXXXine: The Official Novelization. A24 Books, 2025.
Pearl: The Official Novelization. A24 Books, 2025.
X: The Official Novelization. A24 Books, 2024.
Terrifier: The Official Novelization. Cinedigm, 2025.
Terrifier 3: The Official Novelization. Cinedigm, 2025.
Terrifier 2: The Official Novelization. Titan Books, 2024.
The Desolation War. Aethon Books, 2024.
Lord of the Feast. Flame Tree Press, 2024.
The Book of Madness. Aethon Books, 2024.
The Atrocity Engine. Aethon Books, 2024.
A Hunter Called Night. Flame Tree Press, 2023.
We Will Rise. Flame Tree Press, 2022.
Planet Havoc: A Zombicide Invader Novel. Aconyte Books, 2022.
Halloween Kills: The Official Novelization. Titan Books, 2021.
Your Turn to Suffer. Flame Tree Press, 2021.
The Forever House. Flame Tree Press, 2020.
Alien: Prototype. Titan Books, 2019.
They Kill. Flame Tree Press, 2019.
Blood Island. Severed Press, 2019.
Supernatural: Children of Anubis. Titan Books, 2019.
The Mouth of the Dark. Flame Tree Press, 2018.
The Teeth of the Sea. Severed Press, 2017.
Kingsman: The Golden Circle, Titan Books, 2017.
xXx: The Return of Xander Cage. Titan Books, 2017.
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter. Titan Books, 2017.
Supernatural: Mythmaker. Titan Books, 2016.
Eat the Night. DarkFuse, 2016.
Dream Stalkers. Angry Robot, 2016.
Dark Art. Past Curfew Press, 2014.
Grimm: The Killing Time. Titan Books, 2014.
Night Terrors. Angry Robot, 2014.
The Way of All Flesh. Samhain Books, 2014.
Supernatural: The Roads Not Taken. Insight Editions, 2013.
Supernatural: Carved in Flesh. Titan Books, 2013.
Ghost Town. Pocket Books, 2012.
The Nekropolis Archives. Omnibus. Angry Robot, 2012.
Ghost Trackers. Pocket Books, 2011.
Nekropolis: Dark War. Angry Robot, 2011.
Nekropolis: Dead Streets. Angry Robot, 2010.
Nekropolis. Angry Robot, 2010.
Lady Ruin. Wizards of the Coast, 2010.
Last of the Lycans: Monarch of the Moon. Actionopolis, 2010.
Stargate SG-1: Valhalla. Fandemonium Books, 2009.
Cross County. Wizards of the Coast, Aug. 2008. Reprinted by Prologue as Beneath the Bones, F&W Publications, 2012. Reprinted by Winding Road Stories, 2025.
Blade of the Flame 3: Sea of Death. Wizards of the Coast, Feb. 2008.
Blade of the Flame 2: Forge of the Mindslayers. Wizards of the Coast, Mar. 2007.
Ripped from a Dream. Black Flame, Oct. 2006. Omnibus reprinting A Nightmare on Elm Street: Protégé.
Darkness Wakes. Leisure Books, Dec. 2006.
Godfire 2: Heart’s Wound. Five Star/Thorndike Books, Oct. 2006.
Godfire 1: The Orchard of Dreams. Five Star/Thorndike Books, July 2006.
Blade of the Flame 1: Thieves of Blood. Wizards of the Coast, May 2006.
Pandora Drive. Leisure Books, April 2006.
A Nightmare on Elm Street: Protégé. Black Flame, Oct. 2005.
A Shadow Over Heaven’s Eye. White Wolf Publishing, July 2005.
Like Death. Leisure Books, Jan. 2005. Reprinted by Apex Publications, 2011.
Dragonlance, the New Adventures: Return of the Sorceress. Wizards of the Coast, Inc., 2004.
Defender: Hyperswarm. I-Books, 2004.
Dragonlance, the New Adventures: Temple of the Dragonslayer. Wizards of the Coast, Inc., July 2004.
Necropolis. Five Star/Thorndike Books, 2004.
Dark Ages: Gangrel. White Wolf Publishing, 2004.
The Harmony Society. Prime Books, 2003. Reprinted by Dark Regions Press, 2012.
Dying for It. Foggy Windows Books, 2001.

Nonfiction Books 7

All Things Dark and Wonderful. Guide Dog Books, 2025.
Just Add Writer. Guide Dog Books, 2025.
Let Me Tell You a Story. Guide Dog Books, 2023.
Writing in the Dark: The Workbook. Guide Dog Books, 2022.
Writing in the Dark. Guide Dog Books, 2020.
The Art of Writing Genre Fiction. With Michael Knost. MyBookPress, 2018.
The Men of Letters Bestiary: Winchester Family Edition. Insight Editions, 2017.

Collections 8

Old Monsters Never Die. Winding Road Stories, 2024.
A Little Aqua Book of Marine Stories. Borderlands Press, 2018.
Love, Death, and Madness. Crossroad Press, 2018.
Dark and Distant Voices. Nightshade Press, 2018.
Cemetery Dance Select: Tim Waggoner. Cemetery Dance, 2017.
Bone Whispers. Post Mortem Press, 2013.
Broken Shadows. Delirium Books, 2009. E-edition 2010.
All Too Surreal. Prime Books, 2002.

Chapbooks 1

“Skull Cathedral.” Squid Salad Press, 2008.

Novellas and Novelettes 12

“The World Turns Red.” CD Publications, 2025.
“The Last Zombie Movie.” Dark Tides 21: Twenty-Four Frames a Second. Crystal Lake Publications, 2025.
“Some Kind of Monster.” Apex Books, 2020.
“Raiders of the Poisoned Plains.” Wendigo Tales anthology. Pinnacle, 2020.
“A Kiss of Thorns.” DarkFuse, 2017.
“The Winter Box.” DarkFuse, 2016.
“The Last Mile.” DarkFuse, 2014.
“Deep Like the River.” Dark Regions, 2014.
“The Men Upstairs.” DarkFuse, 2012.
“A Strange and Savage Garden.” Brimstone Turnpike. CD Publications, 2008.
Republished by Samhain Books, 2014.
“Long Way Home.” Thrillers II. CD Publications, 2007.
“The Blade of the Flame.” Tales of the Last War. Wizards of the Coast, 2006.

One-Act Plays 1

“The Desolation Room.” The Grey Room. April 2022.

Comic Book Scripts 1

“The Nest.” Kolchak the Nightstalker 50th Anniversary Graphic Novel. Moonstone Books, 2022.

Short Stories 210

“Conan: Marked for Death.” Titan Books, 2025.
“The Kingdom of Memory.” Crimson Quill Quarterly, July 2025.
“Enter, Kill, Exit.” Fever Dreams. Flame Tree Press, 2025.
“The Fun Fair.” The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, 2025.
“Old Friends.” This Way Lies Madness. Flame Tree Press, 2025.
“The World Has Teeth.” Untitled Serial Killer Anthology. 2025.
“And You Will Live Forever in Horror.” Chthonic Matter, Summer 2025
“The Circus Inside You.” Fear of Clowns. Kangas Khan Publishing, 2024.
“When the Masks Come Off and the Rain Comes Down.” Weird Tales, 2024.
“All That Lies Below.” Where the Silent Ones Watch. PS Publishing, 2024.
“A Cold Midnight.” Bestiary of Blood: Modern Fables & DarkTales, 2024.
“My Sister’s Nest.” Cosmic Horror Monthly, March 2024.
“Sunday Afternoon.” Short Scares: Two-Sentence Horror Stories, 2024.
“Here There Be Monsters.” Heartwood: A Mythago Wood Anthology. PS Publishing, 2024.
“Cold as Ice.” The Darkest Night. Crooked Lane Books, 2024.
“Tears Like Rain.” Playlist of the Damned. Weird Little Worlds, 2024.
“Half a Monster is Better Than None.” Dead Detectives. Monstrous Books, 2024.
“The Man Who Could Talk to Monsters.” The Horror Zine Book of Monsters. 2024.
“The Destroyer of Small Things.” The Dark, 2023.
“The Sea of Trees.” Sudden Fictions Podcast, 2023.
“Friend and Faithful Companion.” Vastarien, vol 6 issue 1. 2023.
“A Deeper Song.” Tales of the Reconvergence. Hex Publishers, 2023.
“The Beggars’ Shadows.” Shakespeare Unleashed. Monstrous Books and Crystal Lake Publishing, 2023.
“Outside.” Campfire Macabre 2. Cemetery Gates Media, 2023.
“Cathedrals of Despair.” Mystery, Murder, Madness, Mythos. PS Publishing, 2023.
“The Crying Man.” Tales from Arkham Sanitarium. Dark Regions Press, 2022.
“No One Sings in the City of the Dead.” Literally Dead. Alienhead Press, 2022.
“The Girl Who Bled in the Tree.” Tales of the Lost 3. Plaid Dragon Publishing, 2022.
“In the Monster’s Mouth.” Apex Magazine, 2022.
“Old Monsters Never Die.” Classic Monsters Unleashed. Black Spot Books, 2022.
“The Garden of Love is Green.” Tales to Terrify, 500 Part 2, 2021. Reprinted in That Which Cannot Be Undone, Cracked Skull Press, 2022.
“God Spelled Backward.” Shadow Atlas, 2021.
“Feeding Time.” 99 Tiny Terrors, 2021.
“Children of the Wild.” Turning the Tied, 2021.
“The Exchange.” Under Twin Suns. PS Publishing, 2021.
“The Sharp Edge of Midnight.” Campfire Macabre. Cemetery Gates Media, 2021.
“Negative Space.” Nightmare, Issue 111, Dec. 2021.
“Slashbacks.” Attack From the 80’s. Raw Dog Screaming Press, 2021.
“In the End.” One of Us: A Tribute to Frank Michaels Errington. Bloodshot Books, 2020.
“Forever.” Tales of the Lost 2. 2020.
“Feathers.” Weird Tales 2, 2020.
“Ashes of Our Fathers.” Borderlands 7. BP Press, 2020.
“The White Road.” The Horror Zine’s Book of Ghost Stories. 2020.
“A Touch of Madness.” The Pulp Horror Book of Phobias. Lycan Valley Press, 2019. Reprinted in Year’s Best Hardcore Horror 5, Red Room Press, 2020.
“Skin Man.” Anathemas, Black Library, 2020.
“Pretty Like Butterflies.” Shallow Waters, Vol 1. Crystal Lake Publishing, 2019.
“Going Home.” Tales of the Lost: We All Lose Something. 2019.
“Just Imagine.” A Secret Guide to Fighting Elder Gods. Zeolite Publishing, 2019.
“Closure.” Prehistoric. Severed Press, 2019.
“While the Sun Yet Shines.” Subliminal Reality. Lycan Valley Press, 2019.
“Skywatching.” Dark and Distant Voices. Nightscape Press, 2018.
“The Gray Room.” Ashes and Entropy. Nightshade Press, 2019.
“How to be a Horror Writer.” Vastarien 2, Grimscribe Press, 2018.
“The Deep Delight of Blood.” Fantastic Tales of Terror. Crystal Lake Press, 2018.
“Voices Like Barbed Wire.” Tales from the Lake V. Crystal Lake Publishing, 2018. Reprinted in Year’s Best Hardcore Horror 4, Red Room Press, 2019.
“In the End There is a Drain.” Tails of Terror, 2018.
“The Empty Ones.” Occult Detective Monthly, 2019.
“The Way to a Man’s Heart.” C.H.U.D. Lives! Crystal Lake Publishing, 2018.
“Ghost vs Zombie.” Unleashed: Monsters vs Zombies Vol II, Stitched Smile Publications, 2017.
“Every Beast of the Earth.” The Beauty of Death 2 – Death by Water. Independent Legions Publishing, 2017. 150
“Are You Crazy?” Red Room Magazine, 2017.
“Cast-Offs.” Chopping Block Party. Necro Publications, 2017. Reprinted in Night Land, 2022.
“Til Death.” Don’t Fear – The Apocalypse. 13Thirty Books, 2017. Reprinted in Year’s
Best Hardcore Horror Vol. 3. Comet Press, 2018.
“Sharp as Night.” My Bloody Valentine. Great Jones Street, 2017.
“The Grabber-Man.” Occult Detective Quarterly 2, 2017.
“Cold to the Touch.” Nasty – Fetish Fights Back. 2017.
“The Law of the Harvest.” Grimdark Magazine 9, 2016.
“The Poison Dreams the Snake.” Never Fear – the Tarot. 13Thirty Books, 2016.
“Tailypo, Tailypo.” Devolution Z, 2016.
“The Backward Man.” Heroes of Red Hook, Golden Goblin, 2016.
“Fathomless Tides.” The Beauty of Death, Independent Legions Publishing, 2016.
“Plague Doctor.” Through a Mythos Darkly, 2017.
“Crop Over.” Dread Shadows in Paradise, 2016.
“The Whisper-Whisper Men.” Scary Out There, Simon and Schuster, 2016.
“Sorrow Road.” Return of the Old Ones, 2016.
“The Nature of Water.” Children of Gla’aki. Dark Regions, 2016.
“A Face in the Crowd.” 44 Lies from 22 Authors. Post Mortem Press,
2016. Reprinted in Year’s Best Hardcore Horror Vol 2, 2017.
“The Good Neighbor.” 44 Lies from 22 Authors. Post Mortem Press, 2016.
“Special Delivery.” Borderlands 6, BP Press, 2016.
“Foundling.” X-Files: The Truth is Out There. IDW, 2016.
“Her Corner of the Sky.” V-Wars: Night Terrors. IDW, 2015.
“Trespasser.” Lamplight Magazine, 2015.
“Among Shadows.” Dreadful Geographic 1, 2015.
“Water’s Edge.” Innsmouth Nightmares, PS Publishing, 2015.
“Blood and Bone.” Flesh Like Smoke, April Moon Books, 2015.
“Cleaning Up.” Aghast 1, 2015.
“Weeper.” Dead Harvest, Scarlet Galleon, 2015.
“Cankerous.” Not Our Kind, Alliteration Ink, 2015.
“In Vino Veritas” with Michael W. West. Streets of Shadow, Alliteration Ink, 2015.
“For She is Fearfully and Wonderfully Made.” Shrieks and Shivers from the Horror Zine, PMP 2015.
“The Talking Dead.” Dark Discoveries 2014.
“This is Not a Horror Story.” Equilibrium Overturned, Grey Matter Press, 2014.
Reprinted in Dread, Grey Matter Press, 2016.
“None So Empty.” Black Static 41, 2014
“Lover, Come Back to Me.” Tales from the Lake. Crystal Lake Publishing, 2014.
“The Last Fear.” Black Static 38.
“In the Silence of the Night.” Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing, 2013.
“Day 12.” Black Static 36, 2013. Reprinted in Survive With Me, Alien Agenda Publishing, 2020
“Conference.” Surreal Grotesque, 2013.
“Sun Hungry.” Blood Type, Nightscape Press, 2013.
“Exit Strategy.” Piercing the Darkness, Necro Publications, 2013.
“The Goggen.” What Fates Impose, Alliteration Ink, 2013.
“Zombie Dreams.” Shivers 7, CD Publications, 2013.
“Removal Day.” Horror Hors d’oeuvres, 2013.
“What Once Was Flesh.” Vampires Don’t Sparkle, Seventh Star Press, 2012.
“The Great Ocean of Truth.” Fear the Abyss, Post Mortem Press, 2012.
“Hide and Seek.” Appalachian Undead, Apex Publications, 2013.
“Growing Up.” Dark Eclipse 10, 2012.
“Thou Art God.” Dark Faith 2, Apex Publications, 2012.
“Surface Tension.” Queen Anne’s Resurrection, Dec. 2011.
“Homebody.” Inhuman, No.4, Fall 2011. 100
“Zombie Interrupted.” Human for a Day, DAW 2011.
“The Cut of the Cloth.” Storyportals, 2011.
“Do No Harm.” Zombiesque, DAW 2011.
“For Old Times’ Sake.” Love and Rockets, DAW 2010.
“Sleepless Eyes.” Horror Library vol. 4. Cutting Block Press, 2010.
“Blame It on the Moonlight.” Strip Mauled, DAW Books, 2009.
“Bone Whispers.” Zombie Raccoons and Killer Bunnies, DAW Books, 2009.
“Disarmed and Dangerous.” Spells of the City, DAW Books, 2009. Reprinted in The Recent Dead, Prime 2010.
“Conversations Kill.” Cemetery Dance no. 60, 2009.
“Outside the Lines.” Shroud no. 4, 2008.
“Harvest Time.” Bits of the Dead, Coscom Entertainment, 2008.
“Best Friends Forever.” Imaginary Friends, DAW Books, 2008.
“Unwoven.” Shroud no.1, 2008.
“No More Shadows.” Noctem Aeternus, 2008. Reprinted in Evil Jester Digest, vol. 2, 2012.
“Darker Than Winter.” Thrillers II, CD Publications, 2007.
“The Faces That You Meet.” Thrillers II, CD Publications, 2007. Reprinted in Deadlines 3, 2010.
“Some Dark Hope.” Horror World, Dec. 2007. http://www.horrorworld.org/fiction.htm
“Country Roads.” Legends of the Mountain State: Ghostly Tales from the State of West Virginia, Woodland Press, 2007.
“The Right Thing.” Amazon Short, 2007.
“Across Silent Seas.” Doctor Who: Destination Prague, Big Finish, 2007.
“Extern.” Dark Discoveries, Summer 2007. Reprinted in Discoveries, Journalstone, 2016.
“All in the Execution.” Places to Go, People to Kill, DAW Books, 2007.
“Brothers in Arms.” Army of the Fantastic, DAW Books, 2007.
“Swimming Lessons.” Delirium Books website, 2006.
“Knock, Knock.” Masques V promotional chapbook, 2006.
“Waters Dark and Deep.” Masques V. Gauntlet Press, 2006.
“The Tongue is the Sweetest Meat.” Cemetery Dance no. 54, 2006.
“Home Security.” Cemetery Dance no. 52, 2005.
“To Embrace the Serpent.” In the Shadow of Evil, DAW Books, 2005.
“Collect and Save.” The Transformers Legends, I-Books, 2005.
“Portrait of a Horror Writer.” Cemetery Dance, no. 48, 2004.
“The September People.” Faerie Tales, DAW Books, 2004.
“When God Opens a Door.” Cemetery Dance, no. 46, 2003. Reprinted in The Best of Cemetery Dance Vol 2, 2020.
“Picking Up Courtney.” Gathering the Bones, Tor Books, 2003.
First appeared in All Too Surreal, Prime Books, 2002.
“Provider.” The Book of Final Flesh, Eden Studios, 2003. Reprinted in Extreme Zombies, Prime Books, 2012 and Best New Zombie Tales Vol. 2, Books of the Dead, 2010.
“Met a Pilgrim Shadow.” Cemetery Dance, no. 43, 2003.
“Broken Glass and Gasoline.” Vivisections. Catalyst Books, 2003.
“Till Voices Drown Us.” Apprentice Fantastic, DAW Books, 2002.
“Exits and Entrances.” Vengeance Fantastic, DAW Books, 2002.
“Open House.” Horrorfind.com, 2002. http://www.horrorfind.com. Reprinted in MudRock: Stories & Tales, Winter 2004.
“Joyless Forms.” All Too Surreal, Prime Books, 2002.
“Weapon of Flesh and Bone.” (In collaboration with R. Davis.) The Further Adventures of Xena, Ace, 2001.
“The Big Moment.” Nightscapes. Issue 14, 2001.
“Soaring.” Half Human, Scholastic Books, 2001.
“Horror Show.” Villains Victorious!, DAW Books, 2001. Reprinted on Splatterpunk Website, www.splatterpunk.org. 2001.
“Fixer-Upper.” Single White Vampire Seeks Same. DAW Books, 2001.
“As Good As a Rest.” Warrior Fantastic, DAW Books, 2000. Reprinted in Stalking the Wild Hare, Walkabout Publishing, 2010.
“The Stars Look Down.” Guardian Angels, Cumberland House Publishing, 2000.
“Breathtaking.” Heat,Vol. 0, Foggy Windows Books, 2000.
“The Other Woman.” Dark Planet, 2000. http://www.sfsite.com/darkplanet/
“Ghost in the Graveyard.” All Hallows, June 2000.
“Loose Upon the Earth a Daemon.” Civil War Fantastic, DAW Books, 2000. Reprinted BP Books, 2000.
“Buried Treasure.” Bruce Coville’s UFO’s, Avon Books, 2000.
“On the Shelf and Dreaming.” Dark Planet, Mar. 2000. http://www.sfsite.com/darkplanet/
“Simulacrum.” The Three-Lobed Burning Eye, Issue 4, Jan. 2000.
http://www.owlsoup.com/3LBE/#LBEmain.html Reprinted in Three-Lobed Burning Eye Annual Vol 1, Summer 1999-2000, Legion Press 2002.
“One Morning at the Stone.” Merlin, DAW Books, 1999. Reprinted by ibooks Inc, 1999.
“At the Movies.” Skin and Bones, April 1999. http://www.skinandbones.net
“Meeting Dad.” Prom Night, DAW Books, 1999.
“The Castle and Jack.” Twice Upon a Time, DAW Books, 1999.
“The Man of Her Dreams.” A Dangerous Magic, DAW Books, 1999.
“Anubis Has Left the Building.” More Monsters From Memphis. Zapizdat Productions, 1998.
“Every Home Should Have One.” Alien Pets, DAW Books, 1998.
“Keeping It Together.” Between the Darkness and the Fire, Wildside Press, 1998.
Reprinted in Skin and Bones, April 1999.
“Along for the Ride.” Horrors: 365 Scary Stories, Barnes and Noble Books, 1998.
“Catharsis.” Horrors: 365 Scary Stories.
“Daddy.” Horrors: 365 Scary Stories.
“Mirroring.” Horrors: 365 Scary Stories.
“Night Eyes.” Horrors: 365 Scary Stories.
“Rude Awakenings.” Horrors: 36 Scary Stories.
“The Secret of Bees.” Horrors: 365 Scary Stories.
“Skeptic.” Horrors: 365 Scary Stories.
“A Wild Hair.” Horrors: 365 Scary Stories.
“The Hungry Man.” Nightscapes, Issue 8, 1998.
“All Fall Down.” Night Terrors, Issue 6, 1998.
“Lastjack.” Masters of Terror. April 1998. http://members.aol.com/andyfair/horrorfiction.html
“Debut.” Bad Dreams: The Online Journal of Horror Fiction, Issue 3, Winter 1998. http://www.pacifier.com/~thetoe/horror.html
“Shoofly.” Nightscapes, Issue 5, Dec. 1997. http://www.toddalan.com/~berglund/ns5.htm
“Just a Simple Country Doctor.” Mythos Online, Issue 6, Nov./Dec. 1997. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/4162/
“Foundling.” Nightscapes, Issue 3, Sept. 1997. http://www.toddalan.com/~berglund/ns3fic5.htm
“Hunt’s End.” Monsters From Memphis, Zapizdat Publications, 1997.
“Mibs.” Nightscapes, Issue 2, Aug. 1997. http://www.toddalan.com/~berglund/nightscapes.html
“The Last Warrior.” Elf Magic, DAW Books, 1997.
“Seeker.” Dark Tyrants, White Wolf Publishing, June 1997.
“Blackwater Dreams.” Bruce Coville’s Book of Nightmares 2, Scholastic Books, 1997.
“Preserver.” Blood Muse, Donald Fine, Inc., 1996. Reprinted in Skin and Bones, April 1999. Reprinted in Best New Vampire Tales, Books of the Dead, 2011.
“Newcomer.” 100 Wicked Little Witch Stories, Barnes and Noble Books, 1995. Reprinted in 100 Wicked Witch Stories, Barnes and Noble Books, 2001.
“Buyer Beware.” 100 Wicked Little Witch Stories, Barnes and Noble Books, 1995. Reprinted in 100 Wicked Witch Stories, Barnes and Noble Books, 2001.
“Supernaturally Incorrect.” 100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories, Barnes and Noble Books, 1995.
“Hair of the. . .” Thin Ice XVII, 1995.
“Mr. Punch.” Young Blood, Zebra Books, March 1994. Reprinted in Skin and Bones, April 1999.
“Mary Alice.” Aberrations 21, 1994.
“On the Skids in Another Dimension.” Glimpses, Summer 1993. Reprinted in Skin and Bones, April 1999.
“Grandpa Kelly and the Dragon.” Figment, Winter 1992.
“Alacrity’s Spectatorium.” Figment, Spring 1992.
“Huntress.” Tamaqua, Winter/Spring 1990. Reprinted in Mythic Circle, Fall 1993.
“Talia.” Nexus, 1986.
“Shadow Play.” Nexus, 1985.

Nonfiction

“And Horror the Soul of the Plot.” Writer’s Workshop of Horror, 2009.
“The Art of Feedback.” Writers’ Journal, Jan/Feb. 2003.
“Beginning with ‘The End’.” Creative Writing, Creative Teaching: The Pedagogy Forum. Associated Writing Programs, 2001.
“Creative Writers and the Community College.” AWP Job List, Sept. 2002.
“Cruising by Pandora Drive.” Leisure Books Website, April 2006. http://www.dorchesterpub.com/Dorch/SpecialFeatures.cfm?Special_ID=2080
“Don’t Forget the H.” SFWA Blog, 2020.
“Doors to Temptation.” Leisure Books Website, Dec. 2006. http://www.dorchesterpub.com/Dorch/SpecialFeatures.cfm?ID=2207
“The Examined Life.” Creative Writing, Creative Teaching: The Pedagogy Forum. Associated Writing Programs, 2002.
“Exposing Exposition.” Creative Writing, Creative Teaching: The Pedagogy Forum. Associated Writing Programs, 2003.
“The Extremely Short Guide to Book Promotion.” The Horror Zine, May 2022.
Foreword. Old Scratch and Owl Hoots: a Collection of Utah Horror. C.R. Langille and
R.L. Weston, eds. Griffin Publishers, 2014.
“The H Word: The Rational vs the Irrational.” Nightmare Magazine, 2020.
“Horror is a State of Mind.” Where Nightmares Come From. Crystal Lake Publishing, 2017.
“The Horror of It All.” EWG Presents, July 1998. http://www.webpanache.com/ewgpresents/ Reprinted on The Horror Writers Association Website: Writing Tips, June 2000. http://www.horror.org/writetips-timw1.htm. Translated into Portuguese by Ricardo Madeira and reprinted on the Terravista Website, July 2000. http://www.terravista.pt/PortoSanto/7400
“The Horror Writer’s Ultimate Toolbox.” It’s Alive: Bringing Your Nightmares to Life. Crystal Lake Books, 2020.
“Horror’s Dark Legacy.” Writers Workshop of Horror 2. Hydra Publications, 2021.
“How to Be Class Conscious.” Writers’ Journal, July/August 1998.
“I Dream of Zombies.” Zombie Writing!, Rymfire Books, 2012.
Introduction to King of Souls by Brian Knight. Earthling Publications, 2006.
Introduction to Plague Monkey Spam by Steve Vernon. Bad Moon Books, 2008.
Introduction to Tempting Fate by Paul Kane, 2021.
Introduction to Strange Tales of Terror, Eugene Johnson, ed. Independent Legions Press, 2023.
“Just Add Writer.” Writer’s Digest, August 2006.
“Kick It Up a Notch.” Writer’s Digest, Feb. 2003. Reprinted in Writing and Selling Your First Book, Sept. 2003. Reprinted as “Pick up the Pace” in Many Genres, One Craft, 2011.
“Let Them Write: Genre Writing in the Creative Writing Classroom.” The Writer’s Chronicle, 2023.
“The Long Strange Trip to Nekropolis.” Nekropolis. Harper Collins, 2010.
“A Matter of Style.” 8th Day Genesis, 2012.
“The Naming of Names.” Word Museum website, Nov. 1997. http://www.wordmuseum.com
“Network Smarter, Not Harder.” Scavenger’s Newsletter, Jan. 1999.
“A Night in the Adjunct Life.” Ghosts in the Classroom, Camel’s Back Books, 2001.
“Once More, With Feeling.” Writers on Writing, Vol 1. Crystal Lake Publishing, 2015.
“The One That Got Away.” Speculations, April 2001.
“The Other Foot.” Writer’s Digest, June 1999.
“Our Corner of the Sky: Two-Year College Creative Writing.” Teaching English in the Two-Year College, Sept. 2001
“Our Corner of the Crypt: Finding Your Niche as a Horror Writer.” Horror Writers Association Newsletter, 2021.
“Personal Horror.” Word Museum, Nov. 1997. Reprinted in Speculations, 1998. Translated into Portuguese by Ricardo Madeira and reprinted on the Terravista Website, July 2000. http://www.terravista.pt/PortoSanto/7400
“Poetry, Metaphysics and Midwifery.” Interview with poet Gray Jacobik. (One of six interviewers.) Tamaqua, Summer/Fall, 1990.
“Resume Writing and the Web.” Teaching English in the Two-Year College, Dec. 1998.
“Ron Sarti: Midwestern Mythmaker.” Interview. Ohio Writer. Nov./Dec. 1998.
“Shopping for Laughs.” Ohio Writer, March/April 1998.
“So You Want to Give a Workshop.” The Writer, Aug. 2021.
“Someone Else’s Sandbox.” Apex Magazine, 2018.
“Speaking of Horror.” The Writer, October 2020.
“Time’s Wasting Away.” Writers’ Journal, July/Aug. 2003.
“To Sing Dark Songs.” Introduction to Writing Poetry in the Dark, Stephanie M. Wytovich, ed. Raw Dog Screaming Press, 2022.
“Under the Autumn Moon.” October Dreams 2. Cemetery Dance Publications, 2014.
“Using Rejection.” Word Museum, Nov. 1997.
“What Really Walks There?” The Streaming of Hill House. McFarland and Co., 2020.
“Whatever You Do, Don’t Go In the Basement!” Introduction to limited edition hardcover of House of Blood by Bryan Smith.
“The Work-for-Hire Novelist.” Writing Popular Fiction, 2005.
“Writers’ Workshops and You.” SFWA Bulletin, Fall 1998.
“Writing to Fit: The Anthology Game.” Writer’s Digest, Oct. 2003.
“Writing What You Know (and Knowing What You Write).” Word Museum, Dec. 1997. Reprinted in Speculations 23, October 1998.
“The Writer’s Disease.” The Writer, 2023.
“You Better (Net)Work.” Horror 101. Crystal Lake Publishing, 2014.

Awards Won

Winner – 2023 Scribe Award for Graphic Novel, “The Nest” in Kolchak the Nightstalker 50th Anniversary Graphic Novel (All contributors were honored.)
Winner – 2022 Bram Stoker Award for Nonfiction, Writing in the Dark: The Workbook
Winner – 2020 Bram Stoker Award for Nonfiction, Writing in the Dark
Winner – 2020 Bram Stoker Award for Short Nonfiction, “Speaking of Horror”
Winner – 2016 Bram Stoker Award for Long Fiction, The Winter Box
Winner – 2016 Southern Ohio Conference for Higher Education (SOCHE) Teaching Excellence Award
Winner – 2016 Faculty Scholar of the Year Award, Sinclair Community College
Winner – 2015 Horror Writers Association Mentor of the Year Award
Winner – 1998 Authorlink! New Author Award in Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror, Necropolis.

Award Nominations

2024 Bram Stoker Award nomination for Fiction Collection, Old Monsters Never Die.
2023 Scribe Award nomination for Short Fiction. “To Sing a Deeper Song.”
2019 Bram Stoker Award nomination for Short Fiction, “A Touch of Madness”
2019 Shirley Jackson Award nomination for Short Fiction, “How to Be a Horror Writer”
2019 Splatterpunk Award nomination for Best Novel, They Kill
2018 Bram Stoker Award nomination for Fiction Collection, Dark and Distant Voices
2017 Bram Stoker Award nomination for Long Fiction, A Kiss of Thorns
2018 Scribe Award nomination for Best Adapted Novel, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
2017 Scribe Award nomination for Best Speculative Original Novel, Supernatural: Mythmaker
2016 Scribe Award nomination for Best Short Fiction, “Foundling”
2015 Scribe Award nomination for Best Speculative Original Novel, Grimm: The Killing Time
2014 Scribe Award nomination for Best Speculative Original Novel, Supernatural: The Roads Not Taken
2011 Shirley Jackson Award nomination for Long Fiction, The Men Upstairs
2008 Scribe Award nomination for Best Gaming-Related Novel, Forge of the Mindslayers
1999 Darrell Award nomination for Best MidSouth Short Story, “Anubis Has Left the Building”
1998 Darrell Award nomination for Best MidSouth Short Story, “Hunt’s End