Gemma Files Books in Order
Gemma Files is a critically acclaimed author, poet, and screenwriter, known for her dark and captivating storytelling. As a former film critic for Toronto's eye Weekly, she brought her keen eye for horror to the international stage, where her story "The Emperor's Old Bones" won the 1999 International Horror Guild award for Best Short Fiction. Files' notable works include two collections of short fiction, <i>Kissing Carrion</i> and <i>The Worm in Every Heart</i>, and two chapbooks of poetry, <i>Bent Under Night</i> and <i>Dust Radio</i>. Her Hexslinger Series trilogy, comprising <i>A Book of Tongues</i>, <i>A Rope of Thorns</i>, and <i>A Tree of Bones</i>, has been met with widespread acclaim and is available from ChiZine Publications.
Bibliography verified: January 2026
Book Series by Gemma Files
- #1AmazonThe Best Horror of the Year: Volume One(2009)
- #2AmazonThe Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two(2010)
- #3AmazonThe Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three(2011)
- #4AmazonThe Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four(2012)
- #5AmazonThe Best Horror of the Year Volume Five(2013)
- #6AmazonThe Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six(2014)
- #7AmazonThe Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven(2015)
- #8AmazonThe Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight(2016)
- #9AmazonThe Best Horror of the Year: Volume Nine(2017)
- #10AmazonThe Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten(2018)
- #11AmazonThe Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction(2018)
- #12AmazonThe Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven(2019)
- #13AmazonThe Best Horror of the Year: Volume Twelve(2020)
- #14AmazonThe Best Horror of the Year Volume Thirteen(2021)
- #15AmazonThe Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fourteen(2022)
- #16AmazonThe Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fifteen(2024)
- #17AmazonThe Best Horror of the Year, Volume Sixteen(2024)
- #18AmazonThe Best Horror of the Year, Volume Seventeen(2025)
- #19AmazonSeductive Spectres(1996)
- #20AmazonQueer Fear(2000)
- #21AmazonThe Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #11(2000)
- #22AmazonThe Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women(2001)
- #23AmazonQueer Fear II(2002)
- #24AmazonDark Terrors 6(2002)
- #25AmazonThe Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 15(2004)
- #26AmazonThe Mammoth Book of Monsters(2007)
- #27AmazonMighty Unclean(2009)
- #28AmazonApex Magazine #16, September 2010(2010)
- #29AmazonThe Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition(2010)
- #30AmazonArcane(2011)
- #31AmazonEvil I Did Dwell; Lewd Did I Live(2011)
- #32AmazonChilling Tales: Evil I Did Dwell; Lewd Did I Live(2011)
- #33AmazonThe Mammoth Book of Body Horror(2012)
- #34AmazonImaginarium 2012(2012)
- #35AmazonA Season in Carcosa(2012)
- #36AmazonBest New Horror 23(2012)
- #37AmazonMagic: An Anthology of the Esoteric and Arcane(2012)
- #38AmazonThe Grimscribe's Puppets(2013)
- #39AmazonIn Words, Alas, Drown I(2013)
- #40AmazonBad Seeds: Evil Progeny(2013)
- #41AmazonBest New Horror 24(2013)
- #42AmazonDark Discoveries - Issue #26(2014)
- #43AmazonStamps, Vamps & Tramps(2014)
- #44AmazonLovecraft's Monsters(2014)
- #45AmazonFearful Symmetries(2014)
- #46AmazonThe Children of Old Leech(2014)
- #47AmazonLetters to Lovecraft(2014)
- #48AmazonThe Starry Wisdom Library(2014)
- #49AmazonImaginarium 3(2015)
- #50AmazonThe Doll Collection(2015)
- #51AmazonAghast Vol. 1: A Journal of the Darkly Fantastic(2015)
- #52AmazonEulogies III(2015)
- #53AmazonDaughters of Frankenstein: Lesbian Mad Scientists!(2015)
- #54AmazonThe Monstrous(2015)
- #55AmazonShe Walks in Shadows(2015)
- #56AmazonGenius Loci: Tales of the Spirit of Place(2016)
- #57AmazonThe Best of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine, Year Seven(2016)
- #58AmazonChildren of Lovecraft(2016)
- #59AmazonAghast(2016)
- #60AmazonThe Madness of Dr. Caligari(2016)
- #61AmazonImaginarium 4(2016)
- #62AmazonBest New Horror 27(2017)
- #63AmazonLooming Low: Volume I(2017)
- #64AmazonChthonic: Weird Tales of Inner Earth(2018)
- #65AmazonI Don't Want to Play This Game Anymore(2018)
- #66AmazonFright Into Flight(2018)
- #67AmazonNightmare Magazine, Issue 75(2018)
- #68AmazonBest New Horror 29(2019)
- #69AmazonVastarien: Vol. 2, Issue 1(2019)
- #70AmazonThinking Horror Volume 2: The Horror Boom(2019)
- #71AmazonBehold the Undead of Dracula(2019)
- #72AmazonApostles of the Weird(2020)
- #73AmazonNot Just a Pretty Face(2020)
- #74AmazonWeird Dream Society(2020)
- #75AmazonFinal Cuts: New Tales of Hollywood Horror and Other Spectacles(2020)
- #76AmazonTales from OmniPark(2021)
- #77AmazonIn that Endlessness, Our End(2021)
- #78AmazonBeyond the Book of Eibon(2021)
- #79AmazonThere Is No Death, There Are No Dead: Tales of Spiritualism Horror(2021)
- #80AmazonHymns of Abomination(2021)
- #81AmazonHumans are the Problem: A Monster's Anthology(2021)
- #82AmazonHumans Are The Problem: A Monster's Anthology(2021)
- #83AmazonBody Shocks(2021)
- #84AmazonBeyond the Veil(2021)
- #85AmazonDark Stars: New Tales of Darkest Horror(2022)
- #86AmazonScreams from the Dark(2022)
- #87AmazonMother(2022)
- #88AmazonDamnation Games(2022)
- #89AmazonThe Best of Eternal Haunted Summer(2023)
- #90AmazonFuture Folk Horror(2023)
- #91AmazonA Darkness Visible: Explorations of Horror in the Postmodern(2023)
- #92AmazonDead Letters: Episodes of Epistolary Horror(2023)
- #1AmazonAlien Bootlegger (By: )(1993)
- #2AmazonCounting on Wildflowers (By: Kim Antieau)(2005)
- #3AmazonOrdinary People (By: Eleanor Arnason)(2005)
- #4AmazonCandle in a Bottle (By: Carolyn Ives Gilman)(2006)
- #5AmazonAbsolute Uncertainty (By: Lucy Sussex)(2006)
- #6AmazonKnots (By: Wendy Walker)(2006)
- #7AmazonAliens of the Heart (By: Carolyn Ives Gilman)(2007)
- #8AmazonVoices from Fairyland (By: Theodora Goss)(2008)
- #9AmazonThree Observations and a Dialogue (By: Sylvia Kelso)(2010)
- #10AmazonThrough the Drowsy Dark (By: Rachel Swirsky)(2010)
- #11AmazonSlightly Behind and to the Left (By: Claire Light)(2010)
- #12AmazonWith Her Body (By: Nicola Griffith)(2011)
- #13AmazonThe Red Rose Rages (By: L. Timmel Duchamp)(2011)
- #14AmazonThe Grand Conversation (By: L. Timmel Duchamp)(2011)
- #15AmazonDistances (By: Vandana Singh)(2011)
- #16AmazonShotgun Lullabies (By: Sheree Renée Thomas)(2011)
- #17AmazonOf Love and Other Monsters (By: Vandana Singh)(2011)
- #18AmazonDe Secretis Mulierum (By: L. Timmel Duchamp)(2011)
- #19AmazonA Brood of Foxes (By: Kristin Livdahl)(2011)
- #20AmazonThe Adventures of the Faithful Counselor (By: Anne Sheldon)(2011)
- #21AmazonWriting the Other (By: Cynthia Ward)(2011)
- #22AmazonThe Bone Spindle (By: Anne Sheldon)(2011)
- #23AmazonTalking Back (By: E.C. Myers)(2011)
- #24AmazonThe Last Letter (By: Fiona Lehn)(2011)
- #25AmazonMaking Love in Madrid (By: Kimberly Todd Wade)(2012)
- #26AmazonWe Wuz Pushed (By: Lee Mandelo)(2012)
- #27AmazonThe Traveling Tide (By: Rosaleen Love)(2012)
- #28AmazonThe Receptionist (By: Lesley Wheeler)(2012)
- #29AmazonBirds and Birthdays (By: Christopher Barzak)(2012)
- #30AmazonNaomi Mitchison (By: Lesley A. Hall)(2012)
- #31AmazonThe Queen, the Cambion, and Seven Others (By: Richard Bowes)(2013)
- #32AmazonSpring in Geneva (By: Sylvia Kelso)(2013)
- #33AmazonThe XY Conspiracy (By: Lori Selke)(2013)
- #34AmazonMyths, Metaphors, and Science Fiction (By: Sheila Finch)(2014)
- #35AmazonNuma: An Epic Poem with Photo Collages (By: Katrinka Moore)(2014)
- #36AmazonNoFood (By: Sarah Tolmie)(2014)
- #37AmazonThe Haunted Girl (By: Lisa M. Bradley)(2014)
- #38AmazonThree Songs for Roxy (By: Caren Gussoff)(2015)
- #39AmazonGhost Signs (By: Sonya Taaffe)(2015)
- #40AmazonThe Prince of the Aquamarines (By: Ruth Berman)(2015)
- #41AmazonBack, Belly, and Side: True Lies and False Tales (By: Celeste Rita Baker)(2015)
- #42AmazonA Day in Deep Freeze (By: Lisa Shapter)(2015)
- #43AmazonMarginalia to Stone Bird (By: R.B. Lemberg)(2016)
- #44AmazonUnpronounceable (By: Susan diRende)(2016)
- #45AmazonSleeping Under the Tree of Life (By: Sheree Renée Thomas)(2016)
- #46AmazonOther Places (By: Karen Heuler)(2016)
- #47AmazonMonteverde (By: Lawrence Schimel)(2016)
- #48AmazonThe Adventure of the Incognita Countess (By: Cynthia Ward)(2017)
- #49AmazonBoundaries, Border Crossings, and Reinventing the Future (By: Beth Plutchak)(2017)
- #50AmazonA Field Guide to the Spirits (By: Jean LeBlanc)(2017)
- #51AmazonLiberating the Astronauts (By: Christina M. Rau)(2017)
- #52AmazonIn Search of Lost Time (By: Karen Heuler)(2017)
- #53AmazonWe, Robots (By: Sue Lange)(2017)
- #54AmazonCosmovore (By: Kristi Carter)(2017)
- #55AmazonHelen's Story (By: Rosanne Rabinowitz)(2017)
- #56AmazonLiminal Spaces (By: Beth Plutchak)(2018)
- #57AmazonFeed Me the Bones of Our Saints (By: Alex Dally MacFarlane)(2018)
- #58AmazonIf Not Skin (By: Toby MacNutt)(2018)
- #59AmazonChangeling (By: Nancy Jane Moore)(2018)
- #60AmazonThe Adventure of the Dux Bellorum (By: Cynthia Ward)(2018)
- #61AmazonPeople Change (By: Gwynne Garfinkle)(2018)
- #62AmazonInvocabulary(2018)
- #63AmazonThe Green and Growing (By: Erin K. Wagner)(2019)
- #64AmazonEverything is Made of Letters (By: Sofía Rhei)(2019)
- #65AmazonMidnight at the Organporium (By: Tara Campbell)(2019)
- #66AmazonAlgorithmic Shapeshifting (By: Bogi Takács)(2019)
- #67AmazonThe Rampant (By: Julie C. Day)(2019)
- #68AmazonMary Shelley Makes a Monster (By: Octavia Cade,Crista Kempton)(2019)
- #69AmazonArticulation (By: Cesi Davidson)(2019)
- #70AmazonCity of a Thousand Feelings (By: Anya Johanna DeNiro)(2020)
- #71AmazonThe Adventure of the Naked Guide (By: Cynthia Ward)(2020)
- #72AmazonAncient Songs of Us (By: Jean LeBlanc)(2020)
- #73AmazonSacred Summer (By: Cassandra Clarke)(2020)
- #74AmazonDisease (By: Sarah Tolmie)(2020)
- #75AmazonGoddess Bandit of the Thousand Arms (By: Hal Y. Zhang)(2020)
- #76AmazonResistance and Transformation (By: Mari Ness)(2021)
- #77AmazonThe Silences of Ararat (By: L. Timmel Duchamp)(2021)
- #78AmazonCabinet of Wrath (By: Tara Campbell)(2021)
- #79AmazonThe Adventure of the Golden Woman (By: Cynthia Ward)(2021)
- #80AmazonFricatives (By: Cesi Davidson)(2021)
- #81AmazonWe’ve Been Here Before (By: Anne Carly Abad)(2022)
- #82AmazonBilabials (By: Cesi Davidson)(2022)
- #83AmazonWhen Home, No Need to Cry (By: Erin K. Wagner)(2022)
- #84AmazonApollo Weeps (By: Xian Mao)(2023)
- #85AmazonTo the Woman in the Pink Hat (By: LaToya Jordan)(2023)
- #86AmazonFrom Voyages Unreturning (By: Deborah L. Davitt)(2023)
- #1AmazonDark Forces at Work: Essays on Social Dynamics and Cinematic Horrors(2019)
- #2AmazonViolence in the Films of Stephen King(2021)
- #3AmazonGothic Mash-Ups: Hybridity, Appropriation, and Intertextuality in Gothic Storytelling(2022)
- #4AmazonThe Anthropocene and the Undead: Cultural Anxieties in the Contemporary Popular Imagination(2022)
- #5AmazonSupranational Horrors: Italian and Spanish Horror Cinema since 1968(2022)
- #6AmazonGrief in Contemporary Horror Cinema: Screening Loss(2022)
- #7AmazonThe Evolution of Horror in the Twenty-First Century(2023)
- #8AmazonFuture Folk Horror(2023)
- #9AmazonTransnational Zombie Cinema, 2010 to 2020: Readings in a Mutating Tradition(2023)
- #10AmazonThe Ethics of Horror: Spectral Alterity in Twenty-First-Century Horror Film(2024)
- #11AmazonDissecting Cannibal Holocaust(2024)
- #12AmazonDisney Gothic: Dark Shadows in the House of Mouse(2024)
- #13AmazonHidden Histories: The Many Ghosts of Disney’s Haunted Mansion(2024)
- #14AmazonCatholic Horror on Television: Haunting Faith(2024)
- #1AmazonWe Will All Go Down Together(2014)
- #2AmazonExperimental Film(2015)
- #3AmazonEach Thing I Show You Is a Piece of My Death (With: Stephen J. Barringer)(2009)
- #4AmazonThe Jacaranda Smile(2009)
- #5AmazonKissing Carrion(2003)
- #6AmazonThe Worm in Every Heart(2004)
- #7AmazonSpectral Evidence(2018)
- #8AmazonDrawn Up From Deep Places(2018)
- #9AmazonDark is Better(2023)
- #10AmazonBlood from the Air(2023)
- #11AmazonLittle Horn(2025)
- #1AmazonThe Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition (By: Paula Guran)(2018)
- #2AmazonThe Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition(2010)
- #3AmazonThe Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition(2011)
- #4AmazonThe Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition(2012)
- #5AmazonThe Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition(2013)
- #6AmazonThe Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition(2014)
- #7AmazonThe Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition(2015)
- #8AmazonThe Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition(2016)
- #9AmazonThe Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition(2017)
- #10AmazonThe Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition(2018)
- #11AmazonThe Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 Edition(2020)
- #12AmazonThe Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 1(2020)
- #13AmazonThe Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 2(2021)
- #14AmazonThe Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3(2022)
- #15AmazonThe Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 4(2023)
- #16AmazonThe Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5(2024)
- #17AmazonThe Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: Volume 5(2024)
About Gemma Files
Gemma Files is a critically acclaimed author, poet, and screenwriter, known for her dark and captivating storytelling. As a former film critic for Toronto's eye Weekly, she brought her keen eye for horror to the international stage, where her story "The Emperor's Old Bones" won the 1999 International Horror Guild award for Best Short Fiction. Files' notable works include two collections of short fiction, <i>Kissing Carrion</i> and <i>The Worm in Every Heart</i>, and two chapbooks of poetry, <i>Bent Under Night</i> and <i>Dust Radio</i>. Her Hexslinger Series trilogy, comprising <i>A Book of Tongues</i>, <i>A Rope of Thorns</i>, and <i>A Tree of Bones</i>, has been met with widespread acclaim and is available from ChiZine Publications.
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