Steve Rasnic Tem Books in Order
Steve Rasnic Tem is a celebrated author of dark and haunting fiction, born in the heart of Appalachia in Lee County, Virginia. He has published over 350 short stories, earning him numerous accolades, including the Bram Stoker, International Horror Guild, British Fantasy, and World Fantasy Awards. Tem's notable works include the short story collections City Fishing, The Far Side of the Lake, In Concert (co-written with his wife Melanie Tem), Ugly Behavior, Celestial Inventories, and Onion Songs, as well as the audio collection Invisible. His novels, such as Excavation, The Book of Days, Daughters, The Man In The Ceiling (co-written with Melanie Tem), and the recent Deadfall Hotel, showcase his mastery of the genre.
Bibliography verified: January 2026
Book Series by Steve Rasnic Tem
- #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)
- #19AmazonThe Umbral Anthology Of Science Fiction Poetry(1950)
- #20AmazonOther Worlds Volume 1(1979)
- #21AmazonChrysalis 8(1980)
- #22AmazonChrysalis 9(1982)
- #23AmazonPerpetual Light(1982)
- #24AmazonChrysalis 10(1983)
- #25AmazonShadows 8(1985)
- #26AmazonThe First Chronicles of Greystone Bay(1985)
- #27AmazonHalloween Horrors(1986)
- #28AmazonWhispers VI(1987)
- #29AmazonDoom City(1987)
- #30AmazonTropical Chills: Fourteen Tales of Scorching Horror to Make Your Blood Run Cold(1988)
- #31AmazonBook of the Dead(1989)
- #32AmazonHot Blood Tales of Erotic Horror(1989)
- #33AmazonThe Seaharp Hotel(1990)
- #34AmazonBest New Horror(1990)
- #35AmazonBest New Horror 2(1991)
- #36AmazonThe Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Fourth Annual Collection(1991)
- #37AmazonFourth Annual Collection(1991)
- #38AmazonDante's Disciples(1991)
- #39AmazonBorderlands 3(1991)
- #40AmazonBest New Horror 3(1992)
- #41AmazonThe Mammoth Book of Vampires(1992)
- #42AmazonFifth Annual Collection(1992)
- #43AmazonSinistre: An Antholgy of Rituals(1993)
- #44AmazonDeathport(1993)
- #45AmazonIn the Fog(1993)
- #46Amazon100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories(1993)
- #47AmazonBest New Horror 4(1993)
- #48AmazonHottest Blood(1993)
- #49AmazonSnow White, Blood Red(1993)
- #50AmazonThe Ultimate Witch(1993)
- #51Amazon100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories(1993)
- #52AmazonDeadly After Dark(1994)
- #53AmazonThe Giant Book of Terror(1994)
- #54AmazonSeventh Annual Collection(1994)
- #55AmazonLove in Vein(1994)
- #56AmazonBest New Horror 5(1994)
- #57Amazon100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories(1995)
- #58Amazon100 Wicked Little Witch Stories(1995)
- #59AmazonTales of the Batman(1995)
- #60AmazonHigh Fantastic(1995)
- #61AmazonDark Terrors(1995)
- #62AmazonDark Terrors 2(1996)
- #63AmazonGiant Book of Fantasy Tales(1996)
- #64AmazonThe Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 7(1996)
- #65AmazonA Nightmare's Dozen(1996)
- #66AmazonDark Terrors 3(1997)
- #67AmazonThe Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 8(1997)
- #68AmazonBlack Swan, White Raven(1997)
- #69AmazonHorrors!: 365 Scary Stories(1998)
- #70Amazon100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment(1998)
- #71AmazonThe Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 10(1999)
- #72AmazonOctober Dreams(2000)
- #73AmazonThe Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #11(2000)
- #74AmazonEmbraces: Dark Erotica(2000)
- #75AmazonThe Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #12(2001)
- #76AmazonFourteenth Annual Collection(2001)
- #77AmazonDark Masques(2001)
- #78AmazonFifteenth Annual Collection(2002)
- #79AmazonThe Children of Cthulhu(2003)
- #80AmazonThe Many Faces of Van Helsing(2004)
- #81AmazonGreat Ghost Stories(2004)
- #82AmazonYear's Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection(2004)
- #83AmazonA Walk on the Darkside(2004)
- #84AmazonThe Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 15(2004)
- #85AmazonCorpse Blossoms(2005)
- #86AmazonFantasy: The Best of the Year, 2006 Edition(2006)
- #87AmazonMondo Zombie(2006)
- #88AmazonEvermore(2006)
- #89AmazonPoe: 19 New Tales of Suspense, Dark Fantasy, and Horror Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe(2008)
- #90AmazonBest New Horror 20(2009)
- #91AmazonAppalachian Winter Hauntings(2009)
- #92AmazonLegends Of The Mountain State 4(2010)
- #93AmazonDarkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror(2010)
- #94AmazonThe Seventh Black Book of Horror(2010)
- #95AmazonWerewolves and Shape Shifters: Encounters with the Beasts Within(2010)
- #96AmazonThe Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition(2010)
- #97AmazonMountain Magic(2010)
- #98AmazonThe Best of Talebones(2010)
- #99AmazonVisitants(2010)
- #100AmazonThe Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2011(2011)
- #101AmazonBlood and Other Cravings: Original Stories of Vampires and Vampirism by Today's Greatest Writers of Dark Fiction(2011)
- #102AmazonHalloween: Magic, Mystery, and the Macabre(2011)
- #103AmazonBest New Horror 22(2011)
- #104AmazonThe Devil's Coattails(2012)
- #105AmazonZombies Vs Robots: This Means War!(2012)
- #106AmazonObsession: Tales of Irresistible Desire(2012)
- #107AmazonDark Light(2012)
- #108AmazonMessing With Your Head(2012)
- #109AmazonGhosts: Recent Hauntings(2012)
- #110AmazonPsychos(2012)
- #111AmazonBest New Horror 23(2012)
- #112AmazonAppalachian Undead(2012)
- #113AmazonMagic: An Anthology of the Esoteric and Arcane(2012)
- #114AmazonDark World: Ghost Stories(2013)
- #115AmazonShadows Edge(2013)
- #116AmazonThe Mammoth Book of Time Travel SF(2013)
- #117AmazonBest New Horror 24(2013)
- #118AmazonTurn Down the Lights(2013)
- #119AmazonExotic Gothic 4(2014)
- #120AmazonHorror 101: The Way Forward(2014)
- #121AmazonThe Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition(2014)
- #122AmazonNight Terrors III(2014)
- #123AmazonSurreal Worlds(2015)
- #124AmazonNightmares Unhinged(2015)
- #125AmazonBest New Horror #26(2015)
- #126AmazonThe Monstrous(2015)
- #127AmazonThe Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper Stories(2015)
- #128AmazonUncertainties Volume II(2016)
- #129AmazonScary Out There(2016)
- #130AmazonBest New Horror 27(2017)
- #131AmazonGalactic Empires(2017)
- #132AmazonBest New Horror 28(2018)
- #133AmazonChristmas Horror Vol. 2(2018)
- #134AmazonThe Mammoth Book of Halloween Stories(2018)
- #135AmazonVagabond 001: Fairy Tale Edition(2018)
- #136AmazonThe Unquiet Dreamer: A Tribute to Harlan Ellison(2019)
- #137AmazonBest New Horror 29(2019)
- #138AmazonThinking Horror Volume 2: The Horror Boom(2019)
- #139AmazonBlood Is Not Enough(2019)
- #140AmazonI AM THE ABYSS(2020)
- #141AmazonIt Came from the Multiplex: 80s Midnight Chillers(2020)
- #142AmazonOculus Sinister(2020)
- #143AmazonThe Mammoth Book of Folk Horror(2021)
- #144AmazonBest New Horror #31(2021)
- #145AmazonClose to Midnight(2022)
- #146AmazonHorror Library, Volume 8(2023)
- #147AmazonThe Canterbury Nightmares(2023)
- #148AmazonNightmare Abbey 4(2023)
- #149AmazonNightmare Abbey 5(2024)
- #150AmazonFeisty Felines and Other Fantastical Familiars(2024)
- #151AmazonNightmare Abbey 6(2024)
- #152AmazonNightmare Abbey 7(2024)
- #153AmazonNightmare Abbey 8(2025)
- #154AmazonWhere the Silent Ones Watch(2025)
- #1AmazonFantasy Tales 1 (By: Stephen Jones,David A. Sutton)(1989)
- #2AmazonFantasy Tales 2 (By: Stephen Jones,David Sutton)(1990)
- #3AmazonFantasy Tales 3 (By: Stephen Jones,David Sutton)(1990)
- #4AmazonFantasy Tales 4 (With: Charles L. Grant,Kim Newman,Stephen Jones,David A. Sutton)(1990)
- #5AmazonFantasy Tales 5 (By: Stephen Jones,David Sutton)(1990)
- #6AmazonFantasy Tales 6 (By: Stephen Jones,David Sutton)(1991)
- #7AmazonFantasy Tales 7 (By: Stephen Jones,David Sutton)(1991)
- #1AmazonColder Greyer Stones (By: Tanith Lee)(2012)
- #2AmazonLast and First Contacts (By: Stephen Baxter)(2012)
- #3AmazonStories from the Northern Road (By: Tony Ballantyne)(2012)
- #4AmazonObjects in Dreams (By: Lisa Tuttle)(2012)
- #5AmazonMicrocosmos (By: Nina Allan)(2013)
- #6AmazonFeast and Famine (By: Adrian Tchaikovsky)(2013)
- #7AmazonTwember(2013)
- #8AmazonStrange Visitors (By: Eric Brown)(2014)
- #9AmazonSaint Rebor (By: Adam Roberts)(2015)
- #10AmazonSleeps With Angels (By: Dave Hutchinson)(2015)
- #11AmazonThe Light Warden (By: Liz Williams)(2015)
- #12AmazonMementoes (By: Keith Brooke)(2016)
- #1AmazonNight Visions: In the Blood(1984)
- #2AmazonNight Visions(1985)
- #3AmazonNight Visions 2(1985)
- #4AmazonNight Visions 3(1986)
- #5AmazonNight Visions: The Hellbound Heart(1986)
- #6AmazonNight Visions 6(1988)
- #7AmazonNight Visions 8(1990)
- #8AmazonNight Visions 9(1991)
- #9AmazonNight Visions 10(2001)
- #10AmazonNight Visions 11(2004)
- #11AmazonNight Visions 12(2006)
- #1AmazonYours to Tell(2017)
- #2AmazonFairytales(1985)
- #3AmazonAbsences(1991)
- #4AmazonBeautiful Strangers(1992)
- #5AmazonDecoded Mirrors(1992)
- #6AmazonCity Fishing(2000)
- #7AmazonThe Far Side of the Lake(2001)
- #8AmazonThe Hydrocephalic Ward(2003)
- #9AmazonInvisible(2005)
- #10AmazonIn Concert(2010)
- #11AmazonUgly Behavior(2012)
- #12AmazonOnion Songs(2013)
- #13AmazonHere with the Shadows(2014)
- #14AmazonAbsent Company(2014)
- #15AmazonOut of the Dark(2016)
- #16AmazonFigures Unseen(2018)
- #17AmazonThe Harvest Child and Other Fantasies(2018)
- #18AmazonEverything is Fine Now(2019)
- #19AmazonThanatrauma(2021)
- #20AmazonThe Night Doctor and Other Tales(2022)
- #1AmazonExcavation(1986)
- #2AmazonIn These Final Day of Sales(2001)
- #3AmazonDaughters(2001)
- #4AmazonThe Book of Days(2003)
- #5AmazonThe Man on the Ceiling (With: Melanie Tem)(2008)
- #6AmazonDeadfall Hotel(2012)
- #7AmazonBlood Kin(2014)
- #8AmazonUbo(2017)
- #9AmazonThe Mask Shop of Doctor Blaack(2018)
- #10AmazonFirestorm(1982)
- #11AmazonLeaks(1987)
- #12AmazonBodies and Heads(1989)
- #13AmazonBack Windows(1990)
- #14AmazonCelestial Inventories(1991)
- #15AmazonHalloween Street(1999)
- #16AmazonAmong The Living(2011)
- #17AmazonTelling(2012)
- #18AmazonIn The Lovecraft Museum(2015)
- #19AmazonCold & Damp(2017)
- #1AmazonThe Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition(2010)
- #2AmazonThe Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition(2011)
- #3AmazonThe Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition(2012)
- #4AmazonThe Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition(2013)
- #5AmazonThe Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition(2014)
- #6AmazonThe Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition(2015)
- #7AmazonThe Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition(2016)
- #8AmazonThe Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition(2017)
- #9AmazonThe Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition(2018)
- #10AmazonThe Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 Edition(2020)
- #11AmazonThe Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 1(2020)
- #12AmazonThe Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 2(2021)
- #13AmazonThe Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3(2022)
- #14AmazonThe Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 4(2023)
- #15AmazonThe Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5(2024)
- #16AmazonThe Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: Volume 5(2024)
About Steve Rasnic Tem
Steve Rasnic Tem is a celebrated author of dark and haunting fiction, born in the heart of Appalachia in Lee County, Virginia. He has published over 350 short stories, earning him numerous accolades, including the Bram Stoker, International Horror Guild, British Fantasy, and World Fantasy Awards. Tem's notable works include the short story collections City Fishing, The Far Side of the Lake, In Concert (co-written with his wife Melanie Tem), Ugly Behavior, Celestial Inventories, and Onion Songs, as well as the audio collection Invisible. His novels, such as Excavation, The Book of Days, Daughters, The Man In The Ceiling (co-written with Melanie Tem), and the recent Deadfall Hotel, showcase his mastery of the genre.
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