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BABBITT, NATALIE (Also writes Fantasy.)
Devil’s Other Storybook, The (Farrar, Strauss, Giroux, 1989.)
Collection of related stories.
Devil’s Storybook, The (Farrar, Strauss Giroux, 1974, Bantam Skylark, 1977.)
Collection of related stories.
BACHMAN, RICHARD (Pseudonym of Stephen King, whom see. Also writes Science Fiction.)
Regulators, The (Dutton, 1996, Signet, 1997.)
An enigmatic non-human creature torments an entire community by animating a group of cartoon characters with an evil twist and setting them loose in a pocket of space time where the normal rules of the universe no longer hold true. They kill many of the residents of a small neighborhood before being destroyed. The novel is linked to Desperation, as by Stephen King, which uses the same characters and some of the same plot elements for an entirely different story.
Thinner (See listing under Stephen King.)
BACON, DONALD
Midnight Hour, The (Pinnacle, 1988.)
When a woman moves into an apartment whose previous tenant committed suicide, she doesn't expect to feel squeamish about the situation. But some of the things he left behind, particularly a painting which appears subtly different every time she looks at it, lead her to look into the circumstances of his death, and discover a horrible secret.
BACON-SMITH, CAMILLE
Face of Time, The (DAW, 1996.)
An inspector from Scotland Yard accompanies his sergeant to the latter's home town and discovers that the community conceals the burial mound of a supernatural creature who has recently escaped. The sergeant turns out to be the hereditary guardian whose destiny is to prevent the entity from leaving its entombment, a duty which he ignored as a consequence of which the entire world is in danger.
Fallen, The (Signet, 2002.)
While investigating a series of murders, the protagonist discovers that an evil force resides in a nearby mine.
House of Bones (Signet, 2003.)
An abandoned housing complex is home to evil spirits.
BAINBRIDGE, SHARON (Pseudonym of Sharon Farber & Sharon Rose.)
Blood and Roses (Diamond, 1994.)
A Victorian vampire story similar in plot to Dracula but written as a romance novel. Several young women have succumbed to a wasting sickness as a reclusive nobleman's lifestyle makes him suspect to a group of vampire hunters.
BAKER, DENYS VAL
Face in the Mirror, The (Arkham House, 1971.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
BAKER, NANCY
Blood and Chrysanthemums (Creed, 1996, Viking, 1996.)
Vampire #2.
The old and new vampire are free of their captors and for a while hunt together. But eventually they part, until their lives get tangled up with that of a Japanese scientist menaced by the Yakuza.
Kiss of the Vampire (See The Night Inside)
Night Inside, The (Creed, 1995. Viking, 1995, Gold Medal, 1995, as Kiss of the Vampire.)
Vampire #1.
A young woman is kidnapped as a food source for a vampire held captive by two scheming men. She and the vampire forge a secret alliance against their oppressors, and fall in love with one another, after a fashion. They eventually escape and the woman becomes one of the undead.
Terrible Beauty, A (Penguin, 1996.)
A young man is held captive by a female vampire.
BAKER, SCOTT (Also writes Science Fiction and Fantasy.)
Ancestral Hungers (Tor, 1995.)
Revised and expanded version of Dhampire.
Dhampire (Pocket, 1982.)
A young man discovers that his heritage, which supposedly includes Vlad the Impaler as an ancestor, is both true and supernatural. He eventually becomes head of a clan that uses occult powers, vampirism, and other fantastic powers to get their way.
Webs (Tor, 1989.)
A precocious student and an instructor investigate the extraordinarily large spiders which inhabit the estate where he is temporarily living, while the man's institutionalized wife somehow forges a bizarre telepathic link. An offbeat and atmospheric story of the fragmentation of a personality.
Crimson Kisses (Pinnacle, 2002.)
Crimson #1.
A good vampire turned child psychologist discovers that the evil being who converted her is still alive and is now preying on her patients to avenge her attempt to destroy him.
Crimson Night (Pinnacle, 2002.)
Crimson #2.
A reluctant vampire discovers she is pregnant by her maker, and that her child may be able to move about in daylight.
Crimson Shadows (Pinnacle, 2003.)
Crimson #3.
Vampire family politics and an attempt to raise an army of the undead.
BAKER, W. HOWARD (See Peter Saxon.)
BALDWIN, MRS. ALFRED
Shadow on the Blind and Other Ghost Stories, The (Dent, 1895. Ash-Tree, 2001, as by Louisa Baldwin.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
BALE, G.F.
If Thoughts Could Kill (Charter Diamond, 1990.)
A childhood accident altered the protagonist's mind, providing the ability to physically manipulate the outside world, although she doesn't realize this until she experiences a clairvoyant vision of an assault, and uses her mental abilities to kill the attacker.
BALL, BRIAN (Also writes Science Fiction.)
Night Creature, The (Gold Medal, 1974. New English Library in slightly different form, ?, as The Venomous Serpent.)
A young woman takes a rubbing from a graveyard, unknowingly releasing the spirit of the person whose image she copied. During the night, it seeks new energy, draining it from the souls of the living. Poltergeist phenomena enliven the subsequent quest to re-imprison the creature.
Venomous Serpent, The. (See The Night Creature.)
BALL, DONNA
Cry in the Woods, A (Pinnacle, 1991.)
A woman and her daughter are menaced by lurking figures in the woods which are reputed to be monsters. As it turns out, they are apparently a mutated human species, or perhaps the descendants of a variant hominid species.
BALLINGER, W.A. (Pseudonym of Wilfred McNeilly. See also Errol Lecale and Peter Saxon.)
Drums of the Dark Gods (Mayflower, 1966, Paperback Library, 1967.)
This tale of zombies, voodoo, and a magical plot to takeover the world is written in a brash, adventurous style that shouldn't work, but occasionally does. The protagonists are a man and a woman who join a voodoo cult in order to prevent its leader from using his supernatural powers to rise to pre‑eminence in world politics. Lots of derring do, near misses, and undead bodies.
Tamarind (Legacy, 1999.)
A demon launches an attack on a small town whose future is in doubt until they restore to his office an ousted minister.
BANGS, JOHN KENDRICK (Also writes Fantasy.)
Ghost I Have Met (Newcastle, 1971. Harper, 1898, as Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others. (See Ghosts I Have Met.)
Roger Camerden: A Strange Story (?, 1887)
A man is driven mad by supernatural forces.
Toppleton’s Client (Webster, 1893.)
A ghost story.
Water Ghost and Others, The (Harper, 1894.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Night Bites (Lovespell, 2005.)
A woman becomes romantically involved with a vampire.
Wicked Nights (Berkley, 2005.)
Wicked Brothers #1.
A sexy amusement park with supposedly fake vampires actually has a real one.
Wicked Fantasy (Berkley, 2007.)
Wicked Brothers #3.
A man is cursed to protect a woman who is herself hunting for evil, supernatural creatures.
Wicked Pleasure (Berkley, 2006.)
Wicked Brothers #2.
Romance novel about a demon hunter.
BANKS, L.A. (Pseudonym of Leslie Esdaile.)
Awakening, The (St Martins, ?)
Vampire Huntress #2.
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Bitten, The (St Martins, 2005.)
Vampire Huntress #4.
Vampires battle for religious artifacts that could affect Armageddon.
Cursed (St Martins, 2007.)
Vampire Huntress #7.
More vampire battles as an important birth grows near.
Damned, The (St Martins, 2006.)
Vampire Huntress #6.
The damned have been released from Hell and walk the Earth.
Forbidden, The (St Martins, 2005.)
Vampire Huntress #5.
A good vampire opposes the opening of a doorway to Hell.
Forsaken, The (St Martins, 2006.)
Vampire Huntress #7.
Battles among vampires become complicated by the return of a long absent player in the game.
Hunted, The (St Martins, ?)
Vampire Huntress #3.
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Masters of Ecstasy (Lovespell, 2004.)
Humorous vampire romance.
Minion (St Martins, 2003.)
Vampire Huntress #1.
A member of a secret organization that hunts vampires discovers that she is the potential prey for the most powerful member of the undead that ever existed.
Wicked, The (St Martins, 2006.)
Vampire Huntress #8.
A new leader and a new schism among the vampire clans.
BARBER, ANTONIA
Ghosts, The (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1969, Archway, 1975.)
One of the better young adult ghost stories. Two murdered children from the past appear to their modern day counterparts, coaxing them to travel back through time and help avert their premature deaths. More a time travel fantasy than a horror story.
Shadows Bend (Ace, 2000.)
H.P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard team up on a quest to warn the world about the danger it faces from the godlike alien Cthulhu.
BARING-GOULD, S.
Book of Ghosts, A (Methuen, 1904, Ash-Tree, ?.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Margery of Quether and Other Weird Tales (Sarob, 1999.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
BARKER, CLIVE (Also writes Science Fiction and Fantasy.)
Books of Blood (Berkley, 1998.)
Omnibus of the first three collections.
Books of Blood Volume I (Sphere, 1984, Berkley, 1986.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Books of Blood Volume II (Sphere, 1984, Berkley, 1986.)
Collection of unrelated stories
Books of Blood Volume III (Berkley, 1986, Sphere, 1986.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Books of Blood I-III (Scream Press, ?)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Books of Blood Volume IV. (See The Inhuman Condition.)
Books of Blood Volume V. (See In the Flesh.)
Books of Blood Volume VI. (See Cabal.)
Cabal (Poseidon Press, 1988, Pocket, 1989. Sphere, 1985, as Books of Blood Volume VI, Fontana, 1989, Pocket, 1989.)
A very strange short novel about a world of inhuman creatures living concealed underground. Their existence is revealed through the machinations of a devious serial killer hoping to blame them for his excesses. Made into a so-so film. The novel is accompanied by four short stories.
Cabal/Lord of Illusions (Pocket, 1996.)
Omnibus of two short novels.
Coldheart Canyon (HarperCollins, 2001.)
An actor recovering from an operation takes refuge in a mysterious house, and discovers that occult powers are at work there.
Damnation Game, The (Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1985, Putnam's, 1987, Charter, 1988, Berkley, 1990.)
An ageless monster poses as a man, commanding the dead to assist him in maintaining his existence. A group of people become involved when a supernatural gambler decides to collect on an old debt. Exceptionally well plotted and original in concept.
Essential Clive Barker, The (HarperCollins, 1999.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Everville (HarperCollins, 1994.)
Book of the Art #2.
Two people who have mastered magical powers engage in a duel that spans a century of time and involves this world and another.
Galilee (HarperCollins, 1998.)
Two powerful families possess magical powers, but both are put in an uproar when a magically young man falls in love with a woman from among their rivals.
Great and Secret Show, The (Harper, 1989.)
Book of the Art #1.
Two men discover the secret to instant evolution and wage warfare through the devices of their spiritually conceived children. A strange blend of horror and fantasy that doesn't always work.
Hellbound Heart, The (Fontana, 1991, Harper, 1995.)
Individual publication of the novella that was the basis for the first of the Hellraiser movies. A man obsessed with evil becomes involved with creatures from another reality who glory in pain and horror. He opens a door between worlds and becomes both their victim and their agent.
Inhuman Condition, The (Poseidon Press, 1986, Pocket, 1987. Sphere, 1985, as Books of Blood Volume IV.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
In the Flesh (Poseidon Press, 1986, Pocket, 1988. Sphere, 1985, as Books of Blood Volume V.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Mr. B Gone (Harper, 2007.)
A young demon is fished out of hell.
Thief of Always, The (Harper, 1992.)
A fantasy for younger readers about an unhappy boy who visits a magical house dominated by a kind of vampire and finds that the alluring magic which led him there masked a more horrible fate.
Weaveworld (Collins, 1987, Poseidon Press, 1987, Pocket, 1988.)
Fantasy and horror overlap in this very long novel of a man who inadvertently runs across a carpet that provides the means to move between worlds. Pursuing him are a number of repulsive individuals, only some of whom are human, intent upon securing the carpet for their own use. Moves from horror to fantasy as the novel progresses. Many good scenes but wanders about at times.
Written With My Left Hand (?, 1951, Tartarus, 2002.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
BARLOUGH, JEFFREY E.
Dark Sleeper (Western Lights, 1998, Ace, 2000.)
Western Lights #1.
In a very strange, remote town, a series of weird incidents tips off a pair of investigators that a supernatural entity is attempting to destroy the entire community. The world has been transformed by an astronomical disaster with change effects on the flow of time.
House in the High Wood, The (Ace, 2001.)
Western Lights #2.
A new family moves into the strange, mystical house in a remote town, and the dark magic begins to stir again. Unusual handling of the story of the angry dead cursing the living.
BARLOW, ROBERT H.
Eyes of the God (Hippocampus, 2002.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Hoard of the Wizard Beast and One Other, The (Necronomicon, 1994.)
Two short stories published as a pamphlet.
BARNES, JOHNNY RAY JR. (See collaborations with Marty Engle.)
BARNES, STEVEN (Also writes Science Fiction and Fantasy.)
Iron Shadows (Tor, 1998.)
A detective is hired to recover the daughter of a rich couple after she disappears into a mysterious cult that claims miraculous powers. During their investigation, they discover that those powers are more than just the power of suggestion.
BARON, NICK (Pseudonym of Scott Ciencin, whom see.)
Initiation, The (Z-Fave, 1993.)
Membership in an exclusive club means a lot to young Kimberley, but she has second thoughts when dreams of a water spirit disturb her sleep and she realizes she has endangered her soul.
Mask, The (Z-Fave, 1993.)
An unhappy teenager finds a mysterious mask which transforms her into a beautiful and alluring girl. A supernatural creature is connected to the mask, and as payment for the gift, other teenagers begin to die.
Spring Break (Z-Fave, 1994.)
For young adults. A prolonged beach party turns ugly when people begin to die in the reputedly haunted hotel, only to rise from their graves at the bidding of a man long dead. A comparatively restrained zombie story.
BARR, SUE HOLLISTER
Twisted (Leisure, 1992.)
A policeman pursuing a band of drug using criminals is caught up in their psychic re-enactment of violence which occurred generations in the past.
BARRETT, DICK
Time Double (Lynx, 1989.)
A young boy's terrifying dreams are more than delusions. One of the adults in his town has thrown himself open to a powerful, evil spirit whose sway over the world of the living can be challenged only if the boy can master his own supernatural powers.
BARRETT, WILLIAM (Also writes Science Fiction and Fantasy.)
Edge of Things, The (Doubleday, 1960, Avon, 1974.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
BARRON, DIANA
Phantom Feast (Barclay, 2001.)
A particularly nasty young girl murders her parents and then becomes involved with a psychic force that can alter the physical world.
BARRON, LAIRD
Imago Sequence and Other Stories, The (Night Shade, 2007.)
Collection of unrelated stories. Note that the limited edition contains one additional story.
BARRY, BERTICE
Haunting of Hip Hop, The (Doubleday, 2001.)
A Black musician is troubled by ghosts who believe that his form of music is a disgrace.
BARRY, SCOTT IAN (Also writes Science Fiction.)
Streeter, The (Tor, 1994.)
Chemical wastes transform a pack of dogs into clever, ruthless hunters who claim human prey. The body count rises until someone notices the pattern. Just when it looked like the ecology gone wild story had gone out of fashion, a new one shows up.
BARTLETT, GERRY
Real Vampires Don't Diet (Berkley, 2009.)
Humorous vampire fantasy.
Real Vampires Get Lucky (Berkley, 2008).
Humorous vampire fantasy.
Real Vampires Have Curves (Berkley, 2007.)
Humorous vampire fantasy.
Real Vampires Live Large (Berkley, 2007.)
Humorous vampire fantasy.
Real Vampires Make Waves (Berkley, 2009)
Humorous vampire fantasy.
BARTON, DAN (Also writes Science Fiction.)
Banshee (Worldwide Library, 1988.)
A construction project unearths the body of a young woman, buried alive a month earlier. The doctor who once loved her sets out to discover the reason for her death, working his way through hidden adoption records, discovering the existence of a twin sister and an ancient family curse.
Relife (Pocket, 1991.)
After a mysterious "accident", the protagonist wakens to find he has near total amnesia and that his blood has been replaced with a synthetic substitute. Even worse, as he tries to make sense out of his past, he discovers that his body is slowly changing into a new form.
BARTON, LEE (Pseudonym of Robert Lionel Fanthorpe, whom see.)
Unseen, The (Badger, 1963.)
Not seen.
BASSINGTHWAITE, DON (See also collaboration which follows.)
Breathe Deeply (White Wolf, 1995.)
A World of Darkness novel.
A tribe of werewolves is menaced by a strange plague that has been hatched by a corporation fronting for an evil society that wants to eliminate the shapechangers from the world.
Pomegranates Full and Fine (White Wolf, 1995.)
A World of Darkness novel.
A visitor to Toronto finds her own life and that of a friend in jeopardy when they run afoul of a coven of murderous vampires on a killing spree.
Such Pain (Harper, 1995.)
Based on the Mage gaming system. The new heir to an enormous corporation fires all of his father's cronies and takes control, only to discover that the secret ruler of the company is a demon.
BASSINGTHWAITE, DON & KILPATRICK, NANCY (Bassingthwaite also writes Science Fiction and Fantasy.)
As One Dead (White Wolf, 1996.)
A World of Darkness novel.
Two vampires in Toronto battle over the future of an undead clan which has been held in captivity. One plans to win their freedom, the other to continue their imprisonment.
BAST, ANYA
Witch Blood (Berkley, 2007.)
Elemental Witch #2.
A witch battles a demon.
Witch Fire (Berkley, 2007.)
Elemental Witch #1.
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Witch Heart (Berkley, 2009.)
Elemental Witch #3.
A playboy and a witch battle demons.
Heralds of the Storm (White Wolf, 2001.)
A World of Darkness novel.
A modern day sorcerer discovers that an ancient evil is awakening to menace the world.
BATES, MICHAEL
Body Parts (Bantam, 1995.)
A teen steals body parts from other students to build a female body to house the spirit of a dead girl. Aimed at younger readers.
Gorgeous (Bantam, 1995.)
A new brand of beauty cream has some very strange side effects.
Immortal (Bantam, 1995.)
After an automobile accident, two teenaged girls discover that they have swapped personalities.
Irresistible (Bantam, 1995.)
Not seen.
Mesmerized (Bantam, 1995.)
Marginal juvenile about a psychiatrist who hypnotizes a teen into changing her personality.
Reckless (Bantam, 1995.)
A protein supplement turns a group of athletes into predatory monsters who stalk their victims when they’re not on the playing field.
Ultimate, The (Bantam, 1995.)
Wishes come true for a group of teens, one of whom regrets the choice she made.
BATTIN, B.W. (See also Warner Lee.)
Satan's Servant (Paperjacks, 1984. Originally published as Satan Help Me -publisher and date unknown..)
Everyone in a small Southwestern town begins to act strangely, eventually erupting into open violence. Demons have broken through into our world, and only one man might hold the power to eject them. Destruction and death follow as rival forces of the supernatural struggle for supremacy. Fast paced but generally unconvincing.
BAUER, MARION DANE
Blue Ghost, The (Random House, 2006.)
A child communicates with a helpful ghost.
Shadows (White Wolf, 2002.)
A World of Darkness novel.
Vampires discover that the enemy they seek is stronger than they expected.
BAUM, THOMAS
It Looks Alive to Me! (Harper, 1976, Harper Trophy, 1977.)
Young adult. Mysterious events involving a disappearance in a museum can only be solved by an audacious and brilliant youngster willing to accept the existence of supernatural influences.
Out of Body (St. Martin's, 1997.)
A convict travels outside his body to solve a crime.
BAUMAN, CAROLYN BUSEY
Woman Who Would Not Die, The (Signet, 1969.)
This slim little novel is set in a house haunted by the spirit of a woman who once lived there. The new inhabitants are startled by low key supernatural phenomena, and the husband is compelled to paint a portrait of a woman he has never seen. Complete with a clairvoyant gardener.
BEACH, LYNN (Pseudonym of Kathryn Lance, who writes science fiction under that name. Also writes Science Fiction and Fantasy.)
Curse of the Claw (Minstrel, 1993.)
Phantom Valley #9.
A feckless teen recites an ancient curse aloud and every creature that has a claw immediately becomes his enemy. Unless he can find a counterspell, he’s doomed. For younger readers.
Dark, The (Minstrel, 1991.)
Phantom Valley #2.
A blind boy battles the evil spirits in a phantom village in this better than average horror thriller for young adults.
Dead Man's Secret (Minstrel, 1992.)
Phantom Valley #6.
Not seen.
Evil One, The (Minstrel, 1991.)
Phantom Valley #1.
A magical doll makes wishes come true, but with unpleasant consequences. For young adults, most of whom would have been smart enough to see that coming in the first place.
Headless Ghost, The (Minstrel, 1992.)
Phantom Valley #8.
Not seen.
In the Mummy's Tomb (Minstrel, 1992.)
Phantom Valley #7.
A young girl finds an ancient necklace, but when she wears it she begins to experience strange dreams and events resulting from its curse. Is she the reincarnation of an ancient Egyptian, or is another personality trying to invade her life?
Scream of the Cat (Minstrel, 1991.)
Phantom Valley #3.
Shapeshifting Indians take the form of mountain lions and prowl the darkness in this thriller for young adults.
Spell, The (Minstrel, 1992.)
Phantom Valley #5.
A jealous girl casts a magical spell on her popular roommate, and discovers that magic has unpleasant repercussions for the user as well as the victim. For young adults.
Stranger in the Mirror (Minstrel, 1992.)
Phantom Valley #4.
One of a pair of twins is captured in a bizarre mirror world until she is rescued by her sister. For young adults.
BEALE, CHARLES WILLING
Ghost of Guir House, The (Editor Publishing, 1897.)
Not seen. A ghost story.
BEAR, ELIZABETH
New Amsterdam (Subterranean, 2007.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
BEAR, GREG (Also writes Science Fiction and Fantasy.)
Dead Lines (Ballantine, 2004.)
The protagonist discovers that a new communications device can actually link to the world of the dead.
Lost Souls (See Psychlone.)
Psychlone (Ace, 1979. Charter, 1982, as Lost Souls.)
An unusual blend of horror and science fiction. A wave of supernormal phenomena is advancing across the world, progressing in a geographically predictable fashion from the site of the first atomic explosion in Hiroshima. The souls of those who perished in that city are reaching out to influence the living decades later. Quite unusual if a bit preachy.
BEATH, WARREN NEWTON
Bloodletter (Tor, 1994.)
A weird vampire novel set against the hectic, phony backdrop of Hollywood. The action involves a bestselling horror writer and a serial killer, a genuine vampire, and a movie that seems to be drawing its inspiration from life, and influencing the outside world.
Shock Lines (Zebra, 1993.)
A new teacher discovers that one of his students has a very special power, that there is some kind of link between her and a series of recent minor earthquakes. Unless he finds the key to neutralizing her abilities, she poses a serious threat to the lives of everyone around her.
Who Killed James Dean? (Tor, 1995.)
Occult fans of the late actor steal his body and the wreckage of the car in which he died. Having imprisoned his ghost and forced it to do their bidding, they plan a major occult event that will give them unprecedented power.
BEAUMONT, CHARLES (Pseudonym of Charles Nutt. Also writes Fantasy.)
Best of Beaumont, The (Bantam, 1982.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Charles Beaumont: Selected Stories. (See The Howling Man.)
Edge, The (Panther, 1966.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Howling Man, The (Tor, 1992. Dark Harvest, 1988, as Charles Beaumont: Selected Stories.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Hunger and Other Stories, The (Putnam, 1957, Bantam, 1959. Panther, 1964, as Shadow Play.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Magic Man, The (Gold Medal, 1965, Coronet, 1966.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Night Ride and Other Journeys (Bantam, 1960.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Selected Stories (Dark Harvest, 1988.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Shadow Play. (See The Hunger and Other Stories.)
Touch of the Creature, A (Subterranean, 1999.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Yonder (Bantam, 1958.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
BECKER, TOM
Darkside (Orchard, 2008.)
Darkside #1.
A teenager in London discovers that vampires are real.
Lifeblood (Orchad, 2008.)
Darkside #2.
A boy solves a mystery in a part of London where magic is real.
Amazing Dreams of Andrew Latter, The (Ash-Tree, 2002.)
Collection of related stories.
BELL, NEIL (Pseudonym of Stephen Southwold.)
Alpha and Omega (Hale, 1946.)
Collection of unrelated stories, not all of which are horror.
Dark Page, The (Eyre Spottiswoode, 1951.)
Not seen.
Life Comes to Seathorpe (Eyre Spottiswoode, 1946, Guild, 1953.)
Not seen.
Who Walk in Fear (Redman, 1953, Panther, 1961.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
BELL, THORNTON (Pseudonym of R.L. Fanthorpe, whom see. Also writes Science Fiction.)
Chaos (Badger, 1952. )
So bad it defies description. A single supernatural force intervenes on Earth and becomes the basis for our legends of djinns, demons, and other supernatural creatures, but despite its immense power, it meets its match in the human race.
BELLAIRS, JOHN (See collaborations with Brad Strickland. Also writes Science Fiction and Fantasy.)
BELLIS, NAOMI (Pseudonym of Naomi Lester.)
Draw Down the Darkness (Signet, 2007.)
Historical romance adventure involving a cursednecklace.
BELLMORE, DON
By Lust Possessed (Pleasure Reader, 1968.)
Pornography involving demonic possession.
Sin Séance (Candid, 1968.)
Pornography involving communication with the dead.
BEMAN, DONALD
Avatar (Leisure, 1998.)
A man’s fascination with a beautiful sculptor turns into quite another emotion when he discovers that she uses dark powers in the creation of her work.
Dead Love (Leisure, 2001.)
The protagonist returns to the town where the woman he loved died, and finds himself caught up with the spirits of the dead, one protective, one malevolent.
Taking, The (Leisure, 1997.)
An otherwise ordinary man finds his life falling apart and eventually recognizes that a supernatural force is striking at him by destroying everything that is important in his life, determined to drive him across the border into insanity.
BENEDICT, LAURA
Isabella Moon (Ballantine, 2007.)
The ghost of a murdered girl reappears to various characters.
BENEDICT, LYNN (Pseudonym of Victor Banis. See also Jan Alexander.)
Family Affair, A (Avon, 1973. )
Despite having been published as a gothic romance, this is actually an offbeat ghost story. A woman comes to live among a group of strange people who seem to perform senseless acts compulsively. She assumes that they are mentally disturbed, but eventually realizes that they are actually the ghosts of people who died in the area, now cursed to act out the routines of their lives forever.
Fatal Flower, The (Avon, 1973.)
Ostensibly, this is a standard tale of the rivalry of two women for influence in a family, complicated by the fact that one of them might well be insane. But things grow more complex when it is revealed that each of the two is somehow linked to a particular type of plant, drawing strength from them, more vulnerable in the darkness than in the daylight.
Lucifer Cult, The (Pocket, 1974.)
A young woman travels in search of her father, only to discover that he intends to sacrifice her in a ceremony designed to raise the devil. The cult is real in this case, assisted by a hairy monster that appears at inopportune times for the protagonists.
Twisted Tree, The (Avon, 1973.)
A cult dedicated to achieving personal immortality menaces a young woman. They are assisted by a group of animated trees that enfold and destroy their victims. Most of the supernatural content takes place offstage but it's certainly an unusual plot for this genre.
BENEDICT, MIRIAM
To Seek Where Shadows Are (Avon, 1973.)
When a couple moves into their new apartment, they discover the portrait of a young woman. Its influence disrupts their lives, causing the man to become hostile for no apparent reason. Eventually the woman is able to communicate with the ghost imprisoned in the painting, and discovers that she died at another's hand. Enter the ghost of the murderer, threatening to repeat his crime.
BENET, STEPHEN VINCENT (Also writes Fantasy.)
Devil and Daniel Webster, The (Farrar & Rinehart, 1937.)
Classic short story about a deal with the devil.
Tales Before Midnight (Farrar & Rinehart, 1939, Heinemann, 1940.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
BENFORD, TIMOTHY B (Also writes Science Fiction.)
Ardennes Tapes, The (Pinnacle, 1989.)
Modern investigators reopen the investigation of an incident during the Battle of the Bulge when opposing soldiers momentarily turned against a greater foe, and were destroyed. Eventually evidence leads to a monstrous creature now imprisoned in a series of caves under the Earth, whose re‑emergence must be prevented at all costs.
BENNETT, ARNOLD
Ghost, The (Chatto & Windus, 1907.)
A ghost story.
BENNETT, JANICE (Also writes Science Fiction and Fantasy.)
Lady's Companion, A (Zebra, 1994.)
Standard romance with a brief appearance by a not particularly frightening ghost.
BENNETT, NIGEL (See collaborations with P.N. Elrod.)
BENSON, A.C. (See also collaboration with R.H. Benson.)
Hill of Trouble and Other Stories, The (Isbister, 1903.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
BENSON, AMBER (See collaborations with Christopher Golden.)
BENSON, E.F.
Across the Stream (Murray, 1919, Doran, 1919.)
An occult novel.
And the Dead Spake and Horror Horn (Doubleday Doran, 1923.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Colin (Doran, 1923, Hutchinson, 1923.)
Colin #1.
Not seen. A deal with the devil.
Colin II (Doran, 1925, Hutchinson, 1925.)
Colin #2.
Not seen. A deal with the devil.
Collected Ghost Stories (Carroll & Graf, 1992, Robinson, 1992.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Face, The (Ash Tree, 2003.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Flint Knife: Further Spook Stories, The (Equation, 1988.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Horror Horn: The Best Horror Stories of E.F. Benson, The (Panther, 1974.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Image in the Sand, The (Heinemann, 1905, Lippincott, 1905.)
Occult adventure including possession by an ancient Egyptian personality.
Inheritor, The (Hutchinson, 1930, Doubleday, 1930.)
A genuine family curse.
Luck of the Vails, The (Heinemann, 1901.)
Supernatural murder myst