Stephen Graham Jones Reading Order

73 books (2007–2026)

Stephen Graham Jones has contributed to 71 anthology collections spanning horror, fantasy, mystery, thriller, and non-fiction genres from 2007 through 2026. The series is ongoing and should be read in publication order, beginning with Bust Down the Door and Eat All the Chickens. These anthologies showcase Jones's work across a diverse range of curated collections, including themed volumes on topics like hauntings, superheroes, and dark fantasy alongside major horror year's best editions.

Start with Bust Down the Door and Eat All the Chickens, the first of 71 books in the Anthologies series.

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1	Bust Down the Door and Eat All the Chickens 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	TwentiethAnnual Collection 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Halloween: Magic, Mystery, and the Macabre 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Ghosts: Recent Hauntings 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Heroics: Strange Tales of Absurd Superheroes 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Walking the Clouds 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Weird Tales 359 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Bad Seeds: Evil Progeny 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Chewing the Page: The Mourning Goats Interviews 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Zombies 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Letters to Lovecraft 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Nightmare Carnival 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	The Children of Old Leech 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	The New Black 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	The Starry Wisdom Library 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Zombies: More Recent Dead 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Death's Realm 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Nightmares Unhinged 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	The Monstrous 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Children of Lovecraft 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Cyber World 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Nightmares: A New Decade of Modern Horror 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	The Starlit Wood 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Blood Business 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Georgetown Haunts and Mysteries 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	Mad Hatters and March Hares 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	People of Color Take over Fantastic Stories of the Imagination 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	The Demons of King Solomon 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	I Don't Want to Play This Game Anymore 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	Mechanical Animals 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	Nightmare Magazine, Issue 75 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
39	Suspended in Dusk II 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
40	Nowhereville 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
41	Straight Outta Deadwood 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
42	Tales of the Lost, Volume 1 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
43	Terror at 5280' 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
44	The Mythic Dream 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
45	Edited By 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
46	It Came from the Multiplex: 80s Midnight Chillers 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
47	Psi-Wars: Classified Cases of Psychic Phenomena 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
48	The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Twelve 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
49	The Horror Writer: A Study of Craft and Identity in the Horror Genre 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
50	The Midnight Exhibit, Vol. 1 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
51	Tiny Nightmares 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
52	Giving the Devil His Due 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
53	Road Kill: Texas Horror by Texas Writers, Volume 6 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
54	Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2020 Edition 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
55	The Best Horror of the Year Volume Thirteen 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
56	When Things Get Dark 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
57	Dark Matter Presents Human Monsters: A Horror Anthology 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
58	Dark Stars: New Tales of Darkest Horror 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
59	Other Terrors 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
60	Screams from the Dark 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
61	Shattered & Splintered 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
62	The Horror Zine’s Book of Werewolf Stories 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
63	Christmas and Other Horrors 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
64	Unioverse: Stories of the Reconvergence 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
65	Fears: Tales of Psychological Horror 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
66	Human Monsters 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
67	Some Of The Best From Reactor: 2024 Edition 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
68	The Best of Gamut 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
69	The Drive-In: Multiplex 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
70	Why I Love Horror 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
71	All Hallows Eve 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
72	Grimdark Magazine Issue #48 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
73	Uncanny Magazine Issue 69: March/April 2026 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

19 books (2009–2026)

The Best Horror of the Year is an ongoing anthology series edited by Stephen Graham Jones, collecting the finest short horror fiction published each year. Spanning 18 volumes from 2009 to 2025, the series should be read in publication order to follow the evolution of contemporary horror writing. A milestone retrospective collection, The Best of the Best Horror of the Year, appears as the eleventh entry and celebrates ten years of essential selections from the series.

Start with The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One, the first of 18 books in the Best Horror of the Year series.

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1	The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Best Horror of the Year Volume Five 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Nine 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Twelve 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Best Horror of the Year Volume Thirteen 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fourteen 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fifteen 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Sixteen 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Seventeen 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Best Horror of the Year, Volume Eighteen 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2010–2010)

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1	It Came from Del Rio 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

9 books (2003–2025)

Stephen Graham Jones's Collections series comprises nine books of interconnected stories published between 2003 and 2025, with the series still ongoing. These works should be read in publication order, beginning with Bleed into Me and continuing through The Ones Who Got Away: Stories, the most recent entry. The series blends elements of fantasy, horror, mystery, and thriller genres across its expanding collection of narratives.

Start with Bleed into Me, the first of 9 books in the Collections series.

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1	Bleed into Me 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Ones That Got Away 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Three Miles Past 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Zombie Sharks with Metal Teeth 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	After the People Lights Have Gone Off 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	States of Grace 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Faster Redder Road 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Killer on the Road & The Babysitter Lives 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Ones Who Got Away: Stories 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2017–2021)

Stephen Graham Jones presents two graphic novels published between 2017 and 2021 that should be read in publication order, beginning with My Hero followed by Memorial Ride. The series appears to be complete. These works represent Jones's ventures into the graphic novel format, drawing from his versatility across fantasy, mystery, thriller, and horror genres.

Start with My Hero and read in order.

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1	My Hero 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Memorial Ride 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

7 books (2023–2024)

The Heroic Legends / Savage Tales Short Fiction series is a collection of seven short fiction works featuring classic pulp fantasy characters, published between 2023 and 2024. The series includes stories centered on Conan, Solomon Kane, Bran Mak Morn, and Bêlit, each written by different authors including John C. Hocking, Brian D. Anderson, Jonathan Maberry, Steven L. Shrewsbury, V. Castro, and Scott Oden. Readers should follow publication order beginning with Conan: Black Starlight. The series is currently ongoing.

Start with Conan: Black Starlight(By: John C. Hocking), the first of 7 books in the Heroic Legends / Savage Tales Short Fiction series.

1 book (2025–2025)

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1	Why Horror 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

40 books (2017–2024)

Rewind or Die is an ongoing anthology series featuring horror and thriller stories by various authors, with 40 books published between 2017 and 2024. Each entry stands alone as a complete story while contributing to the broader collection. Readers should follow publication order beginning with Church to experience the series as intended. The collection spans multiple horror subgenres including supernatural horror, creature features, and dark thriller narratives.

Start with Church(By: Renee Miller), the first of 40 books in the Rewind or Die series.

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1	Church(By: Renee Miller) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Grimhaven Disaster(By: Leo X. Robertson) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Grimhaven Disaster: Radioactive Edition(By: Leo X. Robertson) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	All You Need is Love and a Strong Electric Current(By: ) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Benny Rose, the Cannibal King(By: Hailey Piper) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Blood Lake Monster(By: Renee Miller) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Cirque Berserk(By: Jessica Guess) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Dancing on the Edge of a Blade: The Extended Director’s Cut(By: Todd Rigney) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Dead Eyes(By: E.V. Knight) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Dead and Breakfast(By: Gary Buller) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Food Fright(By: Nico Bell) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Hairspray and Switchblades(By: V. Castro) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Hell's Bells(By: Lisa Quigley) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Hooker(By: M. Lopes da Silva) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Infested(By: Carol Gore) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Offstage Offerings(By: Priya Sridhar) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Sole Survivor(By: Zachary Ashford) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Tales From the Meat Wagon(By: Eddie Generous) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	The Catcreeper(By: Kevin Arthur Lewis) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	The Kelping(By: Jan Stinchcomb) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	The Midnight Exhibit Vol. 2(By: Kaaron Warren,Eddie Generous,Jessica McHugh,Declan Burnett) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	The Midnight Exhibit, Vol. 1(With: Eddie Generous,Philip Fracassi,Renee Miller) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Trampled Crown(By: Kirby Kellogg) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Camp Neverland(By: Lisa Quigley) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Chopping Spree(By: Angela Sylvaine) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	City of the Creeps(By: Ernie Kaltenbrunner Jr.) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Desperado Dini(By: Dunkie Tang) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	She Ain't Pretty(By: Renee Miller) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Skin Deep(By: Renee Miller) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Sole Survivor II: Drop Bears on the Loose(By: Zachary Ashford) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Transmuted(By: Eve Harms) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Who Will Save Your Soul?(By: Jody Smith) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	Kidnap Torture Strangle(By: Declan Burnett) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	Tales From the Typewriter(By: Mark Allan Gunnells) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	Fuzzy(By: Roni Stinger) 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	Sloe(By: Marc Ruvolo) 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	The Midnight Exhibit, Vol. 3(By: William Meikle,Eddie Generous,Declan Burnett) 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	...And Out Come the Toys(By: Matt Brandenburg) 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
39	Intro to Chaos(By: TonyaWalter) 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
40	Portable Magic(By: Mark Allan Gunnells) 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

16 books (2009–2027)

Stephen Graham Jones has published fifteen short story and novella collections from 2009 to 2025, with the series still ongoing. These works span fantasy, horror, mystery, and thriller genres, showcasing Jones's versatility across different narrative lengths and styles. Read the fifteen books in publication order, beginning with Lonegan's Luck and continuing through The Belle of the Ball. Each collection stands independently while contributing to a broader body of work that demonstrates the author's evolving craft over more than a decade and a half.

Start with Lonegan's Luck, the first of 15 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.

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1	Lonegan's Luck 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Sterling City 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Chapter Six 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Not for Nothing 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Elvis Room 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Night Cyclist 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Mapping the Interior 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Attack of the 50 Foot Indian 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Night of the Mannequins 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Wait for Night 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Men, Women, and Chainsaws 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	The Backbone of the World 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The Clown Brigade 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Parthenogenesis 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	The Belle of the Ball 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Ears 2027Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

19 books (2000–2025)

Stephen Graham Jones has published nineteen standalone novels spanning fantasy, horror, mystery, and nonfiction from 2000 to 2025, with the series remaining ongoing. These books should be read in publication order, beginning with The Fast Red Road and continuing through titles like The Bird is Gone, Demon Theory, and Mongrels. Each novel functions independently while reflecting Jones's varied genre interests and evolving storytelling approach across more than two decades of work.

Start with The Fast Red Road, the first of 19 books in the Standalone Novels series.

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1	The Fast Red Road 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	All the Beautiful Sinners 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Bird is Gone 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Seven Spanish Angels 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Demon Theory 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Ledfeather 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Long Trial of Nolan Dugatti 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Growing Up Dead in Texas 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Last Final Girl 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Zombie Bake-Off 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Flushboy 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	The Least of My Scars 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Floating Boy and the Girl Who Couldn't Fly(With: Paul Tremblay) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Gospel of Z 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Mongrels 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	The Only Good Indians 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	The Babysitter Lives 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	I Was A Teenage Slasher 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	The Buffalo Hunter Hunter 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2021–2024)

The Lake Witch Trilogy by Stephen Graham Jones consists of three horror and mystery novels published between 2021 and 2024, with the series remaining ongoing. The books should be read in publication order: My Heart Is a Chainsaw, Don't Fear the Reaper, and The Angel of Indian Lake. This interconnected series blends elements of horror, thriller, and dark fantasy as it unfolds across its installments.

Start with My Heart Is a Chainsaw and read in order.

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1	My Heart Is a Chainsaw 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Don't Fear the Reaper 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Angel of Indian Lake 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2026–2026)

5 books (2025–2025)

The Shivers Collection is an ongoing horror anthology series featuring five books published in 2025, each written by a different author. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with Jackknife by Joe Hill, followed by Letter Slot by Owen King, Night and Day in Misery by Catriona Ward, The Blanks by Grady Hendrix, and concluding with The Indigo Room. This collaborative series brings together acclaimed voices in horror and thriller fiction to deliver standalone stories connected through the collection's framework.

Start with Jackknife(By: Joe Hill), the first of 5 books in the The Shivers Collection series.

15 books (2010–2024)

The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror is an ongoing anthology series edited by Stephen Graham Jones that has released 15 volumes since 2010. The series began with annual editions from 2010 through 2019, then transitioned to a numbered volume format starting with Volume 1. Readers should follow publication order to experience the curated selections chronologically as they were originally presented. Each installment compiles outstanding dark fantasy and horror stories from the respective year or volume period.

Start with The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition, the first of 15 books in the The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror series.

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1	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 Edition 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 1 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 2 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 4 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible