Weston Ochse Reading Order

20 books (1979–2025)

The Alien series comprises 20 books published between 1979 and 2025, featuring contributions from multiple authors including Weston Ochse alongside writers like Alan Dean Foster, Alex White, Mira Grant, and Scott Sigler. The series blends science fiction and horror across novels, technical manuals, photography books, and film prequels set within the Alien universe. Reading in publication order is recommended to follow the expanded storylines and interconnected narratives across this ongoing collection. The series spans from the original source material through official film adaptations and original fiction exploring the franchise's lore.

Start with Alien(By: Archie Goodwin), the first of 20 books in the Alien series.

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1	Alien(By: Archie Goodwin) 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Aliens: Colonial Marines Technical Manual(By: Lee Brimmicombe-Wood) 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Aliens: The Set Photography(By: Simon Ward) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Alien: Covenant Origins - The Official Prequel to the Blockbuster Film(By: Titan Books) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Alien: Covenant(By: Alan Dean Foster) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Aliens: Bug Hunt(By: Heather Graham,Jonathan Maberry,Yvonne Navarro) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Cold Forge(By: Alex White) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Echo(By: Mira Grant) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Isolation(By: Keith R.A. DeCandido) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Prototype(By: Tim Waggoner) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Making of Alien(By: J.W. Rinzler) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Phalanx(By: Scott Sigler) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Infiltrator 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Into Charybdis(By: Alex White) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Alien - Inferno's Fall(By: Philippa Ballantine,Clara Carija) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Alien: Colony War(By: David M. Barnett) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Vasquez(By: V. Castro) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Alien: Enemy of My Enemy(By: Mary SanGiovanni) 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Aliens: Bishop(By: T.R. Napper) 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Alien: Seventh Circle(By: Philippa Ballantine,Clara Carija) 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2021–2022)

Weston Ochse's Aliens vs. Predators series comprises two science fiction horror novels published between 2021 and 2022. The first book, AVP: Ultimate Prey, features multiple authors including Jonathan Maberry, Maurice Broaddus, and Scott Sigler, while the second installment, Rift War, was co-written with Yvonne Navarro. The series appears to be complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with Ultimate Prey.

Start with Aliens vs. Predators - AVP: Ultimate Prey(By: Jonathan Maberry,Maurice Broaddus,Scott Sigler,Chris Ryall,Louis Ozawa Changchien) and read in order.

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1	Aliens vs. Predators - AVP: Ultimate Prey(By: Jonathan Maberry,Maurice Broaddus,Scott Sigler,Chris Ryall,Louis Ozawa Changchien) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Aliens vs. Predators: Rift War(With: Yvonne Navarro) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

28 books (2002–2026)

This anthology series spans 26 volumes published between 2002 and 2021, edited by Weston Ochse and featuring contributions across science fiction, horror, and action genres. The series likely concluded in 2021 and should be read in publication order beginning with Tourniquet Heart. Each volume presents curated collections of stories from various authors, with themed entries such as Damned Nation, The Dead That Walk, and Explosions: Stories of Our Landmined World showcasing different aspects of speculative and dark fiction. Readers seeking diverse voices and perspectives within horror and science fiction will find these collections offer wide-ranging explorations of both classic and contemporary themes.

Start with Tourniquet Heart, the first of 26 books in the Anthologies series.

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1	Tourniquet Heart 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Children of Cthulhu 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Damned Nation 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	In Laymon's Terms 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Shroud 7 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Terrible Beauty, Fearful Symmetry 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Dead That Walk 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	House of Fear 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Shock Totem 4 Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Psychos 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Beyond Rue Morgue Anthology: Further Tales of Edgar Allan Poe's 1st Detective 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Mister October, Volume I: An Anthology in Memory of Rick Hautala 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The Haunted Mansion Project Year Two 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Allen K’s Inhuman Magazine #6, Spring 2015 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Explosions: Stories of Our Landmined World 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Horror 101: The Way Forward 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	SNAFU 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	The Library of the Dead 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	V-Wars: Night Terrors 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Secret Agendas 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Dead Bait 4 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Joe Ledger: Unstoppable 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Clickers Forever 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	A Very DC Halloween 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Infinite Stars 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Professor Charlatan Bardot’s Travel Anthology to the MostHaunted Buildings in the Weird, Wild World 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Shakespeare Unleashed 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Shakespeare Unleashed: 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (2015–2015)

The Apocalypse Weird series is a four-book science fiction and horror collection published in 2015 that has concluded. Written by Weston Ochse along with collaborators Michael Bunker and David Bruns, these interconnected stories should be read in publication order beginning with Last Meal. The series blends action, adventure, and speculative fiction across its complete run of standalone yet thematically linked narratives.

Start with Apocalypse Weird: Last Meal(By: Michael Bunker), the first of 4 books in the Apocalypse Weird series.

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1	Apocalypse Weird: Last Meal(By: Michael Bunker) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Red Palm 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Texocalypse Now(By: Michael Bunker) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Seal Bearer(By: David Bruns) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

5 books (2003–2021)

The Collections series by Weston Ochse spans five books published between 2003 and 2021, blending science fiction, horror, and action across diverse narratives. Read in publication order beginning with Appalachian Galapagos, the series progresses through Multiplex Fandango, Ghost Heart, FUBAR, and concludes with Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A 21st Century Modernization. While the series appears to be complete, each entry explores distinct themes within Ochse's characteristic style of speculative and dark fiction.

Start with Appalachian Galapagos, the first of 5 books in the Collections series.

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1	Appalachian Galapagos 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Multiplex Fandango 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Ghost Heart 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	FUBAR 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A 21st Century Modernization 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2012–2012)

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1	The Loup Garou Kid 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (2012–2014)

Weston Ochse's SEAL Team 666 series comprises four complete novels published between 2012 and 2014, blending science fiction, horror, and military action. Read the books in publication order, beginning with SEAL Team 666 and continuing through Age of Blood, Border Dogs, and Reign of Evil. The series follows a dedicated reading sequence that builds across all four installments.

Start with SEAL Team 666, the first of 4 books in the SEAL Team 666 series.

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1	SEAL Team 666 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Age of Blood 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Border Dogs 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Reign of Evil 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

16 books (2014–2025)

SNAFU: An Anthology of Military Horror is an ongoing series of fifteen military horror anthologies edited by Weston Ochse, published between 2014 and 2025. Each volume features multiple authors contributing standalone horror and science fiction stories set within military contexts, with themes evolving across installments to cover topics including supernatural threats, biological warfare, future combat, survival scenarios, and technological conflict. Readers should follow the series in publication order to experience the thematic progression and interconnected worldbuilding that develops throughout the collection. This series appeals to fans of horror anthologies, military fiction, and dark speculative storytelling.

Start with SNAFU(With: Jonathan Maberry,James A. Moore,W.D. Gagliani,Greig Beck,Christine Morgan,Curtis C. Chen,David Benton,Tyson Mauermann,Brian W.Taylor,Steve Ruthenbeck,Eric S. Brown,Kirsten Cross,David W. Amendola,Neal Litherland,Wayland Smith,JeffHewitt), the first of 15 books in the SNAFU: An Anthology of Military Horror series.

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1	SNAFU(With: Jonathan Maberry,James A. Moore,W.D. Gagliani,Greig Beck,Christine Morgan,Curtis C. Chen,David Benton,Tyson Mauermann,Brian W.Taylor,Steve Ruthenbeck,Eric S. Brown,Kirsten Cross,David W. Amendola,Neal Litherland,Wayland Smith,JeffHewitt) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Wolves at the Door(By: James A. Moore,R.P.L. Johnson,Kirsten Cross,David W. Amendola,Steve Coate,John W. Dennehy,Brian W. Taylor) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Black Ops(By: Jonathan Maberry,Nicholas Sansbury Smith,John O'Brien,Hank Schwaeble,James Lovegrove) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Future Warfare(By: Mike Resnick,Alan Baxter,Benjamin Cheah,Tim Marquitz,Asher Wismer,Jay Werkheiser,Steve Lewis,Anthony Izzo) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Hunters(By: James A. Moore,Patrick Freivald,Christine Morgan,Seth Skorkowsky,Tim Marquitz,R.P.L. Johnson,Kirsten Cross,Brad Hodson,James A. Moore III) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Unnatural Selection(By: James A. Moore,Christopher Golden,Richard Lee Byers,Tim Lebbon,Lee Murray,Charles R. Rutledge,Michael McBride,Justin Bell,David W. Amendola) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Resurrection(By: James A. Moore,Charles R. Rutledge,N.X. Sharps,Evan Dicken,Matthew Summers,Justin Coates,Dirk Patton,Daniel Finley,Mark Renshaw,John McNichol) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Last Stand(By: B. Michael Radburn,Patrick Freivald,Alan Baxter,Justin Bell,Joshua Reynolds,Matthew Summers,Anna Stephens,Justin Coates) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Medivac(By: Jeremy Robinson,James A. Moore,Kane Gilmour,Alan Baxter,Greig Beck,Charles R. Rutledge,Kirsten Cross,Steve Lewis) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Medivac(By: Jeremy Robinson,James A. Moore,Kane Gilmour,Alan Baxter,Greig Beck,Charles R. Rutledge,Seth Skorkowsky,Kirsten Cross,Steve Lewis) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Holy War(By: James A. Moore,B. Michael Radburn,Kirsten Cross,Justin Bell,Evan Dicken,Duncan McGeary) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Survival of the Fittest(By: Jeremy Robinson,Matt Hilton,Kane Gilmour,Alan Baxter,Tim Marquitz,S.D. Perry,Jack Hanson) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Dead or Alive(By: James A. Moore,Alan Baxter,David Benton,Charles R. Rutledge,Edward M. Erdelac,Joshua Reynolds,Justin Coates,John W. Salvage,W. D. Gagliani) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Punk'd(By: James A. Moore,Greg Chapman,Alan Baxter,Kirsten Cross,Steve Lewis,Justin Coates,Mark Renshaw,Amanda Bridgeman,Pamela Jeffs,Richard Beauchamp,Myna Chang) 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	AI Insurrection(By: Alan Baxter,Charles R. Rutledge,Anthony J. Melchiorri,R.P.L. Johnson,Kirsten Cross,Steve Lewis,Justin Coates,Pamela Jeffs) 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Contagion(By: Jonathan Maberry,Charles R. Rutledge,Martin Livings,Josh Reynolds,Benjamin Spada) 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (2001–2012)

Weston Ochse's Short Stories/Novellas series collects four volumes of science fiction and horror tales published between 2001 and 2012. The series is complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with Natural Selection and continuing through Redemption Roadshow, The Crossing of Aldo Ray, and Righteous. These action-packed speculative fiction entries showcase Ochse's range across multiple genres and story formats.

Start with Natural Selection, the first of 4 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.

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1	Natural Selection 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Redemption Roadshow 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Crossing of Aldo Ray 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Righteous 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2018–2019)

The Sky series by Weston Ochse is a completed two-book science fiction and horror sequence that should be read in publication order. Burning Sky arrived in 2018, followed by Dead Sky in 2019. These action-packed novels combine elements of speculative fiction with horror themes, offering a complete story arc across both volumes.

Start with Burning Sky and read in order.

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1	Burning Sky 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Dead Sky 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2023–2023)

9 books (2005–2022)

Weston Ochse's standalone novels collection spans nine books published between 2005 and 2022, blending science fiction, horror, and action across disparate narratives. Each entry functions as an independent story rather than a connected saga, making them approachable in any order, though reading them in publication sequence—beginning with Scarecrow Gods and concluding with Red Unicorn—follows the author's intended release progression. The series appears complete as of 2022, offering readers a diverse range of standalone adventures without serialized plot dependencies.

Start with Scarecrow Gods, the first of 9 books in the Standalone Novels series.

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1	Scarecrow Gods 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Blaze of Glory 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Velvet Dogma 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Babylon Smiles 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Halfway House 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Bone Chase 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Recalled to Life 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	A Hole in the World 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Red Unicorn 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2014–2017)

Task Force Ombra is a three-book science fiction horror action series by Weston Ochse, published between 2014 and 2017. The complete series consists of Grunt Life, Grunt Traitor, and Grunt Hero, which should be read in publication order. Each installment builds on the previous one, making sequential reading essential to fully experience this finished series.

Start with Grunt Life and read in order.

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1	Grunt Life 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Grunt Traitor 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Grunt Hero 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

21 books (2002–2016)

The Afterblight Chronicles is a 20-book science fiction and horror series published between 2002 and 2016, featuring contributions from multiple authors including Weston Ochse, Scott K. Andrews, Paul Kane, and others. The complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with School's Out Forever. This post-apocalyptic anthology series follows various storylines and characters across its interconnected narratives, with each installment expanding the world and its mythology throughout the two-decade span of releases.

Start with School's Out Forever(By: Scott K. Andrews), the first of 20 books in the The Afterblight Chronicles series.

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1	School's Out Forever(By: Scott K. Andrews) 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Culled(By: Simon Spurrier) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Kill or Cure(By: Rebecca Levene) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	School's Out(By: Scott K. Andrews) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Arrowhead(By: Paul Kane) 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Dawn Over Doomsday(By: Jasper Bark) 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Operation Motherland(By: Scott K. Andrews) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Arrowland(By: Paul Kane) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Broken Arrow(By: Paul Kane) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Children's Crusade(By: Scott K. Andrews) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Death Got No Mercy(By: Al Ewing) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Blood Ocean 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Hooded Man(By: Paul Kane) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Dead Kelly(By: C.B. Harvey) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Journal of the Plague Year(By: ColinHarvey) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Journal of the Plague Year(By: ColinHarvey,Malcolm F. Cross) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Orbital Decay(By: Malcolm F. Cross) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	The Bloody Deluge(By: Adrian Tchaikovsky) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Fall Out(By: Simon Guerrier) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Children of the Cull(By: Cavan Scott) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Even in the Cannon's Mouth(By: Adrian Tchaikovsky) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

18 books (2006–2017)

The Tomes of the Dead is a 16-book anthology series featuring contributions from multiple authors including Weston Ochse, Matthew Sprange, Mark Beynon, and others. Published between 2006 and 2017, the series is now complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with Death Hulk. Each installment explores different zombie-related scenarios and settings, blending science fiction and horror elements across the collection's span.

Start with Death Hulk(By: Matthew Sprange), the first of 16 books in the Tomes of the Dead series.

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1	Death Hulk(By: Matthew Sprange) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Devil's Plague(By: Mark Beynon) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Words of Their Roaring(By: Matthew Smith) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Anno Mortis(By: Rebecca Levene) 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	I, Zombie(By: Al Ewing) 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Hungry Hearts(By: Gary McMahon) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Tide of Souls(By: Simon Bestwick) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Way of the Barefoot Zombie(By: Jasper Bark) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Empire of Salt 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Stronghold(By: Paul Finch) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Viking Dead(By: Toby Venables) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Brain-Eating Britain(By: Gary McMahon,Simon Bestwick,Matthew Smith) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The Secret Zombie History of the World(By: Paul Finch,Matthew Sprange,Toby Venables) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Dead Stop(By: Mark Clapham) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	The Lazarus Conundrum(By: PaulStarkey) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	The Sea Hates a Coward(By: Nate Crowley) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Grand Amazon(By: Nate Crowley) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	The Death and Life of Schneider Wrack(By: Nate Crowley) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

39 books (2015–2016)

The X-Files Anthology is a complete 39-book collection of standalone stories set in the X-Files universe, published between 2015 and 2016. Each entry is written by a different author and can be read independently, though they should be approached in publication order for the best experience. This series blends science fiction and horror elements across its diverse contributions from multiple acclaimed writers.

Start with Back in El Paso My Life Will Be Worthless(By: Keith R.A. DeCandido), the first of 39 books in the X-Files Anthology series.