Novels
In the Night Wood. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018.
Subterranean Season. Puyallup, WA: Resurrection House Press (Underland Press), 2015.
Sleeping Policemen. Urbana, IL: Golden Gryphon Press, 2006. (with Jack Slay, Jr.)
House of Bones. New York: Signet, 2003.
The Fallen. New York: Signet, 2002. International Horror Guild Award Finalist.
Short Fiction Collections
This Island Earth: 8 Features from the Drive-In. Hornsea, East Yorkshire (UK): PS Publishing, 2023.
The End of the End of Everything: Stories. Puyallup, WA: Resurrection House Press (Arche Books), 2015.
Shirley Jackson Award Finalist.
The Resurrection Man’s Legacy and Other Stories. Urbana, IL: Golden Gryphon Press, 2003.
Short Fiction
“I Summon You.” Nightmare Magazine. November 2021 (Issue 110).
“Das Gesicht.”Final Cuts: New Tales of Hollywood Horror and Other Spectacles. New York: Anchor Books,
2020. 3-23.
“Precipice.” Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories. New York: Saga Press, 2019. 428-456.
“The Horror of Party Beach.” Lightspeed Magazine. October 2018 (Issue 101).
“Rules of Biology.” [PDF] Asimov’s Science Fiction. July/Aug 2018: 66-76.
“The Ghoul Goes West.” Tor.com. January 17, 2018.
“The Donner Party.” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Jan/Feb 2018: 228-256.
“Come As You Are.” Asimov’s Science Fiction. May/June 2017: 26-41.
“Invasion of the Saucer-Men.” Asimov’s Science Fiction. March/April 2017: 70-80.
“I Was a Teenage Werewolf. ” Nightmare Magazine. Dec 2016 (Issue 51).
“Teenagers from Outer Space.” Clarkesworld Magazine. August 2016:
“I Married a Monster from Outer Space.” Asimov’s Science Fiction. March 2016: 88-105.
“The Minotaur.” Bestiary: Bizarre Myths & Chimerical Fancies, an art catalog/exhibit for artist/photographer Viktor Koen. Ed. Ellen Datlow. Athens, Greece: Hellenic Center for Photography, 2015.
“Snow.” Nightmare Magazine. June 2015 (Issue 33).
“The Ministry of the Eye.” Lightspeed Magazine. April 2015 (Issue 59).
“Lightning Jack’s Last Ride.” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Jan/Feb 2015: 56-78.
“The Culvert.” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Sept/Oct 2014: 116-124.
“Troop 9.” Asimov’s Science Fiction. Oct/Nov 2014: 58-71.
“The End of the End of Everything.” Tor.com. April 23, 2014. Shirley Jackson Award Winner.
“Sleep Paralysis.” Nightmare Magazine. April 2014 (Issue 19).
“The Creature Recants.” Clarkesworld Magazine. October 2013.
“A Rumor of Angels.” Tor.com. Sept. 11, 2013.
“Exclusion Zone.” Zombies vs. Robots: Diplomacy. Sante Fe: IDW Publishing. 187-227.
“The Bluehole.” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. May/June 2013: 170-193.
“Mr. Splitfoot.” Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy. Ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling. New York: Tor Books, 2013. 189-202.
“City So Bright.” Oz Reimagined: New Tales from the Emerald City and Beyond. Ed. John Joseph Adams and Douglas Cohen. Las Vegas: 47North, 2013. 265-277.
“This Is How You Disappear.” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Jan/Feb 2013: 129-140.
“Mating Habits of the Late Cretaceous.” Asimov’s Science Fiction. September 2012: 12-33.
“The Children of Hamelin.” Lightspeed Magazine. May 2012.
“Necrosis.” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. May/June 2012: 160-165.
“Eating at the End-of-the-World Café.” The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Sept/Oct 2010: 5-29.
“Silence.” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. May/June. 2009: 165-182.
“The Crevasse.” Lovecraft Unbound. Ed. Ellen Datlow. Milwaukee: Dark Horse Books, 2009. 11-28. (with Nathan Ballingrud) Shirley Jackson Award Finalist.
“Spells for Halloween.” Serialized in The Charlotte Observer, Catawba Valley Neighbors Section, October 2004.
“The End of the World as We Know It.” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Oct./Nov. 2004: 70-87. Nebula Award Finalist / International Horror Guild Award Finalist.
“Passing to the Distant Shore.” Alchemy. Fall 2004: 80-87.
“The Census Taker.” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Oct./Nov. 2003: 138-164. International Horror Guild Award Finalist.
“Hunger: A Confession.” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. March 2003: 81-94.
“In Green’s Dominion,” serialized in June 2002, at Sci Fiction, the web site of the Sci-Fi Channel.
“Death and Suffrage.” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. February 2002: 123-160. International Horror Guild Award Winner.
“Heat.” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. September 2000: 42-53.
“Inheritance.” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. July 2000: 129-160.
“The Anencephalic Fields.” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. January 2000: 125-158.
“The Rain at the End of the World.” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. July 1999: 42-53.
“Cockroach.” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Dec. 1998: 121-158.
“Night of the Fireflies.” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Jan. 1998: 40-46.
“Exodus.” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. July 1997: 84-98.
“Quinn’s Way.” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Feb. 1997: 7-38.
“Interval of Stillness.” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Sept. 1996: 71-84.
“The Mall.” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Jan. 1996: 32-45.
“Sheep’s Clothing.” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Oct./Nov. 1995: 110-138.
“The Resurrection Man’s Legacy.” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. July 1995: 81-113. Nebula Award Finalist.
“Epiphany.” Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine. Issue 18 (Spring 1995): 33-34.
“Home Burial.” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. December 1994: 83-97.
“Giants in the Earth.” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. August 1994: 58-69.
“Notes Toward a Proof of the Theorem: Love is Hunger.” Amazing Stories. Spring 1994: 43-51.
“Conquistador.” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. May 1994: 108-120.
“Touched.” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Oct./Nov. 1993: 147-160.
“Eidelman’s Machine.” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. July 1993: 107-116.