Brian Hodge books

Brian Hodge is an American horror and dark fiction author with over 140 published works spanning novels, short stories, novellas, and extensive anthology appearances since 1988.

Anthologies

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Book of the Dead 1989 Buy
Deathport 1993 Buy
Splatterpunks II 1993 Buy
South From Midnight 1994 Buy
Love in Vein 1994 Buy
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 7 1996 Buy
Dark Terrors 3 1997 Buy
Kiss and Kill 1997 Buy
The Mammoth Book of Dracula 1997 Buy
Crimes of Passion 1997 Buy
Hot Blood X 1998 Buy
Horrors!: 365 Scary Stories 1998 Buy
In the Shadow of the Gargoyle 1998 Buy
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 9 1998 Buy
Dark Terrors 5 2000 Buy
Skull Full of Spurs 2000 Buy
Queer Fear 2000 Buy
Outside the Box: The Best Short Fiction from Bookface.Com 2002 Buy
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 14 2003 Buy
Fatal Attractions 2003 Buy
The Children of Cthulhu 2003 Buy
Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection 2003 Buy
The Many Faces of Van Helsing 2004 Buy
Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection 2004 Buy
A Walk on the Darkside 2004 Buy
Mondo Zombie 2006 Buy
Best New Horror 17 2006 Buy
Shivers VI 2010 Buy
A Book of Horrors 2011 Buy
Stranger by Night 2011 Buy
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three 2011 Buy
Necro Files 2011 Buy
Halloween: Magic, Mystery, and the Macabre 2011 Buy
Roots and All 2011 Buy
Best New Horror 22 2011 Buy
Danse Macabre 2012 Buy
Messing With Your Head 2012 Buy
Extreme Zombies 2012 Buy
Psychos 2012 Buy
Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth 2013 Buy
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six 2014 Buy
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition 2014 Buy
New Cthulhu 2: More Recent Weird 2015 Buy
Eulogies III 2015 Buy
The Monstrous 2015 Buy
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight 2016 Buy
Children of Lovecraft 2016 Buy
Corruption at the Crossroad 2017 Buy
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Nine 2017 Buy
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten 2018 Buy
Miscreations 2020 Buy
Final Cuts: New Tales of Hollywood Horror and Other Spectacles 2020 Buy
Screams from the Dark 2022 Buy
The Horror Collection Onyx Edition 2026 Buy

Best Horror of the Year Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One 2009 Buy
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two 2010 Buy
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Nine 2017 Buy
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four 2012 Buy
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Five 2013 Buy
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six 2014 Buy
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven 2015 Buy
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Twelve 2020 Buy
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight 2016 Buy
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten 2018 Buy
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three 2011 Buy
The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction 2018 Buy
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Thirteen 2021 Buy
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven 2019 Buy
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fourteen 2022 Buy
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fifteen 2024 Buy
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Sixteen 2024 Buy
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Seventeen 2025 Buy

Chronicles of Darkness

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Dawn of Heresies 2017 Buy

Hellboy Graphic Novel Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Hellboy 2004 N/A
Hellboy: The Lost Army 1997 N/A
The Lost Army 2001 Buy
Hellboy: The Bones of Giants 2001 N/A
The Bones of Giants 2001 Buy
Odd Jobs 2001 Buy
On Earth As It Is In Hell 2005 Buy
Odder Jobs 2004 Buy
Hellboy: The God Machine 2006 N/A
Unnatural Selection 2006 Buy
The God Machine 2006 Buy
Hellboy: Emerald Hell 2008 N/A
The Dragon Pool 2007 Buy
Hellboy: The All-Seeing Eye 2008 N/A
Emerald Hell 2008 Buy
Hellboy: The Fire Wolves 2009 N/A
Hellboy II: The Golden Army 2008 Buy
Hellboy: The Ice Wolves 2009 N/A
Oddest Jobs 2008 Buy
The All-Seeing Eye 2008 Buy
The Fire Wolves 2009 Buy
Lobster Johnson: The Satan Factory 2009 Buy
The Ice Wolves 2009 Buy
An Assortment of Horrors 2017 Buy
Hellboy in Love 2023 Buy
Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1955-1957 2024 Buy

Short Stories/Novellas

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Alchemy of the Throat 1994 N/A
Madame Babylon 1997 N/A
As Above, So Below 1998 N/A
The Dripping of Sundered Wineskins 1998 Buy
The Weight of the Dead 2016 Buy
I’ll Bring You the Birds From out of the Sky 2018 Buy

Short Story Collections

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Convulsion Factory 1996 Buy
Falling Idols 1998 Buy
Picking the Bones 2011 Buy
Dark City 2015 Buy
The Immaculate Void 2018 Buy
Skidding Into Oblivion 2019 Buy

Standalone Novels

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Dark Advent 1988 Buy
Oasis 1988 Buy
Nightlife 1991 Buy
Deathgrip 1992 Buy
The Darker Saints 1993 Buy
Prototype 1996 Buy
Wild Horses 1999 Buy
Lies & Ugliness 2002 Buy
Mad Dogs 2007 Buy

The Lovecraft Squad Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
All Hallows Horror 2017 Buy
Waiting 2017 Buy
Dreaming 2018 Buy
Rising 2020 Buy

The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition 2015 Buy
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition 2010 Buy
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition 2011 Buy
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition 2012 Buy
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition 2016 Buy
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition 2017 Buy
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition 2014 Buy
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition 2018 Buy
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition 2013 Buy
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 Edition 2020 Buy
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 1 2020 Buy
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 2 2021 Buy
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3 2022 Buy
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 4 2023 Buy
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5 2024 Buy

Worlds of Hurt

Title Published Buy on Amazon
World of Hurt 2006 Buy

Brian Hodge is a horror and dark fiction author with over 140 published works since his debut novels Dark Advent and Oasis in 1988. His novels include Nightlife (1991), Deathgrip (1992), The Darker Saints (1993), Prototype (1996), Wild Horses (1999), and Mad Dogs (2007). He has also written for the Hellboy franchise, with contributions to multiple Hellboy novels and anthologies.

His short fiction is collected in volumes like The Convulsion Factory (1996), Falling Idols (1998), Dark City (2015), The Immaculate Void (2018), and Skidding Into Oblivion (2019). Hodge is one of the most frequently anthologized horror authors, appearing in the Best Horror of the Year series (18 volumes) and The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror (15 volumes), plus over 50 additional anthologies.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Brian Hodge written?

Brian Hodge has written 140 books across ten series.

What was Brian Hodge's first book?

Brian Hodge’s first book is Dark Advent, published in 1988.

What is Brian Hodge best known for?

Brian Hodge is known for his horror novels like Prototype (1996) and Wild Horses (1999), his short fiction collections like The Convulsion Factory (1996), and his frequent appearances in Best Horror of the Year and other major horror anthologies.

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