Elizabeth Massie books

Elizabeth Massie is a Bram Stoker Award-winning horror author with over 170 books spanning horror fiction, children's series, historical fiction, and anthologies.

Ameri-scares Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Ameri-scares New York 2013 Buy
Ameri-scares Virginia 2013 Buy
Ameri-scares California 2013 Buy
Ameri-scares Maryland 2013 Buy
Ameri-Scares Illinois 2014 Buy
Ameri-Scares North Carolina 2018 Buy
Ameri-Scares: North Carolina: Mountain of Mysteries 2018 N/A
Ameri-Scares West Virginia 2019 Buy
Ameri-scares Tennessee 2019 Buy
Ameri-Scares Michigan 2019 Buy
Ameri-Scares Montana 2020 Buy
Ameri-scares Ohio 2020 Buy
Ameri-Scares Washington 2021 Buy
Ameri-Scares New Hampshire 2021 Buy
Ameri-Scares Georgia 2022 Buy
Ameri-Scares Hawai’i 2023 Buy
Ameri-Scares New Jersey 2023 Buy
Ameri-Scares Pennsylvania 2024 Buy

American Chills Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Maryland: Ghost Harbor 1995 Buy
Virginia: Valley of Vampires 1995 Buy

Anthologies

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Borderlands 1 1990 Buy
Best New Horror 2 1991 Buy
The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror Fourth Annual Collection 1991 Buy
Fourth Annual Collection 1991 Buy
Borderlands 3 1991 Buy
Still Dead 1992 Buy
Splatterpunks II 1993 Buy
Hottest Blood 1993 Buy
Millenium 1997 Buy
The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women 2001 Buy
Deadly Housewives 2006 Buy
Twisted Cat Tales 2006 Buy
Travel Guide to the Haunted Mid-Atlantic Region 2006 Buy
Best New Horror 17 2006 Buy
Kolchak: The Night Stalker Casebook 2006 Buy
Summer Chills 2007 Buy
The Big Book of NECON 2009 Buy
Legends of the Mountain State 3 2009 Buy
Appalachian Winter Hauntings 2009 Buy
Legends Of The Mountain State 4 2010 Buy
Darkness on the Edge: Tales Inspired by the Songs of Bruce Springsteen 2010 Buy
Chicks in Capes 2010 Buy
What Fears Become 2011 Buy
Lore: A Quaint and Curious Volume of Selected Stories 2011 Buy
Extreme Zombies 2012 Buy
Psychos 2012 Buy
Appalachian Undead 2012 Buy
The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories by Women 2012 Buy
Beyond Rue Morgue Anthology: Further Tales of Edgar Allan Poe’s 1st Detective 2013 Buy
Vampires Don’t Sparkle! 2013 Buy
Shadow Masters 2013 Buy
Mister October, Volume I: An Anthology in Memory of Rick Hautala 2013 Buy
Piercing the Darkness 2014 Buy
Qualia Nous 2014 Buy
Eulogies III 2015 Buy
Chiral Mad 3 2016 Buy
Chiral Mad 4 2018 Buy
Fantastic Tales of Terror 2018 Buy
Dark Tides 2019 Buy
Professor Charlatan Bardot’s Travel Anthology to the MostHaunted Buildings in the Weird, Wild World 2021 Buy
Dark Murmurs: A Compendium of Curiosities 2022 Buy
Deathrealm Spirits 2023 Buy
The Drive-In: Multiplex 2024 Buy
The Horror Collection Onyx Edition 2026 Buy

Collections

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Stephen 1990 N/A
The Selected Works of Elizabeth Massie 1993 Buy
Southern Discomfort 1993 Buy
Shadow Dreams 1996 Buy
Sundown 2011 Buy
Afraid 2011 Buy
Naked, on the Edge 2012 Buy
Night Benedictions 2015 Buy
It, Watching 2017 Buy
Madame Cruller’s Couch and Other Dark and Bizarre Tales 2021 Buy
The Wages of Belief and Other Stories from the Dark Side 2025 Buy

Crossroad Press Ladies of Horror Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
In Silence Sealed 1988 Buy
Take My Breath Away 1997 Buy
Suffer the Flesh 2002 Buy
The Wind Caller 2004 Buy
13½ 2009 Buy
Esperanza 2010 Buy
For Emmy 2011 Buy
How to Recognize a Demon Has Become Your Friend 2011 Buy
The Devil Inside Her 2012 Buy
Collective Suicide 2012 Buy
Absalom’s Wake 2012 Buy
Zombie - A Love Story 2013 Buy
Messages From The Dead 2013 Buy
Ashes 2013 Buy
Hell Gate 2013 Buy
Dawn’s Bright Talons 2014 Buy
The Color of Bone of Horror Fiction 2014 Buy
Let It Bleed 2014 Buy
The Mighty Quinn 2014 Buy
Scarabus: The Tale of the Mummy 2016 Buy
House of Pain 2016 Buy
Orphans 2016 Buy
Blue Honey and The Valley of Shadow 2017 Buy
The Genesis Code 2017 Buy
Trust the Night 2018 Buy
Singularity and Other Stories 2018 Buy
Sacrificial Lambs and Others 2018 Buy
Sacrifice Island 2018 Buy
Cravings 2018 Buy
Beautiful, Broken Things 2018 Buy
Madame Vampire 2018 Buy
EuroMedika 2018 Buy
Dark Music 2019 Buy
Seeds of Evil 2019 Buy
Fractured Souls: More Hauntings at the Peoria State Hospital 2019 Buy
Cold Comforts 2019 Buy
A Fresh Start 2019 Buy
Strange Tales 2019 Buy
The Bloodmane Chronicles 2020 Buy
Skull Feeder 2020 Buy
Spires 2021 Buy
Voices in the Darkness 2021 Buy
Isolation 2022 Buy

Daughters of Liberty Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Patsy’s Discovery 1997 Buy
Patsy and the Declaration 1997 Buy
Barbara’s Escape 1997 Buy

Historical Disasters Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
San Francisco Earthquake, 1906 1997 Buy
The Great Chicago Fire, 1871 1999 Buy
Hindenburg, 1937 1999 Buy
Louisiana Hurricane, 1860 2000 Buy
Washington Avalanche, 1910 2000 Buy
Pearl Harbor, 1941 2001 Buy

Macabre Ink Resurrected Horrors Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Cats 1977 Buy
Legion of the Dead 1979 Buy
Night Songs 1984 Buy
Cat Magic 1986 Buy
Shadow Child 1987 Buy
The Kill Riff 1988 Buy
Crucifax 1988 Buy
Dreamthorp 1989 Buy
Rest in Peace 1990 Buy
Where the Chill Waits 1991 Buy
Sineater 1992 Buy
Nightscape 1992 Buy
Dark Silence 1992 Buy
Animals 1993 Buy
I Am Dracula 1993 Buy
Undertaker’s Moon 2011 Buy
Wild Card 2016 Buy
Night Visions 2020 Buy

Necon Modern Horror Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Fear Report 2004 Buy
The Wind Caller 2004 Buy
Sympathy for the Dead 2010 Buy
The Secret Backs of Things 2010 Buy
How to Recognize a Demon Has Become Your Friend 2011 Buy
Death’s Companion 2012 Buy
Dark Duet 2012 Buy
The Whispers of Crows 2012 Buy
Snowbird Gothic 2013 Buy
The School That Screamed 2013 Buy
The Only Red is Blood 2018 Buy

Standalone Novels

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Sineater 1992 Buy
Welcome Back to the Night 1999 Buy
Dreams of the Dark 1999 Buy
Wire Mesh Mothers 2001 Buy
Homegrown 2010 Buy
Desper Hollow 2013 Buy
Hell Gate 2013 Buy
D.D. Murphry, Secret Policeman 2014 Buy
Versailles 2015 Buy
The Great Chicago Fire 2022 Buy

The Tudors Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The King, the Queen, and the Mistress 2007 Buy
King Takes Queen 2008 Buy
Thy Will Be Done 2008 Buy

Wonder Tales Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Silver Slut: And So It Begins 2016 Buy
Silver Slut: You Gotta Be Kiddin’ Me! 2016 Buy
Silver Slut: Bam Bam Shabam! 2017 Buy
Silver Slut: Yip Snort Me-OW! 2017 Buy

Young Founders Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
1870: Not With Our Blood of the Irish in America 1997 Buy
1609: Winter of the Dead of the Founding of Jamestown 2000 Buy
1776: Son of Liberty of the American Revolution 2000 Buy
1863: A House Divided of the Civil War 2000 Buy

Elizabeth Massie is a prolific horror and fiction writer based in Virginia. She won the Bram Stoker Award early in her career and has been a steady presence in the horror genre since the early 1990s. Her work ranges from adult horror novels to children’s scary stories, historical fiction for young readers, and dozens of short story contributions to anthologies.

Her adult horror includes the Necon Modern Horror series and her own standalone novels like Sineater and Wire Mesh Mothers. On the younger reader side, the Ameri-scares series puts horror in an American state-by-state format, while American Chills and the Daughters of Liberty series target middle-grade audiences with different genres. She has also written historical fiction through her Young Founders books and the Historical Disasters series.

Massie’s anthology contributions are extensive, appearing in collections alongside other major names in horror fiction over a career spanning more than three decades. Her short story collections, from Southern Discomfort to The Wages of Belief, show the range of her shorter work.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Elizabeth Massie written?

Elizabeth Massie has written 177 books across thirteen series.

What was Elizabeth Massie's first book?

Elizabeth Massie’s first book is The Cats, published in 1977.

What awards has Elizabeth Massie won?

Elizabeth Massie has won the Bram Stoker Award for her horror fiction. Her debut novel Sineater received significant recognition in the horror community when it was published in 1992.

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