Shannon Fay books

Shannon Fay is a Canadian author and anthologist known for the Marrowbone Spells fantasy duology and her extensive work editing the Gothic Fantasy anthology series.
Author · Fantasy · Gothic Fiction · Anthologies · Short Fiction

Anthologies

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Absolute Visions 2011 Buy
Phobos Magazine Issue Two: Emergence: weird fiction 2014
Bullet Points 2 2022 Buy

Gothic Fantasy Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Paradise Lost & Other Poems - Buy
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland: With Poems, Letters & Biography - Buy
H.G. Wells Short Stories 1990 Buy
Science Fiction Short Stories 2015 Buy
Chilling Horror Short Stories 2015 Buy
Chilling Ghost Short Stories 2015 Buy
Crime & Mystery Short Stories 2016 Buy
Swords & Steam Short Stories 2016 Buy
Dystopia Utopia Short Stories 2016 Buy
Murder Mayhem Short Stories 2016 Buy
Lovecraft Short Stories 2017 Buy
Lost Worlds Short Stories 2017 Buy
Supernatural Horror Short Stories 2017 Buy
Time Travel Short Stories 2017 Buy
Heroic Fantasy Short Stories 2017 Buy
Edgar Allan Poe Collection 2017 Buy
Sherlock Holmes Short Stories 2017 Buy
Agents & Spies Short Stories 2017 Buy
Pirates & Ghosts Short Stories 2017 Buy
Tales of King Arthur and The Knights of the Round Table 2017 Buy
Alien Invasion Short Stories 2018 Buy
Norse Myths & Tales 2018 Buy
Bram Stoker Horror Stories 2018 Buy
Endless Apocalypse Short Stories 2018 Buy
Robots & Artificial Intelligence Short Stories 2018 Buy
Lost Souls 2018 Buy
Greek Myths & Tales 2018 Buy
Chinese Myths & Tales 2018 Buy
Irish Fairy Tales 2018 Buy
Mary Shelley Horror Stories 2018 Buy
Celtic Myths & Tales 2018 Buy
Haunted House Short Stories 2019 Buy
Cosy Crime Short Stories 2019 Buy
Brothers Grimm Short Stories 2019 Buy
American Gothic Short Stories 2019 Buy
Short Stories from the Age of Queen Victoria 2019 Buy
Urban Crime Short Stories 2019 Buy
Lovecraft Mythos New & Classic Collection 2020 Buy
Epic Fantasy Short Stories 2020 Buy
A Dying Planet Short Stories 2020 Buy
Detective Thrillers Short Stories 2020 Buy
Charles Dickens Supernatural Short Stories 2020 Buy
African Myths & Tales: Epic Tales 2020 Buy
Heroes & Heroines Short Stories 2020 Buy
Native American MythsTales 2020 Buy
Witches, Wizards, Seers & Healers Myths & Tales 2020 Buy
George Orwell Visions of Dystopia 2021 Buy
Gods & Monsters Myths & Tales 2021 Buy
Terrifying Ghosts Short Stories 2021 Buy
Black Sci-Fi Short Stories 2021 Buy
M.R. James Ghost Stories 2021 Buy
Chilling Crime Short Stories 2021 Buy
Persian Myths & Tales: Epic Tales 2022 Buy
Japanese Myths & Tales 2022 Buy
BeastsCreatures MythsTales: Epic Tales 2022 Buy
Asian Ghost Short Stories 2022 Buy
Weird Horror Short Stories 2022 Buy
Christmas Gothic Short Stories 2022 Buy
First Peoples Shared Stories: Gothic Fantasy 2022 Buy
Alternate History Short Stories 2023 Buy
Hidden Realms Short Stories 2023 Buy
Immigrant Sci-Fi Short Stories 2023 Buy
Spirits & Ghouls Short Stories 2023 Buy
Lost Atlantis Short Stories 2023 Buy
Aztec Myths & Tales 2023 Buy
Algernon Blackwood Horror Stories 2023 Buy
Viking Folk & Fairy Tales 2023 Buy
Scottish Folk & Fairy Tales 2023 Buy
Egyptian Myths & Tales: Epic Tales 2023 Buy
Learning to Be Human Short Stories 2024 Buy
Shadows on the Water Short Stories 2024 Buy
Arthur Machen Horror Stories 2024 Buy
William Hope Hodgson Horror Stories 2024 Buy
African Ghost Short Stories 2024 Buy
Titans & Giants Myths & Tales: Epic Tales 2024 Buy
Quests & Journeys 2024 Buy
Babylon & Sumer Myths & Tales 2024 Buy
Sun Rising Short Stories 2024 Buy
Moon Falling Short Stories 2024 Buy
Sheridan Le Fanu Horror Stories 2025 Buy
Afrofuturism Short Stories 2025 Buy
Were Wolf Short Stories 2025 Buy
Prophecies & Oracles Myths & Tales 2025 Buy
Robots Past & Future Short Stories 2025 Buy
Kalevala & Finnish Myths & Tales 2026 Buy
Faeries & Nymphs Myths & Tales: Epic Tales 2026 Buy
Slavic Myths & Tales: Epic Tales 2026 Buy
Africanfuturism Short Stories 2026 Buy
Folklore Horror Short Stories 2026 Buy
Wars in the Stars Short Stories 2026 Buy
Christmas Horror Short Stories 2026 Buy

Marrowbone Spells Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Innate Magic 2021 Buy
External Forces 2022 Buy

Short Stories/Novellas

Title Published Buy on Amazon
You First Meet the Devil at a Church Fête 2013 N/A

Shannon Fay wears two hats in genre fiction — as a novelist and as an anthologist. Her Marrowbone Spells duology (Innate Magic and External Forces) is set in an alternate 1960s Britain where the ability to make magic through fabric determines social status, blending magical systems with class politics. Her short fiction has appeared in various publications.

As an editor and contributor to the Gothic Fantasy anthology series from Flame Tree Publishing, Fay has helped curate over ninety volumes covering everything from Lovecraft and Poe to Norse myths, Japanese tales, Afrofuturism, and robot fiction. The Gothic Fantasy series is one of the most extensive themed anthology projects in genre publishing.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Shannon Fay written?

Shannon Fay has written 97 books across four series.

What was Shannon Fay's first book?

Shannon Fay’s first book is H.G. Wells Short Stories, published in 1990.

What is Shannon Fay known for?

Fay is known for the Marrowbone Spells series — Innate Magic and External Forces — set in an alternate 1960s Britain where cloth magic shapes society. She is also one of the editors behind the Gothic Fantasy anthology series from Flame Tree Publishing, which has produced over ninety volumes of themed genre fiction and mythology collections.

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