Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tales of New Mexico | 2017 | Simon Bestwick | Buy |
| 2 | Unquiet Waters | 2017 | Simon Bestwick | Buy |
| 3 | The Life Cycle | 2017 | Simon Bestwick | Buy |
| 4 | The Death of Boys | 2018 | Simon Bestwick | Buy |
| 5 | Broken on the Inside | 2018 | Simon Bestwick | Buy |
| 6 | The Martledge Variations | 2018 | Simon Bestwick | Buy |
| 7 | Singing Back the Dark | 2018 | Simon Bestwick | Buy |
| 8 | The Spirits of Christmas | 2019 | Simon Bestwick | Buy |
| 9 | Winter Freits | 2019 | Simon Bestwick | Buy |
| 10 | The Dead | 2019 | Simon Bestwick | Buy |
| 11 | The Forest of Dead Children | 2019 | Simon Bestwick | Buy |
| 12 | At Home in the Shadows | 2019 | Simon Bestwick | Buy |
| 13 | Suffer Little Children | 2019 | Simon Bestwick | Buy |
| 14 | Shadowcats | 2019 | Simon Bestwick | Buy |
| 15 | Flowers of War | 2019 | Simon Bestwick | Buy |
| 16 | Green Fingers | 2020 | Simon Bestwick | Buy |
| 17 | Uneasy Beginnings | 2020 | Simon Bestwick | Buy |
| 18 | Three Mothers, One Father | 2020 | Simon Bestwick | Buy |
| 19 | The Adventures of Mr Polkington | 2020 | Simon Bestwick | Buy |
| 20 | Voices | 2020 | Simon Bestwick | Buy |
| 21 | The Watcher in the Woods | 2020 | Simon Bestwick | Buy |
| 22 | Nine Ghosts | 2021 | Simon Bestwick | Buy |
| 23 | Waterlore | 2023 | Simon Bestwick | Buy |
The Black Shuck Shadows series collects 23 individually published horror stories and novellas released between 2017 and 2023. These short works cover a wide range of horror subgenres, from ghost stories (Nine Ghosts, The Spirits of Christmas) to folk horror (The Forest of Dead Children, Waterlore) and psychological dread (Broken on the Inside, Voices).
Simon Bestwick was a regular contributor to the Black Shuck Shadows line. The format gave him space to explore different settings and tones without the commitment of a full novel, and several of these stories represent some of his most focused and effective short fiction.