Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Altmann’s Tongue | 1994 | Brian B.K. Evenson | Buy |
| 2 | Prophets and Brothers | 1997 | Brian B.K. Evenson | N/A |
| 3 | The Din of Celestial Birds | 1997 | Brian B.K. Evenson | Buy |
| 4 | Contagion and Other Stories | 2000 | Brian B.K. Evenson | Buy |
| 5 | The Wavering Knife | 2004 | Brian B.K. Evenson | Buy |
| 6 | Fugue State | 2009 | Brian B.K. Evenson | Buy |
| 7 | Windeye | 2010 | Brian B.K. Evenson | Buy |
| 8 | A Collapse of Horses | 2016 | Brian B.K. Evenson | Buy |
| 9 | Reports | 2018 | Brian B.K. Evenson | N/A |
| 10 | Song for the Unraveling of the World | 2019 | Brian B.K. Evenson | Buy |
| 11 | Good Night, Sleep Tight | 2024 | Brian B.K. Evenson | Buy |
Brian Evenson’s short story collections are where his reputation was built. From Altmann’s Tongue (1994) through The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell (2021) and beyond, his collections have earned him a position as one of the most important writers of modern weird fiction. Song for the Unraveling of the World (2019) and A Collapse of Horses (2016) are frequently cited among the best horror collections of the past decade.
Evenson writes stories that operate on the border between literary fiction and horror. His prose is stripped down, his scenarios are strange and menacing, and his endings tend to leave readers unsettled rather than satisfied. Each collection builds on the last, and together they form one of the most consistent bodies of short horror fiction in contemporary American literature.