Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Book of the Dead | 1989 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 2 | Deathport | 1993 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 3 | Splatterpunks II | 1993 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 4 | South From Midnight | 1994 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 5 | Love in Vein | 1994 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 6 | The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 7 | 1996 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 7 | Dark Terrors 3 | 1997 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 8 | Kiss and Kill | 1997 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 9 | The Mammoth Book of Dracula | 1997 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 10 | Crimes of Passion | 1997 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 11 | Hot Blood X | 1998 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 12 | Horrors!: 365 Scary Stories | 1998 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 13 | In the Shadow of the Gargoyle | 1998 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 14 | The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 9 | 1998 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 15 | Dark Terrors 5 | 2000 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 16 | Skull Full of Spurs | 2000 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 17 | Queer Fear | 2000 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 18 | Outside the Box: The Best Short Fiction from Bookface.Com | 2002 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 19 | The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 14 | 2003 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 20 | Fatal Attractions | 2003 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 21 | The Children of Cthulhu | 2003 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 22 | Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection | 2003 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 23 | The Many Faces of Van Helsing | 2004 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 24 | Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection | 2004 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 25 | A Walk on the Darkside | 2004 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 26 | Mondo Zombie | 2006 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 27 | Best New Horror 17 | 2006 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 28 | Shivers VI | 2010 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 29 | A Book of Horrors | 2011 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 30 | Stranger by Night | 2011 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 31 | The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three | 2011 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 32 | Necro Files | 2011 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 33 | Halloween: Magic, Mystery, and the Macabre | 2011 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 34 | Roots and All | 2011 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 35 | Best New Horror 22 | 2011 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 36 | Danse Macabre | 2012 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 37 | Messing With Your Head | 2012 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 38 | Extreme Zombies | 2012 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 39 | Psychos | 2012 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 40 | Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth | 2013 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 41 | The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six | 2014 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 42 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition | 2014 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 43 | New Cthulhu 2: More Recent Weird | 2015 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 44 | Eulogies III | 2015 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 45 | The Monstrous | 2015 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 46 | The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight | 2016 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 47 | Children of Lovecraft | 2016 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 48 | Corruption at the Crossroad | 2017 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 49 | The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Nine | 2017 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 50 | The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten | 2018 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 51 | Miscreations | 2020 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 52 | Final Cuts: New Tales of Hollywood Horror and Other Spectacles | 2020 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 53 | Screams from the Dark | 2022 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
| 54 | The Horror Collection Onyx Edition | 2026 | Brian Hodge | Buy |
Brian Hodge is one of the most anthologized horror authors, with short fiction appearing in 54 collections between 1989 and 2026. Early appearances include Book of the Dead (1989), Deathport (1993), Love in Vein (1994), and The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 7 (1996). The 2000s brought appearances in The Children of Cthulhu (2003), Mondo Zombie (2006), and others.
His anthology presence has continued to grow, with appearances in A Book of Horrors (2011), Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth (2013), Children of Lovecraft (2016), Screams from the Dark (2022), and The Horror Collection Onyx Edition (2026). The range of collections spans zombie fiction, Lovecraftian horror, vampire stories, and general dark fiction.