Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Five Stories High | 2016 | Tade Thompson | N/A |
| 2 | Maggots | 2016 | Tade Thompson | Buy |
| 3 | Gnaw | 2016 | Tade Thompson | Buy |
| 4 | The Best Story I Can Manage Under the Circumstances | 2016 | Tade Thompson | Buy |
| 5 | Priest’s Hole | 2016 | Tade Thompson | Buy |
| 6 | Skin Deep | 2016 | Tade Thompson | Buy |
Five Stories High is a 2016 anthology built around a single concept: five authors each write a story set on a different floor of an eerie apartment building called Irongrove Lodge. The collected volume contains all five novellas, while the individual stories were also published as standalone ebooks. Tade Thompson’s contribution sits alongside work by Jonathan Oliver, Nina Allan, K.J. Parker, and Robert Shearman.
The anthology blends horror, the supernatural, and literary fiction, with each author bringing their own style to the shared setting. The separate ebook releases include Maggots, Gnaw, The Best Story I Can Manage Under the Circumstances, Priest’s Hole, and Skin Deep. Readers can pick up either the full collection or any individual novella. The shared-building premise ties the stories together without requiring them to be read in a fixed sequence.