Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Voluntary Committal | 2005 | Joe Hill | Buy |
| 2 | The Black Phone | 2007 | Joe Hill | Buy |
| 3 | Abraham’s Boys | 2007 | Joe Hill | Buy |
| 4 | Better Than Home | 2007 | Joe Hill | Buy |
| 5 | Bobby Conroy Comes Back from the Dead | 2007 | Joe Hill | Buy |
| 6 | Dead-Wood | 2007 | Joe Hill | Buy |
| 7 | Last Breath | 2007 | Joe Hill | Buy |
| 8 | My Father’s Mask | 2007 | Joe Hill | Buy |
| 9 | Pop Art | 2007 | Joe Hill | Buy |
| 10 | The Widow’s Breakfast | 2007 | Joe Hill | Buy |
| 11 | You Will Hear the Locust Sing | 2007 | Joe Hill | Buy |
| 12 | In the Rundown | 2007 | Joe Hill | Buy |
| 13 | Throttle | 2012 | Joe Hill | Buy |
| 14 | In the Tall Grass | 2012 | Joe Hill | Buy |
| 15 | Twittering from the Circus of the Dead | 2013 | Joe Hill | Buy |
| 16 | Wolverton Station | 2014 | Joe Hill | Buy |
| 17 | By the Silver Water of Lake Champlain | 2014 | Joe Hill | Buy |
| 18 | Dark Carousel | 2018 | Joe Hill | Buy |
| 19 | You Are Released | 2018 | Joe Hill | Buy |
| 20 | Late Returns | 2019 | Joe Hill | N/A |
| 21 | A Sign of the Times | 2023 | Joe Hill | N/A |
| 22 | Ushers | 2024 | Joe Hill | Buy |
Joe Hill’s short stories and novellas number 22 entries, published between 2005 and 2024. The earliest is Voluntary Committal (2005), and a large cluster of titles appeared in 2007, including The Black Phone, Abraham’s Boys, Pop Art, My Father’s Mask, and several others.
Later releases are more spread out. Throttle and In the Tall Grass both came out in 2012, followed by individual stories like Wolverton Station (2014), Dark Carousel (2018), and You Are Released (2018). The most recent entry is Ushers, published in 2024. Each story or novella is independent, so readers can start with whichever title interests them.