Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best New Horror 2 | 1991 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 2 | Darklands No 1 | 1991 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 3 | The Mammoth Book of Vampires | 1992 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 4 | The Giant Book of Zombies | 1993 | Michael Marshall Smith | N/A |
| 5 | The Giant Book of Best New Horror | 1993 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 6 | The Mammoth Book of Zombies | 1993 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 7 | Dark Voices 6 | 1994 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 8 | The Anthology of Fantasy and the Supernatural | 1994 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 9 | The Giant Book of Terror | 1994 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 10 | The Mammoth Book of Wolf Men / The Mammoth Book of Werewolves | 1994 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 11 | Seventh Annual Collection | 1994 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 12 | Best New Horror 5 | 1994 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 13 | Dark Terrors | 1995 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 14 | Dark Terrors 2 | 1996 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 15 | The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 7 | 1996 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 16 | Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror: Tenth Annual Collection | 1996 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 17 | Lethal Kisses | 1996 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 18 | Secret City | 1997 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 19 | Dark of the Night | 1997 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 20 | Dark Terrors 3 | 1997 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 21 | 100 Fiendish Little Frightmares | 1997 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 22 | The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 8 | 1997 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 23 | The Mammoth Book of Dracula | 1997 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 24 | Dark Terrors 4 | 1998 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 25 | The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 9 | 1998 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 26 | Binary 2 | 1998 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 27 | The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 10 | 1999 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 28 | Dark Terrors 5 | 2000 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 29 | Foursight | 2000 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 30 | October Dreams | 2000 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 31 | The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #11 | 2000 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 32 | The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #12 | 2001 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 33 | Tails of Wonder and Imagination | 2001 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 34 | Keep Out The Night | 2002 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 35 | Dark Terrors 6 | 2002 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 36 | The Mammoth Book of New Terror | 2004 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 37 | Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection | 2004 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 38 | The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 15 | 2004 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 39 | Best New Horror 16 | 2005 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 40 | Shrouded by Darkness: Tales of Terror | 2006 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 41 | The British Fantasy Society: A Celebration | 2006 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 42 | Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology | 2006 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 43 | Summer Chills | 2007 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 44 | The Mammoth Book of Monsters | 2007 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 45 | Shroud 3 | 2008 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 46 | Best New Horror 19 | 2008 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 47 | The Best of Cemetery Dance II | 2008 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 48 | The Dead That Walk | 2009 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 49 | Hungry for Your Love | 2009 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 50 | The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two | 2010 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 51 | Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror | 2010 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 52 | Best New Horror 21 | 2010 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 53 | Zombie Apocalypse! | 2010 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 54 | Zombies: The Recent Dead | 2010 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 55 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition | 2010 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 56 | The End of the Line | 2010 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 57 | Visitants | 2010 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 58 | Haunts: Reliquaries of the Dead | 2011 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 59 | A Book of Horrors | 2011 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 60 | Swallowed by the Cracks | 2011 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 61 | Best New Horror 22 | 2011 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 62 | The Recent Weird | 2011 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 63 | New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird | 2011 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 64 | The Mammoth Book of Body Horror | 2012 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 65 | Mammoth Books Presents The Unexpected | 2012 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 66 | Mammoth Books presents Monsters in Our Midst | 2012 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 67 | Best New Horror 23 | 2012 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 68 | Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth | 2013 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 69 | Bad Seeds: Evil Progeny | 2013 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 70 | Fearie Tales | 2013 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 71 | Flotsam Fantastique: The Souvenir Book of World Fantasy Convention 2013 | 2013 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 72 | Psychomania: Killer Stories | 2013 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 73 | Mister October, Volume I: An Anthology in Memory of Rick Hautala | 2013 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 74 | Darker Terrors 7 | 2016 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 75 | In the Shadow of Frankenstein | 2016 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 76 | Detours | 2016 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 77 | In the Footsteps of Dracula | 2017 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 78 | The Mammoth Book of Nightmare Stories | 2019 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 79 | The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven | 2019 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 80 | The Mammoth Book of Folk Horror | 2021 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 81 | The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fourteen | 2022 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
| 82 | All Hallows Eve | 2026 | Michael Marshall Smith | Buy |
Michael Marshall Smith’s short fiction has been anthologized in more than 80 collections since 1991. He is one of the most frequently reprinted horror writers of the past three decades, with stories appearing in nearly every major horror anthology series.
His anthology appearances include the Mammoth Book of Best New Horror (multiple volumes), the Dark Terrors series, and dozens of themed collections covering vampires, zombies, Lovecraftian horror, and more. His stories have been selected by editors including Stephen Jones, Ellen Datlow, and many others.