Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Me, Hood! | 1963 | Mickey Spillane | Buy |
| 2 | The Flier | 1964 | Mickey Spillane | Buy |
| 3 | Return of the Hood | 1964 | Mickey Spillane | Buy |
| 4 | Killer Mine | 1965 | Mickey Spillane | Buy |
| 5 | The Tough Guys | 1969 | Mickey Spillane | Buy |
| 6 | Vintage Spillane | 1974 | Mickey Spillane | Buy |
| 7 | Tomorrow I Die | 1984 | Mickey Spillane | Buy |
| 8 | Stand Up and Die! | 2022 | Mickey Spillane | Buy |
Mickey Spillane’s eight short story collections span from Me, Hood! (1963) to Stand Up and Die! (2022). They gather his crime fiction short stories, from hard-boiled noir to later, more reflective work. The posthumous collections compiled by Max Allan Collins have added substantially to the available Spillane canon.
The 1960s saw the heaviest output, with Me, Hood! (1963), The Flier (1964), Return of the Hood (1964), and Killer Mine (1965) all arriving in quick succession. The Tough Guys (1969) closed out the decade. After that, releases became more sporadic: Vintage Spillane (1974) and Tomorrow I Die (1984) came years apart. Stand Up and Die! (2022) is the most recent, published 16 years after Spillane’s death, with Collins completing stories from the author’s files.
For readers new to Spillane’s short fiction, Vintage Spillane (1974) works well as an overview of his style across different periods. Stand Up and Die! (2022) offers previously unavailable material and is worth picking up for completists.