Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whispers | 1977 | Richard Christian Matheson | Buy |
| 2 | Shadows 2 | 1979 | Richard Christian Matheson | Buy |
| 3 | Dark Forces: New Stories of Suspense and Supernatural Horror | 1980 | Richard Christian Matheson | Buy |
| 4 | Death | 1982 | Richard Christian Matheson | Buy |
| 5 | Hot Blood Tales of Erotic Horror | 1989 | Richard Christian Matheson | Buy |
| 6 | Razored Saddles | 1989 | Richard Christian Matheson | Buy |
| 7 | Splatter-Punks: The Definitive Anthology | 1990 | Richard Christian Matheson | Buy |
| 8 | The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror Fourth Annual Collection | 1991 | Richard Christian Matheson | Buy |
| 9 | Fourth Annual Collection | 1991 | Richard Christian Matheson | Buy |
| 10 | The Bradbury Chronicles | 1991 | Richard Christian Matheson | Buy |
| 11 | The Little Book of Horrors: Tiny Tales of Terror | 1992 | Richard Christian Matheson | Buy |
| 12 | The Mammoth Book of Vampires | 1992 | Richard Christian Matheson | Buy |
| 13 | Dark Terrors | 1995 | Richard Christian Matheson | Buy |
| 14 | Dark of the Night | 1997 | Richard Christian Matheson | Buy |
| 15 | Robert Bloch’s Psychos | 1997 | Richard Christian Matheson | Buy |
| 16 | The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 8 | 1997 | Richard Christian Matheson | Buy |
| 17 | Millenium | 1997 | Richard Christian Matheson | Buy |
| 18 | Dark Terrors 4 | 1998 | Richard Christian Matheson | Buy |
| 19 | Dark Terrors 5 | 2000 | Richard Christian Matheson | Buy |
| 20 | Dark Masques | 2001 | Richard Christian Matheson | Buy |
| 21 | Dark Terrors 6 | 2002 | Richard Christian Matheson | Buy |
| 22 | Shrouded by Darkness: Tales of Terror | 2006 | Richard Christian Matheson | Buy |
| 23 | Best New Horror 18 | 2007 | Richard Christian Matheson | Buy |
| 24 | Dark Delicacies II: Fear | 2007 | Richard Christian Matheson | Buy |
| 25 | Hellbound Hearts | 2009 | Richard Christian Matheson | Buy |
| 26 | Werewolves and Shape Shifters: Encounters with the Beasts Within | 2010 | Richard Christian Matheson | Buy |
| 27 | Visitants | 2010 | Richard Christian Matheson | Buy |
| 28 | A Book of Horrors | 2011 | Richard Christian Matheson | Buy |
| 29 | The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three | 2011 | Richard Christian Matheson | Buy |
| 30 | The Devil’s Coattails | 2012 | Richard Christian Matheson | Buy |
| 31 | The Mammoth Book of Body Horror | 2012 | Richard Christian Matheson | Buy |
| 32 | Mammoth Books presents That Haunted Feeling | 2012 | Richard Christian Matheson | Buy |
| 33 | Four For Fantasy | 2013 | Richard Christian Matheson | Buy |
| 34 | Flotsam Fantastique: The Souvenir Book of World Fantasy Convention 2013 | 2013 | Richard Christian Matheson | Buy |
| 35 | Hell Comes To Hollywood, Volume II | 2014 | Richard Christian Matheson | Buy |
| 36 | Darker Terrors 7 | 2016 | Richard Christian Matheson | Buy |
| 37 | Cemetery Riots | 2016 | Richard Christian Matheson | Buy |
| 38 | Corruption at the Crossroad | 2017 | Richard Christian Matheson | Buy |
| 39 | The Mammoth Book of Halloween Stories | 2018 | Richard Christian Matheson | Buy |
| 40 | A Time For Violence | 2019 | Richard Christian Matheson | Buy |
| 41 | Body Shocks | 2021 | Richard Christian Matheson | Buy |
| 42 | Little Deaths | 2023 | Richard Christian Matheson | Buy |
Richard Christian Matheson’s 42 anthology appearances span nearly five decades, from Whispers (1977) to Little Deaths (2023). The range of collections — from the landmark Dark Forces (1980) and Splatter-Punks (1990) to more recent volumes like Body Shocks (2021) — traces the evolution of the horror anthology as a form.
Matheson’s compact storytelling style has made him a natural fit for multi-author collections, where a brief, powerful story can stand out among longer contributions. His anthology credits read like a history of modern horror publishing, with appearances in series edited by the genre’s most respected curators including Charles L. Grant, David Sutton, Stephen Jones, and Ellen Datlow.