Gary A Braunbeck Books in Order

Interconnected stories reveal the outsiders, violence, grief, and strange forces beneath everyday life in Cedar Hill, Ohio. Moving across horror and other genres, the collection follows people seeking answers that may offer understanding while exposing further suffering.

Robert Londrigan loses his wife and baby, then discovers that his daughter's body has been stolen. His search draws him toward Rael, a mysterious figure presiding over an underground refuge of children whose connection to death is unclear.

Fantasy stories and Alan M. Clark’s paintings explore people trapped in private states of guilt, regret, and alienation. Human and supernatural figures struggle toward escape or redemption, with illustrated fables connecting their personal burdens to visions of purgatory.

Paul and Vanessa Howe imagine one another as they used to be, but their private desires begin taking on an existence outside their control. The couple discovers disturbing consequences when erotic fantasies cross the boundary into reality.

Stories set in Cedar Hill, Ohio, reveal a seemingly ordinary town where supernatural presences press against everyday perception. Residents encounter hauntings and enchantments amid familiar lives, while revised tales and local historical material develop the community’s unsettling geography.

Braunbeck gathers essays and criticism examining horror in fiction and film. Originally published across small-press magazines, these pieces explore his responses to the genre and the ideas that shape his understanding of fear and storytelling.

Newscaster Robert Londrigan's promising life collapses when he loses his family. After a disfigured stranger steals his daughter's body from the morgue, Robert enters a terrifying search that challenges his understanding of life, death, and grief.

Nineteen tales continue exploring Cedar Hill through its residents, supernatural encounters, and local history. Alongside novellas and shorter stories, fragments of a visitor’s guide and newspaper deepen the portrait of a town where ordinary life meets disturbing forces.

Following a suicide attempt, lonely janitor Martin Tyler begins seeing strange creatures invisible to everyone else. His search for their origins leads him toward the Midnight Museum, where he discovers an unexpected connection to the world's fate.

Gil Stewart hears a dying man's warning after witnessing a terrible accident. When household pets begin behaving violently, Gil realizes the warning may be real and searches for the truth about the approaching Keepers.

Three dark road tales turn travel into encounters with dangerous, unfamiliar realities. Transporting a corpse, navigating a traffic jam, or driving an isolated highway draws ordinary people beyond expected destinations, where the journey itself becomes a source of dread.

After recognizing a missing child at a Missouri truck stop, Mark Sieber is abducted by young survivors of a sadistic predator. They need his help to seek justice and return home, while their tormentor may be following them.

A stranger enters a tavern near Cedar Hill and tells a story connecting a child killer, a little girl, and her mother. Their intertwined tragedies give rise to Mr. Hands, a supernatural creature driven by vengeance.

A series of brutal killings unsettles Cedar Hill, Ohio, echoing violence from the town's past. As the crimes multiply, the search for an explanation reveals a disturbing connection between apparently separate massacres.

A student's shooting spree awakens troubling memories for English teacher Geoff Conover. Returning to Cedar Hill, where he survived a massacre as an infant, he discovers that his unresolved personal history is bound to the town's horrors.

Combining autobiography with analysis, Braunbeck explores how horror stories are created and why they succeed or fail. Experiences from his own life accompany discussions of film and fiction, offering aspiring writers insights into storytelling inside and beyond the genre.

Five novellas follow troubled people through strange visions, haunted roads, destructive music, family demons, and the cost of beauty. Set within Braunbeck’s dark fictional world, their encounters reveal how fear can imprison lives or offer a difficult route toward escape.

Stories spanning horror and other genres explore ordinary Ohio lives touched by tragedy, joy, and unsettling events. Previously published and new material reveal Cedar Hill and its inhabitants through intimate encounters where familiar experience can take an unexpected turn.

Stories from thirty years of writing move through horror, mystery, suspense, and science fiction. Troubled individuals confront uncanny encounters, buried wounds, and difficult choices, while new material and revised tales connect personal suffering with the possibility of compassion.

Edited by Michael Bailey, this psychologically focused horror anthology uses a symmetrical design to interweave fiction and poetry. It also features forty-five illustrations by Glenn Chadbourne and an introduction by Chuck Palahniuk.