Paul Tremblay Books in Order

Tremblay's debut collection moves through horror, science fiction, and psychological unease, with stories about transformation, damaged families, and people pushed past ordinary limits. It already shows his interest in unstable reality and the dark corners of everyday life.

These linked stories sketch a warped city built high above a bay on the giant wooden supports of Pier. Lives in the polished world above and the desperate world below collide in a bleak, strange future shaped by class and violence.

This annual anthology gathers standout horror stories from across the field, from quiet dread to outright nightmare fuel. It is a smart sampler if you like seeing how many different shapes horror can take.

A commuter train engineer witnesses a clown struck on the tracks, then finds the aftermath spiraling into paranoia and violence. This experimental novella turns a single shocking accident into a creepy story about guilt, choice, and collective madness.

South Boston private investigator Mark Genevich has severe narcolepsy, which means blackouts and waking dreams keep wrecking his cases. When a politician's daughter says someone stole her fingers, he is pulled into a noir mystery he can barely trust himself to follow.

This collection of fifteen stories ranges from end-of-the-world dread to intimate psychological horror. Teachers, children, addicts, and outsiders move through disasters both private and public, with Tremblay balancing weird premises against very human fear and grief.

South Boston PI Mark Genevich, still battling narcolepsy and hallucinations, takes what should be a simple protection job for a stalked woman. Instead he lands in a mess of murder, police pressure, and trouble he can barely stay awake to solve.

This third volume offers another varied roundup of notable horror, balancing familiar names with newer voices. Expect a mix of supernatural chills, body horror, and slower-burning unease.

After his mother disappears, a young man flees the absurd, tightly controlled Farm for the towering City and the desperate world beneath it. The result is a strange, angry, darkly funny dystopian search story with real heart.

Volume Four keeps the focus on range, pulling together stories that are eerie, brutal, strange, and quietly devastating. It works well as both a discovery tool and a solid read on its own.

This volume brings together a wide span of horror short fiction, from intimate psychological fear to bigger supernatural shocks. The appeal is variety, with enough contrast to keep every few stories feeling fresh.

Mary sees a strange boy float up from a tree, then learns her younger brother may be caught in the same impossible mystery. She has to protect him before the adults around them lose control.

Volume Six continues the long-running yearly survey with a mix of ghost stories, weird fiction, and modern nightmares. It is especially good for readers who like to sample the field instead of following one author at a time.

When fourteen-year-old Marjorie begins showing signs of possession or mental illness, her struggling family agrees to a reality TV exorcism. Years later, her sister Merry looks back and tries to separate memory, performance, and horror.

This volume offers another generous cross-section of contemporary horror, mixing established writers with newer names. You get a little of everything here, from quiet dread to stories that go for the throat.

After fourteen-year-old Tommy Sanderson vanishes in a local park, his mother begins seeing signs that he may still be reaching out. Police questions, torn journal pages, and ghostly sightings turn grief into something far stranger.

Volume Eight rounds up notable horror short fiction from across the year and lets very different styles sit side by side. It is a handy way to browse the genre without committing to a full novel.

This ninth volume keeps the series' usual range, with stories that move from uncanny and melancholy to violent and grotesque. Great for readers who like horror in short, concentrated doses.

Volume Ten marks another strong yearly gathering of horror stories, showing how broad the genre can be. Some pieces whisper, some lunge, but the collection keeps the tension high.

This anniversary volume pulls standout stories from the first ten installments of the series into one big horror sampler. It is a useful shortcut if you want the highlights without reading every annual volume.

A family vacationing at a remote New Hampshire cabin is taken hostage by strangers who insist one of them must choose to die to prevent the apocalypse. Tremblay turns a home invasion into a brutal test of faith, love, and uncertainty.

This collection gathers Tremblay's horror and weird fiction, from haunted classrooms and botched crimes to apocalyptic glimpses and family dread. It is a strong place to sample his range, ambiguity, and talent for leaving you uneasy.

This entry continues the annual series with a fresh spread of eerie, disturbing, and inventive horror stories. It is a good way to catch up on shorter work from across the genre.

An amnesiac wakes in a dark room, guided only by the voice of Dr. Kuhn over an intercom. As memory slowly returns, the story becomes a tense, eerie puzzle about identity, consciousness, and what survival really means.

A rabies-like outbreak rips through Massachusetts just as pregnant Natalie is bitten trying to save her husband. With time running out, she and her friend Rams race across a collapsing state in search of help.

Another yearly roundup of horror short fiction, this volume mixes psychological unease, supernatural menace, and stranger corners of the field. Ideal for readers who like variety with their scares.

This volume gathers notable recent horror stories into a broad, readable snapshot of the genre. It moves easily between subtle dread, dark fantasy, and sharper jolts of violence.

The series keeps going with another well-curated selection of horror short fiction, from quiet hauntings to full-on nightmare scenarios. It is a convenient way to sample a lot of writers in one place.

In late-1980s Massachusetts, awkward teen Art Barbara starts a volunteer pallbearers club and befriends the unsettling Mercy. Decades later, his memoir of that friendship becomes a tug-of-war over memory, obsession, and whether something supernatural was always there.

Journalist Heidi Cohen heads to Cape Cod to report on worsening algae blooms and uncovers an older, stranger tragedy tied to the water. The story mixes environmental unease, memory, and creature-feature horror in a quick, hallucinatory package.

Fifteen stories and novellas show Tremblay working across ghost stories, pandemic dread, family damage, and stranger territory. It is a sharp, uneasy collection, especially good if you like horror that keeps shifting under your feet.

Thirty years after a notorious unfinished indie horror film gained cult status, its only surviving cast member is pulled into a reboot. Revisiting the original shoot means confronting buried secrets, on-set damage, and the fear that the movie was never just a movie.

This annual collection offers more of what the series does best: a wide range of horror stories chosen for impact, craft, and staying power. Good for browsing and for finding new favorite authors.

Another installment in the long-running series, this volume collects recent horror stories that are unsettling, imaginative, and often hard to shake. It is built for readers who enjoy the genre in small, potent pieces.

After a humiliating online incident leaves Casey isolated, a silent, clay-skinned boy named Morel arrives for a sleepover his parents seem strangely eager to host. Casey has to figure out who Morel is before he loses his place in his own family.

This volume gathers horror stories first published in 2024, giving a current snapshot of where the genre has been moving. Expect a mix of literary dread, weird horror, and sharper shocks.

Julia Flang takes a lucrative job escorting a nearly dead man whose body now carries an implanted AI mind. The trip turns into a grim, funny near-future nightmare about corporate power, identity, and who gets to stay human.