Simon Bestwick Books in Order

These twenty-three horror stories follow damaged people confronting haunted places, troubled relationships, and their own inner demons. Walking corpses, a farmhouse full of bodies, and a sinister tramp’s blanket reveal how familiar surroundings can conceal overwhelming darkness.

Flash floods devastate Britain, bringing an army of the living dead with them. A woman escaping captivity, a troubled former soldier, and an isolated scientist become linked in a desperate search for safety and answers.

Three zombie novels follow survivors in flooded Britain, a policeman desperate to protect his wife, and visitors to an island business retreat. Simon Bestwick, Gary McMahon, and Jasper Bark combine survival horror with dark satire.

Three interconnected horror stories uncover secrets in the Lancashire town of Kempforth during the 1980s. Abused siblings, a teenage runaway, and an old woman protecting children encounter supernatural threats rooted in the community’s cruelty and a derelict hospital’s past.

People vanish from the mist-covered Lancashire town of Kempforth as masked figures stalk its streets. A detective searching for a missing toddler joins paths with a psychic and a historian uncovering horrors connected to an abandoned hospital.

Three novels bring zombie horror to contemporary Britain. A husband struggles to save his wife, survivors face floods carrying the undead, and a small-time thief discovers the costs of earning a living after society collapses.

Six horror novellas explore people facing doom in settings ranging from First World War battlefields to contemporary housing estates. Lonely beaches, underground caverns, artists’ studios, and a boys’ school become places where hope of escape may be painfully uncertain.

In devastated Britain, Helen gathers allies against the Reapers and their ambitious commander, who caused her family's deaths. A scientist's attempt to reverse the war's destruction threatens to unleash forces more dangerous than the regime itself.

Helen's revolt against post-nuclear Britain's rulers faces an unstoppable creature sent to kill her. With a Reaper assault approaching and nightmares demanding vengeance, threats from her own past intensify the danger surrounding the rebel base.

Alice returns to her hometown hoping to rebuild her life, but her new house reveals disturbing glimpses of other worlds. Help from a former lover leads them into local legends and a sinister influence beneath the hill.

An engineer who helped design an underwater research station becomes caught in a conflict between humans and mysterious sea creatures. With coastal cities being destroyed, her connection to the platform and her late husband’s work draws her deeper into the danger.

Helen's expanding rebellion faces a new alliance between Winterborn and the transformed scientist Mordake. Their attacks on her closest ally coincide with killings behind rebel lines, threatening to fracture the resistance through suspicion and hidden secrets.

Two horror novelettes follow women confronting the disappearance of their parents. Laura inherits her murdered father's shop and encounters a terrifying presence, while Emma's search for her mother uncovers a mysterious death and a possible inherited danger.

This horror collection explores childhood, regret, and lost innocence through police officers, murdered girls, tormented children, and friends haunted by a distant summer. Dangerous bargains and returning memories expose how the past can remain threatening long after it seems finished.

Valerie Varden’s story follows a familiar world breaking apart amid the upheavals of early twentieth-century Europe. Changing convictions and the burden of prolonged life turn a fascination with an unusual pistol into a darker examination of history and survival.

Ash and Danie become entangled in grief and obsession surrounding unseen footage from the 1955 Le Mans disaster. Their complicated relationship unfolds as curiosity about images never meant for public view opens a path toward horrors worse than death.

People vanish in a mysterious region of Wales known as the Bala Triangle, where nightmares become reality. At its center stands Black Mountain, a place that fiercely protects its territory and conceals the secrets behind the disappearances.

As a new Great Fire sweeps through London, undocumented workers become targets for violent scapegoating. Fleeing through the burning streets, John and his companions also encounter an ancient creature released from a church, multiplying their dangers.

Reluctant immortal Valerie Varden travels across a darkening Europe while an unknown enemy hunts her. Discovering who wants her dead requires confronting memories she has suppressed and resuming the deadly skills she hoped to leave behind as an imperial assassin.