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ⓘ About Cassandra Khaw
Cassandra Khaw is former Ubisoft Montrewal scriptwriter and award winning game writer. She made her name when she published the Locus and British Fantasy award winning novel “Hammers on Bone.” As a child, reading was one of her favorite activities and she would spend much of her time reading while her parents worked. Once her parents realized she was a lover of books, they buried her in fairy tales and the occasional science books. During this time, she read all manner of books and almost became a hypochondriac after reading a giant encyclopedia of medical ailments. She was always fond of old stuff with doom and death, blood and gore even though she also read a lot of the fluffy fairy tales too. It was when Cassandra Khaw was nine that she penned her first novel.
All Book Series by Cassandra Khaw
The Last Supper Before Ragnarok
Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2019
Unclean Spirits
Series opener · book 1 of 5 · published 2013 Anthology · Chuck Wendig
The Last Supper Before Ragnarok
Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2019
Clockwork Phoenix
Series opener · book 1 of 5 · published 2008 Anthology · Tanith Lee,John C. Wright,Deborah Biancotti,Laird Barron,Mike Allen,Vandana Singh,Catherynne M. Valente,Cat Rambo,Cat Sparks,John Grant,Ekaterina Sedia,Leah Bobet,Erin Hoffman,Michael J. DeLuca,Jennifer Crow,C.S. MacCath,David Sandner,Marie Brennan,Joanna Galbraith
Clockwork Phoenix 2
Book 2 of 5 · published 2009 Anthology · Tanith Lee,Mary Robinette Kowal,Steve Rasnic Tem,Saladin Ahmed,Forrest Aguirre,Mike Allen,Catherynne M. Valente,Claude Lalumière,Kelly Barnhill,Gemma Files,Ian McHugh,Leah Bobet,Barbara Krasnoff,Marie Brennan,Ann Leckie,Joanna Galbraith,Stephen J. Barringer
Clockwork Phoenix 3: New Tales of Beauty and Strangeness
Book 3 of 5 · published 2010 Anthology · Tanith Lee,John C. Wright,Gregory Frost,Michael M. Jones,Mike Allen,Cat Rambo,John Grant,Kenneth Schneyer,Shweta Narayan,C.S.E. Cooney,Gemma Files,Georgina Bruce,Marie Brennan,Nicole Kornher-Stace,Tori Truslow,S.J. Hirons
Clockwork Phoenix 4
Book 4 of 5 · published 2013 Anthology · Tanith Lee,Richard Parks,A.C. Wise,Mike Allen,Yves Meynard,Cat Rambo,Kenneth Schneyer,Gemma Files,Alisa Alering,Ian McHugh,Benjanun Sriduangkaew,Shira Lipkin,Barbara Krasnoff,Patricia Russo,Camille Alexa,Marie Brennan,Nicole Kornher-Stace,Yukimi Ogawa,Corinne Duyvis
In Silence Sealed
Series opener · book 1 of 43 · published 1988 Multi-author collection
How to Recognize a Demon Has Become Your Friend
Book 8 of 43 · published 2011 Anthology · Linda D. Addison
The Devil Inside Her
Book 9 of 43 · published 2012 Anthology · Catherine Cavendish
Zombie - A Love Story
Book 12 of 43 · published 2013 Anthology · Patricia Lee Macomber
Ashes
Book 14 of 43 · published 2013 Anthology · Holly Newstein,Ralph W. Bieber
The Color of Bone of Horror Fiction
Book 17 of 43 · published 2014 Anthology · Carol Weekes
Scarabus: The Tale of the Mummy
Book 20 of 43 · published 2016 Anthology · K.H. Koehler
Blue Honey and The Valley of Shadow
Book 23 of 43 · published 2017 Anthology · Toby Bennett,Icy Sedgwick,Benjamin Knox,John Paul Davies,Austin Malone,Elaine Dodge
Singularity and Other Stories
Book 26 of 43 · published 2018 Anthology · Melanie Tem
Sacrificial Lambs and Others
Book 27 of 43 · published 2018 Anthology · Sheri White
Beautiful, Broken Things
Book 30 of 43 · published 2018 Anthology · Daniele Serra,Rose Blackthorn
Fractured Souls: More Hauntings at the Peoria State Hospital
Book 35 of 43 · published 2019 Anthology · Sylvia Shults
The Bloodmane Chronicles
Book 39 of 43 · published 2020 Anthology · Sara Brooke
Skull Feeder
Book 40 of 43 · published 2020 Anthology · Pamela Chillemi-Yeager,Dana Joseph Schaff
Voices in the Darkness
Book 42 of 43 · published 2021 Co-authored · David Niall Wilson,Brian A. Hopkins,Kathe Koja,Elizabeth Massie,Nadia Bulkin,Nick Mamatas
Isolation
Latest in the series · book 43 of 43 · published 2022 Anthology · Michelle Garza
The Mighty Nein--Stories Untold
Latest in the series · book 8 of 8 · published 2026
Dark Souls
Series opener · book 1 of 6 · published 2016 Anthology · George Mann,Alan Quah
Age of Fire
Book 4 of 6 · published 2018 Anthology · Anton Kokarev,Ryan O'Sullivan,Anton Kokereve
Mother of Mourning
Latest in the series · book 6 of 6 · published 2026 Anthology · George Mann,Maan House
Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 111, December 2015
Series opener · book 1 of 19 · published 2015
Howls From the Wreckage: An Anthology of Disaster Horror
Book 15 of 19 · published 2023
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Cassandra Khaw?
Cassandra Khaw is former Ubisoft Montrewal scriptwriter and award winning game writer. She made her name when she published the Locus and British Fantasy award winning novel “Hammers on Bone.” As a child, reading was one of her favorite activities and she would spend much of her time reading while her parents worked. Once her parents realized she was a lover of books, they buried her in fairy tales and the occasional science books.
Which Cassandra Khaw series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Crossroad Press Ladies of Horror series, the earliest of Cassandra Khaw's multi-book series: it opens with In Silence Sealed (1988) and runs to 43 books across 1988–2022, ending with Isolation (2022). Cassandra Khaw's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Cassandra Khaw written?
Cassandra Khaw has 103 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1988 and 2026. 76 of them belong to 9 named series — the largest being the Crossroad Press Ladies of Horror series with 43 books — and 27 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Cassandra Khaw's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Cassandra Khaw's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Crossroad Press Ladies of Horror (1988–2022, 43 books), Gods & Monsters (2013–2019, 5 books) and Gods and Monsters: Rupert Wong (2015–2019, 4 books), plus 4 more.
How are Cassandra Khaw's books organised into series?
This guide splits Cassandra Khaw's 103 books into 9 named series and 27 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Crossroad Press Ladies of Horror (43 books, 1988–2022); Dark Souls (6 books, 2016–2026); Gods & Monsters (5 books, 2013–2019); Gods and Monsters: Rupert Wong (4 books, 2015–2019); Persons Non Grata (3 books, 2016–2026), plus 4 further series.