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ⓘ About Elizabeth Massie
Elizabeth Massie is an American published author. Born in 1953, she is married to Cortney Skinner, an illustrator. Together they reside outside Waynesboro, Virginia and have two children together. Massie does a lot of work with Amnesty International having been a member for over 35 years and writing letters of behalf of people who have been victims of human rights abuses over the globe. She is a Virginian and her family goes back living in the state for eight generations. She has been writing on a professional basis since 1984. She has written everything from skits to articles, poems, poetry, short fiction, novels, and more. Elizabeth enjoys knitting, hiking, geocaching, visiting amusement parks, and more. She is the founder of the Hand to Hand Vision Project to help others.
All Book Series by Elizabeth Massie
Virginia: Valley of Vampires
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 1995
Silver Slut: Yip Snort Me-OW!
Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2017
1870: Not With Our Blood of the Irish in America
Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 1997
1609: Winter of the Dead of the Founding of Jamestown
Book 2 of 4 · published 2000
1863: A House Divided of the Civil War
Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2000
Dreams of the Dark
Book 3 of 10 · published 1999 Co-authored · Stephen Mark Rainey
D.D. Murphry, Secret Policeman
Book 8 of 10 · published 2014 Co-authored · Alan M. Clark
Madame Cruller's Couch and Other Dark and Bizarre Tales
Book 10 of 11 · published 2021
The Wages of Belief and Other Stories from the Dark Side
Latest in the series · book 11 of 11 · published 2025
Ameri-Scares West Virginia
Book 7 of 18 · published 2019 Anthology · Stephen Mark Rainey
Ameri-Scares Michigan
Book 9 of 18 · published 2019 Anthology · Stephen Mark Rainey
Ameri-scares Ohio
Book 11 of 18 · published 2020 Anthology · Stephen Mark Rainey
Ameri-Scares New Hampshire
Book 13 of 18 · published 2021 Anthology · Stephen Mark Rainey
Ameri-Scares Georgia
Book 14 of 18 · published 2022 Anthology · Stephen Mark Rainey
Ameri-Scares Hawai'i
Book 16 of 18 · published 2023 Anthology · Patricia Lee Macomber
Ameri-Scares Pennsylvania
Latest in the series · book 18 of 18 · published 2024 Anthology · Keith Minnion
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Series opener · book 1 of 46 · published 1992 Anthology · Richie Tankersley Cusick
Night of the Living Rerun
Book 4 of 46 · published 1998 Anthology · Arthur Byron Cover
Out of the Madhouse
Book 8 of 46 · published 1999 Anthology · Nancy Holder,Christopher Golden
Visitors
Book 9 of 46 · published 1999 Anthology · Laura Anne Gilman,Josepha Sherman
The Monster Book
Book 10 of 46 · published 1999 Anthology · Thomas E. Sniegoski,Christopher Golden,Stephen R. Bissette
Sins of the Father
Book 12 of 46 · published 1999 Anthology · Christopher Golden
Ghost Roads
Book 15 of 46 · published 1999 Anthology · Nancy Holder,Christopher Golden
The Sunnydale High Yearbook
Book 16 of 46 · published 1999 Anthology · Nancy Holder
The Willow Files, Vol. 1
Book 18 of 46 · published 1999 Anthology · Yvonne Navarro
Deep Water
Book 19 of 46 · published 2000 Anthology · Laura Anne Gilman,Josepha Sherman
The Harvest
Book 20 of 46 · published 2000 Anthology · Richie Tankersley Cusick
How I Survived My Summer Vacation
Book 22 of 46 · published 2000 Anthology · Nancy Holder,Michelle West,Paul Ruditis
The Willow Files, Vol. 2
Book 24 of 46 · published 2001 Anthology · Yvonne Navarro
Oz: Into the Wild
Book 31 of 46 · published 2002 Anthology · Christopher Golden
The Wisdom of War
Book 33 of 46 · published 2002 Anthology · Christopher Golden
These Our Actors
Book 35 of 46 · published 2002 Anthology · Ashley McConnell,Dori Kogler
One Thing or Your Mother
Book 45 of 46 · published 2008 Anthology · Kirsten Beyer
Demons of the Hellmouth: A Guide for Slayers
Latest in the series · book 46 of 46 · published 2015 Anthology · Nancy Holder
San Francisco Earthquake, 1906
Series opener · book 1 of 6 · published 1997 Anthology · Kathleen Duey
Louisiana Hurricane, 1860
Book 4 of 6 · published 2000 Anthology · Kathleen Duey
Washington Avalanche, 1910
Book 5 of 6 · published 2000 Anthology · Cameron Dokey
Pearl Harbor, 1941
Latest in the series · book 6 of 6 · published 2001 Anthology · Nancy Holder
Where the Chill Waits
Book 10 of 18 · published 1991 Anthology · T. Chris Martindale
Night Visions
Latest in the series · book 18 of 18 · published 2020 Anthology · Stanley Wiater
The King, the Queen, and the Mistress
Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2007 Anthology · Anne Gracie,Michael Hirst
The Fear Report
Series opener · book 1 of 11 · published 2004 Co-authored · Cortney Skinner
The Secret Backs of Things
Book 4 of 11 · published 2010 Anthology · Christopher Golden
How to Recognize a Demon Has Become Your Friend
Book 5 of 11 · published 2011 Anthology · Linda D. Addison
Dark Duet
Book 7 of 11 · published 2012 Anthology · Linda D. Addison,Stephen M. Wilson
The School That Screamed
Book 10 of 11 · published 2013 Anthology · William D. Carl
The Only Red is Blood
Latest in the series · book 11 of 11 · published 2018 Anthology · Janet Joyce Holden
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,Cassandra Khaw,Nadia Bulkin,Nick Mamatas
Isolation
Latest in the series · book 43 of 43 · published 2022 Anthology · Michelle Garza
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Fourth Annual Collection
Book 3 of 58 · published 1991
Darkness on the Edge: Tales Inspired by the Songs of Bruce Springsteen
Book 22 of 58 · published 2010
Lore: A Quaint and Curious Volume of Selected Stories
Book 25 of 58 · published 2011
Beyond Rue Morgue Anthology: Further Tales of Edgar Allan Poe's 1st Detective
Book 30 of 58 · published 2013
Mister October, Volume I: An Anthology in Memory of Rick Hautala
Book 33 of 58 · published 2013
Professor Charlatan Bardot’s Travel Anthology to the MostHaunted Buildings in the Weird, Wild World
Book 45 of 58 · published 2021
Running Home to Shadows: Memories of TV's First Supernatural Soap from Today's Grown-Up Kids
Book 46 of 58 · published 2022
Horrible Little Stories: Horror Fiction They Don’t Want You To Read
Book 48 of 58 · published 2023
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Elizabeth Massie?
Elizabeth Massie is an American published author. Born in 1953, she is married to Cortney Skinner, an illustrator. Together they reside outside Waynesboro, Virginia and have two children together.
Which Elizabeth Massie series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Macabre Ink Resurrected Horrors series, the earliest of Elizabeth Massie's multi-book series: it opens with The Cats (1977) and runs to 18 books across 1977–2020, ending with Night Visions (2020). Elizabeth Massie's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Elizabeth Massie written?
Elizabeth Massie has 237 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1977 and 2026. 158 of them belong to 11 named series — the largest being the Crossroad Press Ladies of Horror series with 43 books — and 79 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Elizabeth Massie's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Elizabeth Massie's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Macabre Ink Resurrected Horrors (1977–2020, 18 books), Crossroad Press Ladies of Horror (1988–2022, 43 books) and American Chills (1995, 2 books), plus 7 more.
How are Elizabeth Massie's books organised into series?
This guide splits Elizabeth Massie's 237 books into 11 named series and 79 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Crossroad Press Ladies of Horror (43 books, 1988–2022); Ameri-scares (18 books, 2013–2024); Macabre Ink Resurrected Horrors (18 books, 1977–2020); Necon Modern Horror (11 books, 2004–2018); Historical Disasters (6 books, 1997–2001), plus 6 further series.