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ⓘ About Steve Rasnic Tem
Steve Rasnic Tem is an American published author. Adam Mills of Weird Fiction Review has described his work as being able to haunt the imagination and heart ‘in equal measure’ while also expanding and defining the genre. His career of writing has been going for over four decades. It extends to plays, poetry, short stories, and novels that all take place in different genres such as crime, horror, science fiction, fantasy, and regional fiction that is set in the Appalachian South of the United States. He also has been associated with the type of imaginative prose that has been given the moniker of Temism. Tem has also written a novella along with Melanie Tem, his late wife, that is titled The Man On The Ceiling.
All Book Series by Steve Rasnic Tem
The Mask Shop of Doctor Blaack
Latest in the series · book 9 of 9 · published 2018
The Night Doctor and Other Tales
Latest in the series · book 19 of 19 · published 2022
Fantasy Tales 1
Series opener · book 1 of 7 · published 1989 Anthology · Stephen Jones,David A. Sutton
Fantasy Tales 2
Book 2 of 7 · published 1990 Anthology · Stephen Jones,David Sutton
Fantasy Tales 3
Book 3 of 7 · published 1990 Anthology · Stephen Jones,David Sutton
Fantasy Tales 4
Book 4 of 7 · published 1990 Co-authored · Charles L. Grant,Kim Newman,Stephen Jones,David A. Sutton
Fantasy Tales 5
Book 5 of 7 · published 1990 Anthology · Stephen Jones,David Sutton
Fantasy Tales 6
Book 6 of 7 · published 1991 Anthology · Stephen Jones,David Sutton
Fantasy Tales 7
Latest in the series · book 7 of 7 · published 1991 Anthology · Stephen Jones,David Sutton
Cold Grey Stones / Colder Greyer Stones
Series opener · book 1 of 12 · published 2012 Anthology · Tanith Lee
Last and First Contacts
Book 2 of 12 · published 2012 Anthology · Stephen Baxter
Stories from the Northern Road
Book 3 of 12 · published 2012 Anthology · Tony Ballantyne
Mementoes
Latest in the series · book 12 of 12 · published 2016 Anthology · Keith Brooke
All Hallows Horror
Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 2017 Anthology · Stephen Jones,John Llewellyn Probert
Dreaming
Book 3 of 4 · published 2018 Anthology · Brian Hodge,Stephen Baxter,Kim Newman,Michael Marshall Smith,Lisa Morton,Stephen Jones,Angela Slatter,Lynda E. Rucker,John Llewellyn Probert,Reggie Oliver,Sean Hogan
Rising
Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2020 Anthology · Stephen Jones
The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories: Volume One
Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 2016
The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories: Volume Three
Book 3 of 4 · published 2018
The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories: Volume Four
Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2020
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 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
Clockwork Phoenix 5
Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2016 Anthology · Alex Dally MacFarlane,A.C. Wise,Mike Allen,Keffy R.M. Kehrli,Rich Larson,Cassandra Khaw,C.S.E. Cooney,Carlos Hernandez,Benjanun Sriduangkaew,Sonya Taaffe,Beth Cato,Barbara Krasnoff,Patricia Russo,Gray Rinehart,Marie Brennan,Sam Fleming,Shveta Thakrar,Holly Heisey,Jason Kimble,Rachael L. Jones,Rob Cameron,Sunil Patel
The Madness of Cthulhu
Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2014 Anthology · Robert Silverberg,Harry Turtledove,Arthur C. Clarke,John Shirley,S.T. Joshi,Caitlín R. Kiernan
The Madness of Cthulhu: Volume Two
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2015 Co-authored · Jonathan Maberry,William F. Nolan,Erik Bear,Greg Bear,Kevin J. Anderson,Alan Dean Foster,S.T. Joshi,Karen Haber,Laird Barron,Nancy Kilpatrick,Cody Goodfellow,Jason C. Eckhardt,Donald Tyson,Mark Howard Jones,Brian Stableford
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition
Series opener · book 1 of 15 · published 2010
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition
Book 2 of 15 · published 2011
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition
Book 3 of 15 · published 2012
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition
Book 4 of 15 · published 2013
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition
Book 5 of 15 · published 2014
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition
Book 6 of 15 · published 2015
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition
Book 7 of 15 · published 2016
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition
Book 8 of 15 · published 2017
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition
Book 9 of 15 · published 2018
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 Edition
Book 10 of 15 · published 2020
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3
Book 13 of 15 · published 2022
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5
Latest in the series · book 15 of 15 · published 2024
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One
Series opener · book 1 of 19 · published 2009
The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction
Book 11 of 19 · published 2018
Best Horror of the Year, Volume Eighteen
Latest in the series · book 19 of 19 · published 2026
The Umbral Anthology Of Science Fiction Poetry
Series opener · book 1 of 142 · published 1950
Tropical Chills: Fourteen Tales of Scorching Horror to Make Your Blood Run Cold
Book 12 of 142 · published 1988
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Fourth Annual Collection
Book 18 of 142 · published 1991
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection
Book 63 of 142 · published 2004
Poe: 19 New Tales of Suspense, Dark Fantasy, and Horror Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe
Book 70 of 142 · published 2008
Werewolves and Shape Shifters: Encounters with the Beasts Within
Book 76 of 142 · published 2010
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition
Book 77 of 142 · published 2010
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2011
Book 81 of 142 · published 2011
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition
Book 103 of 142 · published 2014
It Came from the Multiplex: 80s Midnight Chillers
Book 126 of 142 · published 2020
Feisty Felines and Other Fantastical Familiars
Book 134 of 142 · published 2024
Blood and Other Cravings: Original Stories of Vampires and Vampirism by Today's Greatest Writers of Dark Fiction
Latest in the series · book 142 of 142 · published 2011
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Steve Rasnic Tem?
Steve Rasnic Tem is an American published author. Adam Mills of Weird Fiction Review has described his work as being able to haunt the imagination and heart ‘in equal measure’ while also expanding and defining the genre. His career of writing has been going for over four decades.
Which Steve Rasnic Tem series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Fantasy Tales series, the earliest of Steve Rasnic Tem's multi-book series: it opens with Fantasy Tales 1 (1989) and runs to 7 books across 1989–1991, ending with Fantasy Tales 7 (1991). Steve Rasnic Tem's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Steve Rasnic Tem written?
Steve Rasnic Tem has 260 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1950 and 2026. 79 of them belong to 9 named series — the largest being the Fantasy Tales series with 7 books — and 181 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Steve Rasnic Tem's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Steve Rasnic Tem's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Fantasy Tales (1989–1991, 7 books), The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories (2016–2020, 4 books) and The Lovecraft Squad (2017–2020, 4 books).
How are Steve Rasnic Tem's books organised into series?
This guide splits Steve Rasnic Tem's 260 books into 9 named series and 181 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Fantasy Tales (7 books, 1989–1991); The Lovecraft Squad (4 books, 2017–2020); The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories (4 books, 2016–2020); Best Horror of the Year (19 books, 2009–2026); The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror (15 books, 2010–2024), plus 4 further series.