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  • Bibliography:
    8 Books
  • First Book:
    September 2012
  • Latest Book:
    October 2024
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Book List in Order: 8 titles



  • A collection of twelve very different horror stories, six original to this book. Author Reggie Oliver said that "Johnny Mains follows in a great tradition of horror stories which he knows and respects, but his stories have a power and strangeness whi...



  • Welcome To The New Home Of Horror Edited by the British Fantasy Award winning editor Johnny Mains, Salt's 'Best' series takes a journey into the bottomless depths of horror. You will find no 'pleasing terrors' here. 'Mercy stands before her, wielding...



  • Johnny Mains is one of Britain's premier horror editors, with books such as Best British Horror, The Screaming Book of Horror, Back from the Dead and Dead Funny. This collection contains: Reconvened: The Judge's House, With Deepest Sympathy, Gun Mone...



  • Johnny Mains is the award winning editor of Back From the Dead. He is also the editor of Best British Horror and, along with Robin Ince, of Dead Funny, both from Salt Publishing. This is his third collection of short stories, which includes Resuscita...



  • The Pan Book of Horror Stories ran for 30 volumes between 1959 and 1989, entertaining and terrifying thousands of readers in equal measure. In this tribute to the classic horror series, award-winning editor and historian Johnny Mains has commissioned...



  • Once I thought I glimpsed her high up in a bush, like dirty rags in a gale. Not that so far there has been any gale, or even any wind. The total silent stillness is one of the worst things.Yes, it is a battle with strong and unknown forces that I hav...



  • A chilling anthology of over 20 stories of cursed and haunted books; featuring malevolent second-hand books, cursed novelizations, unsettling journals and the end of the world.From award-winning authors including Eric LaRocca, Charlie Higson, Kim New...



  • Something was coming down the tide. It came down as quiet as a sleeping bairn, straight for him as he sat with his horse breasting the waters, and as it came the moon crept out of a cloud and he saw a glint of yellow hair. From misty moors, crags and...




Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Johnny Mains has published 8 books.

The next book by Johnny Mains, Scotland the Strange, will be published in October 2024.

The first book by Johnny Mains, Frightfully Cosy and Mild Stories for Nervous Types, was published in September 2012.

No. Johnny Mains does not write books in series.