Bentley Little

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  • Bibliography:
    39 Books
  • First Book:
    January 1990
  • Latest Book:
    January 2024
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Hot Blood

See Marilyn Monroe's Panties! (May-1995)

Book List in Order: 39 titles

  • The Revelation

    Apocalyptic terror reigns in the small town of Randall, Arizona, and a relentless tide of horror mounts, until a strange preacher, Brother Elias, enlists three others to help face an ancient and implacable evil...

  • The Mailman

    The winner of the Bram Stoker Award for Revelation tells the story of a tiny Arizona town gripped by fear of the mailman, who, after the suicide of his predecessor, becomes the bearer of murderously bad news. Original....

  • Llama

    in Hottest Blood (The Hot Blood Series)

  • The Numbers Game

    in Deadly After Dark (The Hot Blood Series)

  • University

    Reluctantly returning for another semester at UC, campus editor Jim Parker and library assistant Faith Pullen are alarmed by a series of bloody accidents that seem to be linked to an eerie and sinister force. Original....

  • See Marilyn Monroe's Panties!

    in Seeds of Fear (The Hot Blood Series)
    Hot Blood

  • Dominion

    His attempts at fitting in at a new school complicated by disturbing dreams, Dion Semele befriends Penelope Daneam, an orphan who has been raised by nuns, and the two become catalysts for a reign of incredible terror. Reissue....

  • The Ignored

    With a good job and a pretty girlfriend, Bob Jones's one complaint in life is that he is ignored--until he is inducted into a secret society of the nondescript and dejected planning a horrifying revenge. Original....

  • The Store

    ‘‘If there’s a better horror novelist than Bentley Little working today, I don’t know who it is. The Store is...frightening. The perfect summer read.’’ -- Los Angeles Times   Juniper, Arizona, is an off-the-map desert town the retail...



  • The House

    Five strangers from across America are about to open the door to an unspeakable evil in this horror novel from “master of the macabre!”* Bentley Little.They share a dark bond. A haunted childhood. A shocking secret. A memory of the houses they li...

  • The Town

    Bram Stoker Award-winning horror author Bentley Little proves why you should never go home again in this terrifying novel.Welcome to McGuane, Arizona. Population: 200...199...198...197... Gregory Tomasov has returned with his family to the quaint Ari...

  • The Walking

    From a small Southwestern town, a strange epidemic spreads across the country, characterized by a series of strange deaths and by a reanimation of the dead who appears to be drawn by a bizarre compulsion toward an unknown destination, as investigator...

  • The Summoning

    “I have dreamed five nights of the cup hu girngsi.” Sue Wing listened to her grandmother’s Cantonese words and shivered with fear. Cup-hu-girngsi. Corpse-who-drinks-blood. Like the desert that surrounded the dusty Arizona town of Rio Verde -- ...

  • The Association

    Congratulations, Barry and Maureen: You've been approved by the Association and are encouraged to move into our exclusive gated community as soon as possible. Please be aware that we reserve the right to approve your decor, your landscaping, your fri...

  • The Collection

    How far would you go with a hitchhiker who'd left behind an unimaginable trail of horror and destruction? How would you feel if your father's new bride was something dredged up from the bowels of hell? What would you do if you discovered an old lette...

  • The Return

    Springerville is famous for its legendary Mongolian Monster. Of course no one believes the story--it's just an exciting tale to attract tourists. But then an excavation team unearths the figurine of a screaming woman, the jawbone of a deformed animal...

  • The Policy

    Finally finding an insurance company that will cover high-risk people like himself, Hunt Jackson, unemployed and divorced, soon discovers the deadly price he has to has to pay for coverage after he signs the contract. Original....

  • The Resort

    “Master of the macabre”* Bentley Little is back with an irresistible invitation...Welcome to The Resort.   The Reata is an exclusive spa isolated in the Arizona desert -- a perfect getaway from the city for people like Lowell Thurman an...

  • Dispatch

    Blessed with a gift for the written word, Jason Hanford has everything he needs: a pen, stationery, and a prestamped envelope. His complaints yield complimentary meals and free hotel rooms. His correspondence with secret crushes makes fantasies come ...



  • The Burning

    A college freshman finds herself stranded in Arizona with no place to stay and nowhere to run. Cabin fever closes in on an isolated park ranger, as two sinister beauties lurk in the desert outside his door. A California divorcee is starting a promisi...

  • Death Instinct

    Bram Stoker Award-winning author Bentley Little explores the unspeakable depths of human nature in this shocking horror novel.

    Cathy was only six when the man who lived in the house across the street killed his wife and then himself. Cathy hea...

  • The Vanishing

    With his novels, “Bentley Little has created nothing less than a nightmarishly brilliant tour de force of modern life in America.” -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)In Beverly Hills, a wealthy CEO goes on a bloody rampage and videotapes the sl...

  • The Academy

    With a promise of more freedom, and the chance to get out from under the thumbs of a reactionary school board, the teachers of Tyler High have voted to become a charter school. Instructors and parents alike are thrilled with the prospect of independe...

  • His Father's Son

    Steve Nye's quiet life takes an unexpected turn when he receives a call from his mother. His father attacked her and has been committed to an asylum. The doctor says he's suffering from dementia. But Steve's father seems so calm, clear-eyed, and luci...

  • The Disappearance

    When Gary's girlfriend Joan vanishes, calls to her parents' home yield only dead air. Her school records are gone. There is no longer any evidence that she even existed. Most disturbing of all is what Gary does find: a warning and a tantalizing clue,...

  • Horror Library, Volume 4

    The +Horror Library+ anthologies are internationally praised as a groundbreaking source of contemporary horror short fiction stories--relevant to the moment and stunning in impact--from leading authors of the macabre and darkly imaginative.Filled wit...

  • A Hacked-Up Holiday Massacre

    Irreverent merriment. Diabolical debauchery. Gory good times. Editor Shane McKenzie has gutted the holiday spirit and left it to bleed out on the pages of this gruesome, extreme horror tribute to special occasions. Includes stories by the following m...

  • Ghost Story

    The Perry family's new house is perfect-except for the weird behavior of the neighbors, and that odd smell coming from a dark corner in the basement. Pity no one warned the family about the house. Now it's too late. Because the darkness at the bottom...

  • The Haunted

    The Perry family's new house is perfect--except for the weird behavior of the neighbors, and that odd smell coming from a dark corner in the basement. Pity no one warned the family about the house. Now it's too late. Because the darkness at the botto...



  • Indignities of the Flesh

    Bentley Little has forged a name for himself as one of the most startlingly original authors in contemporary horror. His subversion of genre tropes and talent for creating surreal, Boschian-like nightmares from the mundane is without parallel. Her...

  • Horror Express Volume Two

    A terrifying journey into horror - sixteen tales of terror to chill your soul. Sixteen master storytellers invite you on a roller coaster ride through the imagination. How much horror can you take? Here You will find up and coming writers and establi...

  • The Circle

    “The shrine. How does it operate? Do you just pray to it or do you have to bring it something or what?” In this unsettling novella by Bentley Little, many strange occurrences unsettle the inhabitants of William Tell Circle: For Helen, a knock on ...

  • The Influence

    Everything is about to change... When Ross Lowry moves into his cousin's guest house in the small community of Magdalena, Arizona, he expects nothing more than breathing room and a brief respite from his economic woes. But something is not right ...

  • The Consultant

    CompWare is in serious trouble after a promised merger falls through, so they do what other businesses have done to bolster their public image: they hire a consulting firm to review and streamline their business practices.But there's something strang...

  • The Handyman

    Daniel Martin has never forgotten his childhood encounters with Frank Watkins, the man who built his family a summer home out of cardboard and plywood. Frank's gaze was oddly confusing, as if he was attempting to discern the proper way to behave beca...

  • Walking Alone: Short Stories

    [Read by Chris Andrew Ciulla, Peter Berkrot, Paul Michael Garcia, Hillary Huber, Erin Bennett and Lauren Ezzo]

    From the mind of the man Stephen King calls ''a master of the macabre'' comes a brilliant new collection of no-punches-pulled horr...

  • The Bank

    We know who you are! Can your current bank say that? We pride ourselves on providing unparalled service to all of our customers. We're looking forward to banking with YOU!"In the small town of Montgomery, Arizona, Kyle Decker's book shop ...

  • Gloria

    Considering she had just attended her mother's funeral, Gloria Jaymes never expected to see the woman again, but then her dead mom shows up at her house.Gloria's mom is... different. She's younger than when she died, dressed in clothes from the 1980s...

  • The Horror Zine's Book of Monster Stories

    With an Introduction by Shirley Jackson Award-winner Gemma Files, this outstanding anthology of all things monstrous includes spine-chilling stories from Bentley Little, Simon Clark, Elizabeth Massie, Tim Waggoner, Sumiko Saulson, plus some of the be...



Award-Winning Books by Bentley Little

The Revelation
1991 Bram Stoker Award -- First Novel


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Bentley Little has published 39 books.

Bentley Little does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Horror Zine's Book of Monster Stories, was published in January 2024.

The first book by Bentley Little, The Revelation, was published in January 1990.

No. Bentley Little does not write books in series.
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