Scott Nicholson

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  • Bibliography:
    82 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 2002
  • Latest Book:
    February 2020
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Full Series List in Order

After

0.5 - After: First Light (Nov-2014)
1 - The Shock (Dec-2012)
2 - The Echo (Mar-2013)
3 - After: Milepost 291 (Feb-2015)
4 - Whiteout (Nov-2014)
5 - Red Scare (Jan-2015)
6 - Dying Light (Apr-2015)

Fear

Chronic Fear (Dec-2011)
Liquid Fear (Dec-2011)

Next

1 - Afterburn (Nov-2015)
2 - Earth Zero (Jan-2016)
3 - Radiophobia (Apr-2016)
4 - Directive 17 (Jul-2016)
5 - Crucible (Oct-2016)
6 - Half Life (Jan-2017)

Zapheads

1 - Bone and Cinder (Jul-2014)
2 - Scars and Ashes (Sep-2015)
3 - Blood and Frost (Feb-2016)

Book List in Order: 82 titles

  • The Red Church

    The church was constructed in the 1860s under the guidance of Reverend Wendell McFall. His sermons declared the existence of God s Second Son- whose mission is to undo all of Jesus work on Earth. McFall had the church painted red to summon the First...

  • The Harvest

    As The Season Turns... Nestled deep in the Southern Appalachian Mountains is the town of Windshake. Living among the populace of good ol' boy moonshiners and God-fearing folk are psychologist Tamara Leon and her family. All her life Tamara has been ...

  • The Manor

    The Art Of Evil Ephram Korban was an admirer of the human creative spirit, dedicated to collecting art in its many forms--literature, photography, painting, and sculpture--before he took his own life. Nestled in the heart of the Appalachian Mountain...

  • The Home

    For twelve-year-old Freeman Mills, Wendover Home is just another temporary sanctuary that fosters the troubled and unwanted. Biding his time until an opportunity to escape arises, Freeman will tolerate the daily speeches and routines designed to chan...

  • The Farm

    Katy Logan was looking for a fresh start when she uprooted herself and her daughter Jett from the stresses of city life to settle in the Blue Ridge Mountain town of Solom. With a new marriage and a rural lifestyle to embrace, Katy is determined to ma...

  • They Hunger

    Guaranteed to grab you by the throat, Scott Nicholson's heart-stopping new novel reaches blood-chilling heights in They Hunger. In the rugged wilderness of the Appalachian Mountains, the treacherous Unegama River holds more than its share of mortal...

  • The First

    ""A fresh and true voice that will affect you, disturb you, enrage you, or make you laugh."-Kevin J. Anderson, Dune seriesTHE FIRSTA collection of 13 dark fantasy, dystopian, post-apocalyptic, and science fiction stories f"...

  • Ashes

    "Keep both hands on your pants, because Nicholson is about to scare them off."--JA Konrath/Jack Kilborn, author of Origin and EnduranceASHESA collection of six supernatural stories by bestselling Kindle author Scott Nicholson, including "Homecoming,"...

  • Flowers

    "Always surprises and always entertains." --Jonathan Maberry, ROT AND RUINA fantasy and paranormal collection. Contains the Writers of the Future Award-winning story "The Vampire Shortstop" and 11 other tales of magic, romance, and the supernatural, ...



  • The Skull Ring

    Julia Stone is piecing together childhood memories of the night her father vanished, but when she discovers a strange silver ring bearing the inscription "Judas Stone," she becomes the target of a sinister cult. The local handyman offers to help, but...

  • Kiss Me or Die

    Richard's life is a horror story. And it's all the fault of those people inside his head.Richard thinks he has them stereotyped for his autobiography, but he’s about to get a new tenant: the Insider, a malevolent soul-hopping spirit that may or may...

  • Drummer Boy

    On a Blue Ridge Mountain peak, three boys hear the rattling of a snare drum deep inside a cave known as "The Jangling Hole," and the wind carries a whispered name. An old man at the foot of the mountain believes something inside the Hole has been dis...

  • Zombie Bits

    ""Always surprises and always entertains." - Jonathan Maberry, Patient ZeroA collection of eight zombie short stories from best-selling author Scott Nicholson. Includes two stories from "The Best of All Flesh" series, as"...

  • Dirt

    A graphic novel collection of eight illustrated tales from bestselling author Scott Nicholson. Covering dark fantasy and the supernatural, these tales are adapted from Nicholson's short stories and drawn by Kewber (CHAOS CAMPUS, SLEEPRUNNERS). In the...

  • Forever Never Ends

    When an alien entity lands in the Southern Appalachian Mountains, a clairvoyant psychology professor, a drunken dirt farmer, and a disillusioned tycoon must team up to stop it before the infection spreads. It falls from the heavens and crashes to ear...

  • Speed Dating with the Dead

    When Wayne "Digger" Wilson hosts a paranormal conference at the haunted White Horse Inn, he has motives beyond searching for the inn's legendary ghosts. Years ago, he made a honeymoon promise to his wife Beth that if one of them died, the survivor wo...

  • Curtains

    ""Always surprises and always entertains."-Jonathan Maberry, Patient ZeroCURTAINS: MYSTERY STORIESA collection of 13 tales of mystery, crime, and suspense from the pages of Cemetery Dance, Blue Murder, The Third Alternati"...

  • Grave Conditions

    A collection of illustrated horror stories in the tradition of "Tales from the Crypt," "Creepy," and "Eerie" comics, featuring some of the best writers of modern horror. Stories by Brian Keene (The Last Zombie, Devil Slayer), Stephen Susco (Grudge), ...

  • October Girls

    For fans of magic, romance, and fantasy.OCTOBER GIRLS: CRYSTAL & BONEFive days until Halloween and all hell is about to break loose.And it’s all Crystal’s fault.Momma warned her not to consort with the dead and tried to teach her the magic spells...



  • Burial To Follow

    "Like Stephen King, he knows how to summon serious scares."--Bentley LittleBURIAL TO FOLLOW: A SUPERNATURAL NOVELLAWhen Jacob Ridgehorn dies, it's up to Roby Snow to make sure his soul goes on to the eternal reward. The only way Roby can do that is c...

  • Disintegration

    Identical twins vie for a family empire built on deceit, cruelty, and dark secrets--and one woman stands between them while another waits in the shadows. DISINTEGRATION When a mysterious fire destroys his home and shatters his family, Jacob Wells is ...

  • Ethereal Messenger

  • Head Cases

    The book your shrink doesn't want you to read.HEAD CASESA man whose psychiatrist gives him a special pair of glasses...A past-life regression helps a man face his racism...A woman senses the city is literally coming to life around her...HEAD CASES is...

  • If I Were Your Monster

    IF I WERE YOUR MONSTERA father tells a bedtime story to his young daughter, sharing different kinds of spooky creatures and teaching her how to overcome fear. In this fully illustrated tale, the monsters are protectors against the bullies and mean pe...

  • Crime Beat

    Crime doesn't pay...but neither does journalism. DRM-free.CRIME BEAT: A MYSTERY NOVELLAWhen John Moretz takes a job as a reporter in the Appalachian town of Sycamore Shade, a crime wave erupts that boosts circulation and leaves people uneasy. Then a ...

  • The Dead Love Longer

    THE DEAD LOVE LONGER(Original print title: Transparent Lovers)Private investigator Richard Steele must solve his most difficult case ever -- his own murder -- while caught between women on both sides of the grave. His lover Lee is tangled up in the m...

  • Gateway Drug

    After the first hit, there's no turning back. Ten tales of murder, mayhem, madness, and dark magic from a #1 bestselling author. A man finds that fast cars and fast women don't mix. An artist uses very special tools to convey his passion. A rebelliou...

  • Mystery Dance

    MYSTERY DANCE: An omnibus edition containing more than 200,000 words. Features the complete text of the #1 bestselling mystery and suspense novel Disintegration, The Skull Ring, Crime Beat, a short story, a bonus deleted chapter from Disintegration, ...

  • Nicholson's Ghost Stories



  • Transparent Lovers

  • Duncan the Punkin

    A magical bedtime story for all ages.Halloween is coming, and Duncan the Punkin's mom teaches him to hide in the pumpkin patch so he doesn't get turned into a jack-o-lantern. Being good is boring, and Duncan's not afraid of any old farmer. But someon...

  • Littlefield

    A two-novel collection featuring Sheriff Frank Littlefield, whose tiny Appalachian community has its share of supernatural mysteries.THE RED CHURCHBook I in the Sheriff Littlefield SeriesFor 13-year-old Ronnie Day, life is full of problems: Mom and D...

  • These Things Happened

    Most of what follows is true, even the fiction. It contains cigarette smoking, drinking, occasional suicidal thoughts, and, yes, sex, because I know you like that sort of thing. It's been a strange life. It's been my life.Features stories, poems, and...

  • Too Many Witches

    When Moanica Moonsweep plans a special Halloween party, her witch's brew has to be just right. So she invites her witchy friends over to help her plan the perfect kettle of gruesome stew. But when they can't agree on the nastiest ingredients, they en...

  • American Horror

    A collection of horror stories, featuring vampires, zombies, monsters, serial killers, and other creepy creatures of the night. Edited by introduced by bestselling author Scott Nicholson (The Red Church, Speed Dating with the Dead, Liquid Fear).Stori...

  • The Vampire Shortstop

  • Creative Spirit

    ""Scott Nicholson explores the dark legends of the southern end of the Appalachian mountain chain, a nightmare country that ends in Stephen King's yard."- Sharyn McCrumb, author of The Ballad novelsWhen artists gather at a remote"...

  • Chronic Fear

    Fear

    Chronic Fear is the second installment of Scott Nicholson’s chilling Fear series, which began with the harrowing Liquid Fear. The story picks up one year after the notorious Monkey House trials, from which the tiny handful of survivors have scatter...

  • Liquid Fear

    Fear

    When Roland Doyle wakes up in an unfamiliar motel room with a strange man’s wallet in his pocket and a woman’s dead body in the bathroom, he fears the worst…and that’s before he finds the vial of pills labeled "take one every 4 hrs or else." ...



  • Monster's Ink

    The pen is mightier than the sword...for the ink used to tell the thirteen tales within is more devastating than any earthly weapon...Meet the Christian Soldiers, eager to show a new and terrifying path to Salvation for those who would dare cast the ...

  • Fangs In Vain

  • Bad Stacks

    ""Scott Nicholson is a terrific writer. Like Stephen King, he has an eye and ear for the rhythms of rural America, and like King he knows how to summon serious scares. My advice? Buy everything he writes. This guy's the real deal."- Bent"...

  • Mad Stacks

    ""Nobody thrills like Nicholson does. Nobody." - J.A. Konrath, THE LISTBAD STACKS is the complete text of three story collections covering suspense, psychological mystery, and paranormal tales. A total of 29 stories originally pub"...

  • Missing Pieces

    ""He has entered a literary shadowland between Ray Bradbury and Neil Gaiman." - Sharyn McCrumb, The Ballad novels MISSING PIECES A collection of 10 stories by bestselling thriller author Scott Nicholson. Includes works originally a"...

  • Ida Claire

    IDA CLAIRE is a feisty, fun rhyming picture book about a single dad trying to keep up with his imaginative daughter. A day with Ida Claire is a full day indeed!32 full-color screens, written by bestselling thriller author Scott Nicholson and artist L...

  • Odd Stacks

    ODD STACKSODD STACKS is the complete text of three story collections covering fantasy, science fiction, zombie, and paranormal tales. A total of 36 stories originally published in professional magazines and anthologies such as...

  • Ghost Dance

  • Tales From The Mist

  • The Shock

    After - 1

    "One of the most thrilling writers working today. Miss him at your peril." - Blake Crouch, Wayward Pines"Nobody thrills like Nicholson does. Nobody." - J.A. Konrath, OriginThe first book in the AFTER post-apocalyptic thriller series from an internati...



  • The Echo

    After - 2

    "Nobody thrills like Nicholson does. Nobody." - J.A. Konrath, The ListA massive solar storm kills billions and wipes out the technological infrastructure, and the few survivors learn that some among them have...changed.AFTER: THE ECHO(Book #2 in the ...

  • Magic Dance

  • Box of Boo

  • Spooky Stacks

    A free collection of four spooky tales by bestselling horror authors Brian Keene, Jonathan Maberry, Scott Nicholson, and Bryan Smith. 15,000 words, part of the Spooky Stacks signed book giveaway for Halloween. Available for a limited time only.Contai...

  • Bad Day for Balloons

    BAD DAY FOR BALLOONSEvery child loves a brightly colored balloon.And Mattie wants lots of balloons for her sixth birthday. Daddy tries to make her happy, but every balloon he brings home comes to an unlucky end.But Daddy has one special surprise he h...

  • McFall

    "If Evil had fortified secret strongholds across the globe, the red church was certainly one of them." Award-winning author Scott Nicholson returns to the Blue Ridge Mountain legends and setting of his bestselling thrillers, The Red Church and Dru...

  • The Narrow Gate

    "Like Stephen King, he knows how to summon serious scares." - Bentley Little, The Burning "Scott Nicholson knows the territory. Follow him at your own risk." -- Stewart O'Nan, A Face in the Crowd SOLOM: THE NARROW GATE Book #2 in the Solom series Aft...

  • Bone and Cinder

    Zapheads - 1

    "Always surprises and always entertains." - Jonathan Maberry, Patient ZeroA thriller set in the bestselling AFTER post-apocalyptic world.ZAPHEADS #1: BONE AND CINDERWhen Mackie Dailey survives a cataclysmic solar storm that wipes out civilization and...

  • After: First Light

    After - 0.5

    (AUTHOR'S NOTE: This is a PREQUEL novella to the After post-apocalyptic series. These events happen BEFORE Book 1 in the series. It is not necessary to read this before reading Book 1. In fact, you don't have to read this one at all, it's just here i...

  • Whiteout

    After - 4

    AFTER: WHITEOUTThe fourth book in the bestselling post-apocalyptic thriller series.In the harsh winter of a post-apocalyptic landscape, Rachel Wheeler and her companions hole up in an Appalachian compound established by her notorious grandfather.A ro...

  • Red Scare

    After - 5

    “One of the most thrilling writers working today. Miss him at your own peril.” " Blake Crouch, The Wayward Pines Trilogy "Always surprises and always entertains." - Jonathan Maberry, Patient ZeroIn a post-apocalyptic world, Rachel Wheeler is ca...

  • The Gorge

    Like Stephen King, he knows how to summon serious scares. Buy everything he writes. This guy's the real deal."- Bentley Little, The Haunted An experimental rafting expedition, an FBI manhunt for a delusional killer, and the worst storm in decades col...

  • After: Milepost 291

    After - 3

    "Always surprises and always entertains." - Jonathan Maberry, PATIENT ZEROAFTER #3: MILEPOST 291When massive solar flares wipe out the technological infrastructure and kills billions, Rachel Wheeler sets out across the Appalachian Mountain wilderness...

  • The Scarecrow

    "Like Stephen King, he knows how to summon serious scares." - Bentley Little, The Burning"Always surprises and always entertains." - Jonathan Maberry, Patient ZeroSOLOM: THE SCARECROWBook#1 in the Solom series.When Katy Logan moves her troubled teen ...

  • Dying Light

    After - 6

    "One of the most thrilling writers working today. Miss him at your peril." - Blake Crouch, The Wayward Pines TrilogyThe thrilling conclusion to the AFTER post-apocalyptic thriller series!AFTER #6: DYING LIGHTAfter a bloody battle with mutant Zapheads...

  • The Preacher

    “One of the most thrilling writers working today. Miss him at your peril.” " Blake Crouch, Wayward Pines“Like Stephen King, he knows how to summon serious scares.” " Bentley Little, The MailmanSOLOM: THE PREACHER(Book #3 in the Solom seri...

  • Scars and Ashes

    Zapheads - 2

    "Always surprises and always entertains." -- Jonathan Maberry, Patient ZeroThe second spinoff book in the bestselling AFTER post-apocalyptic series.SCARS AND ASHESAfter a devastating solar storm erases the world they knew, Mackie Dailey and a small g...

  • Afterburn

    Next - 1

    "One of the most thrilling writers working today. Miss him at your peril." - Blake Crouch, Dark MatterA near-future post-apocalyptic thriller series.NEXT #1: AFTERBURNFive years after a devastating solar storm wipes out civilization and spawns a stra...

  • Earth Zero

    Next - 2

    “One of the most thrilling writers working today. Miss him at your peril.” " Blake Crouch, Wayward PinesThe second book in the Next post-apocalyptic thriller seriesEARTH ZEROAs the remnants of the human race mobilize for an attack on the mutant...

  • Blood and Frost

    Zapheads - 3

    ""Always surprises and always entertains." - Jonathan Maberry, Patient Zero The thrilling conclusion to the Zapheads post-apocalyptic series. ZAPHEADS: BONE AND CINDER Five months after a doomsday solar event, Macki"...

  • Scattered Ashes

    Scott Nicholson's short stories have drifted on the wind, across deserts and dead seas, and now have found a final resting place. In Scattered Ashes, the best of his award-winning work is presented together for the first time. Nicholson, author of s...

  • Radiophobia

    Next - 3

    “Always surprises and always entertains.” " Jonathan Maberry, Patient Zero Next #3: Radiophobia When mutants develop technology that threatens the dwindling human race, the last survivors fight to regain control of their world. Rachel Wheeler a...

  • Directive 17

    Next - 4

    ""One of the most thrilling writers working today. Miss him at your peril." - Blake Crouch, Dark MatterNEXT #4: DIRECTIVE 17In a contaminated wasteland, Rachel Wheeler and an intelligent mutant baby find sh"...

  • Crucible

    Next - 5

    ""One of the most thrilling writers working today." - Blake Crouch, Dark Matter Rachel Wheeler and her friends are held captive in a strange city ruled by mutant Zaps, but she is determined to use her powers to overthrow their captors and"...

  • Half Life

    Next - 6

    ""One of the most thrilling writers working today. Miss him at your peril." -Blake Crouch, Dark Matter Next #6: HALF LIFE After a post-apocalyptic showdown with a race of advanced mutants, Rachel Wheeler"...

  • Cenere alla cenere

  • Soft Robots

  • Resurrection

    One of the most thrilling writers working today. Miss him at your peril. - Blake Crouch, Wayward PinesRESURRECTION (ARIZE #1)It begins with a long-dormant virus released from an archaeological dig in Northern Alaska.A researcher studying the virus su...

  • Revelation

    Always surprises and always entertains. -- Jonathan Maberry, Rot and RuinARIZE #2: REVELATIONIn the midst of a zombie outbreak, Dr. Meg Perriman and a group of survivors head for the BioGenix research lab to work on a cure.But the journey won't be ea...

  • Tribulation

    Always surprises and always entertains. - Jonathan Maberry, V-WarsARIZE #3: TRIBULATIONWith the mysterious and charismatic Rev. Cameron Ingram rising as a world leader in the wake of a zombie outbreak, a group of outcast survivors vow to bring him do...

  • Bad Blood

    Thrilling and laugh-out-loud funny, Bad Blood begins the epic tale of Spider, a vampire vigilante who's part Edward and part James Bond... only not as moody and not as British.When teenager Parker Cole approaches the dark and mysterious new student a...

  • Spider Bite

    Book three in the Spider Trilogy of vampire thrillers!As a vampire with a penchant for fresh human blood, Spider has done a lot of bad things.Now it's time to right some of those wrongs, and Spider has spent the past few years of his immortal life do...

  • Spider Web

    The second book in the Spider Trilogy of vampire thrillers!For Spider, being a vampire is bad enough, but he's also cursed with the need to help others. Especially when they are young, attractive, and female.So when Parker Cole goes on a cruise to ai...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Scott Nicholson has published 82 books.

Scott Nicholson does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Bad Blood, was published in February 2020.

The first book by Scott Nicholson, The Red Church, was published in June 2002.

Yes. Scott Nicholson has 4 series.
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