Author Biography and Bibliography

Novels

The Scarf (1947)

Spiderweb (1954)

The Kidnapper (1954)

The Will to Kill (1954)

Shooting Star (1958)

Psycho (1959)

The Dead Beat (1960)

Firebug (1961)

The Couch (1962)

Terror (1962)

Ladies Day / This Crowded Earth (1968)

The Star Stalker (1968)

The Todd Dossier (1969)

Sneak Preview (1971)

It's All in Your Mind (1971)

Night World (1972)

American Gothic (1974)

Strange Eons (1978)

There is a Serpent in Eden (1979)

Psycho II (1982)

Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)

Night of the Ripper (1984)

Lori (1989)

Psycho House (1990)

The Jekyll Legacy (1991)


Collections

Sea Kissed (1945)

The Opener of the the Way (1945)

Terror in the Night (1958)

Pleasant Dreams (1960)

Blood Runs Cold (1961)

Nightmares (1961)

More Nightmares (1961)

Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper (1962)

The Eighth Stage of Fandom (1962)

Atoms and Evil (1962)

Horror 7 (1963)

Bogey Men (1963)

The Skull of Marquis de Sade (1965)

Tales in a Jugular Vein (1965)

Chamber of Horrors (1966)

The Living Demons (1967)

Dragons and Nightmares (1968)

Bloch and Bradbury (1969)

Fear Today, Gone Tomorrow (1971)

House of the Hatchet (1976)

The King of Terrors (1977)

The Best of Robert Bloch (1977)

Cold Chills (1977)

Out of the Mouths of Graves (1978)

Such Stuff as Screams are Made Of (1979)

Mysteries of the Worm (1981)

Out of My Head (1986)

Unholy Trinity (1986)

Midnight Pleasures (1987)

Lost in Space and Time with Lefty Feep (1987)

The Complete Stories of Robert Bloch. Volume 1: Final Reckonings (1987)

The Complete Stories of Robert Bloch. Volume 2: Bitter Ends (1987)

The Complete Stories of Robert Bloch. Volume 3: Last Rites (1987)

Fear and Trembling (1989)

Screams (1989)

Mysteries of the Worm (rev. ed. 1993)

The Early Fears (1994)

Robert Bloch: Appreciations of the Master (1995)

Flowers from the Moon and Other Lunacies (1998)

The Lost Bloch. Volume 1: The Devil With You! (1999)

The Lost Bloch. Volume 2: Hell on Earth (2000)

The Lost Bloch. Volume 3: Crimes and Punishments (2002; forthcoming)


Short Fiction

"Black Lotus" (1935)

"The Feast in the Abbey" (1935)

"The Secret in the Tomb" (1935)

"The Shambler from the Stars" (1935)

"The Suicide in the Study" (1935)

"The Dark Demon" (1936)

"The Druidic Doom" (1936)

"The Faceless God" (1936)

"The Grinning Ghoul" (1936)

"Mother of Serpents" (1936)

"The Opener of the Way" (1936)

"The Brood of Bubastis" (1937)

"The Creeper in the Crypt" (1937)

"Fane of the Black Pharaoh" (1937)

"The Mannikin" (1937)

"The Secret of Sebek" (1937)

"Fangs of Vengeance" (1937) [as Nathan Hindin]

"Beetles" (1938)

"The Eyes of the Mummy" (1938)

"The Hound of Pedro" (1938)

"The Mandarin's Canaries" (1938)

"Secret of the Observatory" (1938)

"Slave of the Flames" (1938)

"Return to the Sabbath" (1938) [as Tarleton Fiske]

"The Cloak" (1939)

"The Dark Isle" (1939)

"The Man Who Walked Through Mirrors" (1939)

"Mannikins of Horror" (1939)

"The Red Swimmer" (1939)

"The Strange Flight of Richard Clayton" (1939)

"The Totem-Pole" (1939)

"Waxworks" (1939)

"Death Is an Elephant" (1939) [as Nathan Hindin]

"The Seal of the Satyr" (1939) [as Tarleton Fiske]

"The Fiddler's Fee" (1940)

"The Ghost-Writer" (1940)

"Queen of the Metal Men" (1940)

"Wine of the Sabbat" (1940)

"Beauty's Beast" (1941)

"A Good Knight's Work" (1941)

"The House of the Hatchet" (1941)

"Last Laugh" (1941)

"A Sorcerer Runs for Sheriff" (1941)

"Black Bargain" (1942)

"Gather 'Round the Flowing Bowler" (1942)

"The Golden Opportunity of Lefty Feep" (1942)

"Hell on Earth" (1942)

"Jerk the Giant Killer" (1942)

"Lefty Feep and the Sleepy-Time Gal" (1942)

"The Little Man Who Wasn't All There" (1942)

"Murder from the Moon" (1942)

"Nursemaid to Nightmares" (1942)

"The Pied Piper Fights the Gestapo" (1942)

"A Question of Etiquette" (1942)

"The Shoes" (1942)

"Son of a Witch" (1942)

"Time Wounds All Heels" (1942)

"The Weird Doom of Floyd Scrilch" (1942)

"Men Scared of Nothing" (1942) [as E. K. Jarvis]

"Black Barter" (1943)

"A Bottle of Gin" (1943)

"The Chance of a Ghost" (1943)

"The Eager Dragon" (1943)

"The Fear Planet" (1943)

"Genie With the Light Brown Hair" (1943)

"The Goon from Rangoon" (1943)

"A Horse on Lefty Feep" (1943)

"It Happened Tomorrow" (1943)

"Lefty Feep Catches Hell" (1943)

"Lefty Feep and the Racing Robot" (1943)

"Never Trust a Demon" (1943)

"Nothing Happens to Lefty Feep" (1943)

"The Skeleton in the Closet" (1943)

"Stuporman" (1943)

"You Can't Kid Lefty Feep" (1943)

"Yours Truly - Jack the Ripper" (1943)

"Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper" (1943)

"Almost Human" (1943) [as Tarleton Fiske]

"The Black Brain" (1943) [as Tarleton Fiske]

"Fairy Tale" (1943) [as Tarleton Fiske]

"Mystery of the Creeping Underwear" (1943) [as Tarleton Fiske]

"Phantom from the Film" (1943) [as Tarleton Fiske]

"The Skeleton in the Closet" (1943) [as Tarleton Fiske]

"The Bat Is My Brother" (1944)

"The Beasts of Barsac" (1944)

"The Devil's Ticket" (1944)

"Iron Mask" (1944)

"It's a Small World" (1944)

"Lefty Feep Does Time" (1944)

"Lefty Feep's Arabian Nightmare" (1944)

"Lefty Feep Gets Henpecked" (1945)

"The Man Who Cried "Wolf!"" (1945)

"One Way to Mars" (1945)

"The Skull of the Marquis de Sade" (1945)

"The Skull" (1945)

"Soul Proprietor" (1945)

"The Bogey Man Will Get You" (1946)

"Enoch" (1946)

"Frozen Fear" (1946)

"Lizzie Borden Took an Axe …" (1946)

"The Man Who Told the Truth" (1946) with Jim Kjelgaard

"Satan's Phonograph" (1946)

"Tree's a Crowd" (1946)

"The Cheaters" (1947)

"The Mad Scientist" (1947)

"Sweets to the Sweet" (1947)

"Catnip" (1948)

"Change of Heart" (1948)

"The Indian Spirit Guide" (1948)

"Strictly from Mars" (1948)

"The Tunnel of Love" (1948)

"Floral Tribute" (1949)

"Satan's Servants" (1949)

"The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (1949)

"The Strange Island of Dr. Nork" (1949)

"The Unspeakable Betrothal" (1949)

""The Devil With You!"" (1950)

"End of Your Rope" (1950)

"The Girl from Mars" (1950)

"The Head Hunter" (1950)

"Head Man" (1950)

"The Shadow from the Steeple" (1950)

"Tell Your Fortune" (1950)

"Tooth or Consequences" (1950)

"The Weird Tailor" (1950)

"All Else Is Dust" (1950) [as E. K. Jarvis]

"Let's Do It My Way" (1950) [as E. K. Jarvis]

"The Dead Don't Die!" (1951)

"Hell's Angel" (1951)

"The Hungry House" (1951)

"The Man Who Collected Poe" (1951)

"The Night They Crashed the Party" (1951)

"Notebook Found in a Deserted House" (1951)

"The Tin You Love to Touch" (1951)

"Lucy Comes to Stay" (1952)

"Constant Reader" (1953)

"The Dream Makers" (1953)

"Let's Do It for Love" (1953)

"The Lighthouse" (1953) with Edgar Allan Poe (fragment completed by Bloch)

"The Pin" (1953)

"The Proxy Head" (1953)

"The Thinking Cap" (1953)

"The Goddess of Wisdom" (1954)

"Grandma Goes to Mars" (1954)

"Mr. Steinway" (1954)

"The Past Master" (1954)

"Comfort Me, My Robot" (1955)

"I Do Not Love Thee, Doctor Fell" (1955)

"Where the Buffalo Roam" (1955)

"You Could Be Wrong" (1955)

"All on a Golden Afternoon" (1956)

"Dead-End Doctor" (1956)

"Founding Fathers" (1956)

"A Good Imagination" (1956)

"I Kiss Your Shadow" (1956)

"I Like Blondes" (1956)

"String of Pearls" (1956)

"Terror in the Night" (1956)

"Try This for Psis" (1956)

"Water's Edge" (1956)

"A Way of Life" (1956)

"You Got to Have Brains" (1956)

"Corn-Fed Genius" (1956) [as E. K. Jarvis]

"Broomstick Ride" (1957)

"Crime in Rhyme" (1957)

"The Cure" (1957)

"Dig That Crazy Grave!" (1957)

"Luck Is No Lady" (1957)

"Man With a Hobby" (1957)

"The Professor Plays It Square" (1957)

"The Proper Spirit" (1957)

"The Real Bad Friend" (1957)

"Rhyme Never Pays" (1957)

"Sock Finish" (1957)

"Terror Over Hollywood" (1957)

"The Traveling Salesman" (1957)

"Welcome, Stranger" (1957)

"Before Egypt" (1957) [as E. K. Jarvis]

"Block That Metaphor" (1958)

"Daybroke" (1958)

"Edifice Complex" (1958)

"Egghead" (1958)

"F.O.B. Venus" (1958)

"How Bug-Eyed Was My Monster" (1958)

"Is Betsy Blake Still Alive?" (1958)

"Red Moon Rising" (1958)

"Report on Sol III" (1958)

"Sleeping Beauty" (1958)

"Sweet Sixteen" (1958)

"Terror in Cut-Throat Cove" (1958)

"That Hell-Bound Train" (1958)

"Word of Honor" (1958)

"Two of a Kind" (1958) [as E. K. Jarvis]

"Hungarian Rhapsody" (1958) [as Wilson Kane]

"The Big Kick" (1959)

"The Deadliest Art" (1959)

"Double-Cross" (1959)

"The Gloating Place" (1959)

"The Hungry Eye" (1959)

"The Living Bracelet" (1959)

"The Man Who Knew Women" (1959)

"Night School" (1959)

"Sabbatical" (1959)

"The Screaming People" (1959)

"Show Biz" (1959)

"Sneak Preview" (1959)

"The Bald-Headed Mirage" (1960)

"The Beautiful People" (1960)

"The Covenant" (1960) with Isaac Asimov and Robert Sheckley and Murray Leinster and Poul Anderson

"Fat Chance" (1960)

"The Final Performance" (1960)

"The Funnel of God" (1960)

"Hobo" (1960)

"The Man Who Murdered Tomorrow" (1960)

"The Masterpiece" (1960)

"A Matter of Life" (1960)

"The Show Must Go On" (1960)

"Talent" (1960)

"The World-Timer" (1960)

"Pin-Up Girl" (1960)[as Will Folke]

"Crime Machine" (1961)

"A Home Away from Home" (1961)

"The Man Who Looked Like Napoleon" (1961)

"Memo to a Movie-Maker" (1961)

"The Model Wife" (1961)

"Philtre Tip" (1961)

"The Unpardonable Crime" (1961)

"Method for Murder" (1962)

"Under the Horns" (1962)

"Untouchable" (1962)

"Wheel and Deal" (1962)

"Beelzebub" (1963)

"The Living End" (1963)

"The Old College Try" (1963)

"The Conventional Approach" (1964)

"Second Coming" (1964)

"Impractical Joker" (1965)

"A Quiet Funeral" (1965)

"All in the Family" (1966)

"Life in Our Time" (1966)

"The Plot is the Thing" (1966)

"Pride Goes -" (1966)

"The Living Dead" (1967)

"The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World" (1967) with Harlan Ellison

"A Toy for Juliette" (1967) with Harlan Ellison

"Underground" (1967)

"The Gods Are Not Mocked" (1968)

"Ladies' Day" (1968)

"Sales of a Deathman" (1968)

"Groovyland" (1969)

"How Like a God" (1969)

"The Movie People" (1969)

"Double Whammy" (1970)

"In the Cards" (1970)

"The Animal Fair" (1971)

"The Funny Farm" (1971)

"The Oracle" (1971)

"The Play's the Thing" (1971)

"Ego Trip" (1972)

"Forever and Amen" (1972)

"His and Hearse" (1972)

"The Old Switcheroo" (1972)

"See How They Run" (1973)

"Space-Born" (1973)

"The Learning Maze" (1974)

"The Model" (1975)

"A Case of the Stubborns" (1976)

"The Head" (1976)

"A Most Unusual Murder" (1976)

"The Warm Farewell" (1976)

"But First These Words—" (1977)

"The Closer of the Way" (1977)

"Nina" (1977)

"What You See Is What You Get" (1977)

"Oh Say Can You See-" (1978)

"Picture" (1978)

"The Spoiled Wife" (1978)

"Freak Show" (1979)

"Oh Say Can You See—" (1979)

"The Night Before Christmas" (1980)

"The Rubber Room" (1980)

"Pumpkin" (1984)

"The Yougoslaves" (1986)

"'Til Death Do Us Part" (1987)

"Almost Human" (1987)

"The Baldheaded Mirage" (1987)

"Betsy Blake Will Live Forever" (1987)

"Comeback" (1987)

"Crook of the Month" (1987)

"Die--Nasty" (1987)

"The Double Whammy" (1987)

"Everybody Needs a Little Love" (1987)

"The Head Man" (1987)

"Heir Apparent" (1987)

"Man With A Hobby" (1987)

"Nocturne" (1987)

"Pin-Up Girl" (1987)

"Pranks" (1987)

"A Snitch in Time" (1987)

"Terror in Cut-Throat Cave" (1987)

"That Old Black Magic" (1987)

"The Totem Pole" (1987)

"The Undead" (1987)

"The Bedposts of Life" (1991)

"Beetles Teleplay" (1991) [Play]

"The Creative Urge" (1991)

"The Grab Bag" (1991) with Henry Kuttner

"The Sorcerer's Jewel" (1993)

"The Scent of Vinegar" (1994)

"None Are So Blind" (1995)