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Introduction Guy has always been a prolific short story writer, even before he turned professional. However, it took a long while for an actual collection to be published in book form. Of course, once it did, along came another one! Before these two book collections, Guy self-published a few collections in cheaper form, photocopied A4 sheets folded in half and stapled like you might expect from a fanzine. Most memorably, the ink was blue. I laid out the first two for Guy, though I had nothing to do with the covers or the printing. For other work, return to Short Stories or Broken Backlist. Horror Shorts: 1st Collection Horror Shorts: 1st Collection was published by Bulldog Books in fanzine format in 1999. It contains the following short stories: Title Source Notes Crustacean Vengeance Scare Care a Crabs story The Brain Crawlers Pulp previously titled The Brain-Crawlers The Last Boot previously unpublished Hellfire previously unpublished a Mark Sabat story Come Back, My Darling previously unpublished Hounds from Hades previously unpublished The Ghouls Graveyard Rendezvous #2 The Baby Dark Voices 2 The Shooting on the Moss Graveyard Rendezvous #1 Wheels of Evil Children of the Night #3 Curse of the White Rhinoceros previously unpublished The Hoax previously unpublished Mystery & Horror Shorts: 1st Collection Mystery & Horror Shorts: 1st Collection was published by Bulldog Books in fanzine format in 1999. It contains the following short stories: Title Source Notes The Suitcase previously unpublished The Island of Sweet Music Pulp The Doll Winter Chills #2 An Act of God previously unpublished The Last Supper previously unpublished Bullseye Peeping Tom #28 The Crabs Peeping Tom #5 a Crabs story Triple Death previously unpublished The Writing on the Wall previously unpublished The League of the Twisted Serpent previously unpublished a Raymond Odell story The Piper Calls the Tune previously unpublished a John Mayo/Black Fedora story Until Death Children of the Night #3 Dawn Rendezvous Thing #6 The Poacher previously unpublished The Scapegoat previously unpublished Science Fiction and Horror Shorts: 1st Collection Science Fiction & Horror Shorts: 1st Collection was published by Bulldog Books in fanzine format in 2000. It contains the following short stories (in alphabetical order): Title Source Notes Alone previously unpublished The Book of Lies Graveyard Rendezvous #17 Chapters of Destiny previously unpublished Converging Forces previously unpublished The Grim Reaper Phantoms (May 1997) The Influencer previously unpublished Phoenix previously unpublished President Seven previously unpublished Red Alert previously unpublished Skywatch previously unpublished Horror Shorts: 2nd Collection Horror Shorts: 2nd Collection was published by Bulldog Books in fanzine format in 2001. Unlike the previous three collections, every story here had been previously published, albeit mostly in magazines and fanzines. It contains the following short stories: Title Source Notes The Crabs Peeping Tom #5 a Crabs story The Ginger Bear Dark Horizons #31 The Grim Reaper Phantoms (May 1997) a John Mayo/Black Fedora story Vampire Village Dead Meat a Mark Sabat story Hollow Eyes Halloween Horrors Come On In and Join Us Fear #6 The Executioner Frighteners #3 Until Death Children of the Night #3 Return to Innsmouth Reminiscon 40 Ratmania Pulp The Waiting Game Pulp Pocklington's Walk Beyond the Boundaries Vol. 1 No. 3 Hangman's Hotel and Other Stories Hangman's Hotel and Other Stories was published by Black Hill Books in trade paperback and e-book formats in 2014. It contains the following short stories: Title Source Notes Hangman's Hotel previously unpublished The Black Druid previously unpublished Crabs: The Survivor previously unpublished a Crabs story Savage Safari previously unpublished Zombie Gunfighter previously unpublished Dead on Cue previously unpublished Devil of the Dark Forest The Countryman's Weekly The Witch of Warsaw previously unpublished a Mark Sabat story Death in the Snow The Countryman's Weekly The Beast in the Mist The Countryman's Weekly The House in the Wood The Countryman's Weekly Winged Evil The Countryman's Weekly Poacher's Curse The Countryman's Weekly Dwellers of the Dark previously unpublished Crabs Omnibus Crabs Omnibus was published by Black Hill Books in trade paperback format in 2015. It contains the following short stories: Title Source Notes Crabs Armada The Cadaver previously titled The Crabs' Armada Crustacean Carnage previously unpublished Revenge Scare Care previously titled Crustacean Revenge The Decoy Fear #13 The Final Encounter previously unpublished The Survivor Hangman's Hotel and Other Stories previously titled Crabs: The Survivor The Vigil previously unpublished Nightmares from the Black Hill Nightmares from the Black Hill was published by Black Hill Books in trade paperback format in 2017.

Last update: 5th June, 2019