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JAILBIRD FOR JESUS
First published on this site in December 2002 and collected in THE BEST BRITISH MYSTERIES (Allison and Busby), ed Maxim Jakubowski, November 2003
DOCTOR HOOD
The Dark (Anthology, TOR Books), ed Ellen Datlow, 2003
LITTLE DEAD GIRL SINGING
Weird Tales, Spring 2002 (issue number 327)
FEEDING FRENZY
Walking in Eternity, ed Jay Eales, 2001
MY REPEATER
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 2001
POISONED
Kimota 6, ed Graeme Hurry, Summer 1997
O, VIRGINIA
Marilyn: Shades of Blonde, ed Carole Nelson Douglas, Forge 1997
NOT HERE, NOT NOW
The Best New Horror volume 7, ed Stephen Jones, Raven Books 1996
GOD'S BRIGHT LITTLE ENGINE
Tombs, ed Peter Crowther and Edward E Kramer, White Wolf Publishing 1994
IN GETHSEMENE
Heaven Sent, ed Peter Crowther, Daw Books 1995
FANCY THAT!
Shivers for Christmas, ed Richard Dalby, Michael O'Mara Books 1995
HOMEBODIES
Dark at Heart, ed Karen and Joe R Lansdale, Dark Harvest 1992
THE SLUICE
Narrow Houses, ed Peter Crowther, Little, Brown & Co 1992
CASEY, WHERE HE LIES
Imagination, 1991, reprinted Dark Voices 4, 1992
THE VISITORS' BOOK
Darklands, ed Nicholas Royle, Egerton Press 1991 (various reprints including Best Short Stories and Year's Best Fantasy and Horror)
DeVICE
Hotter Blood, ed Jeff Gelb and Michael Garrett, Pocket Books 1991
THE BACK OF HIS HAND
Night Visions 8, Dark Harvest 1990, published in both limited and trade editions and featuring stories by John Farris, Stephen Gallagher and Joe R Lansdale, with an afterword by Robert R McCammon
COMPARATIVE ANATOMY
Night Visions 8, Dark Harvest 1990
HUNTER, KILLER
Night Visions 8, Dark Harvest 1990
DEAD MAN'S HANDLE
Night Visions 8, Dark Harvest 1990
MODUS OPERANDI
New Crimes, ed Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson Publishing 1989
THE DRAIN
Fantasy Tales, ed Stephen Jones, Spring 1990.
DRIVING FORCE
Fear Magazine May/June 1989 and July 1989 (in two parts)
LIFE LINE
Dark Fantasies, ed Chris Morgan, Legend 1989
MAGPIE
Final Shadows, a double-sized collection to complete the series edited by Charles L Grant, Doubleday 1991
THE HORN
Arrows of Eros, ed Alex Stewart, New English Library 1989
RIBBON OF DARKNESS, OVER ME
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1989, precursor to the novel Down River
THE WISHING BALL
Winter Chills 2, ed Peter Coleborn, BFS Publications 1987
LIKE SHADOWS IN THE DARK
Shadows 10, ed Charles L Grant, Doubleday 1987
THE JIGSAW GIRL
Shadows 9, ed Charles L Grant, Doubleday 1986
OLD, RED SHOES
RIPPER, ed Gardner Dozois and Susan Casper, TOR books 1988
LIKE CLOCKWORK
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1987
BY THE RIVER, FONTAINEBLEAU
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1986 (reprinted in Best Horror Stories from F&SF)
TO DANCE BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1986
NO LIFE FOR ME WITHOUT YOU, VODYANOI
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, September 1985
(a thematic precursor to the novel The Boat House, while being a completely separate and standalone story)
THE PRICE
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, June 1985
THE BOY WHO TALKED TO THE ANIMALS
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1985
NIGHTMARE, WITH ANGEL
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November 1983 (not connected to the later novel with the same title)