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Necon Modern Horror Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Necon Modern Horror books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Necon Modern Horror series? Start with "The Fear Report (With: Cortney Skinner)" (2004) and follow publication order through all 63 books.
The complete Necon Modern Horror reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The Fear Report (With: Cortney Skinner)
2004
The Wind Caller (By: P.D. Cacek)
2004
Sympathy for the Dead (By: P.D. Cacek)
2010
The Secret Backs of Things (By: Christopher Golden)
2010
How to Recognize a Demon Has Become Your Friend (By: Linda D. Addison)
2011
Death's Companion (By: Dan Foley)
2012
Dark Duet (By: Linda D. Addison,Stephen M. Wilson)
2012
The Whispers of Crows (By: Dan Foley)
2012
Snowbird Gothic (By: Richard Dansky)
2013
The School That Screamed (By: William D. Carl)
2013
The Only Red is Blood (By: Janet Joyce Holden)
2018
Borderlands 1
1990
Best New Horror 2
1991
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Fourth Annual Collection
1991
Fourth Annual Collection
1991
Borderlands 3
1991
Still Dead
1992
Splatterpunks II
1993
Hottest Blood
1993
Best New Horror 6
1995
Millenium
1997
The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women
2001
Deadly Housewives
2006
Twisted Cat Tales
2006
Travel Guide to the Haunted Mid-Atlantic Region
2006
Best New Horror 17
2006
Kolchak: The Night Stalker Casebook
2006
Summer Chills
2007
The Big Book of NECON
2009
Legends of the Mountain State 3
2009
Appalachian Winter Hauntings
2009
Legends Of The Mountain State 4
2010
Darkness on the Edge: Tales Inspired by the Songs of Bruce Springsteen
2010
Chicks in Capes
2010
What Fears Become
2011
Lore: A Quaint and Curious Volume of Selected Stories
2011
Extreme Zombies
2012
Psychos
2012
Appalachian Undead
2012
The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories by Women
2012
Beyond Rue Morgue Anthology: Further Tales of Edgar Allan Poe's 1st Detective
2013
Vampires Don't Sparkle!
2013
Shadow Masters
2013
Mister October, Volume I: An Anthology in Memory of Rick Hautala
2013
Piercing the Darkness
2014
Qualia Nous
2014
Eulogies III
2015
Fright Mare: Women Write Horror
2016
Chiral Mad 3
2016
Chiral Mad 4
2018
Fantastic Tales of Terror
2018
Halloween Haunts Volume 1
2018
Tales of the Lost Citadel
2019
Freedom of Screech
2019
Dark Tides
2019
Voices in the Darkness
2021
Professor Charlatan Bardot’s Travel Anthology to the MostHaunted Buildings in the Weird, Wild World
2021
Running Home to Shadows: Memories of TV's First Supernatural Soap from Today's Grown-Up Kids
2022
Dark Murmurs: A Compendium of Curiosities
2022
Horrible Little Stories: Horror Fiction They Don’t Want You To Read
2023
The Horror Zine's Book of Monster Stories
2024
The Drive-In: Multiplex
2024
The Horror Collection: Sinister Edition
2025
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