Robert McCammon
Robert McCammon Short Fiction
Short Stories by Robert R. McCammon
"Beauty"
  • In The SeaHarp Hotel, ed. Charles L. Grant. New York: TOR, June 1990.

"Best Friends"

  1. In Night Visions 4. Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1987. Deluxe hardcover edition limited to 552 signed, numbered, and slipcased copies (including 52 copies lettered A--ZZ in walnut slipcase).
  2. In Night Visions 4. Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1987. Trade hardcover.
  3. In Night Visions: Hardshell. New York: Berkley, August 1988.
  4. In Night Fears. London: Headline, 1989. Hardcover.
  5. In Night Fears. London: Headline, 1989. Trade paperback.

"Black Boots"

  1. In Razored Saddles, eds. Joe Lansdale and Pat LoBrutto. Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, August 1989. Deluxe hardcover edition limited to 600 signed, numbered, and slipcased copies.
  2. In Razored Saddles, eds. Joe Lansdale and Pat LoBrutto. Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, August 1989. Trade hardcover.
  3. In Razored Saddles, eds. Joe Lansdale and Pat LoBrutto. New York: Avon Books, December 1990. Paperback.

"Blue World"

  • In Blue World, 1989.

"Chico"

  1. In Blue World, 1989.
  2. The Roots of Fantasy, ed. Shelley Dutton Berry, Seattle World Fantasy Convention, October 1989.

"The Deep End"

  1. In Night Visions 4. Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1987. Deluxe hardcover.
  2. In Night Visions 4. Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1987. Trade hardcover.
  3. In Night Visions: Hardshell. New York: Berkley, August 1988.
  4. In Night Fears. London: Headline, 1989. Hardcover.
  5. In Night Fears. London: Headline, 1989. Trade paperback.

"Doom City"

  1. In Doom City, ed. Charles L. Grant. New York: TOR, December 1987.
  2. In Blue World, 1989.

"Eat Me"

  1. Excerpt from story in Midnight Graffiti #2, Fall 1988.
  2. In Book of the Dead, eds. John Skipp and Craig Spector. New York: Bantam, June 1989. Paperback.
  3. In Book of the Dead, eds. John Skipp and Craig Spector. Willimantic, CT: Ziesing Press, July 1989. Deluxe hardcover edition limited to 500 signed, numbered, and slipcased copies.
  4. In Book of the Dead, eds. John Skipp and Craig Spector. Willimantic, CT: Ziesing Press, July 1989. Trade hardcover.

"Fragments of Horror from the Notebook of Robert R. McCammon"
(Excerpts from novels and stories in progress)

  • The Horror Show---Robert R. McCammon Special, Spring 1987.

"Haunted World"

  • In Post Mortem---New Tales of Ghostly Horror, eds. Paul F. Olson and David B. Silva. New York: St. Martin's Press, March 1989. Hardcover. ISBN: 0312026315
  • In Post Mortem---New Tales of Ghostly Horror, eds. Paul F. Olson and David B. Silva. London: Severn House, 1989. Hardcover. ISBN: 0727842129
  • In Post Mortem---New Tales of Ghostly Horror, eds. Paul F. Olson and David B. Silva. London: Corgi, 1990. Paperback. ISBN: 0552136522
  • In Post Mortem---New Tales of Ghostly Horror, eds. Paul F. Olson and David B. Silva. New York: Dell Publishing, January 1992. Paperback.

"He'll Come Knocking On Your Door"

  1. In Halloween Horrors, ed. Alan Ryan. New York: Doubleday, September 1986. Hardcover.
  2. In Halloween Horrors, ed. Alan Ryan. New York: Berkley, Charter, October 1987. Paperback.
  3. In Halloween Horrors, ed. Alan Ryan. London: Sphere Books, 1988. Paperback (all but a few copies were destroyed because of copyright infringements).
  4. In Halloween Horrors, ed. Alan Ryan. London: Severn House, 1988. Hardcover.
  5. In Blue World, 1989.

"I Scream Man"

  1. The Horror Show, Winter 1985.
  2. In Best of the Horror Show, ed. David B. Silva. Chicago: 2AM, November 1987. Trade paperback.
  3. In Blue World, 1989.
  4. In The Definitive Best of The Horror Show, ed. David B. Silva. CD Publications, 1992.

"The Judge"

  1. In Night Visions 8. Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1991. Deluxe hardcover.
  2. In Night Visions 8. Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1991. Trade hardcover.

"A Life in the Day of"

  1. In Night Visions 4. Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1987. Deluxe hardcover.
  2. In Night Visions 4. Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1987. Trade hardcover.
  3. In Night Visions: Hardshell. New York: Berkley, August 1988.
  4. In Night Fears. London: Headline, 1989. Hardcover.
  5. In Night Fears. London: Headline, 1989. Trade paperback.

"Lights Out" (Excerpt from Swan Song)

  • The Twilight Zone Magazine, August 1987.

"Lizardman"

  1. In Stalkers, eds. Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg. Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, October 1989. Deluxe hardcover edition limited to 750 signed, numbered, and slipcased copies.
  2. In Stalkers, eds. Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg. Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, October 1989. Trade hardcover.
  3. In Stalkers, eds. Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg. New York, NY: ROC, April 1992. Paperback.

"Makeup"

  1. In Modern Masters of Horror, ed. Frank Coffey. New York: Coward, McCann and Geoghegan, 1981. Hardcover.
  2. In Modern Masters of Horror, ed. Frank Coffey. New York: Ace, 1982. Paperback.
  3. In Modern Masters of Horror, ed. Frank Coffey. New York: Berkley, 1988. Paperback.
  4. In Blue World, 1989.
  5. In Hollywood Ghosts, eds. Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh, and Martin H. Greenberg. Nashville: Rutledge Hill Press, 1991. Trade paperback.

"The Miracle Mile" (Also, "Introduction")

  1. In Under the Fang, edited by Robert R. McCammon. New York: Pocket Books, August 1991. Paperback.
  2. In Under the Fang, edited by Robert R. McCammon. Baltimore: Borderlands Press, 1991. Hardcover.
  3. In Best New Horror 3, eds. Stephen Jones and Ramsey Campbell. New York: Carroll & Graf, August 1992. Hardcover.
  4. In The Giant Book of Terror, eds. Stephen Jones and Ramsey Campbell. London: Magpie, August 1994. Hardcover.
  5. In Vampires: The Greatest Stories, edited by Martin H. Greenberg. New York: Fine Communications, August 1997. Hardcover.

"The Monitors of Providence" (Collaboration with eleven other authors)

  • Published by the 1986 World Fantasy Convention. Limited to 1000 copies, plus 10 copies for each contributor. Contributors were: Robert R. McCammon (Part 8), Dean R. Koontz, Joe R. Lansdale (Part 11), David B. Silva (Part 7), Michael Blaine, James Kisner, William F. Nolan, Alan Rodgers, J.N. Williamson, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Dennis Etchison, and Richard Christian Matheson (Part 12).

"Night Calls the Green Falcon"

  1. In Silver Scream, ed. David J. Schow. Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1988. Hardcover.
  2. In Silver Scream, ed. David J. Schow. New York: TOR, 1988. Paperback.
  3. In Blue World, 1989.

"The Night I Killed the King" (Unfinished short story)

  • Lights Out!---The Robert R. McCammon Newsletter, Vol. 1 No.2, October 1989.

"Nightcrawlers"

  1. In Masques, ed. J.N. Williamson. Baltimore, MD: Maclay and Associates, 1984. Hardcover.
  2. In Best of Masques, ed. J.N. Williamson. New York: Berkley, June 1988. Paperback.
  3. In Blue World, 1989.
  4. In New Stories from the Twilight Zone, ed. Martin H. Greenberg. New York, Avon, December 1991. Trade paperback.
  5. In The New Twilight Zone, ed. Martin H. Greenberg. A reprint of New Stories from the Twilight Zone. New York: MJF Books, 1991. Hardcover.
  6. In The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy, ed. Garyn G. Roberts. New York: Prentice Hall, 2001.
  7. In Dark Masques, ed. J.N. Williamson. New York, Pinnacle, December 2001. Paperback.

"On a Beautiful Summer's Day, He Was"

  1. In The Further Adventures of the Joker, ed. Martin H. Greenberg. New York: Bantam, February 1990. Paperback.
  2. In Tales of the Batman, ed. Martin H. Greenberg. New York: MJF Books, 1995. Hardcover.

"Pin"

  1. In Blue World, 1989.
  2. In Best New Horror, eds. Stephen Jones and Ramsey Campbell. New York: Carroll & Graf, 1990. Hardcover.
  3. In Best New Horror, eds. Stephen Jones and Ramsey Campbell. New York: Carroll & Graf, 1991. Trade Paperback.
  4. In The Giant Book of Best New Horror, eds. Stephen Jones and Ramsey Campbell. London: Magpie, 1993.

"The Red House"

  1. In Greystone Bay, ed. Charles L. Grant. New York: TOR, October 1985. Paperback.
  2. In The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 1985, ed. Arthur W. Saha. New York: DAW, 1986. Paperback.
  3. In Blue World, 1989.

"Something Passed By"

  1. In Blue World, 1989.
  2. In The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Third Annual Collection, eds. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990. Hardcover.
  3. In The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Third Annual Collection, eds. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990. Trade paperback.

"Stinger" (Excerpt from Stinger)

  • The Twilight Zone Magazine, June 1988.

"Swan Song" (Excerpt from Swan Song)

  • The Horror Show---Robert R. McCammon Special, Spring 1987.

"The Thang"

  1. In Hot Blood, eds. Jeff Gelb and Lonn Friend. New York: Pocket Books, May 1989. Paperback.
  2. In Hot Blood, eds. Jeff Gelb and Lonn Friend. New York: Pinnacle, May 2004. Paperback. ISBN 0786016434.

"Yellachile's Cage"

  1. Southern Fantasy, ed. Ron & Val Lakey Lindahn, Nashville World Fantasy Convention, 1987.
  2. In Blue World, 1989.

"Yellowjacket Summer"

  1. The Twilight Zone Magazine, October 1986.
  2. In Blue World, 1989.
Robert McCammon