Order of Bentley Little Books
Bentley Little is an American author of horror novels. His novels are set in Arizona and the Southwestern United States. He believes that there are no holds barred in getting the readers to squirm while reading his horror fiction. Unlike most authors, he prefers to be judged based on the quality of his work, rather than by self-promotion. He doesn’t even have internet access. Besides a few interviews he does to promote his books, he avoids a lot of the promotion almost every author does. Bentley splits his time between Arizona – where he writes – and Fullerton, California – where he lives with his wife, Wai Sau, and their son.
Bentley Little became a published author in 1990 with the novel The Revelation, which he wrote for his master’s thesis. The novel went on to win the 1990 Bram Stoker Award. He writes at a pace of one novel per year, plus short stories. Below is a list of Bentley Little’s books in order of when they were originally published:
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| The Revelation | (1989) |    |
| The Mailman | (1991) | |
| Evil Deeds | (1992) | |
| Death Instinct | (1992) | |
| The Summoning | (1993) | |
| Night School / University | (1994) | |
| Dominion | (1995) | |
| The Store | (1996) | |
| The House | (1997) | |
| The Town / Guests | (1997) | |
| The Ignored | (1997) | |
| The Walking | (2000) | |
| The Association | (2001) | |
| The Return | (2002) | |
| The Policy | (2003) | |
| The Resort | (2004) | |
| Dispatch | (2005) | |
| The Burning | (2006) | |
| The Vanishing | (2007) | |
| The Academy | (2008) | |
| His Father's Son | (2009) | |
| The Disappearance | (2010) | |
| The Haunted | (2012) | |
| The Influence | (2013) | |
| The Consultant | (2015) | |
| The Handyman | (2017) | |
| The Bank | (2020) | |
| Gloria | (2021) | |
| DMV | (2023) | |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| The Circle | (2012) | |
| The Washingtonians | (2018) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Murmurous Haunts | (1997) | |
| The Collection | (2002) | |
| Indignities of the Flesh | (2012) | |
| Cut Corners Volume 1 | (2012) | |
| Walking Alone | (2018) | |
Publication Order of Mondo Books
| Mondo Barbie | (1993) | |
| Mondo Elvis | (1994) | |
| Mondo Marilyn | (1995) | |
| Mondo James Dean | (1996) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Borderlands 1 | (1990) | |
| Borderlands 3 | (1991) | |
| Hottest Blood | (1993) | |
| Deadly After Dark | (1994) | |
| Seeds of Fear | (1995) | |
| Mondo James Dean | (1996) | |
| Hot Blood X | (1998) | |
| Four Dark Nights | (2002) | |
| The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection | (2003) | |
| The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighteenth Annual Collection | (2005) | |
| Corpse Blossoms | (2005) | |
| Horror Library, Volume 3 | (2008) | |
| The Best of Cemetery Dance II | (2008) | |
| In Laymon's Terms | (2008) | |
| Ruthless | (2010) | |
| Werewolves and Shape Shifters: Encounters with the Beasts Within | (2010) | |
| What Fears Become | (2011) | |
| Necro Files | (2011) | |
| A Hacked-Up Holiday Massacre | (2011) | |
| The Best Bizarro Fiction of the Decade | (2012) | |
| Cut Corners Volume 1 | (2012) | |
| Walrus Tales | (2012) | |
| Horror Express Volume Two | (2012) | |
| Psychos | (2012) | |
| Shadow Masters | (2013) | |
| Horror Library, Volume 5 | (2013) | |
| Turn Down the Lights | (2013) | |
| Cemetery Dance: Issue 71 | (2014) | |
| The Gods of HP Lovecraft | (2015) | |
| Horror Library, Volume 6 | (2017) | |
| D.O.A. III | (2017) | |
| The Washingtonians | (2018) | |
| Fantastic Tales of Terror | (2018) | |
| Horror Library, Volume 7 | (2022) | |
Notes: Dominion was published in the UK as Dark Dominion. Death Instinct was published in the UK as Evil Deeds, and originally under the pen name of Phillip Emmons. The Town was titled Guests in the United Kingdom. The House is known as Houses in the UK. University was published in the UK as Night School.
The collection Four Dark Nights also contains stories by Douglas Clegg, Christopher Golden and Tom Piccirilli. Cut Corners Volume 1 also contains contributions by Ramsey Campbell and Ray Garton.
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Bentley Little Synopsis: The Collection is a short story collection by Bentley Little. This collection contains 32 stories, including The Sanctuary, The Woods Be Dark, The Phonebook Man, Estoppel, The Washingtonians, Life with Father, Bob, Bumblebee, Paperwork, The Idol, Skin, The Man in the Passenger Seat, Comes the Bad Time and Against the Pale Sand.
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I am an avid Bentley reader. I have all of his books including collections and I love them all with the exception of the last one, Gloria. I think he went a little far with the existentialism. Which by the way I do like for instance Albert camus, but this book for me was a downer. It’s been about a year since that book and I’m hoping that he comes out with another book soon not a storyline like Gloria rather any of his previous books. I check every day and hope to see a new one listed.
Thank you so much for listing Bentley Little. This is the first time I’ve seen a photograph of him..I was starting to think he really didn’t exist!!! He reminds me a great deal of Dean Koontz back in his early days. His descriptions of the American Southwest, it sorta makes me think twice about going there!!! Thank you again…I love this site!
You’re welcome, Susan! There are a handful of “house names” on this site (and one I’m working on right now), but Bentley isn’t one of them.