Order of Michael Marshall Smith Books
Michael Marshall Smith is an English novelist of science fiction, horror and thriller novels (and screenplays). He writes as Michael Marshall, Michael Marshall Smith and M.M. Smith. Michael writes the Straw Men Trilogy. He was born in England, but has also lived in the U.S., South Africa and Australia, but eventually returned to England. Micharl studied Philosophy and Social and Political Science at Cambridge, although he admits that he spent most of his time performing for the Cambridge Footlights. He then moved onto BBC Radio before becoming a writer. Michael lives his wife in Santa Cruz, California.
Michael Marshall Smith’s debut novel was published in 1994, entitled Only Forward. In 2002, he dropped the “Smith” for his Straw Men series. He still uses his last name for short stories and screenplays. Below is a list of Michael Marshall Smith’s books in order of when they were originally released:
Publication Order of Straw Men Books
(as Michael Marshall)
| The Straw Men | (2002) |    |
| The Upright Man / The Lonely Dead | (2004) | |
| Blood of Angels | (2005) | |
Publication Order of Ememess Collections
| Ememess, Issue 1 | (2012) | |
| Ememess, Issue 2 | (2012) | |
| Ememess, Issue 3 | (2012) | |
| Ememess, Issue 4 | (2012) | |
| Ememess, Issue 5 | (2012) | |
| Ememess, Issue 6 | (2012) | |
| Ememess, Issue 7 | (2012) | |
| Ememess, Issue 8 | (2012) | |
| Ememess, Issue 9 | (2012) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Only Forward | (1994) | |
| Spares | (1996) | |
| One of Us | (1998) | |
| The Intruders | (2007) | |
| The Servants | (2007) | |
| Bad Things | (2009) | |
| Killer Move | (2011) | |
| We Are Here | (2012) | |
| Hannah Green and Her Unfeasibly Mundane Existence | (2017) | |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| The Vaccinator | (1999) | |
| What Happens When You Wake Up In The Night | (2009) | |
| Diet Hell | (2012) | |
| Hell Hath Enlarged Herself | (2012) | |
| The Man Who Drew Cats | (2012) | |
| A Convenient Arrangement | (2012) | |
| Save As... | (2012) | |
| Being Right | (2012) | |
| The Handover | (2012) | |
| When God Lived In Kentish Town | (2012) | |
| Missed Connection | (2012) | |
| The Seventeenth Kind | (2012) | |
| Autumn | (2012) | |
| Later | (2012) | |
| Two Shot | (2012) | |
| The Dark Land | (2012) | |
| Enough Pizza | (2012) | |
| More Bitter Than Death | (2012) | |
| Maybe Next Time | (2012) | |
| Everybody Goes | (2012) | |
| The Fracture | (2012) | |
| Getting Over | (2012) | |
| A Long Walk, For The Last Time | (2012) | |
| Open Doors | (2012) | |
| To Receive Is Better | (2012) | |
| Mammoth Books Presents Substitutions | (2012) | |
| The Gist | (2013) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| What You Make It | (1999) | |
| Cat Stories | (2001) | |
| More Tomorrow and Other Stories | (2003) | |
| Everything You Need | (2013) | |
| Cemetery Dance Select | (2015) | |
| The Best of Michael Marshall Smith | (2020) | |
Publication Order of Kim Newman Short Story Collections
| The Original Dr. Shade and Other Stories | (1994) | |
| Famous Monsters | (1995) | |
| Binary 2 | (1998) | |
| Unforgivable Stories | (2000) | |
| Dead Travel Fast | (2005) | |
Publication Order of Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Anthology Books
| Best New Horror 2 | (1991) | |
| Best New Horror 3 | (1992) | |
| Best New Horror 4 | (1993) | |
| Best New Horror 5 | (1994) | |
| Best New Horror 6 | (1995) | |
| Best New Horror #26 | (2015) | |
Publication Order of The Diogenes Club Books
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| Cthulhu 2000 | (1995) | |
| Dark of the Night | (1997) | |
| White of the Moon | (1999) | |
| Where The Bodies Are Buried | (2000) | |
| Infinity Plus One | (2001) | |
| Embrace the Mutation | (2002) | |
| Best New Horror 14 | (2003) | |
| The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection | (2003) | |
| Adventure | (2005) | |
| Best New Horror 18 | (2007) | |
| Best New Horror 19 | (2007) | |
| Summer Chills | (2007) | |
| Infinity Plus | (2007) | |
| The Secret Files of the Diogenes Club | (2007) | |
| The Fair Folk | (2008) | |
| The Fair Folk | (2008) | |
| Digital Domains: A Decade of Science Fiction & Fantasy | (2010) | |
| Mysteries of the Diogenes Club | (2010) | |
| Best New Horror 16 | (2012) | |
| The Mammoth Book of the Mummy | (2015) | |
| The Mammoth Book of the Mummy | (2015) | |
| The Man from the Diogenes Club | (2017) | |
Publication Order of Shadows Over Innsmouth Anthology Books
| Shadows Over Innsmouth | (1994) | |
| Weird Shadows Over Innsmouth | (2005) | |
| Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth | (2013) | |
Publication Order of New Cthulhu Anthology Books
| The Recent Weird | (2011) | |
| More Recent Weird | (2015) | |
Publication Order of The Best Horror of the Year Anthology Books
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One | (2009) | |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two | (2010) | |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three | (2011) | |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four | (2012) | |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Five | (2013) | |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six | (2014) | |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven | (2015) | |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight | (2016) | |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Nine | (2017) | |
| The Best Horror of the Year Volume 10 | (2018) | |
| The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction | (2018) | |
| The Best Horror of the Year Volume 11 | (2019) | |
| The Best Horror of the Year Volume 12 | (2020) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Dark Voices 6: The Pan Book of Horror | (1994) | |
| Best New Horror 5 | (1994) | |
| Dark of the Night | (1997) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #8 | (1997) | |
| Binary 2 | (1998) | |
| Dark Terrors 3: The Gollancz Book of Horror | (1999) | |
| Dark Terrors 4: The Gollancz Book of Horror | (1999) | |
| October Dreams | (2000) | |
| The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2010 | (2009) | |
| Zombies: The Recent Dead | (2010) | |
| The End of the Line | (2010) | |
| Swallowed by the Cracks | (2011) | |
| The Recent Weird | (2011) | |
| Mammoth Books Presents The Unexpected | (2012) | |
| Mister October, Volume I: An Anthology in Memory of Rick Hautala | (2013) | |
| Dead Letters | (2016) | |
| Detours | (2016) | |
| The Devil and the Deep | (2018) | |
| I AM THE ABYSS | (2020) | |
| The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fourteen | (2022) | |
Notes: Binary 2 also has stories by Kim Newman. Swallowed by the Cracks also includes stories by S.G. Browne, Gary McMahon and Lee Thomas. The Lonely Dead was also published as The Upright Man. The Ememess collections, all other collections, the novels Only Forward, Spares, One of Us and The Servants and all short stories were written as Michael Marshall Smith. The Straw Men and all standalone novels were written as Michael Marshall.
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