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Robert Bloch

(1917 - 1994)
aka
Tarleton Fiske, Wilson Kane, Collier Young

About Robert Bloch

Robert Bloch wrote a fan letter to H P Lovecraft at the age of 16. Lovecraft encouraged the young boy to begin writing fiction and to submit his stories to Weird Tales. Thus began a 60-year writing career that is one of the most distinguished in the horror and mystery field. Bloch is today most famous as the author of Psycho. He is also well-known for having said, "Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk."

New and Forthcoming Hardbacks

Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper

New and Forthcoming Paperbacks

That Hellbound Train

This Crowded Earth / Reign of the Telepuppets

Series

Psycho
1. Psycho (1959)
2. Psycho II (1982)
3. Psycho House (1990)
aka Psycho III

Man's Book (with Charles Forsyte, Gerald Hanley and Robert Standish)
Gilligan's Last Elephant / Diving Death / The Cruise Of The Three Brothers (omnibus) (1963)

Novels

The Scarf (1947)
Spiderweb (1954)
The Will to Kill (1954)
The Kidnapper (1954)
This Crowded Earth (1958)
The Shooting Star (1958)
The Dead Beat (1960)
Firebug (1961)
The Couch (1962)
The Star Stalker (1968)
The Todd Dossier (1969) (writing as Collier Young)
It's All in Your Mind (1971)
Night-World (1972)
American Gothic (1974)
The Cunning (1979)
aka There Is a Serpent in Eden
The Night of the Ripper (1984)
Lori (1989)
The Jekyll Legacy (1990) (with Andre Norton)

Omnibus

Ladies' Day and This Crowded Earth (1974)
Screams (1989)
Shooting Star / Spiderweb (2008)
Black Magic Holiday / Star Hunter (2011) (with Andre Norton)
This Crowded Earth / Reign of the Telepuppets (2012) (with Daniel F Galouye)

Collections

Sea-Kissed (1945)
The Opener of the Way (1945)
Terror in the Night: And Other Stories (1958)
Pleasant Dreams / Nightmares (1959)
Pleasant Dreams (1960)
The House of the Hatchet (1960)
Blood Runs Cold (1961)
Nightmares (1961)
Atoms and Evil (1962)
More Nightmares (1962)
Terror (1962)
Bogey Men (1963)
Horror-7 (1963)
15 Grusel Stories (1964)
The Skull of the Marquis de Sade: And Other Stories (1965)
Tales in a Jugular Vein (1965)
Chamber of Horrors (1966)
The Living Demons (1967)
Dragons and Nightmares (1969)
Fever Dream and Other Fantasies (1970) (with Ray Bradbury)
Fear Today, Gone Tomorrow (1971)
The King of Terrors (1976)
The Best of Robert Bloch (1977)
Cold Chills (1977)
The Laughter of a Ghoul: What Every Ghoul Should Know (1977)
Out of the Mouths of Graves (1978)
Strange Eons (1978)
The Early Fears (1978)
Such Stuff as Screams Are Made of (1979)
Fear and Trembling (1979)
Out of My Head (1981)
Mysteries of the Worm (1981)
The Selected Stories of Robert Bloch (1987)
Lost in Time and Space with Lefty Feep (1987)
Midnight Pleasures (1987)
Final Reckonings: Complete Stories of Robert Bloch Volume 1 (1987)
Flowers from the Moon: And Other Lunacies (1998)
The Devil with You!: The Lost Bloch, Volume 1 (1999)
Crimes and Punishments: The Lost Bloch, Volume 3 (2000)
Hell On Earth: The Lost Bloch, Volume 2 (2000)
Fear Planet and Other Unusual Destinations: The Reader's Bloch, Volume One (2005)
Kiss the Whip (2005) (with Henry Clement, Jean-Paul Denard, Richard Matheson and Jeremy Reed)
Skeleton in the Closet: And Other Stories (2007)

Graphic Novels

Completely Doomed (2007) (with Richard Matheson, David J Schow and F Paul Wilson)
Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper (2010) (with Kevin Colden, Joe R Lansdale and John L Lansdale)

Novellas

The Crowded Earth (2009)
That Hellbound Train (2011) (with Joe R Lansdale and John L Lansdale)

Anthologies edited

Twilight Zone the Movie (1983)
Psycho-paths (1991)
Monsters in Our Midst (1993)
Robert Bloch's Psychos (1997)

Non fiction

Once Around the Bloch: An Unauthorized Autobiography (1993)
The Eighth Stage of Fandom (2001)

Anthologies containing stories by Robert Bloch

The Night Side (1947)
Far Boundaries (1951)
Fever Dream and Other Fantasies (1951)
Night's Yawning Peal (1952)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957)
The Fantastic Universe Omnibus (1960)
Spine Chillers (1961)
Dark Mind Dark Heart (1962)
The Fiend in You (1962)
The 4th Pan Book of Horror Stories (1963)
The Vampire (1963)
When Evil Wakes (1963)
Kurt Singer's Ghost Omnibus (1964)
Sleep No More (1964)
The Boris Karloff Horror Anthology (1965)
Everyman's Book of Classic Horror Stories (1965)
Beyond the Curtain of Dark (1966)
I Can't Sleep at Night (1966)
The Playboy Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy (1966)
Terror! (1966)
Dangerous Visions 1 (1967)
New Worlds of Fantasy (1967)
aka Step Outside Your Mind
The Playboy Book of Horror and the Supernatural (1967)
Tales of Terror (1967)
Time Untamed (1967)
The Evil People (1968)
Hauntings: Tales of the Supernatural (1968)
Legends for the Dark (1968)
The Midnight People (1968)
The Man Who Called Himself Poe (1969)
Other Worlds, Other Times (1969)
The Satanists (1969)
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos Volume 2 (1969)
The Unspeakable People (1969)
The Witchcraft Reader (1969)
The Freak Show (1970)
The Hollywood Nightmare (1970)
A Sea of Space (1970)
The Ghouls Book 2 (1971)
The Necromancers (1971)
Partners in Wonder (1971)
The Year's Best Horror Stories (1971)
The 7th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories (1972)
The Year's Best Horror Stories II (1972)
The Edge of Never (1973)
The Nightmare Reader Volume 2 (1973)
Summoned from the Tomb (1973)
Christopher Lee's New Chamber of Horrors (1974)
A Clutch of Vampires (1974)
The Devil's Children (1974)
The Hounds of Hell (1974)
Christopher Lee's 'X' Certificate (1975)
The Rivals of Frankenstein (1975)
The Star Book of Horror 1 (1975)
Tales of Terror From Outer Space (1975)
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 22nd Series (1976)
Frights: New Stories of Suspense and Supernatural Terror (1976)
The Ides of Tomorrow: Original Science Fiction Tales of Horror (1976)
Realms of Wizardry (1976)
Tales of Unknown Horror (1976)
Weird Tales Volume 2 (1976)
The Rivals of Dracula (1977)
Weird Legacies (1977)
Whispers (1977)
Chamber of Horrors (1978)
Shadows (1978)
Frights 2 (1979)
The Great SF Stories One: 1939 (1979)
Les Meilleurs Recits de Weird Tales Tome 3 (1938-1942) (1979)
The Master's Choice Book 1 (1979)
Dark Forces (1980)
New Terrors 2 (1980)
The Giant Book of Horror Stories (1981)
Modern Masters of Horror (1981)
A Treasury of Modern Fantasy (1981)
The Gruesome Book (1983)
Haunted Houses: The Greatest Stories (1983)
Magic for Sale (1983)
Masques: All New Works of Horror and the Supernatural (1984)
Top Fantasy (1984)
Realms of Darkness (1985)
Terrorists of Tomorrow (1985)
A Treasury of American Horror Stories (1985)
Cutting Edge (1986)
Hallowe'en Horrors (1986)
Masters of Darkness (1986)
A Century of Horror 1970-1979: The Greatest Stories of the Decade (1987)
The Colour of Evil (1987)
Masques 2 (1987)
Jack the Ripper (1988)
Silver Scream (1988)
Curses (1989)
Hot Blood: Tales of Provocative Horror (1989)
Between Time and Terror (1990)
Dark Voices: The Best from the Pan Book of Horror Stories (1990)
The Mammoth Book of Terror (1990)
Amazing Stories: The Anthology (1991)
The Night Fantastic (1991)
Vampires: The Greatest Stories (1991)
The Mammoth Book of Vampires (1992)
Ghosttide (1993)
Monsters in Our Midst (1993)
Nursery Crimes (1993)
To Sleep, Perchance to Dream...Nightmare (1993)
Dark Destiny (1994)
Doubles, Dummies and Dolls: 21 Terror Tales of Replication (1994)
The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein (1994)
Young Blood (1994)
Angels of Darkness (1995)
The Best New Horror 6 (1995)
The Best of Weird Tales (1995)
Ghost Movies: Famous Supernatural Films (1995)
More Phobias (1995)
The Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories (1996)
Rivals of Dracula (1996)
The Vampire Hunters' Casebook (1996)
Virtuous Vampires (1996)
The Wizards of Odd: Comic Tales of Fantasy (1996)
Cyber-Killers (1997)
Dancing with the Dark (1997)
The Flying Sorcerers (1997)
Don't Open This Book! (1998)
Knights of Madness: Further Comic Tales of Fantasy (1998)
The Mammoth Book of Fantasy All-Time Greats (1998)
aka The Fantasy Hall of Fame
The Young Oxford Book of Aliens (1998)
California Sorcery (1999)
Tales of The Cthulhu Mythos (1999)
Technohorror: Tales of Terror, Suspense, and Intrigue (1999)
The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories (2000)
My Favorite Horror Story (2000)

Short stories

	Almost Human (1934)
	The Feast in the Abbey (1934)
	The Shambler from the Stars (1934)
	Black Lotus (1935)
	The Secret in the Tomb (1935)
	The Suicide in the Study (1935)
	The Dark Demon (1936)
	The Druidic Doom (1936)
	The Faceless God (1936)
	The Grinning Ghoul (1936)
	Mother of Serpents (1936)
	The Opener of the Way [short story] (1936)
	The Black Kiss (1937) (with Henry Kuttner)
	The Brood of Bubastis (1937)
	The Creeper in the Crypt (1937)
	Fane of the Black Pharaoh (1937)
	The Mannikin (1937)
	Mannikins of Horror (1937)
	The Secret of Sebek (1937)
	Beetles (1938)
	The Eyes of the Mummy (1938)
	The Hound of Pedro (1938)
	The Mandarin's Canaries (1938)
	Slave of the Flames (1938)
	The Cloak (1939)
	The Red Swimmer (1939)
	The Seal of the Satyr (1939) (writing as Tarleton Fiske)
	The Sorcerer's Jewel (1939) (writing as Tarleton Fiske)
	The Strange Flight of Richard Clayton (1939)
	Waxworks (1939)
	The Fiddler's Fee (1940)
	The Ghost Writer (1940)
	Beauty's Beast (1941)
	A Good Knight's Work (1941)
	The House of the Hatchet [short story] (1941)
	The Beasts of Barsac (1942)
	Black Bargain (1942)
	The Little Man Who Wasn't All There (1942)
	A Question of Etiquette (1942)
	The Shoes (1942)
	Son of a Witch (1942)
	The Eager Dragon (1943)
	It Happened Tomorrow (1943)
	Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper [short story] (1943)
	The Bat is My Brother (1944)
	The Devil's Ticket (1944)
	Iron Mask (1944)
	The Weird Taylor (1944)
	The Man Who Cried Wolf! (1945)
	One Way to Mars (1945)
	The Skull of the Marquis de Sade [short story] (1945)
	The Bogey Man Will Get You (1946)
	Enoch (1946)
	"Lizzie Borden Took an Axe..." (1946)
	The Cheaters (1947)
	Sweets to the Sweet (1947)
	Catnip (1948)
	Change of Heart (1948)
	The Indian Spirit Guide (1948)
	Floral Tribute (1949)
	The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1949)
	The Unspeakable Betrothal (1949)
	The Girl from Mars (1950)
	The Head Hunter (1950)
	The Shadow from the Steeple (1950)
	Tell Your Fortune (1950)
	The Hungry House (1951)
	The Man Who Collected Poe (1951)
	Notebook Found in a Deserted House (1951)
	The Tin You Love to Touch (1951)
	Lucy Comes to Stay (1952)
	The Dream Makers (1953)
	The Lighthouse (1953) (with Edgar Allan Poe)
	The Thinking Cap (1953)
	The Goddess of Wisdom (1954)
	Mr Steinway (1954)
	The Pin (1954)
	Comfort Me, My Robot (1955)
	I Do Not Love Thee, Doctor Fell (1955)
	Nursemaid to Nightmares (1955)
	The Past Master (1955)
	Where the Buffalo Roam (1955)
	You Could Be Wrong (1955)
	All on a Golden Afternoon (1956)
	Dead-End Doctor (1956)
	Founding Fathers (1956)
	A Good Imagination (1956)
	I Kiss Your Shadow (1956)
	I Like Blondes (1956)
	String of Pearls (1956)
	Terror in the Night [short story] (1956)
	Try This for Psis (1956)
	Water's Edge (1956)
	A Way of Life (1956)
	Broomstick Ride (1957)
	Crime in Rhyme (1957)
	Man with a Hobby (1957)
	The Professor Plays It Square (1957)
	The Proper Spirit (1957)
	The Real Bad Friend (1957)
	A Return to the Sabbath (1957)
	Rhyme Never Pays (1957)
	Sock Finish (1957)
	Terror Over Hollywood (1957)
	Block That Metaphor (1958)
	Daybroke (1958)
	The Deadliest Art (1958)
	Edifice Complex (1958)
	Egghead (1958)
	F.O.B. Venus (1958)
	Hungarian Rhapsody (1958) (writing as Wilson Kane)
	Is Betsy Blake Still Alive? (1958)
	The Living Bracelet (1958)
	Report on Sol III (1958)
	Sleeping Beauty (1958)
	Spawn of the Dark One (1958)
	Sweet Sixteen (1958)
	Terror in Cut-Throat Cove (1958)
	That Hell-bound Train (1958)		Hugo
	This Crowded Earth [short story] (1958)
	Word of Honour (1958)
	The Big Kick (1959)
	Double-Cross (1959)
	The Gloating Place (1959)
	The Hungry Eye (1959)
	The Man Who Knew Women (1959)
	Night School (1959)
	Sabbatical (1959)
	The Screaming People (1959)
	The Bald-Headed Mirage (1960)
	The Beautiful People (1960)
	Fat Chance (1960)
	Final Performance (1960)
	The Funnel of God (1960)
	The Man Who Murdered Tomorrow (1960)
	The Masterpiece (1960)
	A Matter of Life (1960)
	Pin-Up Girl (1960)
	The Show Must Go On (1960)
	Talent (1960)
	The World-Timer (1960)
	Crime Machine (1961)
	Hobo (1961)
	A Home Away from Home (1961)
	The Man Who Looked Like Napoleon (1961)
	Memo to a Movie-Maker (1961)
	The Model Wife (1961)
	Philtre Tip (1961)
	Two of a Kind (1961)
	The Unpardonable Crime (1961)
	Method for Murder (1962)
	Under the Horns (1962)
	Untouchable (1962)
	Wheel and Deal (1962)
	Beelzebub (1963)
	Impractical Joker (1963)
	The Living End (1963)
	The Old College Try (1963)
	'Frozen Fear' (1964)
	All in the Family (1966)
	Life in Our Time (1966)
	The Plot is the Thing (1966)
	Pride Goes- (1966)
	The Living Dead (1967)
	A Toy For Juliette (1967)
	Underground (1967)
	The Gods Are Not Mocked (1968)
	Ladies' Day (1968)
	Sales of a Deathman (1968)
	How Like a God (1969)
	The Movie People (1969)
	The Double Whammy (1970)
	In the Cards (1970)
	The Animal Fair (1971)		Nebula (nominee)
	The Oracle (1971)
	The Play's the Thing (1971)
	Ego Trip (1972)
	Forever and Amen (1972)
	His and Hearse (1972)
	See How They Run (1973)
	Space-Born (1973)
	The Learning Maze (1974)
	The Model (1975)
	A Case of the Stubborns (1976)
	The Head (1976)
	A Most Unusual Murder (1976)
	The Warm Farewell (1976)
	The Closer of the Way (1977)
	Picture (1978)
	The Night Before Christmas (1980)
	The Rubber Room (1980)
	The Shrink and the Mink (1983)
	Everybody Needs a Little Love (1984)
	The Undead (1984)
	Nocturne (1985)
	Not Quite So Pragmatic (1985)
	Pranks (1986)
	Reaper (1986)
	The Yougoslaves (1986)
	The New Season (1987)
	The Bedposts of Life (1991)
	The Creative Urge (1991)
	The Grab Bag (1991) (with Henry Kuttner)
	It Takes One to Know One (1993)
	The Scent of Vinegar (1994)		Bram Stoker
	None Are So Blind (1995)
	C.o.d. - Corpse On Delivery (1999)
	Constant Reader
	The Fear Planet
	A Quiet Funeral
	The Traveling Salesman
	You Got to Have Brains

Awards

	Hugo Best Short story winner (1959) : That Hell-bound Train
	Nebula Best Novellette nominee (1973) : The Animal Fair
	World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement winner (1975)
	World Fantasy Best Collection nominee (1978) : Cold Chills
	Bram Stoker Best Collection nominee (1988) : Midnight Pleasures
	Bram Stoker Best Novellette winner (1995) : The Scent of Vinegar
	World Fantasy Best Collection nominee (1995) : The Early Fears
	Bram Stoker Best Collection winner (1995) : The Early Fears

Books about Robert Bloch

Robert Bloch : Appreciations of the Master (1995) by Richard Matheson

Robert Bloch recommends

The Lurker at the Threshold (1945) August Derleth and H P Lovecraft "The Cthulhu Mythos is a literary creation far surpassing the word-worlds of James Branch Cabell, C S Lewis, or Tolkien."	The Dream (1971) Lucy Freeman "A new kind of suspense...dark, twisted, terrifying!"	Sharp Practice (1974) John Farris "A classic compound of grue, gore, insanity and incest skilfully blended."
The Doll Who Ate His Mother (1976) Ramsey Campbell "It's superb. Grand Guignol in the grand manner. This is the chilling best!"	The Killing Game (1978) Ron Faust "Fine and frightening...stuff as nightmares are made of."	The Vampire Tapestry (1980) Suzy McKee Charnas "With consummate skill she has woven a pattern of true terror into The Vampire Tapestry."
Citizen Vampire (1981) (Don Sebastian de Villanueva, book 3) Les Daniels "With an accomplished hand, Les Daniels turns back the bloodstained pages of history to reveal new horrors, man-made and supernatural. A fearsome, fascinating glimpse of life and death - and the strange realm between."	Vampire Junction (1984) (Vampire Junction, book 1) S P Somtow "The closest thing to a nightmare ever put on paper."	Voice of the Visitor (1986) Larry Slonaker "Chilling... A diabolical delight!"
Soulstorm (1986) Chet Williamson "Williamson has written a real chiller - an enchanting evocation of evil. Crammed with weird insights into a terrifying supernatural intelligence and moments of literally monstrous murder that will make your old nightmares seem tepid and drab."	Firecode (1987) Chelsea Quinn Yarbro "Few can match her magic."	The Model (1987) Robert Aickman "The Model is an apt title for a work that is just that - a model of eloquent elegant enchantment. It's a must for Aickman fans, and for everyone who enjoys fantasy at its highest and most literate level."
The Forbidden Zone (1993) Whitley Strieber "Exciting ... brings ancient evil to the modern world."	Mucho Mojo (1994) (Hap Collins and Leonard Pine, book 2) Joe R Lansdale "Joe Lansdale is a born storyteller."

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