About
Bentley Little
Bentley Little (born October 23, 1960) is an American author known for his horror novels. Born in Tempe, Arizona, Little began writing horror in the 1980s. His first novel, "The Revelation," was published in 1988 and became a bestseller. He has since published over 40 novels, including "The Children," "The Store," and "The Town." Little's novels are characterized by their gruesome violence and psychological suspense. He has received positive reviews from critics, with Stephen King praising his "uncommonly dark and terrifying" writing. Little has won numerous awards, including the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel for his 1998 novel "The Missing." His works have been translated into over 20 languages. Despite the critical acclaim, Little has also faced criticism for the graphic and violent nature of his writing.
Book Series by Bentley Little
Bentley Little Other Novels
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| The Revelation | 1989 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Mailman | 1991 | Buy on Amazon |
| Evil Deeds | 1992 | Buy on Amazon |
| Death Instinct | 1992 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Summoning | 1993 | Buy on Amazon |
| Night School / University | 1994 | Buy on Amazon |
| Dark Dominion / Dominion | 1995 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Store | 1996 | Buy on Amazon |
| The House | 1997 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Town / Guests | 1997 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Ignored | 1997 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Walking | 2000 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Association | 2001 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Return | 2002 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Policy | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Resort | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
| Dispatch | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Burning | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Vanishing | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Academy | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| His Father's Son | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Disappearance | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Haunted | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Influence | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Consultant | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Handyman | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Bank | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Gloria | 2021 | Buy on Amazon |
| DMV | 2023 | Buy on Amazon |
| Behind | 2024 | Buy on Amazon |
Bentley Little Short Stories/Novellas
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| The Circle (Short Story) | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Washingtonians ( With: Richard T. Chizmar, Johnathon Schaech) | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
Bentley Little Short Story Collections
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Murmurous Haunts (Short Story) | 1997 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Collection | 2002 | Buy on Amazon |
| Indignities of the Flesh | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Cut Corners Volume 1 (Short Story) ( With: Ramsey Campbell, Ray Garton) | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Walking Alone | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
Mondo Series
Mondo Barbie ( By: John Varley, Lynne Barrett, Julia Alvarez, Philip Levine, A.M. Homes, David Trinidad, Sandra Cisneros, Marge Piercy, Gary Soto, Roberta Allen, Alice McDermott, Hilary Tham, Lyn Lifshin, Rebecca Brown, Denise Duhamel, Lucinda Ebersole, Richard Peabody, Jeanne Beaumont, Lynne McMahon, Kathryn Harrison, Patricia Storace, Richard Grayson, Leslie Shiel, Laura Costas, Sharon Henry, Cookie Lupton, Lisa B. Herskovits, Belinda Subraman, Ellie Schoenfeld, Sparrow ., Gregg Shapiro, Cathryn Hankla, Wayne E. Kline, Jose Padua, Jeff Weddle)
1993
Mondo Elvis ( By: Howard Waldrop, Cornelius Eady, Mark Childress, Susie Mee, Nick Cave, Mark Winegardner, Rafael Alvarez, Greil Marcus, Pagan Kennedy, Lucinda Ebersole, Richard Peabody, Lynne McMahon, Cathryn Hankla, Samuel Charters, Rachel Salazar, Eleanor Earle Crockett, Diane Wakoski, Judy Vernon, David Wojahn, William McCranor Henderson, Janice Eidus, Elizabeth Ash Vélez, Laura Kalpakian, Eri Makino, Ai, Michael Wilkerson, Brian Gilmore)
1994
Mondo Marilyn ( By: J.G. Ballard, Michael Hemmingson, Clive Barker, Doris Grumbach, Beth Meacham, Lynne Tillman, Charles Bukowski, David Trinidad, Tom Whalen, Sharon Olds, Leslie Pietrzyk, Lyn Lifshin, Nanci Griffith, Robert Peters, Lucinda Ebersole, Richard Peabody, Jeanne Beaumont, Gregg Shapiro, Judy Grahn, Sam Toperoff, Julia P. Dubner, Bill Morris, John Rechy, L.A. Lantz, Phyllis Burke, Hillary Johnson, Rita Valencia, Michael Lally, Eleanor E. Crocket, Taylor Mead, Susan Compo, Rosanne Daryl Thomas)
1995
Mondo James Dean ( With: Lewis Shiner, Jack C. Haldeman II, Michael Hemmingson, Chuck Taylor, Michael Martone, Louisa Ermelino, Terence Winch, Lucinda Ebersole, Richard Peabody, Sparrow ., Janice Eidus, Ai, Tino Villanueva, Edwin Corley, Robert Ready, Reuben Jackson, Stephanie Hart, D.E. Steward, David Plumb, Ed Graczyk, Hilary Howard, James Finney Boylan, Miranda Schwartz)
1996
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Mondo Barbie ( By: John Varley, Lynne Barrett, Julia Alvarez, Philip Levine, A.M. Homes, David Trinidad, Sandra Cisneros, Marge Piercy, Gary Soto, Roberta Allen, Alice McDermott, Hilary Tham, Lyn Lifshin, Rebecca Brown, Denise Duhamel, Lucinda Ebersole, Richard Peabody, Jeanne Beaumont, Lynne McMahon, Kathryn Harrison, Patricia Storace, Richard Grayson, Leslie Shiel, Laura Costas, Sharon Henry, Cookie Lupton, Lisa B. Herskovits, Belinda Subraman, Ellie Schoenfeld, Sparrow ., Gregg Shapiro, Cathryn Hankla, Wayne E. Kline, Jose Padua, Jeff Weddle) | 1993 | Buy on Amazon |
| Mondo Elvis ( By: Howard Waldrop, Cornelius Eady, Mark Childress, Susie Mee, Nick Cave, Mark Winegardner, Rafael Alvarez, Greil Marcus, Pagan Kennedy, Lucinda Ebersole, Richard Peabody, Lynne McMahon, Cathryn Hankla, Samuel Charters, Rachel Salazar, Eleanor Earle Crockett, Diane Wakoski, Judy Vernon, David Wojahn, William McCranor Henderson, Janice Eidus, Elizabeth Ash Vélez, Laura Kalpakian, Eri Makino, Ai, Michael Wilkerson, Brian Gilmore) | 1994 | Buy on Amazon |
| Mondo Marilyn ( By: J.G. Ballard, Michael Hemmingson, Clive Barker, Doris Grumbach, Beth Meacham, Lynne Tillman, Charles Bukowski, David Trinidad, Tom Whalen, Sharon Olds, Leslie Pietrzyk, Lyn Lifshin, Nanci Griffith, Robert Peters, Lucinda Ebersole, Richard Peabody, Jeanne Beaumont, Gregg Shapiro, Judy Grahn, Sam Toperoff, Julia P. Dubner, Bill Morris, John Rechy, L.A. Lantz, Phyllis Burke, Hillary Johnson, Rita Valencia, Michael Lally, Eleanor E. Crocket, Taylor Mead, Susan Compo, Rosanne Daryl Thomas) | 1995 | Buy on Amazon |
| Mondo James Dean ( With: Lewis Shiner, Jack C. Haldeman II, Michael Hemmingson, Chuck Taylor, Michael Martone, Louisa Ermelino, Terence Winch, Lucinda Ebersole, Richard Peabody, Sparrow ., Janice Eidus, Ai, Tino Villanueva, Edwin Corley, Robert Ready, Reuben Jackson, Stephanie Hart, D.E. Steward, David Plumb, Ed Graczyk, Hilary Howard, James Finney Boylan, Miranda Schwartz) | 1996 | Buy on Amazon |
Bentley Little Anthologies
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Borderlands 1 | 1990 | Buy on Amazon |
| Borderlands 3 | 1991 | Buy on Amazon |
| Hottest Blood | 1993 | Buy on Amazon |
| Deadly After Dark | 1994 | Buy on Amazon |
| Mondo James Dean | 1996 | Buy on Amazon |
| Hot Blood X | 1998 | Buy on Amazon |
| Shivers | 2002 | Buy on Amazon |
| Four Dark Nights | 2002 | Buy on Amazon |
| Shivers II | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
| Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
| Corpse Blossoms | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| Horror Library, Volume 3 | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Best of Cemetery Dance II | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| In Laymon's Terms | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ruthless | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Werewolves and Shape Shifters: Encounters with the Beasts Within | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Seeds of Fear | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| What Fears Become | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| Necro Files | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| A Hacked-Up Holiday Massacre | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Best Bizarro Fiction of the Decade | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Cut Corners Volume 1 | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Walrus Tales | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Horror Express Volume Two | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Psychos | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Shadow Masters | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Bleed | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Horror Library, Volume 5 | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Turn Down the Lights | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Cemetery Dance: Issue 71 | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Gods of HP Lovecraft | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Horror Library, Volume 6 | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| D.O.A. III | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Washingtonians | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Fantastic Tales of Terror | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Horror Zine's Book of Ghost Stories | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Unnerving Magazine # 15 | 2021 | Buy on Amazon |
| Horror Library, Volume 7 | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Horror Library, Volume 8 | 2023 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Horror Zine's Book of Monster Stories | 2024 | Buy on Amazon |
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