Chet Williamson

Chet Williamson

Chet Williamson was born in 1948, Chet Williamson has written at least 37 books. Their most popular book is 999: Twenty-Nine Original Tales of Horror and Suspense with 16 saves with an average rating of 3.33⭐.

Author Bio

Chet Williamson has written horror, science fiction, and suspense since 1981. Among his novels are Second Chance, Hunters, Defenders of the Faith, Ash Wednesday, Reign, Dreamthorp, and the forthcoming Psycho Sanitarium, an authorized sequel to Robert Bloch's classic Psycho. Over a hundred of his short stories have appeared in The New Yorker, Playboy, Esquire, The Magazine of F&SF, and many other magazines and anthologies.

He has won the International Horror Guild Award, and has been shortlisted twice for the World Fantasy Award, six times for the HWA Stoker, and once for the MWA's Edgar. Nearly all of his works are available in ebook format.

A stage and film actor, he has recorded over 40 unabridged audiobooks, both of his own work and that of many other writers, available at www.audible.com. Follow him on Twitter (@chetwill) or at www.chetwilliamson.com.

999: Twenty-Nine Original Tales of Horror and Suspense

999: Twenty-Nine Original Tales of Horror and Suspense
ByStephen King,William Peter Blatty,+25 more

1999 • 16 Readers • 688 pages 3.3

Resist: Tales from a Future Worth Fighting Against

Resist: Tales from a Future Worth Fighting Against
ByHugh Howey,Charlie Jane Anders,+25 more

2018 • 11 Readers • 386 pages 3.8

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four

#4 of 12 in The Best Horror of the Year

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four
ByEllen Datlow(Editor),Laird Barron(Contributor)

2012 • 7 Readers • 400 pages 3

Tales of Ravenloft

#10 of 9 in Ravenloft

Tales of Ravenloft
ByDavid Wise(Contributor),D.J. Heinrich(Contributor)

1994 • 6 Readers • 316 pages 3.3

Mordenheim

#9 of 9 in Ravenloft

Mordenheim
ByChet Williamson

1994 • 6 Readers • 315 pages 2.5

Robert Bloch's Psycho: Sanitarium

#1.5 of 3 in Psycho

2016 • 5 Readers • 288 pages 4

Black Wings of Cthulhu 2: Eighteen Tales of Lovecraftian Horror

#2 of 7 in Black Wings

Black Wings of Cthulhu 2: Eighteen Tales of Lovecraftian Horror
ByCaitlín R. Kiernan(Contributor),S.T. Joshi(Editor)

2011 • 5 Readers • 391 pages 4

Blood Is Not Enough

Blood Is Not Enough
ByScott Baker,Fritz Leiber,+16 more

1989 • 5 Readers • 419 pages 5

100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories

3 100 Stories

100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories
ByCharles Dickens,Steve Rasnic Tem,+48 more

1993 • 4 Readers • 512 pages 2

666: The Number of the Beast

7 Den of Shadows

666: The Number of the Beast
ByPeter Abrahams,Laurie Faria Stolarz,+16 more

2007 • 3 Readers • 335 pages 3.5

Hot Blood: Tales of Erotic Horror

#1 of 5 in Hot Blood

Hot Blood: Tales of Erotic Horror
ByJeff Gelb(Editor/Contributor),Lonn M. Friend(Editor)

1989 • 3 Readers • 340 pages 3

Horror 101: The Way Forward

Horror 101: The Way Forward
ByJack Ketchum,Glenn Rolfe,+1 more

2014 • 3 Readers • 468 pages

Borderlands

Borderlands
ByThomas F. Monteleone(Editor),David B. Silva(Contributor)

1990 • 3 Readers • 334 pages

Murder in Cormyr

#1 of 1 in Forgotten Realms: Mysteries

Murder in Cormyr
ByChet Williamson

2012 • 3 Readers • 136 pages

Best New Horror 1

#1 of 23 in The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror

Best New Horror 1
ByRobert R. McCammon(contributor),Cherry Wilder(contributor)

1990 • 3 Readers • 390 pages

Hell: A Cyberpunk Thriller

1995 • 2 Readers • 315 pages

Hanzai Japan: Fantastical, Futuristic Stories of Crime From and About Japan

2015 • 2 Readers • 300 pages 5

Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday
ByChet Williamson

1987 • 2 Readers • 372 pages

Empire of Dust

#2 of 6 in The Searchers

Empire of Dust
ByChet Williamson

1998 • 2 Readers • 338 pages

Taboo #9

#9 of 6 in Taboo

Taboo #9
ByJan Neruda,Alec Stevens,+15 more

1995 • 2 Readers • 128 pages

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Third Annual Collection

#3 of 2 in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Third Annual Collection
ByEllen Datlow(Editor),Terri Windling(Editor)

1989 • 2 Readers • 563 pages

The Giant Book of Best New Horror

23 The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror

The Giant Book of Best New Horror
ByRobert R. McCammon,Brian Lumley,+38 more

1993 • 2 Readers • 619 pages

Horror 2: Los relatos de Twilight Zone

3 Horror Martínez Roca

Horror 2: Los relatos de Twilight Zone
ByT.E.D. Klein(Editor),Stephen King(Contributor)

1986 • 1 Reader • 304 pages

Hotter Blood: More Tales of Erotic Horror

#2 of 5 in Hot Blood

Hotter Blood: More Tales of Erotic Horror
ByJeff Gelb(Editor / Contributor),Michael Garrett(Editor / Contributor)

1991 • 1 Reader • 336 pages

Nightmare Magazine 33: June 2015

#33 of 2 in Nightmare Magazine

Nightmare Magazine 33: June 2015
ByMaria Dahvana Headley,Dale Bailey,+9 more

2015 • 1 Reader 4

Weird Tales 298

#298 of 3 in Weird Tales

Weird Tales 298
ByChet Williamson,Stephen King

1990 • 1 Reader • 148 pages

The Searchers: City of Iron

#1 of 6 in The Searchers

1998 • 1 Reader • 340 pages

Fantasy & Science Fiction, May/June 2011

1 The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction

Fantasy & Science Fiction, May/June 2011
ByAlexandra Duncan,S.L. Gilbow,+9 more

2011 • 1 Reader • 258 pages

The Crow: City of Angels

#2 of 7 in The Crow Novels

The Crow: City of Angels
ByChet Williamson

1996 • 1 Reader • 250 pages 5

The Crow: Clash by Night

#5 of 7 in The Crow Novels

The Crow: Clash by Night
ByChet Williamson

1997 • 1 Reader • 352 pages 4

Best New Horror 5

#5 of 23 in The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror

Best New Horror 5
ByStephen Jones(editor),J.L. Comeau(Contributor)

1994 • 1 Reader • 514 pages

Reign

Reign
ByChet Williamson,John Lakey,+1 more

1990 • 1 Reader • 348 pages 5

Pennsylvania Dutch Night Before Christmas

2000 • 32 pages

Hunters

Hunters
ByChet Williamson

2011 • 230 pages