Laird Barron

Laird Barron

Laird Barron has written at least 99 books. Their most popular book is The Croning with 87 saves with an average rating of 3.19⭐.

Author Bio

Laird Samuel Barron (born 1970) is an American author and poet, much of whose work falls within the horror, noir, and dark fantasy genres. He has also been the Managing Editor of the online literary magazine *Melic Review*. He lives in Upstate New York.

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The Croning

The Croning
ByLaird Barron

2012 • 87 Readers • 245 pages 3.2

The Imago Sequence and Other Stories

2007 • 79 Readers • 249 pages 3.5

The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All

2013 • 46 Readers • 280 pages 3.4

The Case Against Satan

1962 • 39 Readers • 140 pages 3.1

Occultation and Other Stories

2010 • 39 Readers • 367 pages 4.2

The Book of Cthulhu

#1 of 2 in The Book of Cthulhu

The Book of Cthulhu
ByCaitlín R. Kiernan(Contributor),Ramsey Campbell(Contributor)

2011 • 27 Readers • 500 pages 4

The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination: Original Short Fiction for the Modern Evil Genius

2013 • 24 Readers • 368 pages 3.3

New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird

#1 of 2 in New Cthulhu

New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird
ByElizabeth Bear,Caitlín R. Kiernan,+26 more

2011 • 23 Readers • 562 pages 3.7

Behold the Void

Behold the Void
ByPhilip Fracassi

2017 • 23 Readers • 313 pages 3.8

Haunted Legends

Haunted Legends
ByEllen Datlow(Editor),Ekaterina Sedia(Contributor)

2010 • 19 Readers • 347 pages 3.5

X's For Eyes

X's For Eyes
ByLaird Barron

2015 • 18 Readers • 80 pages 4.2

Blood Standard

#1 of 3 in Isaiah Coleridge

Blood Standard
ByLaird Barron

18 Readers 3.5

The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: Ten Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction

12 The Best Horror of the Year

The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: Ten Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction
ByEllen Datlow(Editor, Contributor),Laird Barron(Contributor)

2018 • 12 Readers • 432 pages 3.8

Fearful Symmetries

Fearful Symmetries
ByCaitlín R. Kiernan,Garth Nix,+18 more

2014 • 12 Readers • 467 pages 4

Man with No Name

Man with No Name
ByLaird Barron

2016 • 12 Readers 3.8

Children of Lovecraft

Children of Lovecraft
ByEllen Datlow(Editor),Siobhan Carroll(Contributor)

2016 • 12 Readers • 336 pages 4

Not a Speck of Light

Not a Speck of Light
ByLaird Barron

2024 • 12 Readers

The Gods of HP Lovecraft

The Gods of HP Lovecraft
ByMartha Wells,Adam Nevill,+12 more

2015 • 11 Readers • 450 pages 4

Fungi

Fungi
ByJeff VanderMeer,Lavie Tidhar,+22 more

2012 • 10 Readers • 342 pages 4

The Book of Cthulhu II

#2 of 2 in The Book of Cthulhu

The Book of Cthulhu II
ByLaird Barron,Molly Tanzer,+23 more

2012 • 10 Readers • 426 pages 4.3

Supernatural Noir

Supernatural Noir
ByGregory Frost,Lee Thomas,+15 more

2011 • 10 Readers • 397 pages 5

Poe

Poe
ByKim Newman,Pat Cadigan,+17 more

2008 • 8 Readers • 352 pages

Swift to Chase

Swift to Chase
ByLaird Barron

2016 • 8 Readers • 296 pages 4

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

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#2 of 3 in Isaiah Coleridge

Black Mountain
ByLaird Barron

2019 • 7 Readers • 308 pages 4

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven

#7 of 12 in The Best Horror of the Year

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven
ByEllen Datlow(Editor, Introduction),Nathan Ballingrud(Contributor)

2015 • 6 Readers • 369 pages 4

The Light is the Darkness

2011 • 6 Readers • 182 pages 5

Nightmares

Nightmares
ByMark Samuels,Gene Wolfe,+22 more

2016 • 5 Readers • 422 pages

A Season in Carcosa

A Season in Carcosa
ByLaird Barron,Gemma Files,+18 more

2012 • 5 Readers • 292 pages 4

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Ashes and Entropy
ByRobert S. Wilson(Editor),Laird Barron(Contributor)

2018 • 5 Readers • 327 pages 4

New Cthulhu 2: More Recent Weird

#2 of 2 in New Cthulhu

New Cthulhu 2: More Recent Weird
ByPaula Guran(Editor),Brian Hodge(Contributor)

2015 • 5 Readers • 480 pages 3

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

#0 of 2 in The Diogenes Club

2006 • 4 Readers • 608 pages 3.5

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Burnt Black Suns
BySimon Strantzas

2014 • 4 Readers • 308 pages

The Autopsy and Other Tales

2008 • 4 Readers • 590 pages

Fears: Tales of Psychological Horror

Fears: Tales of Psychological Horror
ByEllen Datlow(editor),Simon Bestwick(Contributor)

2024 • 4 Readers • 336 pages

Wonder and Glory Forever

Wonder and Glory Forever
ByLivia Llewellyn,Laird Barron,+9 more

2020 • 4 Readers • 288 pages 4

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The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: 2015
ByPaula Guran,A.C. Wise,+28 more

4 Readers

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Come Join Us by the Fire Season 2
ByCassandra Khaw(Contributor),Sarah Langan(Contributor)

2021 • 4 Readers

Nightmare Carnival

Nightmare Carnival
ByEllen Datlow(Editor),Stephen Graham Jones(Contributor)

2014 • 3 Readers • 381 pages

Blood Standard

Blood Standard
ByLaird Barron

2019 • 3 Readers • 402 pages 4

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3 Readers

Worse Angels

#3 of 3 in Isaiah Coleridge

Worse Angels
ByLaird Barron

2020 • 3 Readers • 402 pages 4

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X's For Eyes
ByLaird Barron

3 Readers

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#1 of 3 in Clockwork Phoenix

Clockwork Phoenix
ByTanith Lee,John C. Wright,+16 more

2008 • 3 Readers • 288 pages

Black Wings: Tales of Lovecraftian Horror

#1 of 7 in Black Wings

Black Wings: Tales of Lovecraftian Horror
ByCaitlín R. Kiernan(Contributor),Mollie L. Burleson(Contributor)

2010 • 3 Readers

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One

#1 of 12 in The Best Horror of the Year

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One
ByEllen Datlow(Editor),JoSelle Vanderhooft(Contributor)

2009 • 3 Readers • 321 pages

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The Men from Porlock
ByLaird Barron

3 Readers

The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition

7 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror

The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition
ByM.L.N. Hanover,Caitlín R. Kiernan,+28 more

2011 • 3 Readers • 544 pages

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The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu
ByDamien Angelica Walters,Caitlín R. Kiernan,+23 more

2016 • 3 Readers • 474 pages 2

Ghosts

Ghosts
ByJeffrey Ford(Contributor),Karen Joy Fowler(Contributor)

2012 • 3 Readers • 477 pages 2

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven

#11 of 12 in The Best Horror of the Year

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven
ByJoe Hill(Contributor),Ellen Datlow(Editor, Introduction)

2019 • 3 Readers • 512 pages

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Miscreations
ByJosh Malerman,Laird Barron,+20 more

2020 • 2 Readers • 342 pages

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Imago Sequence, The
ByLaird Barron,Ray Porter

2007 • 2 Readers

Halloween: Magic, Mystery, and the Macabre

Halloween: Magic, Mystery, and the Macabre
ByPaula Guran(Editor),Maria V. Snyder(Contributor)

2011 • 2 Readers

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#3 of 3 in Limbus, Inc

Limbus, Inc. - Book III
ByJonathan Maberry,Seanan McGuire,+3 more

2016 • 2 Readers • 364 pages

The Book of Cthulhu 2

#2 of 2 in The Book of Cthulhu

The Book of Cthulhu 2
ByRoss E. Lockhart(Editor),Neil Gaiman(Contributor)

2012 • 2 Readers • 400 pages 3

The Humanity of Monsters

The Humanity of Monsters
ByNathan Ballingrud,Indrapramit Das,+11 more

2015 • 2 Readers • 296 pages

Revelations: Horror Writers for Climate Action

Revelations: Horror Writers for Climate Action
BySarah Langan,Gemma Amor,+19 more

2022 • 2 Readers

Creatures: Thirty Years of Monsters

Creatures: Thirty Years of Monsters
ByChristopher Golden,Joe R. Lansdale,+24 more

2011 • 2 Readers • 384 pages

The New Black

The New Black
ByRichard Thomas(Editor),Laird Barron(Foreword)

2014 • 2 Readers • 344 pages 5

Year's Best Weird Fiction, Vol. 1

Year's Best Weird Fiction, Vol. 1
ByJeffrey Ford,Paul Tremblay,+3 more

2014 • 2 Readers 3

Cthulhu Fhtagn!

Cthulhu Fhtagn!
ByRoss E. Lockhart(Editor),Walter Greatshell(Contributor)

2015 • 2 Readers • 324 pages

Engines of Desire

Engines of Desire
ByLivia Llewellyn

2011 • 2 Readers • 198 pages

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Nox Pareidolia
ByLaird Barron,S.P. Miskowski,+18 more

2 Readers • 383 pages

Limbus, Inc.: Book III

#3 of 3 in Limbus, Inc

Limbus, Inc.: Book III
ByJonathan Maberry,Seanan McGuire,+3 more

2016 • 1 Reader • 370 pages

Autumn Cthulhu

Autumn Cthulhu
ByLaird Barron(Contributor),Mike Davis(Editor)

2016 • 1 Reader • 408 pages

Licence Expired

Licence Expired
ByDavid Nickle(Editor),Madeline Ashby(Editor)

2015 • 1 Reader • 299 pages 3.5

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Horror for RAICES: A Charitable Anthology
ByJennifer Wilson(Editor),Robert S. Wilson(Editor)

2019 • 1 Reader • 354 pages

Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 2003

Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 2003
ByLaird Barron(Contributor),Charles de Lint(Contributor)

2003 • 1 Reader • 160 pages

Year's Best Fantasy 6

Year's Best Fantasy 6
ByDavid G. Hartwell(editor),Kathryn Cramer(Editor)

2006 • 1 Reader

Inferno: New Tales of Terror and the Supernatural

Inferno: New Tales of Terror and the Supernatural
ByEllen Datlow(Editor),Nathan Ballingrud(Contributor)

2007 • 1 Reader • 381 pages

Supernatural Noir

Supernatural Noir
ByEllen Datlow(editor),Gregory Frost(Contributor)

2011 • 1 Reader • 353 pages 3

It Was All A Dream: An Anthology of Bad Horror Tropes Done Right

It Was All A Dream: An Anthology of Bad Horror Tropes Done Right
ByBrandon Applegate(Editor),Laird Barron(Foreword)

2022 • 1 Reader • 338 pages

It Was All A Dream: An Anthology of Bad Horror Tropes Done Right

It Was All A Dream: An Anthology of Bad Horror Tropes Done Right
ByBrandon Applegate(Editor),Laird Barron(Foreword)

2022 • 1 Reader • 338 pages

Ta, co jde první

Ta, co jde první
ByLivia Llewellyn,Roman Tilcer(Translator)

1 Reader • 164 pages

Swift to Chase

Swift to Chase
ByLaird Barron

1 Reader

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There is No Death, There are No Dead
ByKathe Koja,Gemma Files,+12 more

2021 • 1 Reader • 322 pages

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Frontier Death Song
ByLaird Barron

2012 • 1 Reader • 20 pages 5

Clockwork Phoenix: Tales of Beauty and Strangeness

Clockwork Phoenix: Tales of Beauty and Strangeness
ByCatherynne M. Valente,Tanith Lee,+16 more

2008 • 1 Reader

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Five

#5 of 12 in The Best Horror of the Year

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Five
ByRamsey Campbell,Margo Lanagan,+3 more

2013 • 1 Reader

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Ghosts: Recent Hauntings
ByPaula Guran,Elizabeth Hand,+29 more

1 Reader

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Horror for Good: A Charitable Anthology
ByMark Scioneaux,R.J. Cavender,+34 more

1 Reader

Heiresses of Russ 2012: The Year's Best Lesbian Speculative Fiction

#2 of 3 in Heiresses of Russ

2012 • 1 Reader • 336 pages

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1 Reader

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The Forest
ByLaird Barron

1 Reader

The Wind Began to Howl

#3.5 of 3 in Isaiah Coleridge

2023 • 1 Reader

Hallucigenia

Hallucigenia
ByLaird Barron,Jakob Schmidt(Translator)

2015 • 1 Reader • 271 pages

Hellboy: An Assortment of Horrors

#0 of 10 in Hellboy Novels

Hellboy: An Assortment of Horrors
ByE. Lily Yu,Weston Ochse,+11 more

2017 • 1 Reader

The Aklonomicon

The Aklonomicon
BySimon Strantzas,Edward Morris,+17 more

2012 • 1 Reader • 446 pages

Suffered from the Night: Queering Stoker's Dracula

Suffered from the Night: Queering Stoker's Dracula
BySteve Berman(editor/contributor),Lee Thomas(contributor)

2013 • 1 Reader • 254 pages

Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 2005

Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 2005
ByRobert Thurston,Laird Barron,+5 more

2005 • 1 Reader • 164 pages

Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 2006

Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 2006
ByGardner Dozois,Laird Barron,+4 more

2006 • 1 Reader • 160 pages

Shivers. 23 storie agghiaccianti di suspense e terrore

Shivers. 23 storie agghiaccianti di suspense e terrore
ByDaniela Capriotti(Translator),Stephen King,+14 more

2019 • 1 Reader 2

Adam's Ladder

Adam's Ladder
ByMichael Bailey,Laird Barron,+16 more

2017 • 1 Reader

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Nightmare Magazine, Issue 100
ByOrrin Grey,Stephen Graham Jones,+12 more

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Trochu divné kusy 2
ByCory Doctorow,Christopher Barzak,+19 more

2006 • 520 pages