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  • Bibliography:
    15 Books
  • First Book:
    January 1979
  • Latest Book:
    July 2021
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Book List in Order: 15 titles



  • Zebra Books, 1979. Anthology of original science fiction stories. Introduction by the editor and these stories: "When Dark Descends" by Charles L. Grant and Thomas F. Monteleone; "The Word" by Gregory Long; "St. Poleander's Eve" by R. A. Lafferty; "W...







  • In the tiny Catskills town of Deacons Kill, the blizzard strikes without warning. The people of Deacons Kill have seen terrible storms before, and they settle down uneasily to wait it out. But this one is different. As the drifts creep higher, a trai...



  • The remote western coast of Ireland: a place of rock and mist and lashing waves, where the old customs and the oldest fears are still alive. Jack Quinlan, an American writer, is researching a book on the horrors of the Irish Famine. As the days pass,...







  • This collection of thirteen tales of horror highlights the customs and traditions of the celebrated Halloween night of gouls and goblins and features contributions by such best-selling authors as Whitley Streiber, Robert Bloch, and Frank Belknap Long...








  • WELCOME TO DEACONS KILL Jack and Megan left the pleasures of New York success for the peaceful life of a small town in the Catskill Mountains. But Deacons Kill is not at peace. A thing born of the mountains -- something ancient and angry -- stares...



  • Thick Trade Paperback, Edited by Alan Ryan, copyright 1987 with 33 Vampire Stories by Famous Authors on 621 pages. - They're lurking under the cover of darkness....and between the covers of this book. Here, in all their horror and all their glory are...



  • **BOOK OF THE YEAR, IRISH CAP AWARDS 2023**Fear and love in the Australian Outback.Jim Macken talks to trees. He dances around the fire and has made peace with the flies. In a bid to escape a mundane life, the broken-hearted Irish backpacker has gone...



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    Fourteen tales of horror written by women such as Jean Rhys, Muriel Spark, Ruth Rendell, Shirley Jackson, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman present the terrifying world of the supernatural from a female perspective...



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    They're lurking under the cover of darkness … and between the covers of this book. Here, in all their horror and all their glory, are the great vampires of literature: male and female, invisible and metamorphic, doomed and daring.

    Their skin deat...


Award-Winning Books by Alan Ryan

The Bones Wizard
1985 World Fantasy Award -- Short Story


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Alan Ryan has published 15 books.

Alan Ryan does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Magpie, was published in July 2021.

The first book by Alan Ryan, Chrysalis 4, was published in January 1979.

No. Alan Ryan does not write books in series.