14 Best short stories books like All the Things We Never See by Michael Kelly

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All the Things We Never See

By: Michael Kelly

3.69

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

Distilled through the occluded lens of weird fiction, Michael Kelly’s third collection of strange t…

If you liked the short stories plot in All the Things We Never See by Michael Kelly , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe by Jeff VanderMeer, Thomas Ligotti

1. Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe

By: Jeff VanderMeer , Thomas Ligotti

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Two terrifying classics by "the best kept secret in contemporary horror fiction" (TheWashington Pos… read more

Similar categories in Jeff VanderMeer's Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe book and Michael Kelly's All the Things We Never See

  • weird fiction
  • short stories
  • horror
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2. The Divine Farce

By: Michael S.A. Graziano

4.11

Format: 559 pages, Paperback

"A Dante/Beckett reduction of human struggle to its lowest common denominator."--Michael Mirolla, a… read more

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  • horror
Cover of I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison, Theodore Sturgeon

3. I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

By: Harlan Ellison , Theodore Sturgeon

3.90

Format: 134 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published in 1967 and re-issued in 1983, I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream contains seven sto… read more

Similar categories in Harlan Ellison's I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream book and Michael Kelly's All the Things We Never See

  • short stories
  • horror
"I have no mouth. And I must scream..."

-Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

"i loooveee ted i loove ted s much he is soooo hot"

-Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

"Gespräche behagten ihm ebenso wenig wie das Leben."

-Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

"I am ... cogito ergo sum ... I think, therefore I am."

-Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

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4. Fugue State

By: Brian Evenson , Zak Sally

3.35

Format: 520 pages,

Illustrated by graphic novelist Zak Sally, Brian Evenson's hallucinatory and darkly comic stories o… read more

Similar categories in Brian Evenson's Fugue State book and Michael Kelly's All the Things We Never See

  • weird fiction
  • short stories
  • horror
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5. At the Mountains of Madness

By: H.P. Lovecraft , China Miéville , S.T. Joshi

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Long acknowledged as a master of nightmarish vision, H.P. Lovecraft established the genuineness and… read more

Similar categories in H.P. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness book and Michael Kelly's All the Things We Never See

  • short stories
  • horror
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6. Between Two Fires

By: Christopher Buehlman

4.27

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The year is 1348. Thomas, a disgraced knight, has found a young girl alone in a dead Norman village… read more

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  • horror
"The only thing I say to God is my daughter's names; and it is not a prayer, it's a rebuke."

-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires

"He was being kissed now by his own mouth, not as lovers kiss, with tongues, but as true lovers kiss, sharing breath."

-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires

"A dark-haired little boy just in pants stood bewildered near the blaze, saying, as if there had been some mistake, "We live here. We live here."

-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires

"But it will be harder for you if you remember. Love is always harder. Love means weathering blows for another’s sake and not counting them. Love is loss of self, loss of other, and faith in the death…"

-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires

7. The Hungry Moon

By: Ramsey Campbell

3.87

Format: 252 pages,

A town trapped in the grip of spreading evil. Isolated on the moors of northern England, the town o… read more

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8. The Troop

By: Nick Cutter

3.84

Format: 407 pages, Hardcover

Once a year, scoutmaster Tim Riggs leads a troop of boys into the Canadian wilderness for a three-d… read more

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  • horror
"Soldering iron, Max."

-Nick Cutter, The Troop

"You’ve never heard of the tapeworm diet?"

-Nick Cutter, The Troop

"I been to hell ... I ain't afraid to go back"

-Nick Cutter, The Troop

"His fear was whetted to such a fine edge that he could actually feel it now: a disembodied ball of baby fingers inside his stomach, tickling him from the inside. That's what mortal terror felt like, …"

-Nick Cutter, The Troop

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9. Last Days

By: Adam L.G. Nevill

3.75

Format: 531 pages, Paperback

When guerrilla documentary maker, Kyle Freeman, is asked to shoot a film on the notorious cult know… read more

Similar categories in Adam L.G. Nevill's Last Days book and Michael Kelly's All the Things We Never See

  • horror
"...there is something demoniac in human nature that we are unable to stop revering."

-Adam L.G. Nevill, Last Days

"Mobile phones ... they're not for communicating, they're for broadcasting. Broadcasting The Show Of Me ."

-Adam L.G. Nevill, Last Days

"I believe the vulpine greed of the corporate world is cut from the very same cloth as the tyrant of history."

-Adam L.G. Nevill, Last Days

"The destruction of Dan's Star Wars collectibles would have been mourned with more intensity by their owner than the burning of the library at Alexandria."

-Adam L.G. Nevill, Last Days

10. The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.00

Format: 18 pages,

The weird fiction short stories of H.P. Lovecraft from 1917-1935. Excludes collaborations. The eBoo… read more

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11. A Short Stay in Hell

By: Steven L. Peck

4.22

Format: 110 pages, Paperback

An ordinary family man, geologist, and Mormon, Soren Johansson has always believed he’ll be reunite… read more

Similar categories in Steven L. Peck's A Short Stay in Hell book and Michael Kelly's All the Things We Never See

  • short stories
  • horror
"Remember you are never really alone. Although it may feel like it for very long stretches of time."

-Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell

"[Y]ou are here to learn something. Don’t try to figure out what it is. This can be frustrating and unproductive."

-Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell

"Strange, how a moment of existence can cut so deeply into our being that while ages pass unnoticed, a brief love can structure and define the very topology of our consciousness ever after."

-Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell

"I could tell you of occasionally, every eon, meeting a person, with whom I might stay for a billion years. But what of it? After a billion years there is nothing left to say, and you wander apart, un…"

-Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell

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12. Episode Thirteen

By: Craig DiLouie

3.53

Format: 437 pages, Paperback

From the macabre mind of Bram Stoker Award nominated author Craig DiLouie, Episode Thirteen is a he… read more

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  • horror
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13. Helpmeet

By: Naben Ruthnum

3.41

Format: 94 pages, Paperback

It's 1900, and Louise Wilk is taking her dying husband from Manhattan to the upstate orchard estate… read more

Similar categories in Naben Ruthnum's Helpmeet book and Michael Kelly's All the Things We Never See

  • short stories
  • horror
"This isn’t like the nose. That came off, like it was being picked at, pulled, tugged like taffy. This is from the inside. I can feel it when I’m going to sleep. Through the optic nerves. Drinking, ge…"

-Naben Ruthnum, Helpmeet

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14. Beneath a Pale Sky

By: Philip Fracassi

4.19

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

Beneath a Pale Sky collects eight stories of horror, including two original novelettes, that will t… read more

Similar categories in Philip Fracassi's Beneath a Pale Sky book and Michael Kelly's All the Things We Never See

  • short stories
  • horror
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15. Goddess of Filth

By: V. Castro

3.63

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

“Five of us sat in a circle doing our best to emulate the girls in The Craft, hoping to unleash som… read more

Similar categories in V. Castro's Goddess of Filth book and Michael Kelly's All the Things We Never See

  • horror
"Why the black lipstick? Is this goddess a Goth?"

-V. Castro, Goddess of Filth

"I have traveled a long way through light and volatile stardust. The stars in the night sky are moth holes in space-time and the bodies of the larvae between each hole are the means of travel"

-V. Castro, Goddess of Filth

"Be smart, but not too smart. Be beautiful, but not so pretty as to make other females mad. Be successful, but not bossy or overly ambitious. Nobody likes a mouthy brown woman. Be a declawed kitten."

-V. Castro, Goddess of Filth

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16. Echo

By: Thomas Olde Heuvelt

3.47

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

NATURE IS CALLING—but they shouldn't have answered. Travel journalist and mountaineer Nick Greve… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Olde Heuvelt's Echo book and Michael Kelly's All the Things We Never See

  • horror
"A good horror story didn't end with death, but with something worse."

-Thomas Olde Heuvelt, Echo

"But in this particular, untouched moment, all the things I suspected in his involvement in didn't matter, because only Nick and I existed, and I loved him as I had loved him ever since that improbabl…"

-Thomas Olde Heuvelt, Echo

"You know I enjoy our juxtapositions, our squabbles and edges, the fact that at first sight, our worlds seem so incompatible. If there's anything you can point to as to why we love each other, then it…"

-Thomas Olde Heuvelt, Echo

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17. The Devil Takes You Home

By: Gabino Iglesias

3.67

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This genre-defying, Shirley Jackson and Bram Stoker award-winning thriller follows a father despera… read more

Similar categories in Gabino Iglesias's The Devil Takes You Home book and Michael Kelly's All the Things We Never See

  • horror
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18. The Black Maybe: Liminal Tales

By: Attila Veres

4.17

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

Every so often a new horror writer bursts onto the scene with a book that is so dazzlingly original… read more

Similar categories in Attila Veres's The Black Maybe: Liminal Tales book and Michael Kelly's All the Things We Never See

  • weird fiction
  • short stories
  • horror
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19. Patricia Wants to Cuddle

By: Samantha Allen

3.56

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The contestants of a reality television dating show compete for love—and their lives—in this pulse-… read more

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  • horror
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20. Five Minds

By: Guy Morpuss

3.87

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

ONE BODY. FIVE MINDS. ONE KILLER. The Earth's growing population has finally been controlled. Li… read more

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  • horror
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21. Cunning Folk

By: Adam L.G. Nevill

3.83

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Money's tight and their new home is a fixer-upper. Deep in rural South West England, with an ancien… read more

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  • horror
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22. The Burning Girls

By: C.J. Tudor

4.02

Format: 333 pages, Hardcover

An unconventional vicar moves to a remote corner of the English countryside, only to discover a com… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Tudor's The Burning Girls book and Michael Kelly's All the Things We Never See

  • horror
"You’re not protecting me when you keep stuff from me, you’re just worrying me."

-C.J. Tudor, The Burning Girls

"Comfort always dispels rage more quickly than shouting does. [the Rev. Jack Brooks]"

-C.J. Tudor, The Burning Girls

"...confessing one truth can be a good way to deflect from others. [the Rev. Jack Brooks]"

-C.J. Tudor, The Burning Girls

"The Church isn’t just for those who believe in God. It’s for those who don’t have anything to believe in. The lonely, lost and homeless. A place of refuge."

-C.J. Tudor, The Burning Girls

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23. The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell

By: Brian Evenson

4.10

Format: 254 pages, ebook

“Here is how monstrous humans are.” A sentient, murderous prosthetic leg; shadowy creatures lurkin… read more

Similar categories in Brian Evenson's The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell book and Michael Kelly's All the Things We Never See

  • weird fiction
  • short stories
  • horror
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24. Antisocieties

By: Michael Cisco

4.01

Format: 143 pages, Paperback

ANTISOCIETIES is a collection of ten stories about isolation - what it does to people, and what iso… read more

Similar categories in Michael Cisco's Antisocieties book and Michael Kelly's All the Things We Never See

  • weird fiction
  • short stories
  • horror
Cover of No One Will Come Back For Us and Other Stories by Premee Mohamed

25. No One Will Come Back For Us and Other Stories

By: Premee Mohamed

4.00

Format: 286 pages, Paperback

A collection of short fiction by award-winning author Premee Mohamed. read more

Similar categories in Premee Mohamed's No One Will Come Back For Us and Other Stories book and Michael Kelly's All the Things We Never See

  • short stories
  • horror
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26. Abnormal Statistics

By: Max Booth III

3.99

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

Suburban decay, familial horror, bleak lullabies. Abnormal Statistics is the debut story collection… read more

Similar categories in Max Booth III's Abnormal Statistics book and Michael Kelly's All the Things We Never See

  • short stories
  • horror
"There are always concerns. Eating holes in your stomach. Scrambling your brain. Making your skin itch and itch and itch. Sometimes it feels like too much for a kid your age to handle. Sometimes it fe…"

-Max Booth III, Abnormal Statistics

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27. All the White Spaces

By: Ally Wilkes

3.58

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In the wake of the First World War, Jonathan Morgan stows away on an Antarctic expedition, determin… read more

Similar categories in Ally Wilkes's All the White Spaces book and Michael Kelly's All the Things We Never See

  • horror
Cover of The Puppet King and Other Atonements by Justin A. Burnett

28. The Puppet King and Other Atonements

By: Justin A. Burnett

4.07

Format: 189 pages, Paperback

The Puppet King and Other Atonements conjures a horrific universe of puppets, labyrinths, and limin… read more

Similar categories in Justin A. Burnett's The Puppet King and Other Atonements book and Michael Kelly's All the Things We Never See

  • weird fiction
  • short stories
  • horror
Cover of All the Things We Never See by Michael  Kelly

29. All the Things We Never See

By: Michael Kelly

3.69

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

Distilled through the occluded lens of weird fiction, Michael Kelly’s third collection of strange t… read more

Similar categories in Michael Kelly's All the Things We Never See book and Michael Kelly's All the Things We Never See

  • weird fiction
  • short stories
  • horror
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30. The Talosite

By: Rebecca Campbell

4.33

Format: 134 pages, Kindle Edition

It's 1916, during the First World War, in an alternate world where resurrection is possible. Anne M… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Campbell's The Talosite book and Michael Kelly's All the Things We Never See

  • weird fiction
  • horror
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31. Armageddon House

By: Michael Griffin

3.37

Format: 124 pages, Paperback

Utopia. Four people living together deep underground in a subterranean facility. All their needs pr… read more

Similar categories in Michael Griffin's Armageddon House book and Michael Kelly's All the Things We Never See

  • weird fiction
  • horror

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Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe

Jeff VanderMeer , Thomas Ligotti

4.00

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Michael S.A. Graziano

4.11

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I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

Harlan Ellison , Theodore Sturgeon

3.90

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3.35

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The House Next Door

Anne Rivers Siddons

3.88

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Clive Barker

4.07

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David Sodergren

4.17

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