5 Best aliens books like Short Things by John Gregory Betancourt

Cover of Short Things by John Gregory Betancourt

Short Things

By: John Gregory Betancourt

3.60

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

Short Things is a collection of never-before-published stories based on John W. Campbell’s classic …

If you liked the aliens plot in Short Things by John Gregory Betancourt , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of Fletch and the Widow Bradley (Fletch, #4) by Gregory McDonald

1. Fletch and the Widow Bradley (Fletch, #4)

By: Gregory McDonald

3.70

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Fletch and the Widow Bradley When Fletch finds a wallet with $10,000 in cash inside, he doesn’t re… read more

Similar categories in Gregory McDonald's Fletch and the Widow Bradley (Fletch, #4) book and John Gregory Betancourt's Short Things

  • fiction
Cover of Fletch and the Man Who (Fletch, #6) by Gregory McDonald

2. Fletch and the Man Who (Fletch, #6)

By: Gregory McDonald

3.67

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

“A girl jumped off the motel’s roof. Five minutes ago.” "Give it to me straight. Does the girl hav… read more

Similar categories in Gregory McDonald's Fletch and the Man Who (Fletch, #6) book and John Gregory Betancourt's Short Things

  • fiction
Cover of Praetorian of Dorn (The Horus Heresy, #39) by John  French

3. Praetorian of Dorn (The Horus Heresy, #39)

By: John French

4.13

Format: 478 pages, Paperback

As the first assault on the Solar System begins, the strength of the Imperial Fists and the seeming… read more

Similar categories in John French's Praetorian of Dorn (The Horus Heresy, #39) book and John Gregory Betancourt's Short Things

  • science fiction
  • fiction
"We are what we choose to be." - Rogal Dorn"

-John French, Praetorian of Dorn (The Horus Heresy, #39)

Cover of The Last Days of Jack Sparks by Jason Arnopp

4. The Last Days of Jack Sparks

By: Jason Arnopp

3.59

Format: None pages, Paperback

Jack Sparks died while writing this book. This is the account of his final days. In 2014, Jack Spar… read more

Similar categories in Jason Arnopp's The Last Days of Jack Sparks book and John Gregory Betancourt's Short Things

  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Blindsight (Firefall, #1) by Peter Watts

5. Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

By: Peter Watts

4.01

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Two months since the stars fell... Two months since sixty-five thousand alien objects clenched a… read more

Similar categories in Peter Watts's Blindsight (Firefall, #1) book and John Gregory Betancourt's Short Things

  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • fiction
  • horror
"Evolution has no foresight. Complex machinery develops its own agendas. Brains — cheat. Feedback loops evolve to promote stable heartbeats and then stumble upon the temptation of rhythm and music. Th…"

-Peter Watts, Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

Cover of Who Goes There? by William F. Nolan, John W. Campbell Jr.

6. Who Goes There?

By: William F. Nolan , John W. Campbell Jr.

3.80

Format: 161 pages, Paperback

"Who Goes There?" is the novella that formed the basis of John Carpenter's film The Thing. Campbell… read more

Similar categories in William F. Nolan's Who Goes There? book and John Gregory Betancourt's Short Things

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • aliens
Cover of The Inhuman Condition (Books of Blood, #4) by Clive Barker

7. The Inhuman Condition (Books of Blood, #4)

By: Clive Barker

4.06

Format: 285 pages, Paperback

A master storyteller and unrivaled visionary, Clive Barker has mixed the real and unreal with the h… read more

Similar categories in Clive Barker's The Inhuman Condition (Books of Blood, #4) book and John Gregory Betancourt's Short Things

  • fiction
  • short stories
  • anthologies
  • horror

8. Dangerous Visions

By: Isaac Asimov , John Brunner , Robert Silverberg , Carol Emshwiller , Fritz Leiber , Michael Moorcock , Frederik Pohl , Roger Zelazny , Robert Bloch , Damon Knight , Philip K. Dick , Keith Laumer , Norman Spinrad , Harlan Ellison , Larry Niven , Brian W. Aldiss , Theodore Sturgeon , Poul Anderson , Lester del Rey , Samuel R. Delany , J.G. Ballard , R.A. Lafferty , Philip José Farmer , Joe L. Hensley , Henry Slesar , Sonya Dorman , Kris Neville , David R. Bunch , James Cross , None , Miriam Allen deFord , None , None , None

3.45

Format: 94 pages, Paperback

The most honored anthology of fantastic fiction ever published, featuring the works of such luminar… read more

Similar categories in Isaac Asimov's Dangerous Visions book and John Gregory Betancourt's Short Things

  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
Cover of The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers

9. The King in Yellow

By: Robert W. Chambers

3.55

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

One of the leading examples of Victorian-gothic horror, The King in Yellow is a collection of ten i… read more

Similar categories in Robert W. Chambers's The King in Yellow book and John Gregory Betancourt's Short Things

  • lovecraftian
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
"Selby never knew why, but he suddenly began to buy flowers."

-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow

"Strange in the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies But Stranger still is Lost Carcosa."

-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow

"I pray God will curse the writer, as the writer has cursed the world with this beautiful, stupendous creation, terrible in its simplicity, irresistible in its truth..."

-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow

"No, he is not vicious, nor is he in the least demented. His mind is a wonder chamber, from which he can extract treasures that you and I would give years of our life to acquire."

-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow

Cover of Books of Blood: Volume One (Books of Blood, #1) by Clive Barker

10. Books of Blood: Volume One (Books of Blood, #1)

By: Clive Barker

4.04

Format: 210 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Books of Blood combine the ordinary with the extraordinary while radiating the eroticism that h… read more

Similar categories in Clive Barker's Books of Blood: Volume One (Books of Blood, #1) book and John Gregory Betancourt's Short Things

  • fiction
  • short stories
  • anthologies
  • horror
"Logic is the last refuge of a coward."

-Clive Barker, Books of Blood: Volume One (Books of Blood, #1)

"Es war ekelerregend, es war sauberste Arbeit, und es verwirrte zutiefst."

-Clive Barker, Books of Blood: Volume One (Books of Blood, #1)

"En el mundo hay algo peor que el Terror... Hay sueños que se vuelven realidad."

-Clive Barker, Books of Blood: Volume One (Books of Blood, #1)

"I don't want to see another church; the smell of the places makes me sick. Stale incense, old sweat, and lies... "In the Hills, the Cities"

-Clive Barker, Books of Blood: Volume One (Books of Blood, #1)

11. Fulgrim

By: Graham McNeill

4.00

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

It is the 31st millennium, and humanity is at the peak of its powers. As the Great Crusade, led by … read more

Similar categories in Graham McNeill's Fulgrim book and John Gregory Betancourt's Short Things

12. The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry

By: Jon Ronson

4.19

Format: 45 pages,

They say one out of every hundred people is a psychopath. You probably passed on on the street toda… read more

Similar categories in Jon Ronson's The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry book and John Gregory Betancourt's Short Things

13. Confess, Fletch (Fletch, #2)

By: Gregory McDonald

4.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

Confess, Fletch The flight from Rome had been pleasant enough, even if the business he was on wasn'… read more

Similar categories in Gregory McDonald's Confess, Fletch (Fletch, #2) book and John Gregory Betancourt's Short Things

14. The Harbinger: The Ancient Mystery that Holds the Secret of America's Future

By: Jonathan Cahn

3.91

Format: None pages, Paperback

read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Cahn's The Harbinger: The Ancient Mystery that Holds the Secret of America's Future book and John Gregory Betancourt's Short Things

15. Son of Fletch (Fletch, #10 - Son Of Fletch, #1)

By: Gregory McDonald

3.81

Format: 329 pages, Paperback

When Fletch learns there are four ex-cons on the loose in his part of the county, little does he su… read more

Similar categories in Gregory McDonald's Son of Fletch (Fletch, #10 - Son Of Fletch, #1) book and John Gregory Betancourt's Short Things

16. Nights of the Living Dead: Anthology

By: Jonathan Maberry , None

4.45

Format: 864 pages,

In 1968 the world experienced a brand new kind of terror with the debut of George A. Romero's landm… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Maberry's Nights of the Living Dead: Anthology book and John Gregory Betancourt's Short Things

Cover of What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (What If?, #2) by Randall Munroe

17. What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (What If?, #2)

By: Randall Munroe

4.37

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times–bestselling author of What If? and How To provides his best answers yet to th… read more

Similar categories in Randall Munroe's What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (What If?, #2) book and John Gregory Betancourt's Short Things

Cover of Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes

18. Dead Silence

By: S.A. Barnes

3.80

Format: 343 pages, Hardcover

Titanic meets The Shining in S.A. Barnes’ Dead Silence, a SF horror novel in which a woman and her … read more

Similar categories in S.A. Barnes's Dead Silence book and John Gregory Betancourt's Short Things

  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
"Silence has a different quality to it when you're the only one left alive. It's thicker. Heavier somehow."

-S.A. Barnes, Dead Silence

Cover of Frozen Hell by John W. Campbell Jr.

19. Frozen Hell

By: John W. Campbell Jr.

3.75

Format: 149 pages, ebook

In 1938, acclaimed science fiction author John W. Campbell published the novella Who Goes There?, a… read more

Similar categories in John W. Campbell Jr.'s Frozen Hell book and John Gregory Betancourt's Short Things

  • lovecraftian
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • aliens
Cover of Malorie (Bird Box, #2) by Josh Malerman

20. Malorie (Bird Box, #2)

By: Josh Malerman

3.80

Format: 301 pages, Kindle Edition

Now from the mind of a true master of suspense comes the next chapter in Bird Box. This time, Malor… read more

Similar categories in Josh Malerman's Malorie (Bird Box, #2) book and John Gregory Betancourt's Short Things

  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
"She remembers yelling, so much yelling, so much saying 'no no no, Tom, NO!' But if you tell someone "no" enough times, they start thinking "yes", just to hear something else, just to hear a different…"

-Josh Malerman, Malorie (Bird Box, #2)

"She wants to believe in Fate, wants to believe there is a reason for everything. That they were supposed to leave now. That no time has been lost. That a bigger purpose will be revealed in the end. B…"

-Josh Malerman, Malorie (Bird Box, #2)

"Whoever you meet, whoever we encounter, you have to remember that they’ve experienced loss. Whether it was their parents, their kids, their friends…they’ve lost someone to the new world. And you need…"

-Josh Malerman, Malorie (Bird Box, #2)

"He reads on: 'In every corner of this community, somebody is attempting something new. For this, they've had their share of tragedies.' Tom nods. Of course they have. They had to have. That's how inv…"

-Josh Malerman, Malorie (Bird Box, #2)

Cover of The Stranger Times (Stranger Times, #1) by C.K. McDonnell

21. The Stranger Times (Stranger Times, #1)

By: C.K. McDonnell

4.18

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

There are dark forces at work in our world (and in Manchester in particular), so thank God The Stra… read more

Similar categories in C.K. McDonnell's The Stranger Times (Stranger Times, #1) book and John Gregory Betancourt's Short Things

  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Falling Down (The Boy in the Iron Box, #1) by Guillermo del Toro

22. Falling Down (The Boy in the Iron Box, #1)

By: Guillermo del Toro

3.56

Format: 30 pages, Kindle Edition

A group of mercenaries on an unsanctioned mission survives a plane crash in whiteout conditions in … read more

Similar categories in Guillermo del Toro's Falling Down (The Boy in the Iron Box, #1) book and John Gregory Betancourt's Short Things

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
"It can all end in a moment. Take for yourself now what tomorrow might not give you."

-Guillermo del Toro, Falling Down (The Boy in the Iron Box, #1)

Cover of The Regent's Shadow (Watchers of the Throne #2) by Chris Wraight

23. The Regent's Shadow (Watchers of the Throne #2)

By: Chris Wraight

4.30

Format: 406 pages, Paperback

Book 2 in the Watchers of the Throne series A new day has dawned for the Imperium, but not every… read more

Similar categories in Chris Wraight's The Regent's Shadow (Watchers of the Throne #2) book and John Gregory Betancourt's Short Things

  • science fiction
  • fiction
"This war has created monsters, and not all are in the camps of the enemy."

-Chris Wraight, The Regent's Shadow (Watchers of the Throne #2)

Cover of The Sisters of Saint Nicola of The Almost Perpetual Motion vs the Lurch by Garth Nix

24. The Sisters of Saint Nicola of The Almost Perpetual Motion vs the Lurch

By: Garth Nix

3.92

Format: 34 pages, ebook

A new short story from Garth Nix, best-selling author of the Old Kingdom series.In this raucous, st… read more

Similar categories in Garth Nix's The Sisters of Saint Nicola of The Almost Perpetual Motion vs the Lurch book and John Gregory Betancourt's Short Things

  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of Siege (The Boy in the Iron Box, #5) by Guillermo del Toro

25. Siege (The Boy in the Iron Box, #5)

By: Guillermo del Toro

4.07

Format: 30 pages, Kindle Edition

The mercenaries set an explosive scheme in motion to blow this bad dream to smithereens. But in par… read more

Similar categories in Guillermo del Toro's Siege (The Boy in the Iron Box, #5) book and John Gregory Betancourt's Short Things

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Risen (The Boy in the Iron Box, #4) by Guillermo del Toro

26. Risen (The Boy in the Iron Box, #4)

By: Guillermo del Toro

4.02

Format: 25 pages, Kindle Edition

What has been awakened is unbound. The Boy is getting his first taste of freedom. As their comrades… read more

Similar categories in Guillermo del Toro's Risen (The Boy in the Iron Box, #4) book and John Gregory Betancourt's Short Things

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Hunted (The Boy in the Iron Box, #3) by Guillermo del Toro

27. The Hunted (The Boy in the Iron Box, #3)

By: Guillermo del Toro

4.08

Format: 20 pages, Kindle Edition

Their radio is sabotaged. The wolves are gathering outside. And for the increasingly desperate merc… read more

Similar categories in Guillermo del Toro's The Hunted (The Boy in the Iron Box, #3) book and John Gregory Betancourt's Short Things

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Pit and the Box (The Boy in the Iron Box, #2) by Guillermo del Toro

28. The Pit and the Box (The Boy in the Iron Box, #2)

By: Guillermo del Toro

4.03

Format: 27 pages, Kindle Edition

On an isolated mountain, a stone labyrinth provides rough shelter for a band of mercenaries. At its… read more

Similar categories in Guillermo del Toro's The Pit and the Box (The Boy in the Iron Box, #2) book and John Gregory Betancourt's Short Things

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Encounter (The Boy in the Iron Box, #6) by Guillermo del Toro

29. Encounter (The Boy in the Iron Box, #6)

By: Guillermo del Toro

4.06

Format: 25 pages, Kindle Edition

Dawn breaks, but the nightmare only intensifies in the shocking finale of The Boy in the Iron Box. … read more

Similar categories in Guillermo del Toro's Encounter (The Boy in the Iron Box, #6) book and John Gregory Betancourt's Short Things

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Coup de Grâce by Sofia Ajram

30. Coup de Grâce

By: Sofia Ajram

3.94

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

A mindbending and visceral experimental horror about a young man trapped in an infinite Montreal su… read more

Similar categories in Sofia Ajram's Coup de Grâce book and John Gregory Betancourt's Short Things

  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Short Things by John Gregory Betancourt

31. Short Things

By: John Gregory Betancourt

3.60

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

Short Things is a collection of never-before-published stories based on John W. Campbell’s classic … read more

Similar categories in John Gregory Betancourt's Short Things book and John Gregory Betancourt's Short Things

  • lovecraftian
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • aliens

24 Best fiction books like Short Things by John Gregory Betancourt

Transform Your Habits

Fletch and the Widow Bradley (Fletch, #4)

Gregory McDonald

3.70

Transform Your Habits

Fletch and the Man Who (Fletch, #6)

Gregory McDonald

3.67

Transform Your Habits

Praetorian of Dorn (The Horus Heresy, #39)

John French

4.13

Transform Your Habits

The Last Days of Jack Sparks

Jason Arnopp

3.59

View all the books

20 Best fiction books like Coup de Grâce by Sofia Ajram

Transform Your Habits

The Night Guest

Hildur Knútsdóttir

3.67

Transform Your Habits

Heads Will Roll

Josh Winning

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Devils Kill Devils

Johnny Compton

3.46

Transform Your Habits

The Eyes Are the Best Part

Monika Kim

3.89

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.