Michael Marshall Smith

Michael Marshall Smith is a highly acclaimed author of fiction, best known for his science fiction, horror, and thriller novels. He writes under three different names: Michael Marshall Smith, Michael Marshall, and M.M. Smith. Each of his pseudonyms represents a different genre in which he excels.

Michael Marshall Smith is the name he uses for his science fiction, horror, and thriller novels. His first novel, "Only Forward," won two significant literary awards, including the August Derleth and Philip K. Dick awards. His second novel, "Spares," was also well-received and optioned for film by DreamWorks. Michael Marshall Smith has also worked on screenplays for feature films and has contributed to the BBC adaptation of "Weaveworld."

Michael Marshall is the name he uses for his internationally-bestselling thrillers. His Straw Men trilogy, consisting of "The Straw Men," "The Lonely Dead," and "Blood of Angels," were all international bestsellers. His most recent novels, "The Intruders," "Bad Things," and "Killer Move," have also been successful. "The Intruders" was recently televised, starring John Simm, Mira Sorvino, and Millie Bobby Brown.

Michael Marshall Smith is a four-time winner of the BFS Award for short fiction, and his stories are collected in two volumes: "What You Make It" and "More Tomorrow and Other Stories," which won the International Horror Guild Award. He was born in Cheshire, England, in 1965 and studied Philosophy and Social and Political Science at Cambridge. He has lived in various countries, including the U.S., South Africa, and Australia, but eventually returned to England. He currently lives in Santa Cruz, California, with his wife and son.
Straw Men Books (as Michael Marshall)
# Title Year
1 The Straw Men 2002
2 The Upright Man 2004
3 Blood of Angels 2005
Ememess Collections
# Title Year
1 Ememess, Issue 1 2012
2 Ememess, Issue 2 2012
3 Ememess, Issue 3 2012
4 Ememess, Issue 4 2012
5 Ememess, Issue 5 2012
6 Ememess, Issue 6 2012
7 Ememess, Issue 7 2012
8 Ememess, Issue 8 2012
9 Ememess, Issue 9 2012
Standalone Novels
# Title Year
1 Only Forward 1994
2 Spares 1996
3 One of Us 1998
4 The Intruders 2007
5 The Servants 2007
6 Bad Things 2009
7 Killer Move 2011
8 We Are Here 2012
9 Hannah Green and Her Unfeasibly Mundane Existence 2017
Short Stories/Novellas
# Title Year
1 The Man Who Drew Cats 1990
2 The Dark Land 1991
3 To Receive Is Better 1994
4 More Tomorrow 1995
5 Hell Hath Enlarged Herself 1996
6 Foreign Bodies 1996
7 The Vaccinator 1999
8 The Handover 2000
9 What Happens When You Wake Up In The Night 2009
10 Sad, Dark Thing 2011
11 Diet Hell 2012
12 A Convenient Arrangement 2012
13 Save As... 2012
14 Being Right 2012
15 When God Lived In Kentish Town 2012
16 Missed Connection 2012
17 The Seventeenth Kind 2012
18 Autumn 2012
19 Later 2012
20 Two Shot 2012
21 Enough Pizza 2012
22 More Bitter Than Death 2012
23 Maybe Next Time 2012
24 Everybody Goes 2012
25 The Fracture 2012
26 Getting Over 2012
27 A Long Walk, For The Last Time 2012
28 Open Doors 2012
29 Mammoth Books Presents Substitutions 2012
30 The Gist 2013
Short Story Collections
# Title Year
1 What You Make It 1999
2 Cat Stories 2001
3 More Tomorrow and Other Stories 2003
4 Everything You Need 2013
5 Cemetery Dance Select 2015
6 The Best of Michael Marshall Smith 2020
Zombie Apocalypse! Books
# Title Year
1 The Mammoth Book of Zombie Apocalypse! Fightback 2012
2 Zombie Apocalypse! Horror Hospital 2014
3 Zombie Apocalypse! Washington Deceased 2014
4 Zombie Apocalypse! End Game 2014
5 Zombie Apocalypse! Acapulcalypse Now 2015
Shadows Over Innsmouth Books (with Brian Hodge, with Ramsey Campbell, with H.P. Lovecraft, with Kim Newman, with Brian Lumley, with Conrad Williams, with August Derleth, with Stephen Jones, with Angela Slatter, with Caitlín R. Kiernan, with Randy Broecker, with John Glasby, with Adrian Cole, with Reggie Oliver, with Simon Kurt Unsworth)
# Title Year
1 Shadows Over Innsmouth 1994
2 Weird Shadows Over Innsmouth 2005
3 Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth 2013
The Lovecraft Squad Books
# Title Year
1 All Hallows Horror 2017
2 Waiting 2017
3 Dreaming 2018
4 Rising 2020
Anomaly Files Books (as Michael Rutger)
# Title Year
1 The Anomaly 2018
2 The Possession 2019
Michael Marshall Smith Anthologies
# Title Year
1 Darklands No 1 1991
2 Best New Horror 2 1991
3 Best New Horror 3 1992
4 The Mammoth Book of Vampires 1992
5 The Giant Book of Zombies 1993
6 The Giant Book of Best New Horror 1993
7 The Mammoth Book of Zombies 1993
8 The Anthology of Fantasy and the Supernatural 1994
9 The Giant Book of Terror 1994
10 Dark Voices 6 1994
11 Shadows Over Innsmouth 1994
12 The Mammoth Book of Wolf Men / The Mammoth Book of Werewolves 1994
13 Seventh Annual Collection 1994
14 Best New Horror 5 1994
15 Best New Horror 6 1995
16 Dark Terrors 1995
17 Dark Terrors 2 1996
18 The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 7 1996
19 Tenth Annual Collection 1996
20 Lethal Kisses 1996
21 100 Fiendish Little Frightmares 1997
22 Dark Terrors 3 1997
23 Secret City 1997
24 Dark of the Night 1997
25 The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 8 1997
26 The Mammoth Book of Dracula 1997
27 Dark Terrors 4 1998
28 The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 9 1998
29 Binary 2 1998
30 The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 10 1999
31 Dark Terrors 5 2000
32 Foursight 2000
33 October Dreams 2000
34 The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #11 2000
35 The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #12 2001
36 Keep Out The Night 2002
37 Dark Terrors 6 2002
38 The Mammoth Book of New Terror 2004
39 Seventeenth Annual Collection 2004
40 The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 15 2004
41 Weird Shadows Over Innsmouth 2005
42 Best New Horror 16 2005
43 Shrouded by Darkness: Tales of Terror 2006
44 The British Fantasy Society: A Celebration 2006
45 Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology 2006
46 Summer Chills 2007
47 The Mammoth Book of Monsters 2007
48 Shroud 3 2008
49 Best New Horror 19 2008
50 The Best of Cemetery Dance II 2008
51 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2010 2009
52 The Dead That Walk 2009
53 Hungry for Your Love 2009
54 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two 2010
55 Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror 2010
56 Best New Horror 21 2010
57 Zombie Apocalypse! 2010
58 Zombies: The Recent Dead 2010
59 The End of the Line 2010
60 Visitants 2010
61 A Book of Horrors 2011
62 Haunts: Reliquaries of the Dead 2011
63 Swallowed by the Cracks 2011
64 Best New Horror 22 2011
65 The Recent Weird 2011
66 The Mammoth Book of Body Horror 2012
67 Mammoth Books Presents The Unexpected 2012
68 Mammoth Books presents Monsters in Our Midst 2012
69 Best New Horror 23 2012
70 Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth 2013
71 Bad Seeds: Evil Progeny 2013
72 Fearie Tales 2013
73 Flotsam Fantastique: The Souvenir Book of World Fantasy Convention 2013 2013
74 Psychomania: Killer Stories 2013
75 Mister October, Volume I: An Anthology in Memory of Rick Hautala 2013
76 Best New Horror 25 2014
77 Best British Horror 2014 2014
78 Horrorology 2015
79 Darker Terrors 7 2016
80 Dead Letters 2016
81 In the Shadow of Frankenstein 2016
82 Ten Tall Tales: And Twisted Limericks 2016
83 Detours 2016
84 In the Footsteps of Dracula 2017
85 Best New Horror 28 2018
86 Dark Mirages 2018
87 The Mammoth Book of Nightmare Stories 2019
88 Terrifying Tales to Tell at Night 2019
89 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven 2019
90 Travellers in Darkness 2020
91 I AM THE ABYSS 2020
92 Best New Horror #30 2020
93 The Mammoth Book of Folk Horror 2021
94 Best New Horror #31 2021
95 The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fourteen 2022
96 Prisms 2023