Richard Parks bibliography

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Bibliography of fantasy writer Richard Parks : [1]

Contents

Series

Yamada no Goji

Novels

Collections

Short stories

  • "Foxtails" (2005 – collected in Worshipping Small Gods (2007) and Yamada Monogatari: Demon Hunter (2013))
  • "Moon Viewing at Shijo Bridge (2006 – collected in On the Banks of the River of Heaven (2010) and Yamada Monogatari: Demon Hunter (2013))
  • "A Touch of Hell" (2007 – collected in Yamada Monogatari: Demon Hunter (2013))
  • "Hot Water" (2007 – collected in Yamada Monogatari: Demon Hunter (2013))
  • "The River of Three Crossings" (2009 – collected in Yamada Monogatari: Demon Hunter (2013))
  • "The Mansion of Bones" (2009 – collected in Yamada Monogatari: Demon Hunter (2013))
  • "Sanji's Demon" (2010 – collected in Yamada Monogatari: Demon Hunter (2013))
  • "Lady of the Ghost Willow" (2010 – collected in Yamada Monogatari: Demon Hunter (2013))
  • "The Ghost of Shinoda Forest" (2011 – collected in Yamada Monogatari: Demon Hunter (2013))
  • "The Tiger's Turn" (2011 - collected in Yamada Monogatari: Troubled Spirits (2022))
  • "Three Little Foxes" (2012 - collected in Yamada Monogatari: Troubled Spirits (2022))
  • "The Bride Doll" (2013 – collected in Yamada Monogatari: Demon Hunter (2013))
  • "The Sorrow of Rain" (2014 - collected in Yamada Monogatari: Troubled Spirits (2022))
  • "Uzumaki of the Lake" (2020 - collected in Yamada Monogatari: Troubled Spirits (2022))
  • "A Minor Exorcism" (2020 - collected in Yamada Monogatari: Troubled Spirits (2022))
  • "The Fox's Daughter" (2021 - collected in Yamada Monogatari: Troubled Spirits (2022))
  • "The Ame Onna" (2022 - collected in Yamada Monogatari: Troubled Spirits (2022))
  • "One Rainy Day, With Spirits" (2022 - collected in Yamada Monogatari: Troubled Spirits (2022))

The Laws of Power

Novels

  1. The Long Look (2008)
  2. Black Kath's Daughter (2012)
  3. Power's Shadow (2015)
  4. The Seventh Law of Power (forthcoming)

Collections

  1. The Collected Tymon the Black (2017)

Short stories

  • "What Power Holds" (1994 – incorporated in Black Kath's Daughter (2012))
  • "The Third Law of Power" (1995 – incorporated in Black Kath's Daughter (2012))
  • "A Time for Heroes" (1996 – collected in Worshipping Small Gods (2007) and The Collected Tymon the Black (2017); incorporated in The Long Look (2008))
  • "The 4th Law of Power" (2000 – incorporated in Power's Shadow (2015))
  • "The First Law of Power" (2001 – incorporated in Black Kath's Daughter (2012))
  • "Empty Places" (2005 – collected in The Collected Tymon the Black (2017))
  • "The Devil of Details" (2008 – collected in The Collected Tymon the Black (2017))

Eli Mothersbaugh

Collections

Short stories

  • "Wrecks" (1998 – collected in The Ogre's Wife (2002) and Ghost Trouble (2013))
  • "The God of Children" (2000 – collected in The Ogre's Wife (2002) and Ghost Trouble (2013))
  • "A Respectful Silence" (2001 – collected in The Ogre's Wife (2002) and Ghost Trouble (2013))
  • "A Hint of Jasmine" (2004 – collected in Worshipping Small Gods (2007) and Ghost Trouble (2013))
  • "Voices in an Empty Room" (2004 – collected in Worshipping Small Gods (2007) and Ghost Trouble (2013))
  • "Hanagan's Kiyomatsu, 1923" (2007 – collected in Worshipping Small Gods (2007) and Ghost Trouble (2013))
  • "Diva" (2007 – collected in Worshipping Small Gods (2007) and Ghost Trouble (2013))
  • "Beacons" (2011 – collected in Ghost Trouble (2013))
  • "Muramasa's Rage" (2011 – collected in Ghost Trouble (2013))
  • "His Hour Upon the Stage" (2011 – collected in Ghost Trouble (2013))
  • "Souvenirs" (2011 – collected in Ghost Trouble (2013))
  • "The Missing Ghost" (2011 – collected in Ghost Trouble (2013))

Errant Fae

Collections

  • Tales From the Black Dog (2020)

Novellas and short stories

  • Little Fire and Fog (2019)
  • "Neutral Ground" (2020 - collected in Tales From the Black Dog (2020))
  • "Hair of the Black Dog" (2020 - collected in Tales From the Black Dog (2020))
  • "Contingency Plan" (2020 - collected in Tales From the Black Dog (2020))
  • "Well, Something Ever After" (2020 - collected in Tales From the Black Dog (2020))
  • "A Sense of Humor" (2020 - collected in Tales From the Black Dog (2020))
  • "A Good Pair of Shoes" (2020 - collected in Tales From the Black Dog (2020))
  • "Evening With a Drunken Muse" (2020 - collected in Tales From the Black Dog (2020))
  • "A Drink With Friends" (2020 - collected in Tales From the Black Dog (2020))
  • "Heather Brew" (2020 - collected in Tales From the Black Dog (2020))
  • "Where No One Knows Your Name" (2020 - collected in Tales From the Black Dog (2020))
  • "Star Light, Star Bright" (2020 - collected in Tales From the Black Dog (2020))

Somna's World

Novels

  • A Warrior of Dreams (2011)

Short stories

  • "Laying the Stones" (1994 – incorporated in A Warrior of Dreams (2011))
  • "The Man Who Carved Skulls" (2007 – collected in On the Banks of the River of Heaven (2010))
  • "Courting the Lady Scythe" (2008 – collected in On the Banks of the River of Heaven (2010))

Pan Bao and Jing

Short stories

  • "In Memory of Jianhong, Snake-Devil" (2017)
  • "On the Road to the Hell of Hungry Ghosts" (2017)
  • "An Account of the Madness of the Magistrate, Chengdhu Village" (2018)

Bergstryker U.

Collections

  • Bergstryker U: Where Monsters and Humans Mingle (collection, 2020)

Novellas

  • The Face of an Angel (as W. J. Everett) (2011 - collected in Bergstryker U (2020))
  • The Voice of a Demon (as W. J. Everett) (2014 - collected in Bergstryker U (2020))

Other novels

Other collections

Other separately published short works

Other short stories

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References

  1. "Richard Parks – Summary Bibliography". ISFDB. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
  2. Smith, Andrew A. (22 February 1998). "Horror Tales Arent's Bad (book review)". The Commercial Appeal.