Editing Robert Bloch (section)

===Novels===
* ''In the Land of Sky-Blue Ointments'' (with Harold Gauer) (c. 1938) (unpublished, though characters and episodes from this book appear in later Bloch short stories, such as "The Travelling Salesman" and "The Strange Island of Dr Nork". The character Lefty Feep also appears for the first time in this work.<ref>Robert Bloch (1914–1994) by Frank M. Robinson ''Locus'', No. 406, November 1994</ref><ref>''Robert Bloch: An Unauthorised Autobiography'' Tor Books, 1993, p. 88</ref> Bloch owned the complete manuscript of the novel, which he described as "never intended or submitted for publication."<ref>"Lefty Feep and I" in Bloch's ''Out of My Head''. Cambridge MA: NESFA Press, 1986, 126.</ref> Bloch's estate has blocked posthumous publication<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mgpfeff.home.sprynet.com/interview_gauer01.html|title=Robert Bloch -- Interviews|website=mgpfeff.home.sprynet.com}}</ref>). Plot summary at: [http://mgpfeff.home.sprynet.com/gauer_sky-blue.html]
* ''Nobody Else Laughed'' (with Harold Gauer) (1939) (unpublished)<ref>''Robert Bloch: An Unauthorized Autobiography'' Tor Book, 1993, p. 103</ref>
* ''The Scarf'' NY: The Dial Press, 1947. Retitled reprint, NY: Avon, 1948 as ''The Scarf of Passion''. Revised text, Fawcett Gold Medal, 1966. Printings after the Avon 1948 edition revert title to the original, i.e. ''The Scarf''. See also ''Unholy Trinity,'' 1986.
* ''Spiderweb'' (NY: Ace Pocketbooks, 1954; one half of Ace Double, backed with David Alexander's ''The Corpse in My Bed'')
* ''The Kidnaper'' (Lion Pocketbooks, 1954). Later editions spell the title as ''The Kidnapper''.
* ''The Will to Kill'' (NY: Ace Pocketbooks,1954)
* ''Shooting Star'' (NY: Ace Pocketbooks, 1958) (first half of Ace Double, backed with Bloch's ss collection ''Terror in the Night'') No ISBN – identified only as Ace Double D-265
* ''This Crowded Earth'' (1958) (original magazine appearance; published as book in double format with ''Ladies Day'' 1968)
* ''[[Psycho (novel)|Psycho]]'' (NY: Simon & Schuster, 1959; UK: Robert Hale, April 1960). Adapted into the 1960 film, ''[[Psycho (1960 film)|Psycho]]'', directed by [[Alfred Hitchcock]]; later [[Psycho (1998 film)|remade]] in 1998 by [[Gus Van Sant]]
* ''The Dead Beat'' (NY: Simon & Schuster, 1960; London: Robert Hale, 1961). No ISBN. An "Inner Sanctum" Mystery. Library of Congress Card No 60-6100. The most extensively translated of Bloch's novels save ''Psycho'' and ''Psycho II'' - Larson's bibliography lists 13 translations in various languages to 1986. See also ''Unholy Trinity'' (1986).
* ''Firebug'' (NY: Regency Books, 1961). RB 101.
* ''The Couch'' (NY: Gold Medal, 1962; London: Frederick Muller Gold medal, 1962). See also ''Unholy Trinity'' (1986). Novelisation by Bloch of his screenplay for the previously filmed movie.
* ''Terror'' (Belmont Books, 1962) {{No ISBN}}; Belmont L92-537 (Working title: ''Amok''; 2 German editions appeared under this title).
* ''Ladies Day / This Crowded Earth'' (1968) A Belmont Double. Belmont B60-080 {{OCLC|1649428}}. Two science fiction novelets.
* ''The Star Stalker'' (NY: Pyramid Books, 1968). Pyramid T-1869. Note: Bloch's title was ''Colossal.'' The publisher changed it without consultation with the author.<ref>Robert Bloch. ''Once Around the Bloch: An Unauthorised Autobiography.'' NY: Tor Books, 1993, p. 225.</ref>
* ''The Todd Dossier'' (1969, Delacorte US; Macmillan UK – no ISBN.)(as by [[Collier Young]]). Note: The byline on this book is ''not'' a Bloch pseudonym; [[Collier Young]] was a film producer who had secured a book deal with Bloch for his planned film called THE TODD DOSSIER. Bloch wrote the novel based on a story by [[Joan Didion]] and [[John Gregory Dunne]]. The film was never made; Bloch, who had contracted for a paperback release, was shocked to learn that the producer had placed his own name on the book as author when it was published in hardcover editions.<ref>Robert Bloch, ''Once Around the Bloch: An Unauthorised Autobiography''. BY: Tor Books, 1993, pp.347–49</ref>
* ''Sneak Preview'' (Paperback Library, 1971) {{OCLC|2487497}}
* ''It's All in Your Mind'' (Curtis Books, 1971). Reprinted from its ''Imaginative Tales'' 1955 magazine appearance, where it was titled "The Big Binge". "The Big Binge" can also be found in ''The Lost Bloch, Volume One'' (see below).
* ''Night World'' (Simon & Schuster, 1972; UK: Robert Hale, 1974.) {{ISBN|0-7091-3805-9}}
* ''[[American Gothic (novel)|American Gothic]]'' (Simon & Schuster, 1974){{ISBN|0-671-21691-0}}. Note: This novel was inspired by the true life story of serial killer [[H.H. Holmes]]. Bloch also wrote a 40,000-word essay based on his research for the novel, "Dr Holmes' Murder Castle" (first published in ''Reader's Digest Tales of the Uncanny'', 1977; since reprinted in ''Crimes and Punishments: The Lost Bloch, Vol 3'', 2002).
* ''Strange Eons'' (Whispers Press, 1978) (a [[Cthulhu Mythos]] novel). {{ISBN|0-918372-30-5}} (trade ed); 0-918372-29-1 (signed/boxed ed.) Third runner-up in the Best Novel category, [[Balrog Award]], 1980.
* ''There Is a Serpent in Eden'' (1979). Reissued as ''The Cunning'' (Zebra Books, 1979). {{ISBN|0-89083-825-9}}
* ''[[Psycho II (novel)|Psycho II]]'' (Whispers Press, 1982). 0-91832-09-7 (trade ed); 0-918372-08-9 (signed/boxed ed, 750 copies). (Unrelated to the [[Psycho II (film)|film]] of the same name)
* ''[[Twilight Zone: The Movie]]''. (NY: Warner Books, 1983; London: Corgi, 1983). Novelisation of the Warner Bros movie, based on stories by [[John Landis]], [[George Clayton Johnson]], [[Richard Matheson]], Josh Rogan, and [[Jerome Bixby]]. {{ISBN|0-446-30840-4}}
* ''[[Night of the Ripper]]'' (Doubleday,1984).{{ISBN|0-385-19422-6}}. Novel about [[Jack the Ripper]].
* ''Unholy Trinity'' (collects ''The Scarf'', ''The Couch'' and ''The Dead Beat''(Scream/Press, 1986). {{ISBN|0-910489-09-2}} (Trade edition and 350 copy boxed ed signed by author and artist bear the same ISBN)
* ''Lori'' (Tor, 1989) {{ISBN|0-312-93176-X}}.
* ''Screams: Three Novels of Suspense'' (collects ''The Will to Kill'', ''Firebug'' and ''The Star Stalker'')(Underwood-Miller, 1989) {{ISBN|0-88733-079-7}} (trade edition); 0-88733-080-0 (signed edition, 300 numbered copies).
* ''[[Psycho House]]'' (Tor, 1990) {{ISBN|0-312-93217-0}}.(Unrelated to the films ''[[Psycho II (film)|Psycho II]]'', ''[[Psycho III]]'' or ''[[Psycho IV: The Beginning]]'')
* ''The Jekyll Legacy'' (Tor, 1991) {{ISBN|0-312-85037-9}}.
* ''Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper'' (1991) (Pulphouse; a 100-copy hardbound signed edition of Bloch's famous short story) {{ISBN|1-56146-906-8}}
* ''The Thing'' (1993) (Pretentious Press; a limited edition of 85 copies, only 9 bound in cloth, of the author's first appearance in print – a parody of H. P. Lovecraft which originally appeared in the April 1932 issue of ''The Quill'', his Lincoln High School literary magazine)
* ''Psycho – The 35th Anniversary Edition'' (Gauntlet Press, 1994). {{ISBN|0-9629659-9-5}}. Limited edition of 500 copies. The last work to be signed by Bloch before his death; includes a new intro by [[Richard Matheson]] and a new Afterword by [[Ray Bradbury]]