Editing Robert Bloch (section)

===Short-story collections===
* ''A Portfolio of Some Rare and Exquisite Poetry by the Bard of Bards'' (1937 or 1938), written under the pseudonym Sarcophagus W. Dribble. One page folded to make 4. Poetry. This item has been stated to be Bloch's first true book; however it actually seems to have appeared in the fanzine ''Novacious'' No 2 (March 1939) edited by [[Forrest J. Ackerman]] and Myrtle R. Douglas ('Morojo'); distributed by the [[Fantasy Amateur Press Association]]. A copy of this fanzine is held by the Special Collections at Kuhn Library, University of Maryland Baltimore.
[[File:Weird Tales September 1945.jpg|thumb|right|The title story of ''The Skull of the Marquis de Sade'' was originally published as the cover feature in the September 1945 ''Weird Tales'']]
* ''[[The Opener of the Way]]'' (Arkham House, 1945; UK Neville Spearman, 1974). Reissued by Panther Books, UK in two paperback volumes, 1976 - volume 1 as ''The Opener of the Way'' and volume 2 as ''The House of the Hatchet''. 
* ''Sea Kissed'' (London: Utopian, 1945). Chapbook of four stories. The title story, co-penned with Henry Kuttner, was originally titled "The Black Kiss" (1935).
* ''Terror in the Night'' (NY: Ace Books, 1958). (Published in a double volume with Bloch's novel ''Shooting Star''.) No ISBN – D-265 on spine.
* ''[[Pleasant Dreams: Nightmares]]'' (Arkham House,1960; UK: Whiting, 1967)). See also ''Nightmares'' and ''More Nightmares'' (1961), ''Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper'' (1962), ''Horror-7'' (1963), ''Pleasant Dreams'' (1979) and ''The Early Fears'' (1994). 
* ''Blood Runs Cold'' (1961). NY: Simon & Schuster, 1961. UK: Robert Hale, 1963. No ISBN. Note: British editions omit four stories from the US editions.
* ''Nightmares'' (NY: Belmont Books, 1961). 9 stories from ''[[Pleasant Dreams: Nightmares]]''. Contains new introduction by Bloch. 
* ''More Nightmares'' ([[Belmont Books]], 1961). No ISBN – Belmont #L92-530. 10 stories from ''[[The Opener of the Way]]'' and ''[[Pleasant Dreams: Nightmares]]''
* ''Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper'' (NY: Belmont Books, 1962) No ISBN – L 92–527 on spine. 9 stories drawn from "The Opener of the Way'' and ''Pleasant Dreams: Nightmares''. UK reissues by Tandem (1965) and Sphere (1971) appeared as ''The House of the Hatchet and Other Tales of Horror.' These UK variant title reissues are not to be confused with the later Panther UK collection ''House of the Hatchet,'' (1976; 11 stories), whose contents are almost entirely different.
* ''Atoms and Evil'' ([[Gold Medal Books]], 1962)
* ''Horror 7'' (Belmont Books, 1963). No ISBN. Belmont #90–275. Australian edition: Horwitz, 1963. Seven tales selected from ''[[The Opener of the Way]]'' and ''[[Pleasant Dreams: Nightmares]]'' 
* ''Bogey Men'' (Pyramid Books, March 1963) {{No ISBN}}; Pyramid F-839. Includes as afterword, a reprint of the essay "Psycho-Logical Bloch" by [[Sam Moskowitz]].
* ''The Skull of the Marquis de Sade and Other Stories'' (NY: Pyramid, 1965, pb; UK: Robert Hale, 1975, hc).
* ''Tales in a Jugular Vein'' (Pyramid Books, 1965) No ISBN – R-1130 on spine.
* ''Chamber of Horrors'' (Award Books, 1966) {{No ISBN}}; Award Books A187X.
* ''The Living Demons'' (NY: Belmont Books, Sept 1967). No ISBN – Belmont B50-787.
* ''Dragons and Nightmares: Four Short Novels'' (Mirage, 1968). No ISBN. Voyager series V-102. 1000 numbered copies. Note: All included stories were revised from their original magazine publications for their appearance here.
* ''Bloch and Bradbury'' (NY: Tower Books, 1969). Edited by [[Kurt Singer]]. Contains six stories by Bloch & five by [[Ray Bradbury]]. Retitled reprint, UK: Sphere, 1970, as ''Fever Dream and Other Fantasies.'' {{ISBN|9780722117149}};<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bookdepository.com/Fever-Dream-Other-Fantasies-Robert-Bloch/9780722117149|title = Fever Dream and Other Fantasies : Robert Bloch : 9780722117149}}</ref> Retitled reprint, large magazine format, possibly unauthorised, Chicago: Peacock Press,1969 as ''Whispers from Beyond.'' No ISBN.
* ''Fear Today, Gone Tomorrow'' (Award Books/Tandem Books, 1971). No ISBN Award/Tandem 426 & A811S on spine; AQ 1469 on front cover.
* ''House of the Hatchet'' (Panther Books, UK, 1976). Collection of 11 stories; the second half of the two-volume paperback reissue of ''The Opener of the Way''. Not to be confused with UK re-titles under this name by Tandem and Sphere of the US 1962 Belmont collection (9 stories) whose contents are almost entirely different.
* ''The King of Terrors: Tales of Madness and Death'' (The Mysterious Press, 1977). {{ISBN|0-89296-029-9}} (trade ed); 0-89296-030-2 (limited ed).
* ''[[The Best of Robert Bloch]]'' (Del Rey/Ballantine, 1977). {{ISBN|0-345-25757-X}}. Introduction by [[Lester Del Rey]].
* ''Cold Chills'' (Doubleday, 1977). {{ISBN|0-385-12421-X}}.
* ''Out of the Mouths of Graves'' (Mysterious Press, 1978) {{ISBN|0-89296-043-4}} (trade ed); 0-89296-044-2 (limited ed).
* ''The Laughter of a Ghoul/What Every Young Ghoul Should Know'' (Necronomicon Press, 1978).
* ''Pleasant Dreams'' (HBJ/Jove pbk, 1979). A variant edition/title of 1960's ''Pleasant Dreams - Nightmares'' which omits four stories from the Arkham House collection and adds three others. 
* ''Such Stuff as Screams Are Made Of'' (Ballantine Books, 1979) {{ISBN|0-345-27996-4}}.
* ''[[Mysteries of the Worm]]'' (Zebra Books, 1981). {{ISBN|0-89083-815-1}}. Introduction "Demon-Dreaded Lore" by [[Lin Carter]]. Afterword by Robert Bloch.
* ''Midnight Pleasures'' (Doubleday, 1987) {{ISBN|0-385-19439-0}}.
* ''Lost in Space and Time with Lefty Feep'' (Creatures at Large Press, 1987). {{ISBN|0-940064-03-0}} (trade ed); 0-940064-01-4 (boxed/deluxe ed, 250 copies signed). Note: This book was designated "Volume One" but in fact no further volumes of the series were published, leaving a number of the Lefty Feep stories uncollected.
*''Selected Stories of Robert Bloch'' (Underwood-Miller, 1987, 3 vols).
Note: The following three entries represent paperback reprints of the Underwood Miller ''Selected Stories'' set. ''Complete Stories'' is a misnomer as these three volumes do not contain anywhere near the complete oeuvre of Bloch's short fiction.
* ''The Complete Stories of Robert Bloch: Volume 1: Final Reckonings'' (1987).
* ''The Complete Stories of Robert Bloch: Volume 2: Bitter Ends'' (1987).
* ''The Complete Stories of Robert Bloch: Volume 3: Last Rites'' (1987).
* ''Fear and Trembling'' (1989).
* ''[[Mysteries of the Worm]]'' (rev. 1993) from [[Chaosium]] books. Adds three additional stories not included in the first edition.
* ''[[The Early Fears]]'' (1994). Fedogan & Bremer. {{ISBN|1-878252-12-7}} (trade ed); 1-878252-13-5 (limited ed). Combines the contents of ''The Opener of the Way'' (1945) and ''Pleasant Dreams: Nightmares'' (1960) with three new stories and intro by the author.
* ''[[Flowers from the Moon and Other Lunacies]]'' (Arkham House, 1998) {{ISBN|0-87054-172-2}}. Introduction by [[Robert M. Price]]. Collects rarities from the Bloch canon, previously published in ''Weird Tales'', ''Strange Stories'' and ''Rogue'' magazines; of its 20 stories, 15 are not readily obtainable outside the original pulps where they appeared.
* ''The Lost Bloch: Volume 1: The Devil With You!'' (Subterranean Press, 1999) {{ISBN|1-892284-19-7}}. (Limited ed of 724 numbered copies signed by editor/introducer [[David J. Schow]] and Foreword writer Stefan Dziemaniowicz). Includes interview with Bloch, "An Hour with Robert Bloch" conducted by David J. Schow. One of the stories included is "The Big Binge" (originally in ''Imaginative Tales'' in 1955 and reprinted as the short novel ''It's All in Your Mind'' in 1971, see above). The ''Lost Bloch'' supplements ''Flowers from the Moon'' in reprinting rare and unreprinted Bloch stories; however at early 2011 around 50 Bloch stories remain uncollected<ref>Arrived at by comparison of story titles listed in the ''Rarities: Unanthologized Stories'' section of Randall D. Larson, ''The Complete Robert Bloch: An Illustrated Comprehensive Bibliography'' (Fandom Unlimited, 1988) with contents of ''Flowers from the Moon'', the three volumes of the ''Lost Bloch'' series and the two volumes of the ''Reader's Bloch'' series.</ref>
* ''The Lost Bloch: Volume 2: Hell on Earth'' (2000). {{ISBN|1-892284-63-4}}. (Limited ed of 1250 numbered copies signed by editor/introducer David J. Schow and Foreword writer [[Douglas E. Winter]]). Includes afterword by Schow and interview "Slightly More than Another Hour with Robert Bloch" by [[J. Michael Straczynski]].
* ''The Lost Bloch: Volume 3: Crimes and Punishments'' (Subterranean Press, 2002) {{ISBN|1-931081-16-6}}. (Limited ed 750 numbered copies signed by editor/introducer David J. Schow). Includes introductory piece by [[Gahan Wilson]], interview "Three Hours and Then Some with Robert Bloch" by [[Douglas E. Winter]] and "My Husband, Robert Bloch" by Eleanor Bloch.
* ''The Reader's Bloch: Volume 1: The Fear Planet and Other Unusual Destinations'' (Subterranean Press, 2005; limited ed, signed by editor, 750 numbered and 26 lettered copies). Edited by Stefan R. Dziemanowicz, who provides an introduction, "Future Imperfect". Collects more Bloch rarities; most of its 20 stories are science fiction, and are otherwise unobtainable outside their original magazine appearances.
* ''The Reader's Bloch: Volume 2: Skeleton in the Closet and Other Stories'' (Subterranean Press, 2008; 750 numbered copies signed by the editor). Edited by Stefan R. Dziemanowicz. No intro. An unthemed collection of Bloch rarities, most of whose 16 stories are otherwise unobtainable outside their original magazine appearances.
* ''[[Mysteries of the Worm]]'' ([[Chaosium]], rev. 2009) {{ISBN|1-56882-176-X}}. Preface "De Vermis Mysteriis" by [[Robert M. Price]]. Includes original Introduction by Lin Carter and After Word by Robert Bloch. Adds four additional stories not included in the first two editions.