| The Woods Are Dark | 1981 |
| Night Show | 1984 |
| Shootout at Joe's | 1984 |
| Dawson City | 1984 |
| The Intruder | 1984 |
| Last Hand | 1985 |
| Live Bait | 1985 |
| Lonely One | 1985 |
| Night Ride | 1985 |
| Guts | 1985 |
| Caller | 1985 |
| The Cobra | 1985 |
| Marathon | 1985 |
| Cardiac Arrest | 1985 |
| Night Games | 1985 |
| Beware | 1985 |
| Beginner's Luck | 1986 |
| Halloween Hunt | 1986 |
| All Hollow's Eve | 1986 |
| Thin Air | 1987 |
| Return | 1987 |
| Flesh | 1987 |
| Resurrection Dreams | 1988 |
| Funland | 1989 |
| One Rainey Night | 1990 |
| The Stake | 1990 |
| Darkness, Tell Us | 1991 |
| Island | 1991 |
| Alarums | 1992 |
| Blood Games | 1992 |
| Dark Mountain | 1992 |
| Savage: From Whitechapel to the Wild West on the Track of Jack the Ripper | 1992 |
| Endless Night | 1993 |
| In the Dark | 1994 |
| The Quake | 1995 |
| Body Rides | 1996 |
| Bite | 1996 |
| After Midnight | 1997 |
| The Wilds | 1998 |
| Among the Missing | 1999 |
| Come Out Tonight | 1999 |
| Cuts | 1999 |
| The Travelling Vampire Show | 2000 |
| Once Upon A Halloween | 2000 |
| Night in the Lonesome October | 2001 |
| No Sanctuary | 2001 |
| The Halloween Mouse | 2001 |
| Amara aka To Wake The Dead | 2002 |
| The Hearse | 2004 |
| The Lake | 2004 |
| The Glory Bus aka Into The Fire | 2005 |
The Beast House Chronicles |
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| The Cellar | 1980 |
| The Beast House | 1986 |
| The Midnight Tour | 1998 |
| Friday Night in the Beast House | 2001 |
Collections & Omnibus |
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| Out Are the Lights: And Other Tales | 1982 |
| A Good, Secret Place | 1992 |
| Ten Tales (with Neal Barrett Jr and Windy Hornsby) | 1994 |
| Fiends | 1997 |
| A Writer's Tale | 1998 |
| Dreadful Tales | 2000 |
| Madman Stan and Other Stories | 2004 |
| The RL Coll. Vol 1: Cellar/Beast House | 2006 |
| The RL Coll. Vol 2: Woods Are Dark/Out Are The Lights | 2006 |
| The RL Coll. Vol 3: Night Show/All Hallow's Eve | 2006 |
| The RL Coll. Vol 4: Beware/Dark Mountain | 2006 |
| The RL Coll. Vol 5: Flesh/Resurrection Dreams | 2006 |
| The RL Coll. Vol 6: Funland/Stake | 2006 |
| The RL Coll. Vol 7: Darkness Tells Us/One Rainy Night | 2006 |
| The RL Coll. Vol 8: Alarums/Blood Games | 2006 |
| The RL Coll. Vol 9: Endless Night/Midnight's Lair | 2006 |
| The RL Coll. Vol 10: Savage/In The Dark | 2006 |
| The RL Coll. Vol 11: Island/Quake | 2007 |
| The RL Coll. Vol 12: Body Rides/Bite | 2007 |
| The RL Coll. Vol 13: Fiends/After Midnight | 2007 |
| The RL Coll. Vol 14: Among The Missing/Come Out Tonight | 2007 |
| The RL Coll. Vol 15: | 2007 |
| The RL Coll. Vol 16: Night in the Lonesome October/No Sanctuary | 2007 |
Anthologies Contributed To |
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| "Barney's Bigfoot Museum" - Creature! | 1981 |
| "Eats" - The Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction | 1987 |
| "The Champion" - Modern Masters of Horror | 1988 |
| "Mess Hall" - Book of the Dead | 1989 |
| "The Hunt" - Stalkers | 1989 |
| "Dinker's Pond" - Razored Saddles | 1989 |
| "Wishbone" - Night Visions 7 | 1989 |
| "Bad News" - Night Visions 7 | 1989 |
| "Bad News" - Best New Horror | 1990 |
| "Invitation to Murder" - Invitation to Murder | 1991 |
| "Saving Grace" - Cold Blood | 1991 |
| "Special" - Under the Fang | 1991 |
| "The Tub" - Hotter Blood: More Tales of Exotic Horror | 1991 |
| "Kitty Liter" - Cat Crimes II | 1992 |
| "Dracuson's Driver" - Dracula: Prince of Darkness | 1992 |
| "Bad News" - The Giant Book of Best New Horror | 1993 |
| "Slit" - Predators | 1993 |
| "I'm Not a Criminal" - After the Darkness | 1993 |
| "The Grab" - 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories | 1993 |
| "The Fur Coat" - Earth Strikes Back | 1994 |
| "The Maiden" - Dark Love | 1995 |
| The Vampire Omnibus | 1995 |
| Vampire Detectives | 1995 |
| "Good Vibrations" - Night Screams: Twenty-Two Stories of Terror | 1996 |
| "Roadside Pickup" - 100 Tiny Tales of Terror | 1996 |
| "First Date" - Love in Vein II | 1997 |
| "The Champion" - 100 Fiendish Little Frightmares | 1997 |
| "Desert Pickup" - 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories | 1998 |
| 100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment | 1998 |
| "The Job" - The Unexplained: Stories of the Paranormal | 1998 |
| Vampire Slayers: Stories of Those Who Dare to Take Back the Night | 1999 |
| "Choppie" - Subterranean Gallery | 1999 |
| "Boo" - The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories | 2001 |
| Triage | 2008 |
Short Stories |
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| "Out of the Woods" | 1975 |
| "Paying Joe Back" | 1975 |
| "A Good Cigar Is A Smoke" | 1976 |
| "The Direct Approach" | 1977 |
| "Stiff Intruders" | 1980 |
| "Blarney" | 1981 |
| "Spooked" | 1981 |
| "The Bleeder" | 1989 |
| "Madman Stan" | 1989 |
| "The Good Deed" | 1993 |
| "A Good, Secret Place" | 1993 |
| "Joyce" | 1993 |
| "The Mask" | 1993 |
| "Stickman" | 1993 |
| "Phil The Vampire" | 1995 |
Written as Richard Kelly |
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| Tread Softly | 1987 |
| Midnight's Lair | 1988 |
Written as Carl Laymon |
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| Your Secret Admirer | 1980 |
| Nightmare Lake | 1983 |
Written as Dick Kelly |
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| Oscar's Audition | 1975 |