- Author: Stephen Mark Rainey Author Record # 12832
- Legal Name: Rainey, Stephen Mark
- Birthplace: Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
- Birthdate: 2 May 1959
- Language: English
- Webpages: IMDB, stephenmarkrainey.com, web.archive.org
- Used These Alternate Names: Stephen M. Rainey, Mark Rainey, Stephen Marc Rainey
- Author Tags: horror (7), vampires (1), juvenile horror (1)
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Fiction Series
- Ameri-Scares
- West Virginia: Lair of the Mothman (2019)
- Michigan: The Dragon of Lake Superior (2019) [SF]
- Dark Shadows Universe
- 2 Dark Shadows - New Series
- 2 Dreams of the Dark (1999) with Elizabeth Massie
- 2 Dark Shadows - New Series
- Balak (2000)
- Legends of the Night (2002)
- The Lebo Coven (2004)
- The Nightmare Frontier (2006)
- Blue Devil Island (2007)
- The Monarchs (2012)
- Young Blood (2016) with Mat Smith and Myron Smith
- Fugue Devil and Other Weird Horrors (1992) [only as by Stephen M. Rainey]
- The Last Trumpet (2000)
- Other Gods (2008)
- The Gaki and Other Hungry Spirits (2011)
- Deathrealm
- Deathrealm - 1987 (1987) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Deathrealm - 1988 (1988) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Deathrealm - 1989 (1989) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Deathrealm - 1990 (1990) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Deathrealm - 1991 (1991) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Deathrealm - 1992 (1992) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Deathrealm - 1993 (1993) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Deathrealm - 1994 (1994) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Deathrealm - 1995 (1995) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Deathrealm - 1996 (1996) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Deathrealm - 1997 (1997) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Song of Cthulhu: Tales of the Spheres Beyond Sound (2001)
- Deathrealms: Selected Tales from the Land Where Horror Dwells (2004)
- Evermore (2006) with James Robert Smith
- The Arms of Doom (1987) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Threnody (1987) [also as by Mark Rainey]
- I, Krall (1987) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Nightshade Crossing (1987) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- The Red Depths (1987) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Slime Bug (1988) [only as by Mark Rainey]
-
The Spheres Beyond Sound (1988)
also appeared as:
- Variant: The Spheres Beyond Sound (1987) [as by Mark Rainey]
- Variant: The Sphere Beyond Sound (1988) [as by Mark Rainey]
- Rapture in Black (1988)
- La Vita Terra (1989) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Letter (Midnight Graffiti, Fall 1989) (1989) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Return of the Navigator (1989) [only as by Stephen M. Rainey]
- Chameleon (1990) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Charon's Wings (1990) [only as by Stephen M. Rainey]
-
Deep Wood (1990)
only appeared as:
- Variant: Deep Wood (1990) [as by Stephen M. Rainey]
- Variant: Deep Wood (1990) [as by Mark Rainey]
-
Festival of the Jackal (Off Broadway) (1990)
also appeared as:
- Variant: Festival of the Jackal (1990)
- Variant: Festival of the Jackal (Off Broadway) (1990) [as by Stephen M. Rainey]
- Symphonia Maledictus (1990) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- The Grim (1990) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Of Cyclopean Spheres (1990) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- New Order (1990) with Andrea Locke [only as by Andrea Locke and Mark Rainey]
-
Misfits (1991)
also appeared as:
- Variant: Misfits (1991) [as by Mark Rainey]
- Variant: MISFITS, or, A New Arrival at Paradise Lost (1991)
- Variant: Misfits: A New Arrival at Paradise Lost (1991) [as by Mark Rainey]
- Variant: Misfits -or- A New Arrival at Paradise Lost (2018)
- Wampus (1991) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- The Weird Violet (1991) [only as by Stephen M. Rainey]
- The God of Byzantium (1991) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Fugue Devil (1992) [also as by Stephen M. Rainey]
- Spiritual Radio (1992) [also as by Mark Rainey]
- The Last Show at Verdi's Supper Club (1992) [also as by Stephen M. Rainey]
- Psychogenia (1992)
- The Grey House (1992)
- The Herald at Midnight (1992) [also as by Stephen M. Rainey]
- Pseudofiction (1992) with Brian A. Hodge and Jeff Johnston and Andrew Lynch and Elizabeth Massie and Yvonne Navarro and Jeff Oster and David Niall Wilson and Amy Wimberger [only as by Brian A. Hodge and Jeff Johnston and Andrew Lynch and Elizabeth Massie and Yvonne Navarro and Jeff Oster and Mark Rainey and David Niall Wilson and Amy Wimberger]
- Canvas Haunts (1993) [only as by Stephen M. Rainey]
- Deliverer in Darkness (1993)
- In the Wake of Obsession (1993)
- Piranha (1993) [only as by Stephen M. Rainey]
- Portals (1993) [only as by Stephen M. Rainey]
- The Devils of Tuckahoe Gorge (1993)
- The Scorching (1993)
- Visionaire (1993) [only as by Stephen M. Rainey]
- Stalker of the Wild Wind (1993) [also as by Stephen M. Rainey]
- Circus Bizarre (1994)
- Sabbath of the Black Goat (1994) [also as by Stephen M. Rainey]
- Before the Red Star Falls (1994)
- Torrent (1994) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Angels of the Mist (1995)
- Somewhere My Love (1995)
- The Pit of the Shoggoths (1995) [only as by Stephen M. Rainey]
- S (1996)
- Silhouette (1996)
- Witness (1996)
- The Devil's Eye (1996)
- To Be as They (1996)
-
Bloodlight (1997)
also appeared as:
-
Translation: Lumière rouge sang?Lumiere rouge sang[French] (2002) [as by Stephen Marc Rainey]
-
Translation:
- The Forgiven (1997) [also as by Stephen M. Rainey]
- Pachacutec (1997)
- Shudder Wyrm (1997)
- Now I Lay Me Down to Dream (1997)
- Gunhand (1998)
-
The Horrible Legacy of Jacob Rigney (1998)
only appeared as:
- Variant: The Horrible Legacy of Dr. Jacob Asberry (1998)
- Variant: The Horrible Legacy of Jacob Rigney (1998) [as by Stephen M. Rainey]
- Free Sample (1998)
- Temperance (1998)
- Moving Pictures, Still Life (1998)
- The Fire Dogs of Balustrade (1999)
- The Threshold of Beyond (1999)
- Orchestra (2000)
- White Mother of the Forest (2000)
- The Children of Burma (2001)
- Epiphany: A Flying Tiger's Story (2002)
- The Violet Princess (2004)
- The Transformer of Worlds (2005)
- LZ-116: Das Fliegenschloss (2006)
- The Lake of Shadows (2006)
-
Terror from Middle Island (2006)
with
G. Durant Haire
also appeared as:
- Variant: Terror from Middle Island (2006) [as by Stephen Mark Rainey]
- Variant: Terror from Middle Island (2007) [as by Durant Haire and Stephen Mark Rainey]
- Other Gods (2006)
- A Tale of the Terrible Dead (2007)
- Signals (2007)
- Ghost Lens (2007)
- Megan (2008)
- Woolly Solution (2008)
- Demon Jar (2008)
- The Gaki (2008)
- Shapes in the Illusive Night (2009)
- Black Tom (2009)
- Abroyel (2011)
- Field Dressing (2011)
- Iron Heart (2011)
- Sarcophagus (2011)
- The Spiders of Galley Cove (2011)
- This Old House (2011)
- The End of Henry Switch Road (2012)
- Asylum (2012)
- The Game Changers (2014)
- Masque of the Queen (2014)
- Contact (2015) with John Pelan
- The Danforth Project (2015)
- Red Rage (2015)
- Messages from a Dark Deity (2017)
- Excerpts from the Diaries of Henry P. Linklatter (2017)
- Red-Eye (2017) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- The Veil of Dreams (2018)
- Hunstman (2019)
- Night Crier (2020)
- Escalation (2020)
- War Lords of Leng (2021)
- Scan in Progress (1987) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Something Evil (1987) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Home of the Dead (1987) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Memorial to a Missing Child (1988) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- W.A.S. not WAS (1990) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Editorial: Out from the Shadows (Deathrealm, Spring 1987) (1987) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Letter (Crypt of Cthulhu #48) (1987) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- R.I.P. (Deathrealm, Winter 1987) (1987) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Letter (Crypt of Cthulhu #57) (1988) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Letter (Crypt of Cthulhu #61 1/2) (1988) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Death's Door (Magazine Reviews) (Deathrealm, Spring 1989) (1989) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Editorial: R.I.P. (Deathrealm, Spring 1989) (1989) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Editorial: R.I.P. (Deathrealm, Summer 1989) (1989) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Editorial: R.I.P. (Deathrealm, Fall/Winter 1989) (1989) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Editorial: R.I.P. (Deathrealm, Spring 1990) (1990) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Editorial: R.I.P. (Deathrealm, Summer 1990) (1990) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Editorial: R.I.P. (Deathrealm, Fall/Winter 1990) (1990) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Editorial: R.I.P. (Deathrealm, Spring 1991) (1991) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Editorial: R.I.P. (Deathrealm, Fall/Winter 1991) (1991) [only as by Mark Rainey]
-
Letter (Tekeli-li! #4, Winter/Spring 1992) (1992)
only appeared as:
- Variant: Letter (Tekeli-li!, Winter/Spring 1992) (1992) [as by Mark Rainey]
- Editorial: R.I.P. (Deathrealm, Spring 1992) (1992) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Editorial: R.I.P. (Deathrealm, Fall/Winter 1992) (1992) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Letter (Crypt of Cthulhu #82) (1992) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Letter (Crypt of Cthulhu #83) (1993) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Editorial: R.I.P. (Deathrealm, Summer 1993) (1993)
- Letter (Crypt of Cthulhu #84) (1993) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Editorial: R.I.P. (Deathrealm, Fall 1993) (1993)
- Editorial: R.I.P. (Deathrealm, Winter 1993) (1993)
- Editorial: R.I.P. (Deathrealm, Spring 1994) (1994)
- Editorial: R.I.P. (Deathrealm, Summer 1994) (1994)
- Letter (Crypt of Cthulhu #88) (1994) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Editorial: R.I.P. (Deathrealm, Spring 1995) (1995)
- Editorial: R.I.P. (Deathrealm, Summer 1995) (1995)
- Editorial: R.I.P. (Deathrealm, Autumn 1995) (1995)
- Editorial: R.I.P. (Deathrealm, Winter 1995) (1995)
- Editorial: R.I.P. (Deathrealm, Spring 1996) (1996)
- Editorial: R.I.P. (Deathrealm, Summer 1996) (1996)
- Editorial: R.I.P. (Deathrealm, Autumn 1996) (1996)
- Editorial: R.I.P. (Deathrealm, Winter 1996) (1996)
- Editorial: R.I.P. (Deathrealm, Summer 1997) (1997)
- Introduction (Song of Cthulhu: Tales of the Spheres Beyond Sound) (2001)
- Evermore: Introduction (2006) with James Robert Smith
- Karl Edward Wagner (2013)
- Dark Shadows: Dark Decades (2013)
- Introduction (Young Blood) (2016)
- Deathrealm, Spring 1987 (1987) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Deathrealm, Summer 1987 (1987) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Deathrealm, Spring 1988 (1988) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Deathrealm, Summer 1988 (1988) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Deathrealm, Summer 1990 (1990) with James Barnhill [only as by James Barnhill and Mark Rainey]
- Deathrealm, Spring 1992 (1992) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Eldritch Tales, Spring 1995 (1995) with Allen Koszowski [only as by Allen Koszowski and Mark Rainey]
- Back cover (Deathrealm, Fall 1987) (1987) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- The Dogs (1987) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Back cover (Deathrealm, Winter 1987) (1987) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Untitled (1987) [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Confederacy of the Dead (1994) by Martin H. Greenberg and Edward E. Kramer [only as by Mark Rainey]
- The Mists From Beyond (1994) by Robert Weinberg and Stefan R. Dziemianowicz and Martin H. Greenberg [only as by Mark Rainey]
- The Voice in the Basement (1994) by T. Chris Martindale
- Cthulhu's Heirs (1996) by unknown
- Cthulhu 2000 (1996) by Jim Turner
- A Graveside Chat: James Robert Smith Interview (1990) with James Robert Smith [only as by Mark Rainey]
- Helpless in the Face of Evil: an Interview with Deathrealm's Mark Rainey (1990) by Dan Philip Read
- Tales from the Land Where Horror Dwells: Mark Rainey Interview (1991) by J. P. McLaughlin
- Interview: Stephen Mark Rainey (1993) by Elizabeth Martin-Burk
- Stephen Mark Rainey Interview (2006) by James R. Beach