The Secret History of the World

The preponderance of my work deals with a history of the world that remains undiscovered, unexplored, and unknown to most of humanity. Some of this secret history has been revealed in the Adversary Cycle, some in the Repairman Jack novels, and bits and pieces in other, seemingly unconnected works. Taken together, even these millions of words barely scratch the surface of what has been going on behind the scenes, hidden from the workaday world. I've listed them below in chronological order. (NB: "Year Zero" is the end of civilization as we know it; "Year Zero Minus One" is the year preceding it, etc.)

THE PAST

"Demonsong" (prehistory) (free download) "Aryans and Absinthe" (1923-1924)** BLACK WIND (1926-1945) THE KEEP (1941) REBORN (Feb-Mar 1968) "Dat Tay Vao" (Mar 1968)+ JACK: Secret Histories (1983) JACK: Secret Circles (1983) JACK: Secret Vengeance (1983) "Faces" (1989)* COLD CITY (1990) DARK CITY (1991) FEAR CITY (1993)

YEAR ZERO MINUS THREE

SIBS (February) THE TOMB (summer) "The Barrens" (ends in September)* "A Day in the Life" (October)* "The Long Way Home" ++ LEGACIES (December)

YEAR ZERO MINUS TWO

CONSPIRACIES (April) (includes "Home Repairs") "Interlude at Duane's" (April)** ALL THE RAGE (May) (includes "The Last Rakosh") HOSTS (June) THE HAUNTED AIR (August) GATEWAYS (September) CRISSCROSS (November) INFERNAL (December)

YEAR ZERO MINUS ONE

HARBINGERS (January) BLOODLINE (April) BY THE SWORD (May) GROUND ZERO (July) THE TOUCH (ends in August) The Peabody-Ozymandias Traveling Circus & Oddity Emporium (ends in September) "Tenants"*

YEAR ZERO

"Pelts"* REPRISAL (ends in February) FATAL ERROR (February) (includes "The Wringer") THE DARK AT THE END (March) NIGHTWORLD (starts in May)

* included in The Barrens & Others
** included in Aftershock & Others
+ included in the 2009 reissue of The Touch
++ included in Quick Fixes