Author guide
Drew Hayes Books in Order
Drew Hayes is a Texas author and graduate of Texas Tech University with a B.A. in English. His bibliography includes humorous fantasy, superhero fiction, progression fantasy, urban fantasy, mystery, nonfiction, and short fiction.
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Drew Hayes's Newest Book
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Super Powereds: Year 1
The beginning of the completed superhero series and a strong introduction to Hayes's ensemble storytelling.
NPCs
The first book in the Spells, Swords, & Stealth series and a representative fantasy entry point.
The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant
The opening volume of Hayes's long-running humorous urban-fantasy series.
Forging Hephaestus
The opening volume of the Villains' Code series and a direct superhero-fantasy entry point.
Pears and Perils
A standalone fantasy novel offering a self-contained introduction to Hayes's humor and style.
Read in order
Books by series
novel-series · complete
Super Powereds
A completed superhero fantasy series about young people learning to control and use extraordinary powers.
novel-series · complete
Super Powereds Spinoff
A Super Powereds-world spinoff centered on a professional superhero team.
- 1
CorpiesAmazon ↗Book 1 · novel · 2016
novel-series · ongoing
Spells, Swords, & Stealth
A fantasy series about tabletop-game characters and the nonplayer characters whose world they inhabit.
novel-series · complete
Fred, the Vampire Accountant
A humorous urban-fantasy series following Fred, an accountant who becomes a vampire and builds an unconventional supernatural life.
- 1 The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire AccountantAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novel · 2014
- 2
Undeath & TaxesAmazon ↗Book 2 · novel · 2015
- 3
Bloody AcquisitionsAmazon ↗Book 3 · novel · 2016
- 4
The Fangs of FreelanceAmazon ↗Book 4 · novel · 2017
- 5
Deadly AssessmentsAmazon ↗Book 5 · novel · 2018
- 6
Undeading BellsAmazon ↗Book 6 · novel · 2019
- 7
Out of House and HomeAmazon ↗Book 7 · novel · 2021
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Posthumous EducationAmazon ↗Book 8 · novel · 2022
- 9 All Accounts SettledAmazon ↗
Book 9 · novel · 2025
novel-series · ongoing
Villains' Code
A superhero fantasy series focused on organized supervillainy, its rules, and the people who operate within them.
- 1 Forging HephaestusAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novel · 2017
- 2
Bones of the PastAmazon ↗Book 2 · novel · 2020
- 3
Villains' Vignettes: Volume IAmazon ↗Book 2.5 · short-story-collection · 2023 Optional
- 4
Chilling ReflectionsAmazon ↗Book 3 · novel · 2024
- 5 Villains' Vignettes: Volume IIAmazon ↗
Book 3.5 · short-story-collection · 2025 Optional
audio-original-series · ongoing
5-Minute Sherlock
An Audible Original mystery series featuring Sherlock Holmes-inspired investigations.
novella-series · ongoing
Roverpowered
A family-friendly progression-fantasy novella series about an aspiring alchemist and her unusually powerful dog familiar.
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (10)
- Pears and PerilsAmazon ↗
novel · 2013
- Topher Nightshade vs. The Camp of the Undead ApocalypseAmazon ↗
novel
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Second Hand CursesAmazon ↗novel · 2017
- Underqualified Advice (and Other Amusing Diversions)Amazon ↗
nonfiction · 2019
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A Decade of Death and DecisionsAmazon ↗novel · 2024
- Aliens Wrecked Our KeggerAmazon ↗
novella · 2018
- Slaughter on Giggletime MountainAmazon ↗
novella · 2018
- They Came from Studio 13Amazon ↗
novella · 2019
- Action KadabraAmazon ↗
novella · 2020
- Holly's Jolly ChristmasAmazon ↗
novella · 2021