Bibliography for Lawrence Watt-Evans

This is Version 1.3 of this page, updated January 13, 2000, based on a bibliography last updated early in 1997. It's not complete, and is especially weak on the period from 1995-1998.

Arranged in order of publication

Published short stories:

• ''Paranoid Fantasy #1,''American Atheist, August 1975
  • 100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories, edited by Isaac Asimov, Terry Carr, and Martin H. Greenberg; Doubleday, 1984; Avon, August 1985
  • Crosstime Traffic, Del Rey Books, November 1992
  • 100 Hilarious Little Howlers, edited by Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg, and Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes and Noble, 1999
• ''The Temple of Life,'' The Space Gamer, July 1980
• ''Minus Two Reaction'' (my title: ''One Night At A Local Bar''), The Space Gamer, October 1980
  • Crosstime Traffic, Del Rey Books, November 1992
• ''The Rune and the Dragon,'' Dragon, November 1984
  • Crosstime Traffic, Del Rey Books, November 1992
• ''Why I Left Harry's All-Night Hamburgers,'' Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction, July 1987
  • Japanese translation, Hayakawa's SF 1/89, No. 373
  • Why I Left Harry's All-Night Hamburgers and Other Stories from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, edited by Sheila Williams & Charles Ardai; Delacorte, June 1990
  • Italian translation, I Premi Hugo 1984-1990, Editrice Nord, 1991 (''Perché me ne sono andato dal locale di Harry,'')
  • The New Hugo Winners, Volume II, Presented by Isaac Asimov, Baen Books, January 1992; Science Fiction Book Club, January 1992
  • Crosstime Traffic, Del Rey Books, November 1992
  • Polish translation, Fenix
  • Audiotape, More of the Best of Science Fiction and Fantasy, 1995
  • Audiotape, The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of the 20th Century, 1998
  • Bruce Coville's Alien Visitors, Avon Camelot, October 1999
  • WINNER: 1988 Hugo award, best short story; Asimov's Readers' Award, best short story of 1987
  • NOMINEE: Nebula Award
• ''An Infinity of Karen,'' Amazing, September 1988
  • Russian translation, Khimia i Zhizn (Chemistry & Life), January 1990
  • Crosstime Traffic, Del Rey Books, November 1992
• ''Dead Things Don't Move,'' Late Knocking, The Poe Issue, 1988
  • Predators, edited by Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Roc Books, February 1993
  • Japanese translation, Predators, Fusosha Mystery
• ''In League with the Freeway,'' Other Worlds #2, December 1988 (This story had previously been sold to Worlds of If, which folded before publishing it.)
• ''Real Time,'' Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction, January 1989
  • Great Tales of Madness and the Macabre, edited by Charles Ardai; Galahad Books, June 1990
  • Crosstime Traffic, Del Rey Books, November 1992
• ''Windwagon Smith and the Martians,'' Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction, April 1989
  • Japanese translation, Hayakawa's SF 7/90, No. 396
  • Audiotape, Best Fantasy Stories of the Year, 1989, edited by Orson Scott Card, Dercum Audio
  • Isaac Asimov's Mars, edited by Gardner Dozois, Berkley/Ace, September 1991
  • Crosstime Traffic, Del Rey Books, November 1992
  • The Loch Moose Monster: More Stories from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, edited by Sheila Williams, Dell, March 1993.
  • Italian translation, Isaac Asimov su Marte, Mondadori Editore, 1994 (''Windwagon Smith e i marziani'')
  • Asimov's Readers' Choice, edited by Sheila Williams, Dell Magazines
  • WINNER: Asimov's Readers' Award, best short story of 1989
• ''The Palace of al-Tir al-Abtan,'' Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine, Fall 1989
  • Crosstime Traffic, Del Rey Books, November 1992
  • The Best of Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine, Warner Books, November 1994
• ''After the Dragon Is Dead,'' Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine #9, Summer 1990
  • Crosstime Traffic, Del Rey Books, November 1992
• ''One-Shot,'' Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, January 1991
  • Futurecrime, edited by Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, Donald I. Fine, January 1992
  • Crosstime Traffic, Del Rey Books, November 1992
• ''Science Fiction,'' Analog, March 1991
  • Crosstime Traffic, Del Rey Books, November 1992
• ''Playing for Keeps,'' Weird Tales #300, Winter 1991
• ''Targets,'' Aboriginal SF, May 1991/Interzone, May 1991
• ''The Ghost Taker,'' Amazing Stories, May 1991
• ''Watching New York Melt'' (collaboration with Julie Evans), Newer York, edited by Lawrence Watt-Evans NAL/Penguin/Roc, June 1991
  • Crosstime Traffic, Del Rey Books, November 1992
• ''A Flying Saucer With Minnesota Plates,'' Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction, August 1991
  • Crosstime Traffic, Del Rey Books, November 1992
  • Aliens and UFOs, Smithmark
  • Japanese translation, Hayakawa's SF 9/94, No. 457
• ''Keep the Faith,'' Isaac's Universe Vol. 2: Phases in Chaos, edited by Martin H. Greenberg, Avon Books, July 1991
  • Italian translation, Le fasi del caos, Mondadori Editore, 1993 (''Affari di fede'')
• ''The Name of Fear,'' The Ultimate Dracula, Dell/SFBC, October 1991
  • Italian translation, Il ritorno di Dracula, Mondadori Editore, 1992 (''Il Nome della paura'')
  • Japanese translation, The Ultimate Dracula Vol. 2, Ta-Ke Shobo Publishing Co. Ltd.
• ''Portrait of A Hero,'' (an Ethshar story) Once Upon A Time, Del Rey Books, Fall, 1991
  • Italian translation, Magicland: Storie di fate, principi e folletti dei maestri della Fantasy, Mondadori Editore, 1993 (''Ritratto di un eroe'')
• ''The Drifter,'' Amazing Stories, October 1991
  • Crosstime Traffic, Del Rey Books, November 1992
• ''Parade,'' Dead End: City Limits, edited by Dave Silva & Paul Olson, St. Martin's Press, October 1991
• ''New Worlds,'' Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction, December 1991
  • Crosstime Traffic, Del Rey Books, November 1992
• ''Richie,'' Vampires, edited by Jane Yolen and Martin H. Greenberg, HarperCollins, 1991 ISBN 0-06-026800-X $14.95; paperback release, 1993, HarperTrophy, ISBN 0-06-440485-4, $3.95
• ''Storm Trooper,'' Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction, January 1992
  • Crosstime Traffic, Del Rey Books, November 1992
  • German translation, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazin, 40.Folge, 1992
• ''Natural Selection,'' Amazing Stories, January 1992
• ''Truth, Justice, and the American Way,'' Alternate Presidents, edited by Mike Resnick, Tor Books, February 1992; Science Fiction Book Club, February 1992
  • Crosstime Traffic, Del Rey Books, November 1992
• ''Pickman's Modem,'' Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction, February 1992
  • Isaac Asimov's SF Lite, edited by Gardner Dozois, Ace Books, March 1993
  • Cthulhu 2000, edited by Jim Turner, Arkham House, October 1993; Del Rey, June 1999
  • Italian translation, Lovecraft 2000, Sperling & Kupfer, 1999 (''Il Modem di Pickman'')
• ''Tomorrow Never Knows,'' Bone Saw #1, Tundra Publications, March 1992
• ''One Man's Meat,'' Isaac's Universe Vol. 3: Unnatural Diplomacy, edited by Martin H. Greenberg, Avon Books, July 1992
• ''Stab,'' MetaHorror, edited by Dennis Etchison, Dell/Abyss Books, July 1992; Donald Grant 1993
• ''Efficiency,'' Midnight Zoo, Vol. 2 No. 2
• ''Fragments,'' Interzone, July 1992
• ''When Hell Froze Over,'' Pulphouse #11, August 1992
• ''Tulki's Revenge,'' Tales of Talislanta, Wizards of the Coast, July 1992
• ''Foxy Lady,'' Zoomorphica #1, Summer 1992
• ''Spirit Dump,'' The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October/November 1992
  • Italian translation, Millemondinverno 1994, Mondadori Editore, 1994 (''La discarica dello spirito'')
• ''The Final Folly of Captain Dancy,'' The Rebirth of Wonder, Tor Books, October 1992
  • Crosstime Traffic, Del Rey Books, November 1992
• ''Unicornucopia,'' Unicorns II, edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois, Ace Books, November 1992
• ''Monster Kidnaps Girl At Mad Scientist's Command!'' Pulphouse #16
  • Crosstime Traffic, Del Rey Books, November 1992
• ''Visions,'' Grails: Quests, Visitations, and Other Occurrences, edited by Richard Gilliam, Martin H. Greenberg, & Edward Kramer
  • Italian translation, Graal: La Ricerca dell'Alba, Salani, 1997 (''Visioni'')
• ''The Frog Wizard,'' Science Fiction Age #2, January 1993
• ''The Murderer,'' Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction, April 1993
• ''Mastermind of Oz'' (collaboration with B.W. Clough), Amazing Stories, April 1993
• ''Blood Feud,'' Cemetery Dance, Spring 1993
• ''Old Soldiers,'' Quest to Riverworld, edited by Philip Jose Farmer (Richard Gilliam, Philip Jose Farmer, & Martin H. Greenberg), Warner Books, August 1993
• ''Beneath the Tarmac,'' Deathport, edited by Ramsey Campbell & Martin H. Greenberg, Pocket Books, September 1993
• ''Larger Than Life,'' The Ultimate Zombie, Dell Books, October 1993
• ''Just Perfect,'' Swashbuckling Editor Stories, John Betancourt, ed., Wildside Press, November 1993) ISBN 1-880448-22-X $7.95
• ''A Public Hanging,'' PULPHOUSE: The Hardback Magazine #12, The Last Issue, fall 1993
• ''The Worst Part,'' Phobias, edited by Wendy Webb, Richard Gilliam, Ed Kramer, & Martin H. Greenberg, Pocket Books, January 1994
• ''How I Maybe Saved the World Last Tuesday Before Breakfast,'' Bruce Coville's Book of Aliens, edited by Bruce Coville, Scholastic Books, February 1994
• ''The Art of Dying,'' The Beast Within, edited by Stewart Wieck, White Wolf, April 1994
• ''The Bride of Bigfoot,'' Alien Pregnant By Elvis!, edited by Esther Friesner, DAW Books, June 1994
• ''For Value Received,'' Deals with the Devil, edited by Mike Resnick, DAW Books, October 1994
• ''One of the Boys,'' Superheroes, edited by John Varley & Ricia Mainhardt, Ace Books, January 1995
• ''Ghost Stories,'' Bruce Coville's Book of Ghosts edited by Bruce Coville, Scholastic Books, September 1994 ISBN 0-590-46160-5
• ''The Cat Came Back,'' Bruce Coville's Book of Nightmares, edited by Bruce Coville, Scholastic Books, February 1995
• ''Cool,'' The Ultimate Spider-Man, Byron Preiss Multimedia; trade paperback, December 1994; Boulevard Books, February 1996
• ''Dread Vengeance,'' Science Fiction Age, January 1995
• ''The Great Ritual,'' After Hours #25, Winter 1995
• ''Dead Babies,'' South from Midnight, October 1994
  • The Best New Horror, Volume Six, edited by Stephen Jones, Carroll & Graf, 1995
• ''Teaching Machines,'' Asimov's Science Fiction, March 1995
• ''Eye of the Beholder,'' City of Darkness: Unseen, edited by Stewart Wieck, White Wolf
  • Book of the Kindred, edited by Mark Rein-Hagen, White Wolf, 1998
• ''Back to the Land,'' Deathrealm #24, Summer 1995
• ''The Guardswoman,'' (an Ethshar story) Chicks in Chainmail, edited by Esther Friesner, Baen Books, 1995; Science Fiction Book Club, 1995
• ''Hearts and Flowers,'' Full Spectrum 5, Bantam Books
• ''The Final Challenge,'' The Book of Kings, Richard Gilliam and Martin Greenberg, eds., Roc, 1995) ISBN 0-451-45473-1 $5.50
• ''The Pick-Up,'' The Ultimate Alien, Dell Books, October 1995
  • Japanese translation, Hayakawa's SF 5/97, No. 491
• ''Sirinita's Dragon,'' (an Ethshar story) The Ultimate Dragon, Dell Books, October 1995
• ''Choice,'' How to Save the World, edited by Charles Sheffield, Tor Books
• ''My Mother and I Go Shopping,'' Adventures into the Twilight Zone, edited by Carol Serling
• ''Revised Edition,'' Amazing Stories: The Anthology, 1995
• ''The Bogle in the Basement,'' Orphans of the Night, edited by Josepha Sherman, Walker Books
• ''Impostor Syndrome,'' More Phobias, edited by Wendy Webb, Richard Gilliam, Ed Kramer, & Martin H. Greenberg, Pocket Books
• ''Mehitabel Goodwin,'' Ancient Enchantresses, edited by Richard Gilliam, Kathleen Massie-Ferch, and Martin H. Greenberg, DAW Books
• ''Out of the Woods,'' Enchanted Forests, edited by Katharine Kerr and Martin H. Greenberg, DAW Books, December 1995
• ''Something to Grin About,'' Fantastic Alice, edited by Margaret Weis & Martin H. Greenberg, Ace Books, December 1995
• ''Celestial Debris,'' A Starfarer's Dozen, Michael Stearns, ed., Jane Yolen Books, Harcourt Brace, October 1995
• ''The Garrison,'' Castle Fantastic, edited by John DeChancie and Martin H. Greenberg, DAW Books, March 1996
• ''Horsing Around,'' Bruce Coville's Book of Magic, edited by Bruce Coville, Scholastic Books, May 1996
• ''Beth's Unicorn,'' Realms of Fantasy, June 1996
• ''The Bloodstone,'' (an Ethshar story) The Shimmering Door, edited by Katharine Kerr, HarperPrism, August 1996
• ''George Pinkerton and the Bloodsucking Fiend of Brokentree Swamp,'' Bruce Coville's Book of Monsters II, edited by Bruce Coville, Scholastic Books, August 1996
• ''What the Cat Dragged In,'' A Nightmare's Dozen, edited by Michael Stearns, Harcourt Brace, 1996 ; Laurel Leaf Books, October 1999
  • Danish translation
• ''Worthy of His Hire,'' 100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories, edited by Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg, and Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble
• ''George Pinkerton and the Space Waffles,'' Bruce Coville's Book of Aliens II, edited by Bruce Coville, Scholastic Books, November 1996
• ''George Pinkerton and the Bedtime Ghost'' (collaboration with Julie Evans), Bruce Coville's Book of Ghosts II, edited by Bruce Coville, Scholastic Books, January 1997
• ''Sit!'' Urban Nightmares, edited by Josepha Sherman and Keith R.A. DeCandido, Baen Books, November 1997
• ''Grandpa's Head,'' Robert Bloch's Psychos, edited by Robert Bloch, Pocket Books, January 1998; a limited edition was published by CD Publications
  • Italian translation, Psychos, Sperling & Kupfer, 1998 (''La testa di nonno'')
• ''In Re: Nephelegeretes,'' Olympus, edited by Bruce Arthurs, DAW Books, March 1998
• ''Upstairs,'' Horrors! 365 Scary Stories, edited by Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg, and Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble, 1998
  • The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Volume Ten, edited by Stephen Jones, published in Britain by Robinson, in the U.S. by Carroll and Graf,
• ''The Sidekick,'' Between the Darkness and the Fire, edited by Jeffry Dwight, Wildside Press. Benefit anthology for SFF-Net in a 1,000-copy limited trade paperback edition, ISBN 1-880448-56-4
• ''Ingredients'' (an Ethshar story), Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Worlds, edited by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Rachel Holmen, in a 300-copy limited hardcover edition. Available from the Marion Zimmer Bradley Webpage.
• ''Remembrance of Things to Come,'' Analog, April 1999
• ''The Pimp,'' Weird Tales #315, Spring 1999
• ''The Chaperone,'' Prom Night, edited by Nancy Springer, DAW Books, May 1999
• ''In for A Pound,'' Chicks 'n' Chained Males, edited by Esther Friesner, Baen Books, May 1999
• ''Weaving Spells,'' (an Ethshar story) Sword and Sorceress XVI, edited by Marion Zimmer Bradley, DAW Books, June 1999
• ''Trixie,'' CatFantastic 5, edited by Andre Norton and Martin H. Greenberg, DAW Books, August 1999
• ''He's Only Human,'' (based on an idea by Dan Goodman), Science Fiction Age, September 1999
• ''Throwback,'' Alien Abductions, edited by John Helfers, DAW Books, October 1999
• ''I Was A Bestselling Teenage Werewolf,'' Bruce Coville's Shapeshifters, Avon Camelot, October 1999
• ''Night Flight,'' (an Ethshar story) Flights of Fantasy, edited by Mercedes Lackey, DAW Books, December 1999

Short stories written as giveaways:

• ''Short Lines,'' Chattacon XVII program book
• ''Corners in Time,'' Atlanta in '95 bidzine, published 7/92

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