by Lawrence Watt-Evans
COLOR CODED by GENRE
So here's the deal: This is a bibliography of my published short fiction, but with the titles color-coded to indicate the story's genre.
Red indicates a horror story -- red as blood. Green, the color of a dragon's hide or an elf-maiden's eyes, means fantasy. The deep blue of Cherenkov radiation denotes science fiction. And white means contemporary fiction with no horrific or fantastic elements at all.
Not all stories fit neatly into a single genre, though, so you'll also find dark fantasy, science fantasy (including superhero stories), SF horror, SF with some fantasy elements, fantasy with some horror elements, SF with just a trace of the fantastic, and so on.
So there you go.
This list is, to the best of my knowledge, complete as of September 1, 2015. The titles are not links, as that would screw up the colors; for the same list without colors but with links, see my regular "Short Fiction" page. (That one's alphabetical; there's also in order of publication.)
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
The Holt Anthology of Science Fiction, 2001
99-cent e-book, July 2011
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
- 99-cent e-book, August 2011
- 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
- The Mammoth Book of Time Travel SF, edited by Mike Ashley; Constable & Robinson, 2013
"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
- The Final Folly of Captain Dancy & Other Pseudo-Historical Fantasies, FoxAcre Press, July 2011
- 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
"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
"Playing for Keeps": Weird Tales #300, Winter 1991
- 100 Fiendish Little Frightmares, edited by Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg, & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble Books, 1997
"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
"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")
- Celestial Debris, FoxAcre, 2002
"A Flying Saucer With Minnesota Plates": Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction, August 1991
"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.
- In the Blood, Misenchanted Press, August 2011
"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")
- Tales of Ethshar, Wildside Press, March 2012
"The Drifter": Amazing Stories, October 1991
"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
"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
"Short Lines": Chattacon XVII Program Book, January 1992
"Truth, Justice, and the American Way": Alternate Presidents, edited by Mike Resnick, Tor Books, February 1992; Science Fiction Book Club, February 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")
- Celestial Debris, FoxAcre, 2002
"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
"Corners in Time": Further South on Peachtree, Atlanta in '95 bidzine, Vol. 2 No. 4, July 1992
"Fragments": Interzone, July 1992
"Tulki's Revenge": Tales of Talislanta, Wizards of the Coast, July 1992
"Foxy Lady": Zoomorphica #1, Summer 1992
- Best in Show, edited by Fred Patten, Sofawolf Press, July 2003
"When Hell Froze Over": Pulphouse #11, August 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
- The Final Folly of Captain Dancy & Other Pseudo-Historical Fantasies, FoxAcre Press, July 2011
"Visions": Grails: Quests, Visitations, and Other Occurrences, edited by Richard Gilliam, Martin H. Greenberg, & Edward Kramer
- Grails: Quests of the Dawn, edited by by Richard Gilliam, Martin H. Greenberg, & Edward Kramer, Roc, March 1994
- Italian translation, Graal: La Ricerca dell'Alba, Salani, 1997 ("Visioni")
- Celestial Debris, FoxAcre, 2002
"Unicornucopia": Unicorns II, edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois, Ace Books, November 1992
"Monster Kidnaps Girl At Mad Scientist's Command!"Pulphouse #16
"The Frog Wizard": Science Fiction Age #2, January 1993
"The Great Ritual": After Hours #25, Winter 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
"Ghost Stories": Bruce Coville's Book of Ghosts edited by Bruce Coville, Scholastic Books, September 1994 ISBN 0-590-46160-5
"For Value Received": Deals with the Devil, edited by Mike Resnick, DAW Books, October 1994
"Dead Babies": South from Midnight, October 1994
- The Best New Horror, Volume Six, edited by Stephen Jones, Carroll & Graf, 1995
"Cool": The Ultimate Spider-Man, Byron Preiss Multimedia; trade paperback, December 1994; Boulevard Books, February 1996
"One of the Boys": Superheroes, edited by John Varley & Ricia Mainhardt, Ace Books, January 1995
"Worthy of His Hire": 100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories, edited by Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg, and Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble
"Dread Vengeance": Science Fiction Age, January 1995
"The Cat Came Back": Bruce Coville's Book of Nightmares, edited by Bruce Coville, Scholastic Books, February 1995
"Teaching Machines": Asimov's Science Fiction, March 1995
"Revised Edition": Amazing Stories: The Anthology, 1995
"The Bogle in the Basement": Orphans of the Night, edited by Josepha Sherman, Walker Books, May 1995
"The Final Challenge": The Book of Kings, edited by Richard Gilliam and Martin Greenberg, Roc, July 1995
"Impostor Syndrome": More Phobias, edited by Wendy Webb, Richard Gilliam, Ed Kramer, & Martin H. Greenberg, Pocket Books, July 1995
"Mehitabel Goodwin": Ancient Enchantresses, edited by Richard Gilliam, Kathleen Massie-Ferch, and Martin H. Greenberg, DAW Books, August 1995
"Hearts and Flowers": Full Spectrum 5, Bantam Books, August 1995
"Back to the Land": Deathrealm #24, Summer 1995
"The Guardswoman": (an Ethshar story) Chicks in Chainmail, edited by Esther Friesner, Baen Books, September 1995; Science Fiction Book Club, 1995
"Choice": How to Save the World, edited by Charles Sheffield, Tor Books, September 1995
"My Mother and I Go Shopping": Adventures into the Twilight Zone, edited by Carol Serling; DAW Books, September 1995
- The Final Folly of Captain Dancy & Other Pseudo-Historical Fantasies, FoxAcre Press, July 2011
"Mittens and Hotfoot" (as Walter Vance Awsten): Adventures into the Twilight Zone, edited by Carol Serling; DAW Books, September 1995
"The Pick-Up": The Ultimate Alien, Dell Books, October 1995
- Japanese translation, Hayakawa's SF 5/97, No. 491
- In the Blood, Misenchanted Press, August 2011
"Celestial Debris": A Starfarer's Dozen, Michael Stearns, ed., Jane Yolen Books, Harcourt Brace, October 1995
"Sirinita's Dragon": (an Ethshar story) The Ultimate Dragon, Dell Books, October 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
- In the Blood, Misenchanted Press, August 2011
"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
"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
"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")
"Keeping Up Appearances": Did You Say Chicks?!, edited by Esther Friesner, Baen Books, February 1998
- Chicks Ahoy!, edited by Esther Friesner (omnibus); Baen Books, December 2010
"Oh, Sweet Goodnight!" with Christina Briley, as Walter Vance Awsten: Did You Say Chicks?!, edited by Esther Friesner, Baen Books, February 1998
- Chicks Ahoy!, edited by Esther Friesner (omnibus); Baen Books, December 2010
"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, 1999
"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, 1998; trade paperback, 2012.
"Remembrance of Things to Come": Analog, April 1999
"The Pimp": Weird Tales #315, Spring 1999
"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
- Chicks Ahoy!, edited by Esther Friesner (omnibus); Baen Books, December 2010
"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
"The Note Beside the Body": Dreams of Decadence #11, Summer 2000
- The Best of Dreams of Decadence, edited by Angela Kessler, Roc, March 2003
- In the Blood, Misenchanted Press, August 2011
"The Man Who Loved Dragons": Crosstime Traffic second edition, FoxAcre Press, 2000 (not in previous editions)
"The Last Bastion": Far Frontiers, edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, DAW Books, September 2000
"Heart of Stone": Graven Images, edited by Nancy Kilpatrick and Thomas S. Roche, Ace Books, October 2000
"That Doggone Vnorpt" (as Nathan Archer): Guardsmen of Tomorrow, edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, DAW Books, November 2000
"The Man for the Job": Realms of Fantasy, December 2000
"Advance Man": Neverworlds, April 2001? (Publication not confirmed.)
"Arms and the Woman": Sword and Sorceress XVIII, edited by Marion Zimmer Bradley, DAW Books, May 2001
"One Million Lightbulbs": Celestial Debris, FoxAcre, 2002
Coney Island Wonder Stories, edited by Robert J. Howe, Wildside Press, September 2005
The Final Folly of Captain Dancy & Other Pseudo-Historical Fantasies, FoxAcre Press, July 2011
"Volunteers": 3SF No. 1, October 2002
"Contraband" (as Nathan Archer): Low Port, edited by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller, Meisha Merlin, September 2003
"Dropping Hints": Murder by Magic, edited by Rosemary Edghill, Warner Aspect, October 2004
"Return to Xanadu": The Enchanter Completed, edited by Harry Turtledove, Baen Books, April 2005
"The God in Red": First published in chapbook form as our family holiday card, November 2007
"Jim Tuckerman's Angel": Helix #10 (webzine), edited by William Sanders, October 2008
"The Warlock's Refuge": The World of Ethshar (website), April 2010
"The Unwanted Wardrobe": (An April Fool's joke, not an actual story.) The World of Ethshar (website), April 1, 2011
"Best Present Ever!": First published in chapbook form as our family holiday card, November 2011
"Hell for Leather": The Anthology from Hell, edited by Julia S. Mandala, Yard Dog Press, March 2012
"Tentacular": GISHWHES, 2014
"Nif's World": The 10th Science Fiction Megapack, Wildside Press, August 2015
- Science Fiction for the Throne: One-Sitting Reads, edited by Tom Easton and Judith K. Dial, Fantastic Books, July 2017
"The Abduction of Ebenezer Scrooge": First published in chapbook form as our family holiday card, December 2015
"Hazmat": Hazmat & Other Toxic Stories, Misenchanted Press, May 2016
"Slash": Hazmat & Other Toxic Stories, Misenchanted Press, May 2016
"The Lady of Shadow Guard" (A Jack of Shadows story):
Shadows and Reflections, edited by Trent Zelazny and Warren Lapine, Positronic Publishing, July 2017
"An Evil Opportunity Employer":
Unidentified Funny Objects 6, edited by Alex Shvartsman, UFO Publishing, October 2017
"Sorcery of the Heart":
Lace and Blade 4, edited by Deborah J. Ross, Marion Zimmer Bradley Literary Works Trust, February 2018
"The Prisoner of Shalott": By the Light of Camelot, edited by J.R. Campbell & Shannon Allen, EDGE Science Fiction, August 2018
"Harry's Toaster": Amazing Stories, Fall 2018
"Valedictory": Release the Virgins, edited by Michael A. Ventrella, Fantastic Books, January 2019
"An Interrupted Betrothal": Lace and Blade 5, edited by Deborah J. Ross, Marion Zimmer Bradley Literary Works Trust, February 2019
"How I Found Harry's All-Night Hamburgers":
Asimov's Science Fiction, March/April 2019
"Personal Space": Asimov's Science Fiction, October 2019
"The Night People": Amazing Stories, Fall 2019
"Paul is Dead": Across the Universe: Tales of Alternative Beatles, edited by Michael A. Ventrella and Randee Dawn, Fantasic Books, December 2019
"The Jurors": Three Time Travelers Walk Into..., edited by Michael A. Ventrella, Fantastic Books, June 2022
"The House of the Spider": Thrilling Adventure Yearns 2022, edited by Robert Greenberger, Crazy 8 Press, forthcoming
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