List of fantasy story collections

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Some notable fantasy short story collections, in alphabetical order by title (some of these collections may also include some science-fiction stories):

Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z  - External links

[edit] A

• And Walk Now Gently Through the Fire by R. A. Lafferty et al.
• Apocalypses (two novellas) by R. A. Lafferty
• The Avram Davidson Treasury by Avram Davidson

[edit] B

• The Back Door of History by R. A. Lafferty
• The Barnum Museum by Steven Millhauser
• Best Ghost Stories of J. S. Lefanu by Sheridan LeFanu
• The Best of Avram Davidson by Avram Davidson
• The Best Tales of Hoffmann by E. T. A. Hoffmann
• The Bible Repairman by Tim Powers
• The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
• The Book of Wonder by Lord Dunsany

[edit] C

• Carnacki the Ghost-Finder by William Hope Hodgson
• The Castle of Crossed Destinies (two novellas) by Italo Calvino
• Changing Planes by Le Ursula K. Guin
• The Collected Fantasies of Avram Davidson by Avram Davidson
• Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges
  • an omnibus of all eight volumes of Borges' fiction (which is entirely short stories)
• The Compass Rose by Le Ursula K. Guin
• The Compleat Traveller in Black aka The Complete Traveller in Black by John Brunner
• Complete Fairy Tales by George MacDonald
• Complete Fairy Tales by Oscar Wilde
• The Complete Traveller in Black aka The Compleat Traveller in Black by John Brunner

[edit] D

• Dark Carnival aka The Small Assassin by Ray Bradbury
• The Day It Rained Forever aka A Medicine for Melancholy by Ray Bradbury
• The Devils in the Details by James Blaylock and Tim Powers
• Does Anyone Else Have Something Further to Add? by R. A. Lafferty
• A Dreamer's Tales by Lord Dunsany
• Driving Blind by Ray Bradbury
• The Dying Earth aka Mazirian the Magician by Jack Vance

[edit] E

• The Early Lafferty by R. A. Lafferty
• The Early Lafferty II by R. A. Lafferty
• Eight Fantasms and Magics by Jack Vance
• Elementals by A. S. Byatt

[edit] F

• Fancies and Goodnights by John Collier
• Fantasy Pieces in Callot's Manner by E. T. A. Hoffmann
• Fifty-One Tales aka The Food of Death by Lord Dunsany
• Fireworks by Angela Carter
• The Food of Death aka Fifty-One Tales by Lord Dunsany
• Four Stories by R. A. Lafferty
• Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman
• From the Realm of Morpheus by Steven Millhauser

[edit] G

• The Ghosts of Manacle by Charles G. Finney
• The Ghosts of the Heaviside Layer and Other Fantasms by Lord Dunsany
• Giant Bones aka The Magician of Karakosk by Peter S. Beagle
• The Gods of Pegana by Lord Dunsany
• The Golden Apples of the Sun by Ray Bradbury
• Golden Gate and Other Stories by R. A. Lafferty
• The Golden Pot and Other Tales by E. T. A. Hoffmann
• Green Magic by Jack Vance

[edit] H

• The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury
• Heart of Stone, Dear and Other Stories by R. A. Lafferty

[edit] I

• I Sing the Body Electric by Ray Bradbury
• The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
• In a Glass Darkly by Sheridan LeFanu
• In For a Penny by James Blaylock
• In the Penny Arcade by Steven Millhauser
• Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
• Irish Fairy Tales by James Stephens
• Iron Tears by R. A. Lafferty

[edit] J

• John the Balladeer by Manly Wade Wellman
• The Jorkens Tales by Lord Dunsany (many but not all are fantasies)
  • collected in The Travel Tales of Mr. Joseph Jorkens, Jorkens Remembers Africa, Jorkens Has a Large Whiskey, The Fourth Book of Jorkens, Jorkens Borrows Another Whiskey, and The Last Book of Jorkens

[edit] K

• Kai Lung Beneath the Mulberry Tree by Ernest Bramah
• Kai Lung: Six by Ernest Bramah
• The King in the Tree (three novellas) by Steven Millhauser
• The Knife Thrower and Other Stories by Steven Millhauser

[edit] L

• The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna Clarke
• Lafferty in Orbit by R. A. Lafferty
• The Last Book of Wonder aka Tales of Wonder by Lord Dunsany
• Limekiller by Avram Davidson
• The Line Between by Peter S. Beagle
• Little Black Book of Stories by A. S. Byatt
• Little Kingdoms (three novellas) by Steven Millhauser
• Little Wizard Stories of Oz by L. Frank Baum
• Long After Midnight by Ray Bradbury

[edit] M

• The Machineries of Joy by Ray Bradbury
• Madame Crowl's Ghost and Other Tales of Mystery by Sheridan LeFanu
• The Magician of Karakosk aka Giant Bones by Peter S. Beagle
• The Man Who Ate the Phoenix by Lord Dunsany
• The Man Who Made Models and Other Stories by R. A. Lafferty
• The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
• The Mazirian the Magician aka The Dying Earth by Jack Vance
• A Medicine for Melancholy aka The Day It Rained Forever by Ray Bradbury
• Mischief Malicious (And Murder Most Strange) by R. A. Lafferty

[edit] N

• Night Moves and Other Stories by Tim Powers
• Nine Hundred Grandmothers by R. A. Lafferty
• Novelties & Souvenirs by John Crowley
• Numbers in the Dark by Italo Calvino

[edit] O

• The October Country by Ray Bradbury
• One More For the Road by Ray Bradbury
• Or All the Seas with Oysters by Avram Davidson
• The Other Nineteenth Century by Avram Davidson

[edit] P

• The Panic Hand by Jonathan Carroll
• Poems and Stories by J. R. R. Tolkien
• Poems in Prose by Oscar Wilde
• Promontory Goats by R. A. Lafferty

[edit] Q

• Quicker Than the Eye by Ray Bradbury
• Qfwfq short-story series by Italo Calvino
  • collected in Cosmicomics and t Zero (but Numbers in the Dark also contains some Qfwfq stories)

[edit] R

• R is for Rocket by Ray Bradbury
• The Redward Edward Papers by Avram Davidson
• The Rhinoceros Who Quoted Nietzsche by Peter S. Beagle
• Ringing Changes by R. A. Lafferty

[edit] S

• S is for Space by Ray Bradbury
• Slightly Off Center by Neal Barrett
• Slippery and Other Stories by R. A. Lafferty
• The Small Assassin aka Dark Carnival by Ray Bradbury
• Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman
• Snake in His Bosom and Other Stories by R. A. Lafferty
• Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
• Strange Doings by R. A. Lafferty
• Strange Itineraries by Tim Powers
• Strange Seas and Shores by Avram Davidson
• Sugar and Other Stories by A. S. Byatt
• The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories by Lord Dunsany

[edit] T

• Tales from Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Tales from the Perilous Realm by J. R. R. Tolkien
• Tales of E. T. A. Hoffmann by E. T. A. Hoffmann
• Tales of God and Men cycle by Lord Dunsany
  • comprises The Gods of Pegana, Time and the Gods, The Sword of Welleran, A Dreamer's Tales, The Book of Wonder, Fifty-One Tales (aka The Food of Death), The Last Book of Wonder, and Tales of Three Hemispheres
• Tales of Hoffmann by E. T. A. Hoffmann
• Tales of Three Hemispheres by Lord Dunsany
• The Tales of Wonder aka Last Book of Wonder by Lord Dunsany
• Thirteen Phantasms by James Blaylock
• Through Elegant Eyes: Stories of Austro and the Men Who Know Everything by R. A. Lafferty
• Time and the Gods by Lord Dunsany
• The Toynbee Convector by Ray Bradbury

[edit] U

• Unfinished Tales by J. R. R. Tolkien

[edit] V

• Viriconium Nights by M. John Harrison

[edit] W

• The Wallet of Kai Lung by Ernest Bramah
• The Watcher and Other Stories by Italo Calvino
• What Strange Stars and Skies by Avram Davidson
• Whimsical Tales of Douglas Jerrold by Douglas Jerrold

[edit] X

[edit] Y

[edit] Z

Please note that novels and science-fiction short-story collections should not be included here: they have their own lists.