Storeys from the Old Hotel

First edition (publ. Kerosina books)
Cover art by Pete Lion

Storeys from the Old Hotel is a short story collection by American science fiction author Gene Wolfe published in 1988. It won the World Fantasy Award for Best Collection.

In the introduction, Wolfe describes the stories within the collection as "some of my most obscure work."

List of stories

The Green Rabbit from S'Rian
Beech Hill
Sightings at Twin Mounds
Continuing Westward
Slaves of Silver
The Rubber Bend
Westwind
Sonya, Crane, Wessleman, and Kittee
The Packerhaus Method
Straw
The Marvelous Brass Chessplaying Automaton
To the Dark Tower Came
Parkroads---A Review
The Flag
Alphabet
A Criminal Proceeding
In Looking-Glass Castle
Cherry Jubilee
Redbeard
A Solar Labyrinth
Love, Among the Corridors
Checking Out
Morning Glory
Trip, Trap
From the Desk of Gilmer C. Merton
Civis Laputus Sum
The Recording
Last Day
Death of the Island Doctor
Redwood Coast Roamer:
- On the Train
- In the Mountains
- At the Volcano's Lip
- In the Old Hotel
Choice of the Black Goddess

Gene Wolfe

The Book of the New Sun	The Shadow of the Torturer (1980) The Claw of the Conciliator (1981) The Sword of the Lictor (1981) The Citadel of the Autarch (1983) The Urth of the New Sun (1987)

The Book of the Long Sun	Nightside the Long Sun (1993) Lake of the Long Sun (1994) Caldé of the Long Sun (1994) Exodus from the Long Sun (1996)

The Book of the Short Sun	On Blue's Waters (1999) In Green's Jungles (2000) Return to the Whorl (2001)

The Soldier series	Soldier of the Mist (1986) Soldier of Arete (1989) Soldier of Sidon (2006)

The Wizard Knight	The Knight (2004) The Wizard (2004)

Stand-alone novels	Operation Ares (1970) The Fifth Head of Cerberus (1972) Peace (1975) The Devil in a Forest (1976) Free Live Free (1984) There Are Doors (1988) Castleview (1990) Pandora, By Holly Hollander (1990) Pirate Freedom (2007) An Evil Guest (2008) The Sorcerer's House (2010) Home Fires (2011) The Land Across (2013)

Short story collections	The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories (1980) Gene Wolfe's Book of Days (1981) The Wolfe Archipelago (1983) Plan(e)t Engineering (1984) Bibliomen (1984) Storeys from the Old Hotel (1988) Endangered Species (1989) Castle of Days (1992) The Young Wolfe (1992) Strange Travelers (2000) Innocents Aboard (2004) Starwater Strains (2005) The Best of Gene Wolfe (2009)

Short stories/Novellas	"How I Lost the Second World War and Helped Turn Back the German Invasion" (1973) "A Cabin on the Coast" (1984) A Walking Tour of the Shambles (2002) "Memorare" (2007)

Fictional creations	Severian Terminus Est Ascian language Inhumi

Bibliography	Gene Wolfe bibliography