List of fantasy story collections

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

## A

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* The Adventures of Doctor Eszterhazy by Avram Davidson
* 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

## B

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* The Back Door of History by R. A. Lafferty
* The Barnum Museum by Steven Millhauser
* Best Ghost Stories of J. S. Lefanu by Sheridan Le Fanu
* The Best of Avram Davidson by Avram Davidson
* The Best Tales of Hoffmann by E. T. A. Hoffmann
* Beyond the Wall of Sleep by H.P. Lovecraft
* The Bible Repairman by Tim Powers
* The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
* The Book of Fritz Leiber by Fritz Leiber
* The Book of Wonder by Lord Dunsany

## C

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* Carnacki the Ghost-Finder by William Hope Hodgson
* The Castle of Crossed Destinies (two novellas) by Italo Calvino
* Changing Planes by Ursula K. Le Guin
* Collected Fantasies 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 Ursula K. Le Guin
* The Compleat Traveller in Black a.k.a. The Compleat Traveller in Black by John Brunner
* The Complete Chronicles of Conan by Robert E. Howard
* Complete Fairy Tales by George MacDonald
* Complete Fairy Tales by Oscar Wilde
* The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft
* The Traveller in Black a.k.a. The Compleat Traveller in Black by John Brunner
* Cinderella

## D

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* Dark Carnival a.k.a. The Small Assassin by Ray Bradbury
* The Darrell Schweitzer Megapack by Darrell Schweitzer
* The Day It Rained Forever a.k.a. 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
* Dreams of Distant Shores by Patricia A. McKillip
* Driving Blind by Ray Bradbury
* The Dying Earth a.k.a. Mazirian the Magician by Jack Vance

## E

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* The Early Lafferty by R. A. Lafferty
* The Early Lafferty II by R. A. Lafferty
* Echoes of the Goddess by Darrell Schweitzer
* Eight Fantasms and Magics by Jack Vance
* Elementals by A. S. Byatt
* The Emperor of the Ancient Word and Other Fantastic Stories by Darrell Schweitzer
* The Enquiries of Doctor Eszterhazy by Avram Davidson
* Escape on Venus by Edgar Rice Burroughs

## F

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

## G

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* Ghost Trouble by Richard Parks
* The Ghosts of Manacle by Charles G. Finney
* The Ghosts of the Heaviside Layer, and Other Fantasms by Lord Dunsany
* 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
* Golden Wings and Other Stories by William Morris
* The Great World and the Small: More Tales of the Ominous and Magical by Darrell Schweitzer
* Green Magic by Jack Vance

## H

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* The Harold Shea Tales by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt
* collected in The Incomplete Enchanter, Wall of Serpents, The Compleat Enchanter, The Complete Compleat Enchanter, The Enchanter Reborn, The Exotic Enchanter, and The Mathematics of Magic: The Enchanter Stories of L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt
* Harrowing the Dragon by Patricia A. McKillip
* Heart of Stone, Dear and Other Stories by R. A. Lafferty
* Heroes and Horrors by Fritz Leiber
* Heroes in the Wind by Robert E. Howard

## I

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* I Sing the Body Electric by Ray Bradbury
* The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
* In a Glass Darkly by Sheridan Le Fanu
* 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

## J

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* John Carter of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
* 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

## K

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* 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 Knight and Knave of Swords by Fritz Leiber
* The Knife Thrower and Other Stories by Steven Millhauser

## L

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* The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna Clarke
* Lafferty in Orbit by R. A. Lafferty
* The Last Book of Wonder a.k.a. Tales of Wonder by Lord Dunsany
* ¡Limekiller! by Avram Davidson
* Lin Carter's Simrana Cycle by Lin Carter
* 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
* Living With the Dead (The Tale of Old Corpsenberg) by Darrell Schweitzer
* Long After Midnight by Ray Bradbury

## M

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* The Machineries of Joy by Ray Bradbury
* Madame Crowl's Ghost and Other Tales of Mystery by Sheridan Le Fanu
* The Magician of Karakosk a.k.a. 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
* Mazirian the Magician a.k.a. The Dying Earth by Jack Vance
* The Meaning of Life and Other Awesome Cosmic Revelations by Darrell Schweitzer
* A Medicine for Melancholy a.k.a. The Day It Rained Forever by Ray Bradbury
* Mischief Malicious (And Murder Most Strange) by R. A. Lafferty
* Murder By Magic edited by Rosemary Edghill

## N

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* Necromancies and Netherworlds: Uncanny Stories by Darrell Schweitzer and Jason Van Hollander
* Night Moves and Other Stories by Tim Powers
* Nightscapes: Tales of the Ominous and Magical by Darrell Schweitzer
* Nine Hundred Grandmothers by R. A. Lafferty
* Novelties & Souvenirs by John Crowley
* Numbers in the Dark by Italo Calvino

## O

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* The October Country by Ray Bradbury
* The Ogre's Wife by Richard Parks
* On the Banks of the River of Heaven by Richard Parks
* One More for the Road by Ray Bradbury
* Or All the Seas with Oysters by Avram Davidson
* The Other Nineteenth Century by Avram Davidson
* The Outsider and Others by H.P. Lovecraft

## P

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* 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
* The Purple Pterodactyls by L. Sprague de Camp

## Q

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* 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)

## R

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* R is for Rocket by Ray Bradbury
* The Redward Edward Papers by Avram Davidson
* Refugees from an Imaginary Country by Darrell Schweitzer
* The Reluctant Shaman and Other Fantastic Tales by L. Sprague de Camp
* The Rhinoceros Who Quoted Nietzsche by Peter S. Beagle
* Ringing Changes by R. A. Lafferty

## S

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* The Serpent Bride by K.V. Johansen
* S is for Space by Ray Bradbury
* The Second Book of Fritz Leiber by Fritz Leiber
* Sekenre: The Book of the Sorcerer by Darrell Schweitzer
* Shadows & Light: Tales of Lost Kingdoms Edited by Alva J. Roberts
* Skull-Face and Others by Robert E. Howard
* Slightly Off Center by Neal Barrett
* Slippery and Other Stories by R. A. Lafferty
* The Small Assassin a.k.a. 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
* Swords Against Death by Fritz Leiber
* Swords Against Wizardry by Fritz Leiber
* Swords and Deviltry by Fritz Leiber
* Swords and Ice Magic by Fritz Leiber
* Swords in the Mist by Fritz Leiber

## T

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* Tales from Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
* Tales from Gavagan's Bar by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt
* 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 (a.k.a. The Food of Death), The Last Book of Wonder, and Tales of Three Hemispheres
* Tales of Hoffmann by E. T. A. Hoffmann
* The Tales of the Genii by James Ridley
* Tales of Three Hemispheres by Lord Dunsany
* Tales of Three Planets by Edgar Rice Burroughs
* Tales of Wonder a.k.a. The 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
* Tom O'Bedlam's Night Out and Other Strange Excursions by Darrell Schweitzer
* The Toynbee Convector by Ray Bradbury
* Transients and Other Disquieting Stories by Darrell Schweitzer
* The Tritonian Ring and Other Pusadian Tales by L. Sprague de Camp

## U

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* Unfinished Tales by J. R. R. Tolkien

## V

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* Viriconium Nights by M. John Harrison

## W

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* The Wallet of Kai Lung by Ernest Bramah
* The Watcher and Other Stories by Italo Calvino
* We Are All Legends by Darrell Schweitzer
* What Strange Stars and Skies by Avram Davidson
* Whimsical Tales of Douglas Jerrold by Douglas Jerrold
* Wonders of the Invisible World by Patricia A. McKillip
* Worshipping Small Gods by Richard Parks

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## Y

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* Yamada Monogatari: Demon Hunter by Richard Parks
* Yamada Monogatari: Troubled Spirits by Richard Parks
* Young Thongor by Lin Carter

## Z

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Novels and science-fiction short-story collections should not be included here: they have their own lists.

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