Fantasy Short Stories

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fantasy short stories
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The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories
by Susanna Clarke
4,582 members
136 reviews
3.9
Explanations
: These aren't really short stories. They're out-takes from Dr. Strange and Mr. Norrell. If you liked the book, these are probably worth reading, but don't try them independently.
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Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders
by Neil Gaiman
10,535 members
230 reviews
4
3
Get Off the Unicorn
by Anne McCaffrey
2,433 members
17 reviews
½ 3.7
4
Chicks in Chainmail
by Esther M. Friesner
794 members
12 reviews
½ 3.7
5
Legends: Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy, Vol. 3 (of 3)
by Robert Silverberg
593 members
1 review
½ 3.6
6
Sisters in Fantasy
by Susan Shwartz
175 members
3 reviews
½ 3.4
7
The Tales of Beedle the Bard
by J. K. Rowling
27,336 members
493 reviews
3.8
8
The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
by Jacob Grimm
17,406 members
134 reviews
4.2
9
Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions
by Neil Gaiman
10,945 members
139 reviews
4
10
Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales
by Stephen King
10,829 members
122 reviews
3.8
11
The Last Wish
by Andrzej Sapkowski
9,916 members
262 reviews
3.9
12
The Renegades of Pern
by Anne McCaffrey
4,719 members
29 reviews
½ 3.6
13
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances
by Neil Gaiman
4,624 members
206 reviews
3.9
14
The King in Yellow
by Robert W. Chambers
2,787 members
67 reviews
½ 3.6
15
The Wind's Twelve Quarters
by Ursula K. Le Guin
2,734 members
40 reviews
3.9
16
Dreams Underfoot: A Newford Collection
by Charles de Lint
2,296 members
41 reviews
4.1
17
Snow White, Blood Red
by Ellen Datlow
1,885 members
17 reviews
3.8
18
Orsinian Tales
by Ursula K. Le Guin
1,735 members
22 reviews
½ 3.5
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Strange Candy
by Laurell K. Hamilton
1,696 members
39 reviews
½ 3.5
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Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales
by Ray Bradbury
1,659 members
22 reviews
½ 4.3
21
Looking for Jake: Stories
by China Miéville
1,562 members
41 reviews
3.8
22
The Stories of Ray Bradbury
by Ray Bradbury
1,514 members
18 reviews
½ 4.5
23
Many Bloody Returns: Tales of Birthdays With Bite
by Charlaine Harris
1,495 members
44 reviews
½ 3.5
24
The Compass Rose
by Ursula K. Le Guin
1,400 members
19 reviews
3.8
25
Four Ways to Forgiveness
by Ursula K. Le Guin
1,350 members
27 reviews
3.9
26
The Ivory and the Horn
by Charles de Lint
1,200 members
10 reviews
4
27
Moonlight and Vines
by Charles de Lint
1,171 members
13 reviews
4
28
Sun in Glory and Other Tales of Valdemar
by Mercedes Lackey
1,113 members
12 reviews
½ 3.6
29
Dreamsongs: Volume I
by George R. R. Martin
1,007 members
21 reviews
3.8
30
Limits
by Larry Niven
965 members
10 reviews
½ 3.6
31
Dragons at Crumbling Castle
by Terry Pratchett
964 members
36 reviews
½ 3.6
32
Firebirds: An Anthology of Original Fantasy and Science Fiction
by Sharyn November
851 members
24 reviews
3.9
33
WereHunter
by Mercedes Lackey
845 members
9 reviews
½ 3.6
34
The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World
by Harlan Ellison
844 members
11 reviews
3.8
35
Fancies and Goodnights
by John Collier
819 members
16 reviews
3.9
36
A Stroke of the Pen: The Lost Stories
by Terry Pratchett
804 members
13 reviews
½ 3.7
37
Neveryóna
by Samuel R. Delany
707 members
7 reviews
3.9
38
Silver Birch, Blood Moon
by Ellen Datlow
682 members
10 reviews
4
39
Unlocking the Air and Other Stories
by Ursula K. Le Guin
609 members
12 reviews
½ 3.4
40
With Friends Like These
by Alan Dean Foster
585 members
6 reviews
½ 3.6
41
Stalking the Nightmare
by Harlan Ellison
584 members
10 reviews
4.1
42
The River of Silver: Tales from the Daevabad Trilogy
by Shannon Chakraborty
569 members
11 reviews
4
43
Buried Deep and Other Stories
by Naomi Novik
563 members
22 reviews
4.1
44
The Best of Connie Willis: Award-Winning Stories
by Connie Willis
551 members
17 reviews
4
45
Down These Strange Streets
by George R. R. Martin
547 members
22 reviews
½ 3.6
46
The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy
by Mike Ashley
535 members
1 review
½ 3.5
47
Math Rashes and Other Classroom Tales
by Douglas Evans
530 members
1 review
½ 3.6
48
A Study in Emerald (graphic novel)
by Neil Gaiman
481 members
21 reviews
3.9
49
Legends: Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy, Vol. 1 (of 3)
by Robert Silverberg
468 members
½ 3.4
50
Michael Moorcock's Elric: Tales of the White Wolf
by Edward E. Kramer
432 members
4 reviews
½ 3.7
51
Once Upon a Time: A Treasury of Modern Fairy Tales
by Lester del Rey
417 members
5 reviews
3.9
52
Saffron and Brimstone: Strange Stories
by Elizabeth Hand
406 members
12 reviews
3.9
53
Bedlam's Edge
by Mercedes Lackey
378 members
5 reviews
½ 3.5
54
The Time Dweller
by Michael Moorcock
347 members
3 reviews
2.9
55
The Celestial Omnibus and Other Stories
by E. M. Forster
328 members
7 reviews
½ 3.7
56
Heroic Hearts
by Jim Butcher
278 members
15 reviews
4
57
The View from the Seventh Layer
by Kevin Brockmeier
275 members
11 reviews
4
58
Solomon Kane
by Robert E. Howard
274 members
2 reviews
3.8
59
The Singing Citadel
by Michael Moorcock
233 members
2 reviews
½ 3.3
60
Sometime, Never: Three Tales of Imagination
by William Golding
231 members
4 reviews
½ 3.5
61
Faery!
by Terri Windling
212 members
½ 3.6
62
The Best of R. A. Lafferty
by R. A. Lafferty
203 members
4 reviews
4.1
63
Spirits Abroad {original edition}
by Zen Cho
202 members
13 reviews
4.1
64
Sisters in Fantasy 2
by Susan M. Shwartz
199 members
5 reviews
½ 3.5
65
Sword and Sorceress XXI
by Diana L. Paxson
195 members
2 reviews
4.1
66
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Third Annual Collection
by Terri Windling
193 members
2 reviews
½ 3.7
67
The Sowers of the Thunder
by Robert E. Howard
176 members
7 reviews
4.1
68
Moorcock's Book of Martyrs
by Michael Moorcock
175 members
½ 3.3
69
The Moon of Skulls
by Robert E. Howard
170 members
3.8
70
Treasures of Fantasy
by Margaret Weis
157 members
½ 3.3
71
Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories
by Neil Gaiman
152 members
6 reviews
½ 3.3
72
Xiccarph
by Clark Ashton Smith
131 members
4.2
73
Of Wars, and Memories, and Starlight
by Aliette de Bodard
130 members
8 reviews
4.2
74
Evenor
by George MacDonald
122 members
4.2
75
Scottish Folk Tales
by Various
121 members
1 review
3.2
76
The Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy
by Mike Ashley
120 members
2 reviews
3.1
77
Swords of the Rainbow: Gay & Lesbian Fantasy Adventures
by Eric Garber
106 members
3.9
78
American Fantastic Tales: Boxed Set
by Peter Straub
97 members
2 reviews
4.1
79
The Lady in Glass and Other Stories
by Anne Bishop
97 members
3 reviews
3.9
80
The Assassin's Curse
by Lindsay Buroker
95 members
4 reviews
½ 3.6
81
Howard Collector
by Robert E. Howard
94 members
2 reviews
½ 3.3
82
The Mammoth Book of Scottish Romance (20-in-1)
by Trisha Telep
87 members
2 reviews
½ 3.4
83
Horror Times Ten
by Alden H. Norton
82 members
2 reviews
3.8
84
The Opium General and Other Stories
by Michael Moorcock
77 members
½ 3.3
85
England Invaded
by Michael Moorcock
76 members
1 review
½ 3.3
86
Sojan
by Michael Moorcock
67 members
1 review
½ 2.5
87
Judge Dee and the Limits of the Law
by Lavie Tidhar
56 members
8 reviews
3.9
88
Night ride and other journeys
by Charles Beaumont
53 members
1 review
4
89
Unknown
by Stanley Schmidt
45 members
1 review
4.2
91
Paws, Claws, and Magic Tales: A Fellowship of Fantasy Anthology
by H L Burke
38 members
1 review
4
92
Judge Dee and the Three Deaths of Count Werdenfels
by Lavie Tidhar
34 members
5 reviews
½ 3.7
93
The Ravens of Falkenau & Other Stories
by Jo Graham
32 members
2 reviews
3.9
94
The Penguin Book of Classic Fantasy by Women
by A. Susan Williams
24 members
½ 3.5
95
The Hounds of Hell: Stories of Canine Horror and Fantasy
by Michel Parry
23 members
4
96
The Fire When It Comes
by Parke Godwin
22 members
1 review
5
97
Judge Dee and the Poisoner of Montmartre
by Lavie Tidhar
21 members
1 review
4
98
Cursed Ever After
by A.C. James
17 members
3
99
The Lure of Dangerous Women
by Shanna Germain
10 members
1 review
4
100
Conmergence: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction
by Tara Maya
8 members
½ 3.5