# List of science fiction short stories

This is a non-comprehensive list of short stories with significant science fiction elements.
| Title | Author | First published in | Publication year | Notes |
| 2 B R 0 2 B | Kurt Vonnegut | Worlds of If Science Fiction | 1962 | |
| 2430 A.D. | Isaac Asimov | Think (IBM magazine) | 1970 | |
| A Boy's Best Friend | Isaac Asimov | Boy's Life | 1975 | |
| A Braver Thing | Charles Sheffield | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1990 | |
| A Cabin on the Coast | Gene Wolfe | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | 1984 | |
| A Can of Paint | A. E. van Vogt | Analog Science Fiction | 1944 | |
| A Clean Escape | John Kessel | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1985 | |
| A Colder War | Charles Stross | Spectrum SF | 2000 | |
| A Dream of Armageddon | H. G. Wells | Black and White | 1901 | |
| A Little Something for Us Tempunauts | Philip K. Dick | Final Stage | 1975 | |
| A Logic Named Joe | Murray Leinster | Analog Science Fiction | 1946 | |
| A Loint of Paw | Isaac Asimov | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | 1957 | |
| A Man of the People | Chinua Achebe | Heinemann | 1966 | |
| A Martian Odyssey | Stanley G. Weinbaum | Wonder Stories | 1934 | |
| A Martian Odyssey and Others | Stanley G. Weinbaum | Fantasy Press | 1949 | |
| A Pail of Air | Fritz Leiber | Galaxy Magazine | 1951 | |
| A Series of Steaks | Vina Jie-Min Prasad | Clarkesworld | 2017 | |
| A Slice at a Time | Karen Traviss | Asimov's Science Fiction | 2002 | |
| A Sound of Thunder | Ray Bradbury | Collier's | 1952 | |
| A Statue for Father | Isaac Asimov | Satellite Science Fiction | 1959 | |
| A Study in Emerald | Neil Gaiman | Shadows Over Baker Street | 2003 | |
| A Tenderfoot in Space | Robert A. Heinlein | Boys' Life | 1958 | |
| A Thousand Deaths (London short story) | Jack London | | 1899 | |
| A Toy for Juliette | Robert Bloch | Dangerous Visions | 1967 | |
| A Walk in the Sun (short story) | Geoffrey A. Landis | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1991 | |
| A Work of Art | James Blish | Science Fiction Stories | 1956 | |
| A Year in the Linear City | Paul Di Filippo | | 2002 | |
| All Summer in a Day | Ray Bradbury | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | 1954 | |
| All You Zombies | Robert A. Heinlein | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction | 1959 | |
| Allamagoosa | Eric Frank Russell | Analog Science Fiction | 1955 | |
| And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side | James Tiptree Jr. | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | 1972 | |
| Arena (short story) | Fredric Brown | Analog Science Fiction | 1944 | |
| Armaments Race | Arthur C. Clarke | Adventure | 1954 | |
| Arvies | Adam-Troy Castro | Lightspeed Magazine | 2010 | |
| Auto-da-Fé (short story) | Roger Zelazny | Dangerous Visions | 1967 | |
| Azathoth (short story) | H. P. Lovecraft | Leaves | 1938 | |
| Baby, You Were Great | Kate Wilhelm | Orbit 2 | 1968 | |
| Backstage Lensman | Randall Garrett | Analog Science Fiction | 1978 | |
| Be My Guest | Damon Knight | Fantastic Universe | 1958 | |
| Beachworld | Stephen King | Weird Tales | 1984 | |
| Bicycle Repairman | Bruce Sterling | Intersections: The Sycamore Hill Anthology | 1996 | |
| Big Game Hunt | Arthur C. Clarke | Adventure | 1956 | |
| Birth of a Notion (short story) | Isaac Asimov | Amazing Stories | 1976 | |
| Black Box | Jennifer Egan | Twitter account of The New Yorker | 2012 | |
| Black Destroyer | A. E. van Vogt | Analog Science Fiction | 1939 | |
| Black Projects, White Knights | Kage Baker | Golden Gryphon Press | 2002 | |
| Black Sheep Astray | Mack Reynolds | Astounding: The John W. Campbell Memorial Anthology | 1973 | |
| Blank! | Isaac Asimov | Infinity Science Fiction | 1957 | |
| BLIT | David Langford | Interzone | 1988 | |
| Breakfast at Twilight | Philip K. Dick | Amazing Stories | 1954 | |
| Bridesicle | Will McIntosh | Asimov's Science Fiction | 2009 | |
| Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight | Ursula K. Le Guin | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction | 1987 | |
| Burning Chrome | William Gibson | Omni | 1982 | |
| But Who Can Replace a Man? | Brian Aldiss | | 1965 | |
| Buy Jupiter | Isaac Asimov | Venture Science Fiction Magazine | 1958 | |
| By His Bootstraps | Robert A. Heinlein | Analog Science Fiction | 1941 | |
| Byomjatrir Diary | Satyajit Ray | Sandesh | 1965 | |
| Cal | Isaac Asimov | Gold | 1991 | |
| Call Me Joe | Poul Anderson | Astounding Science Fiction | 1957 | |
| Captive Market (short story) | Philip K. Dick | If Magazine | 1955 | |
| Cassandra (short story) | C. J. Cherryh | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | 1978 | |
| Cat Pictures Please | Naomi Kritzer | Clarkesworld | 2015 | |
| Chronopolis | J. G. Ballard | | 1960 | |
| Cold War (short story) | Arthur C. Clarke | Satellite Science Fiction | 1957 | |
| Colliding Branes | Rudy Rucker | Asimov's Science Fiction | 2009 | |
| Collision Orbit | Jack Williamson | Analog Science Fiction | 1942 | |
| Colony (short story) | Philip K. Dick | Galaxy | 1953 | |
| Columbus Was a Dope | Robert A. Heinlein | Startling Stories | 1947 | |
| Coming Attraction | Fritz Leiber | Galaxy Science Fiction | 1950 | |
| Coming of Age in Karhide | Ursula K. Le Guin | New Legends | 1995 | |
| Common Time | James Blish | Science Fiction Quarterly | 1953 | |
| Covenant | Elizabeth Bear | Hieroglyph | 2014 | |
| Coventry (short story) | Robert A. Heinlein | Analog Science Fiction | 1940 | |
| Critical Factor | Hal Clement | Star Science Fiction Stories No.2 | 1953 | |
| Critical Mass (Arthur C. Clarke short story) | Arthur C. Clarke | Lilliput | 1949 | |
| Crouch End (short story) | Stephen King | Cthulhu Mythos anthology | 1980 | |
| Crusade (short story) | Arthur C. Clarke | The Wind from the Sun | 1968 | |
| Dagon (short story) | H. P. Lovecraft | The Vagrant | 1919 | |
| Dance of the Yellow-Breasted Luddites | William Shunn | Tor Books | 2000 | |
| Dancer in the Dark (short story) | David Gerrold | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | 2004 | |
| Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed | Ray Bradbury | Thrilling Wonder Stories | 1949 | |
| Darth Maul: Saboteur | James Luceno | Del Rey Books | 2001 | |
| Darwinian Pool Room | Isaac Asimov | Galaxy Science Fiction | 1950 | |
| Day of the Hunters | Isaac Asimov | Future Combined with Science Fiction Stories | 1950 | |
| Deadline | Cleve Cartmill | Analog Science Fiction | 1944 | |
| Dear Pen Pal | A. E. van Vogt | The Arkham Sampler | 1949 | |
| Death by Ecstasy | Larry Niven | Galaxy | 1969 | |
| Delilah and the Space Rigger | Robert A. Heinlein | Blue Book | 1949 | |
| Despoilers of the Golden Empire | Randall Garrett | Analog Science Fiction | 1959 | |
| Destination Moon (short story) | Robert A. Heinlein | Short Stories | 1950 | |
| Destination: Universe! | A. E. van Vogt | | 1952 | |
| Devil You Don't Know | Dean Ing | Analog Science Fiction | 1978 | |
| Dinosaurs (short story) | Walter Jon Williams | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1987 | |
| Divide and Rule (short story) | L. Sprague de Camp | Unknown (magazine) | 1939 | |
| Divided We Fall | Raymond F. Jones | Amazing Stories | 1950 | |
| Division by Zero (story) | Ted Chiang | Full Spectrum 3 | 1991 | |
| Dog Star (short story) | Arthur C. Clarke | Galaxy Science Fiction | 1962 | |
| Dogfight (short story) | Michael Swanwick | Omni | 1985 | |
| Dr. Ox's Experiment | Jules Verne | | 1872 | |
| Dreaming Is a Private Thing | Isaac Asimov | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction | 1955 | |
| Drode's Equations | Richard Grant | The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF | 1981 | |
| Dulcie and Decorum | Damon Knight | Galaxy Science Fiction | 1955 | |
| Dune short stories | Frank Herbert, Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson | The Road to Dune | 2005 | |
| E for Effort | T. L. Sherred | Analog Science Fiction | 1947 | |
| Earthlight (short story) | Arthur C. Clarke | Thrilling Wonder Stories | 1951 | |
| Eight Episodes | Robert Reed | Asimov's Science Fiction | 2006 | |
| Elemental (story) | Geoffrey A. Landis | Analog Science Fiction | 1984 | |
| Elsewhen | Robert A. Heinlein | Analog Science Fiction | 1941 | |
| Encounter in the Dawn | Arthur C. Clarke | Amazing Stories | 1953 | |
| Enemy Mine | Barry B. Longyear | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1979 | |
| EPICAC | Kurt Vonnegut | Welcome to the Monkey House | 1950 | |
| Eutopia (short story) | Poul Anderson | Dangerous Visions | 1967 | |
| Even the Queen | Connie Willis | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1992 | |
| Everest (short story) | Isaac Asimov | Universe Science Fiction | 1953 | |
| Evil Robot Monkey | Mary Robinette Kowal | The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction: Volume 2 | 2008 | |
| Exhalation (short story) | Ted Chiang | Eclipse 2: New Science Fiction and Fantasy | 2008 | |
| Exhibit Piece | Philip K. Dick | | 1954 | |
| Exile of the Eons | Arthur C. Clarke | Super Science Stories | 1950 | |
| Exile to Hell | Isaac Asimov | Analog Science Fiction | 1968 | |
| Expendable (short story) | Philip K. Dick | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction | 1953 | |
| Exploration Team | Murray Leinster | Analog Science Fiction | 1956 | |
| Extempore (short story) | Damon Knight | Infinity Science Fiction | 1956 | |
| Eye for Eye | Orson Scott Card | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1987 | |
| Eyes Do More Than See | Isaac Asimov | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction | 1965 | |
| Fair Game (short story) | Philip K. Dick | If Magazine | 1959 | |
| Falling Onto Mars | Geoffrey A. Landis | Analog Science Fiction | 2002 | |
| Far Centaurus | A. E. van Vogt | Analog Science Fiction | 1944 | |
| Farewell to the Master | Harry Bates | Analog Science Fiction | 1940 | |
| Feghoot | | | | |
| Fermi and Frost | Frederik Pohl | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1985 | |
| Finis | Frank Lillie Pollock | The Argosy | 1906 | |
| Fire Watch (short story) | Connie Willis | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1982 | |
| First Contact (short story) | Murray Leinster | Analog Science Fiction | 1945 | |
| First Law | Isaac Asimov | Fantastic Universe | 1956 | |
| Flat Diane | Daniel Abraham | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | 2004 | |
| Flowers for Algernon | Daniel Keyes | The Washington Post | 1959 | |
| For a Breath I Tarry | Roger Zelazny | | 1966 | |
| Fountain of Age | Nancy Kress | Asimov's Science Fiction | 2007 | |
| Fragments of a Hologram Rose | William Gibson | Unearth3 | 1977 | |
| Free Men | Robert A. Heinlein | The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein | 1966 | |
| From Babel's Fall'n Glory We Fled | Michael Swanwick | Asimov's Science Fiction | 2008 | |
| Frost and Fire | Ray Bradbury | Planet Stories | 1946 | |
| Gateway to Strangeness | Jack Vance | Amazing Stories | 1962 | |
| Gene Hive | Brian Aldiss | Nebula Science Fiction | 1958 | |
| Genius of the Species | Reginald Bretnor | 9 Tales of Space and Time | 1954 | |
| Gentlemen, Be Seated! | Robert A. Heinlein | Argosy | 1948 | |
| Georgia on My Mind (novelette) | Charles Sheffield | Analog Science Fiction | 1993 | |
| Getting Real (short story) | Harry Turtledove | Asimov's Science Fiction | 2009 | |
| Getting to Know You | David Marusek | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1998 | |
| Ghostweight | Yoon Ha Lee | Clarkesworld Magazine | 2011 | |
| Giant Killer | A. Bertram Chandler | Analog Science Fiction | 1945 | |
| Gilgamesh in the Outback | Robert Silverberg | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1986 | |
| Goat Song (novelette) | Poul Anderson | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction | 1972 | |
| Gods and Pawns | Kage Baker | Tor Books | 2007 | |
| Gold (short story) | Isaac Asimov | Analog Science Fiction | 1991 | |
| Good Night, Moon | Bruce Sterling | Tor.com | 2010 | |
| Gramma (short story) | Stephen King | Weirdbook (magazine) | 1984 | |
| Great Science Fiction Stories About the Moon | | | 1967 | anthology |
| Great Work of Time | John Crowley | Novelty (book) | 1989 | |
| Grotto of the Dancing Deer | Clifford D. Simak | Analog Science Fiction | 1980 | |
| Hallucination (short story) | Isaac Asimov | Boy's Life | 1985 | |
| Hammer's Slammers | David Drake | Ace Books | 1979 | |
| Happy Ending (short story) | Henry Kuttner | Thrilling Wonder Stories | 1948 | |
| Harrison Bergeron | Kurt Vonnegut | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction | 1961 | |
| He Walked Around the Horses | H. Beam Piper | Analog Science Fiction | 1948 | |
| Helix the Cat | Theodore Sturgeon | Astounding: The John W Campbell Memorial Anthology | 1973 | first published in 1973, although written in 1939 or 1940 |
| Hell-Fire (story) | Isaac Asimov | Fantastic Universe | 1956 | |
| Henry James, This One's for You | Jack McDevitt | Subterranean Magazine | 2005 | |
| Herbert West–Reanimator | H. P. Lovecraft | Home Brew | 1922 | |
| Here There Be Tygers | Ray Bradbury | New Tales of Space and Time | 1951 | |
| Hinterlands (short story) | William Gibson | Omni | 1981 | |
| History of the Necronomicon | H. P. Lovecraft | | 1938 | |
| Home Delivery | Stephen King | Book of the Dead | 1989 | |
| Honeymoon in Hell | Fredric Brown | Bantam Books | 1958 | |
| Houston, Houston, Do You Read? | James Tiptree Jr. | Aurora: Beyond Equality (anthology) | 1976 | |
| How to Talk to Girls at Parties | Neil Gaiman | Fragile Things | 2006 | |
| How We Went to Mars | Arthur C. Clarke | Amateur Science Stories | 1938 | |
| How's the Night Life on Cissalda? | Harlan Ellison | Chrysalis, anthology published by Zebra Books | 1977 | |
| Huddling Place | Clifford D. Simak | Analog Science Fiction | 1944 | |
| Human Is | Philip K. Dick | Startling Stories | 1955 | |
| I Am the Doorway | Stephen King | Night Shift | 1978 | |
| I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream | Harlan Ellison | IF: Worlds of Science Fiction | 1967 | |
| I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon | Philip K. Dick | Playboy | 1980 | |
| I Know What You Need | Stephen King | Night Shift | 1978 | |
| I'm in Marsport Without Hilda | Isaac Asimov | Venture | 1957 | |
| I, Cthulhu | Neil Gaiman | | 2012 | |
| I, Robot | Isaac Asimov | Gnome Press | 1950 | |
| I, Robot (short story) | Eando Binder | Amazing Stories | 1939 | |
| Idiot Stick | Damon Knight | Star Science Fiction | 1958 | |
| If All Men Were Brothers, Would You Let One Marry Your Sister? | Theodore Sturgeon | Dangerous Visions | 1967 | |
| If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth | Arthur C. Clarke | Future SF | 1951 | |
| If There Were No Benny Cemoli | Philip K. Dick | Galaxy Magazine | 1963 | |
| Impossible Dreams | Tim Pratt | Asimov's Science Fiction | 2006 | |
| Impostor (short story) | Philip K. Dick | Analog Science Fiction | 1953 | |
| In Darkness Waiting | Stephen Leigh | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1977 | |
| In the Pound, Near Breaktime | Kent Brewster | Tomorrow Speculative Fiction | 1995 | |
| In the Walls of Eryx | H. P. Lovecraft and Kenneth J. Sterling | Weird Tales | 1939 | |
| In the Year 2889 | Jules Verne and Michel Verne | | 1889 | |
| Inclination (novella) | William Shunn | Asimov's Science Fiction | 2006 | |
| Inertia (short story) | Nancy Kress | Analog Science Fiction | 1990 | |
| Inheritance (short story) | Arthur C. Clarke | New Worlds | 1947 | |
| Internal Combustion (short story) | L. Sprague de Camp | Infinity Science Fiction | 1956 | |
| Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 1 (1939) | edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | | 1979 | |
| Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 2 (1940) | edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg, | | 1979 | |
| It's a Good Life | Jerome Bixby | Star Science Fiction Stories No.2 | 1953 | |
| It's Great to Be Back! | Robert A. Heinlein | | 1947 | |
| Jack-in-the-Box (short story) | Ray Bradbury | Dark Carnival | 1947 | |
| Jerry Was a Man | Robert A. Heinlein | | 1947 | |
| Jerusalem's Lot | Stephen King | Night Shift | 1978 | |
| Jipi and the Paranoid Chip | Neal Stephenson | Forbes | 1997 | |
| Judas (short story) | John Brunner | Dangerous Visions | 1967 | |
| Judgment Day (short story) | L. Sprague de Camp | Analog Science Fiction | 1955 | |
| Ker-Plop | Ted Reynolds | | 1979 | |
| Kid Stuff | Isaac Asimov | Beyond Fantasy Fiction | 1953 | |
| Killdozer! (short story) | Theodore Sturgeon | Analog Science Fiction | 1944 | |
| Kin (short story) | Bruce McAllister | Asimov's Science Fiction | 2006 | |
| King Solomon's Ring (short story) | Roger Zelazny | Fantastic: Stories of Imagination | 1963 | |
| Knock | Fredric Brown | Thrilling Wonder Stories | 1948 | |
| Lambing Season | Molly Gloss | Asimov's Science Fiction | 2002 | |
| Land of the Great Horses | R. A. Lafferty | Dangerous Visions | 1967 | |
| Last Contact | Stephen Baxter | | 2007 | |
| Last Enemy | H. Beam Piper | Analog Science Fiction | 1950 | |
| Lecture Demonstration | Hal Clement | Astounding: The John W Campbell Memorial Anthology | 1973 | |
| Left to Right | Isaac Asimov | Gold | 1995 | |
| Legions in Time | Michael Swanwick | Asimov's Science Fiction | 2003 | |
| Lest Darkness Fall and Related Stories | L. Sprague de Camp | Phoenix Pick | 2011 | |
| Lest We Remember | Isaac Asimov | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1982 | |
| Let There Be Light (Clarke short story) | Arthur C. Clarke | Playboy | 1957 | |
| Let There Be Light (Heinlein short story) | Robert A. Heinlein | Super Science Stories | 1940 | |
| Let's Go to Golgotha! | Garry Kilworth | The Sunday Times | 1957 | |
| Life-Line | Robert A. Heinlein | Analog Science Fiction | 1939 | |
| Light of Other Days | Bob Shaw | Analog Science Fiction | 1966 | |
| Lipidleggin' | F. Paul Wilson | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1978 | |
| Little Brother (short story) | Walter Mosley | Futureland: Nine Stories of an Imminent World | 2001 | |
| Live Without a Net (book) | Lou Anders | | 2003 | |
| Living Space | Isaac Asimov | Science Fiction | 1956 | |
| Lorelei at Storyville West | Sherwood Springer | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1977 | |
| Lost Dorsai | Gordon R. Dickson | Ace Books | 1980 | |
| Machine Made | J. T. McIntosh | New Worlds | 1951 | |
| Macs (short story) | Terry Bisson | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | 1999 | |
| Marionettes, Inc. | Ray Bradbury | Startling Stories | 1949 | |
| Mars Is Heaven! | Ray Bradbury | Planet Stories | 1948 | |
| Masks (short story) | Damon Knight | Playboy | 1968 | |
| Matters Arising from the Identification of the Body | Simon Petrie | | 2017 | |
| Maureen Birnbaum, Barbarian Swordsperson | George Alec Effinger | | 1993 | |
| May Be Some Time | Brenda Clough | Analog Science Fiction | 2001 | |
| Medusa's Coil | H. P. Lovecraft and Zealia Bishop | Weird Tales | 1939 | |
| Melancholy Elephants | Spider Robinson | | 1982 | |
| Memorare (novella) | Gene Wolfe | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | 2007 | |
| Memory (short story) | H. P. Lovecraft | The National Amateur | 1923 | |
| Men Without Bones | Gerald Kersh | Esquire | 1954 | |
| Merlusine | Lucy Sussex | The Horns of Elfland | 1997 | |
| Mimsy Were the Borogoves | Lewis Padgett | Analog Science Fiction | 1943 | |
| Misfit | Robert A. Heinlein | Analog Science Fiction | 1939 | |
| Morning Child | Gardner Dozois | | 1984 | |
| Mortimer Gray's History of Death | Brian Stableford | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1995 | |
| Movement | Nancy Fulda | Asimov's Science Fiction | 2007 | |
| Moving Spirit | Arthur C. Clarke | Tales from the White Hart | 1957 | |
| Moxon's Master | Ambrose Bierce | The San Francisco Examiner | 1899 | |
| Mozart in Mirrorshades | Lewis Shiner and Bruce Sterling | Omni | 1985 | |
| Mr F. is Mr F. | J. G. Ballard | Science Fantasy | 1961 | |
| Mr. Boy | James Patrick Kelly | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1990 | |
| MS Fnd in a Lbry | Hal Draper | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction | 1961 | |
| My Object All Sublime | Poul Anderson | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction | 1961 | |
| My Son, the Physicist | Isaac Asimov | Scientific American | 1962 | |
| Myths of the Near Future | J. G. Ballard | Jonathan Cape | 1982 | |
| Nanny (short story) | Philip K. Dick | Startling Stories | 1955 | |
| Neanderthal Planet | Brian W. Aldiss | | 1959 | |
| Neil Gaiman's Only the End of the World Again | Neil Gaiman | Oni Double Feature | 1998 | |
| Neutron Star (short story collection) | Larry Niven | If and Galaxy Science Fiction | 1966 | |
| Nightfall_(Asimov_novelette_and_novel) | Isaac Asimov | Astounding Science Fiction | 1941 |
| Nightwings (novella) | Robert Silverberg | Galaxy Magazine | 1968 | |
| Nine Lives (novelette) | Ursula K. Le Guin | Playboy | 1969 | |
| Nirvana High | Eileen Gunn and Leslie What | Stable Strategies and Others | 2004 | |
| No Love Lost (book) | Alice Munro | | 2003 | |
| Nobody Bothers Gus | Algis Budrys | Analog Science Fiction | 1955 | |
| None So Blind | Joe Haldeman | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1994 | |
| Not with a Bang | Damon Knight | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction | 1949 | |
| Notebook Found in a Deserted House | Robert Bloch | Weird Tales | 1951 | |
| Nothing But Ice | Dmitri Bilenkin | | 1974 | |
| Nothing Ever Happens on the Moon | Robert A. Heinlein | Boys' Life | 1949 | |
| Now: Zero | J. G. Ballard | The Complete Short Stories of J. G. Ballard: Volume 1 | 1959 | |
| Nyarlathotep (short story) | H. P. Lovecraft | The United Amateur | 1920 | |
| Old Hundredth (short story) | Brian Aldiss | Airs of the Earth | 1963 | |
| Old MacDonald Had a Farm (short story) | Mike Resnick | Asimov's Science Fiction | 2001 | |
| Old Man in New World | Olaf Stapledon | | 1994 | |
| Old Music and the Slave Women | Ursula K. Le Guin | Far Horizons | 1999 | |
| Omnilingual | H. Beam Piper | Analog Science Fiction | 1957 | |
| Or All the Seas with Oysters | Avram Davidson | Galaxy Science Fiction | 1958 | |
| Ordeal in Space | Robert A. Heinlein | Town & Country | 1948 | |
| Orphans of the Helix | Dan Simmons | Far Horizons | 1999 | |
| Orpheus with Clay Feet | Philip K. Dick | Escapade | 1964 | |
| Our Fair City | Robert A. Heinlein | Weird Tales | 1949 | |
| Out in the Garden | Philip K. Dick | Fantasy Fiction | 1953 | |
| Paladin of the Lost Hour | Harlan Ellison | | 1984 | |
| Paying It Forward | Michael A. Burstein | Analog Science Fiction | 2003 | |
| Permafrost (story) | Roger Zelazny | Omni | 1986 | |
| Piper in the Woods | Philip K. Dick | Imagination | 1953 | |
| Plato's Dream | Voltaire | | 1756 | |
| Point of View (short story) | Isaac Asimov | Boys' Life | 1975 | |
| Polaris (short story) | H.P. Lovecraft | Philosopher | 1920 | |
| Polly Plus | Randall Garrett | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1978 | |
| Poor Daddy | Robert A. Heinlein | Calling All Girls | 1949 | |
| Poor Dionis | Mihai Eminescu | | 1872 | |
| Prize Ship | Philip K. Dick | Thrilling Wonder Stories | 1954 | |
| Professor Shonkur Kandokarkhana | Satyajit Ray | | 1970 | |
| Project Nightmare | Robert A. Heinlein | Amazing Stories | 1953 | |
| Proxima Centauri (short story) | Murray Leinster | Street & Smith | 1935 | |
| Psi-man Heal My Child! | Philip K. Dick | Imaginative Tales | 1955 | |
| Queen of the Black Coast | Robert E. Howard | Weird Tales | 1934 | |
| Quicker Than the Eye | Ray Bradbury | Avon Books | 1996 | |
| Rachel in Love | Pat Murphy | | 1985 | |
| Radiant Doors | Michael Swanwick | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1998 | |
| Rat (short story) | James Patrick Kelly | Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction | 1986 | |
| Recall Mechanism | Philip K. Dick | | 1959 | |
| Red Star, Winter Orbit | William Gibson | Omni | 1983 | |
| Replacements (short story) | Lisa Tuttle | | 1992 | |
| Requiem (short story) | Robert A Heinlein | Analog Science Fiction | 1940 | |
| Ring Around the Sun | Isaac Asimov | Future Fiction | 1940 | |
| Ripples in the Dirac Sea | Geoffrey A. Landis | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1988 | |
| Rivers of Time | L. Sprague de Camp | Baen Books | 1993 | |
| Rogue Farm | Charles Stross | | 2003 | |
| Rome, Sweet Rome | James Erwin | self-published on Reddit | 2011 | |
| Roverandom | J. R. R. Tolkien | | 1998 | submitted for publication in 1937 |
| Rule 18 | Clifford D. Simak | Analog Science Fiction | 1938 | |
| Salvador (short story) | Lucius Shepard | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | 1984 | |
| Sam Hall (short story) | Poul Anderson | | 1953 | |
| Searchlight (short story) | Robert A Heinlein | | 1962 | |
| Selam Professor Shonku | Satyajit Ray | | 1995 | |
| Selkie Stories Are for Losers | Sofia Samatar | Strange Horizons | 2013 | |
| Sergeant Chip | Bradley Denton | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | 2004 | |
| Service Call | Philip K. Dick | Science Fiction Stories | 1955 | |
| Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge | Mike Resnick | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | 1994 | |
| Sex and/or Mr. Morrison | Carol Emshwiller | Dangerous Visions | 1967 | |
| Shabash Professor Shonku | Satyajit Ray | | 1974 | |
| Shadows over Innsmouth | Stephen Jones | | 1994 | |
| Shah Guido G. | Isaac Asimov | Marvel Science Fiction | 1951 | |
| Shall the Dust Praise Thee? | Damon Knight | Dangerous Visions | 1967 | |
| Shambleau | C. L. Moore | Weird Tales | 1933 | |
| Shatterday | Harlan Ellison | | 1985 | |
| Shell Game (short story) | Philip K. Dick | Galaxy Science Fiction | 1954 | |
| Shikari in Galveston | S. M. Stirling | Worlds That Weren't | 2003 | |
| Shoggoths in Bloom | Elizabeth Bear | Asimov's Science Fiction | 2008 | |
| Shonku Ekai Aksho | Satyajit Ray | | 1983 | |
| Silence Please | Arthur C. Clarke | Science Fantasy | 1950 | |
| Sister Planet | Poul Anderson | Satellite Science Fiction | 1959 | |
| Skirmish on a Summer Morning | Bob Shaw | Cosmic Kaleidoscope | 1976 | |
| Sky Lift | Robert A. Heinlein | The Menace from Earth | 1953 | |
| Sleeping Beauty (short story) | Arthur C. Clarke | Infinity Science Fiction | 1957 | |
| Slow Life (novelette) | Michael Swanwick | Analog Science Fiction | 2002 | |
| Slow Sculpture | Theodore Sturgeon | Galaxy Science Fiction | 1970 | |
| Soldier Boy | Michael Shaara | Galaxy Science Fiction | 1953 | |
| Soldier from Tomorrow | Harlan Ellison | Fantastic Universe | 1957 | |
| Something Up There Likes Me | Alfred Bester | Astounding: The John W Campbell Memorial Anthology | 1973 | |
| Son of the Tree | Jack Vance | Ace Books | 1951 | |
| Source Decay | Charlie Jane Anders | Strange Horizons | 2011 | |
| Space Jockey | Robert A. Heinlein | The Saturday Evening Post | 1947 | |
| Special Delivery | Damon Knight | Galaxy Science Fiction | 1954 | |
| Specialist | Robert Sheckley | | 1953 | |
| Speech Sounds | Octavia Butler | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1983 | |
| Spell My Name with an S | Isaac Asimov | Star Science Fiction | 1958 | |
| Stability (short story) | Philip K. Dick | | 1987 | |
| Stable Strategies for Middle Management | Eileen Gunn | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1988 | |
| Star Light (short story) | Isaac Asimov | Science American | 1962 | |
| Stellar Ships | Ivan Yefremov | | 1948 | |
| Sticks (short story) | Karl Edward Wagner | Whispers | 1974 | |
| Study in Still Life | Eric Frank Russell | Astounding Science Fiction | 1959 | |
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| Track 12 | J. G. Ballard | New Worlds | 1958 | |
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| Zone of Terror | J. G. Ballard | New Worlds | 1960 | |

## Award winning short stories

The two main awards given in American science fiction are the Hugos and the Nebulas. Complete lists of the short stories that won these awards are at Hugo Award for Best Short Story and Nebula Award for Best Short Story.