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):

A

 * 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

 * 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
 * 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

 * 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
 * Complete Fairy Tales by George MacDonald
 * Complete Fairy Tales by Oscar Wilde
 * The Traveller in Black a.k.a. The Compleat Traveller in Black by John Brunner
 * Cinderella

D

 * 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

 * 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

F

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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 &amp; Souvenirs by John Crowley
 * Numbers in the Dark by Italo Calvino

O

 * 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

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
 * The Purple Pterodactyls by L. Sprague de Camp

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)

R

 * 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

 * 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
 * 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

 * 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 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

 * Unfinished Tales by J. R. R. Tolkien

V

 * Viriconium Nights by M. John Harrison

W

 * 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

Y

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

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