Short Stories by Kevin J. Anderson

Short Story Publications

Partial List

  • “20,000 Years Under the Sea,” first published in The Madness of Cthulhu, ed. S.T. Joshi, Titan Books, 2015.
  • “2113,” first published in 2113, ed. Kevin J. Anderson, ECW, 2016.
  • “The Authentic Touch,” first published in Timeshares, ed. Jean Rabe & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW Books, 2010.
  • “Beware of Dog,” first published in Streets of Shadows anthology, edited by Maurice Broaddus and Jerry Gordon, Alliteration Ink, 2014.
  • “The Bistro of Alternate Realities” copyright 2004 by WordFire, Inc. First published in Analog Magazine, June 2004.
  • “Blood Oasis,” first published in Untold Adventures, Wizards of the Coast, 2011.
  • “Bringing the Family,” first published in The Ultimate Zombie, ed. Byron Preiss and John Betancourt, Dell, 1993.
  • “Canals in the Sand,” first published in War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches, edited by Kevin J. Anderson, Bantam Spectra, 1996.
  • “Carrier,” first published in Stardate, Mar/Apr 1985.
  • “Change of Mind” with Peter J. Wacks, first published in Pulse Pounders, ed. Kevin J. Anderson, WMG Publishing, 2015.
  • “Church Services,” first published in Dark Delicacies III: Haunted, ed. Del Howison and Jeff Gelb, Running Press, 2009.
  • “The Circus,” first published in Tucker’s Grove, Arc Manor, 2011.
  • “Cold Dead Turkey,” originally published in Naughty or Nice, ed. Jennifer Brozek, Evil Girlfriend Media, 2015.
  • “Collaborators” with Rebecca Moesta, first published in VB Tech, Jul 1995.
  • “Combat Experience,” first published in Beardless Warriors, ed. Richard Christian Matheson, Gauntlet Press, 2015.
  • “Controlled Experiments,” first published in Rat Tales, ed. by Jon Gustafson, Pulphouse Publishing, 1994.
  • “Dark Carbuncle,” with Janis Ian, first published in Blood Lite II: Overbite, ed. Kevin J. Anderson, Gallery Books, 2010.
  • “Dogged Persistence,” first published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, September 1992.
  • “Drilling Deep,” first published in Tucker’s Grove, Arc Manor, 2011.
  • “Drumbeats,” copyright © 1994 by Kevin J. Anderson and Neil Peart. First published in Shock Rock II, ed. Jeff Gelb, Pocket Books, 1994.
  • “Dune: A Whisper of Caladan Seas,” copyright © 1999 by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. First published in Amazing Stories, Summer 1999.
  • “Eighty Letters, Plus One,” with Sarah A. Hoyt, first published in The Mammoth Book of New Jules Verne Adventures, ed. Mike Ashley and Eric Brown, Carroll & Graf, 2005.
  • “Entropy Ranch,” first published in Starshore, Winter 1990.
  • “Eye of Newt,” first published in Shadowed Souls, ed. Jim Butcher and Kerrie L. Hughes, Roc Books, 2016.
  • “Family Portrait,” first published in Tucker’s Grove, Arc Manor, 2011.
  • “The Fate Worse Than Death,” with Guy Anthony de Marco, first published in Unidentified Funny Objects 3, ed. Alex Schvartsman, UFO Publishing, 2014.
  • “Final Performance,” first published in The magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1985.
  • “Fondest of Memories,” first published in Full Spectrum 3, edited by Lou Aronica, Amy Stout, and Betsy Mitchell, Doubleday Foundation, 1991.
  • “Frog Kiss,” © 1991 by WordFire, Inc. First published in Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Fantasy Magazine, Gall 1991.
  • “The Ghost of Christmas Always,” first published in Pulphouse, December 31, 1991.
  • “A Glimpse of the Ankou,” first published in Tucker’s Grove, Arc Manor, 2011.
  • “Good Old Days,” first published in The Future We Wish We Had, ed. Martin H. Greenberg and Rebecca Lickiss, DAW Books, 2007.
  • “The Happy Hookermorph,” first published in Hotel Andromeda, ed. Jack L. Chalker, Ace Books, 1994.
  • “Head Case,” forthcoming in Hardboiled Horror, ed. Jonathan Maberry, Journalstone Publishing.
  • “Heroes Never Die,” first published in Tucker’s Grove, Arc Manor, 2011.
  • “High Midnight,” first published in Straight Outta Tombstone, ed. David Boop, Baen Books, 2017.
  • “Human, Martian—One, Two, Three,“ first published in Full Spectrum 4, edited by Lou Aronica, Amy Stout, and Betsy Mitchell, Bantam Spectra, 1993.
  • “Hunter’s Moon,” first published in Obsessions, ed. Gary Raisor, Dark Harvest, 1991.
  • “An Innocent Presumption,” first published in The Silver Gryphon, ed. Gary Turner and Marty Halpern, Golden Gryphon, 2003.
  • “Job Qualifications,” first published in Future Shocks, ed. Lou Anders, Roc, Jan 2006.
  • “Just Like Normal People,” first published in David Copperfield’s Tales of the Impossible, ed. David Copperfield and Janet Berliner, HarperPrism, 1996.
  • “Landscapes,” first published in Millennium, ed Russell Davis & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW Jan 2006.
  • “Last Stand,” first published in Tucker’s Grove, Arc Manor, 2011.
  • “Locked Room,” first published in In Shambles, ed. Samantha LaFantasie, Harren Press, 2014.
  • “Loco-Motive,” first published in Amazing Stories, 1987.
  • “Log Entry,” first published in Space Cadets, ed. Mike Resnick, SCIFI, 2006.
  • “Loincloth,” with Rebecca Moesta, first published in Pandora’s Closet, ed. Jean Rabe & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW Books, 2007.
  • “A Long Way from Home,” with Peter J. Wacks, first published in Heroes Reborn, Titan Books, 2016.
  • “Mammoth Dawn” © 2002 WordFire, Inc. and Gregory Benford. First published in Analog, July/Aug 2002.
  • “Mirror, Mirror on the Wall,” first published in Tucker’s Grove, Arc Manor, 2011.
  • “Of Monsters and Men,” with Sam Knight, first published in Planet of the Apes: Tales from the Forbidden Zone, ed. Rich Handley and Jim Beard, Titan Books, 2016.
  • “Much at Stake,” first published in The Ultimate Dracula, edited by Bryon Preiss, David Kellor, and Megan Miller, Dell, 1991.
  • “Mundane Lane,” first published in Time Twisters, ed. Jean Rabe and Martin H. Greenberg, DAW Books, 2007.
  • “Music Played on the Strings of Time,” first published in Analog, January 1993.
  • “Naughty & Nice,” first published in eBook form from WordFire Press (2013); first print publication in A Fantastic Holiday Season: The Gift of Stories, edited by Kevin J. Anderson and Keith J. Olexa, WordFire Press, 2014.
  • “New Recruits,” first published in Weirdbook, no. 25, 1990.
  • “Newts,” first published in The Best of Jim Baen’s Universe #2, ed. Eric Flint & Mike Resnick, Baen Books, 2008.
  • “The Next Best Thing to Being There,” first published in Avatar Dreams, ed. Kevin J. Anderson and Mike Resnick, WordFire Press, 2017.
  • “The Old Man and the Cherry Tree,” first published in Grue, no. 3, 1986.
  • “Paradox & Greenblatt, Attorneys at Law,” first published in Analog, Sept. 2005.
  • “Prisoner of War,” first published in The Outer limits: Armageddon Dreams, edited by Kevin J. Anderson, BSV Publishing, 2000.
  • “Prisons,” first published in Amazing Stories, Vol LXVII #1, 1992.
  • “Redmond’s Private Screening” © 2001 by WordFire, Inc. First published in Realms of Fantasy, Apr 2001.
  • “Reflections in a Magnetic Mirror,” with Doug Beason, first published in Full Spectrum, edited by Lou Aronica and Shawna McCarthy, Bantam Spectra, 1988.
  • “Rest in Peace” © 1989 by WordFire, Inc. First published in New Destinies, Jim Baen ed., Vol VIII, Fall 1989.
  • “Road Kill” First published in eBook form from WordFire Press (2012); first print publication in Mister October: An Anthology in Memory of Rick Hautala, vol II, edited by Christopher Golden, Journalstone Books, November 2013.
  • “Role Model,” first published in Fiction River: Fantastic Detectives, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, ed., WMG Publishing, 2014.
  • “Rough Draft,”with Rebecca Moesta, first published in Analog, Jan/Feb 2005.
  • “Rude Awakening,” first published in Pulse Pounders II: Adrenaline, ed. Kevin J. Anderson, WMG Publishing, 2017.
  • “Santa Claus Is Coming to Get You” © 1991 by WordFire, Inc. First published in Deathrealm, Fall/Winter 1991.
  • “Scarecrow Season,” first published in Tucker’s Grove, Arc Manor, 2011.
  • “Scientific Romance,” first published in The UFO Files, edited by Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1998.
  • “Sea Child” with Brian Herbert, first published in Elemental, ed. Steven Savile and Alethea Kontis, Tor Books, 2006.
  • “Sea Dreams,” copyright © 1995 by Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta. First published in Peter S. Beagle’s Immortal Unicorn, edited by Peter S. Beagle, Janet Berliner, and Martin H. Greenberg, HarperPrism, 1995.
  • “Sea Wind” © 1985 by WordFire, Inc. First published in Theshold of Fantasy, Winter 1985.
  • “Short Straws,” first published in The Ultimate Dragon, ed. Bryon Preiss, John Betancourt, and Keith R.A. deCandido, Dell Books, Oct 1995.
  • “Special Makeup,” first published in The Ultimate Werewolf, ed. Bryon Preiss, Dell Books, 1991.
  • “Splinter,” with Rebecca Moesta, first published in Renaissance Faire, ed. Andre Norton and Jean Rabe, DAW Books, Feb 2005.
  • “Stakeout at the Vampire Circus” First published as a Kensington eBook; first print publication in Slimy Underbelly by Kevin J. Anderson, Kensington Books, 2014.
  • “Statues,” originally published in Trust No One, ed. Jonathan Maberry, Titan Books, 2015.
  • “Tarzan and the Martian Invaders,” with Sarah A. Hoyt, first published in Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs, ed. Mike Resnick and Robert T. Garcia, Baen Books, 2013.
  • “TechnoMagic” © 1996 by WordFire, Inc. First published in David Copperfield’s Beyond Imagination, ed. David Copperfield & Janet Berliner, HarperPrism, 1996.
  • “Terminal,” first published online in Seat 14C anthology, ed. Kathleen Cramer, XPRIZE foundation.
  • “Tide Pools,” first published in Analog, December 1993.
  • “Torn Stitches, Shattered Glass,” first published in The Monster’s Corner, ed. Christopher Golden, St. Martin’s, 2011.
  • “Travaillant,” with David Boop, first published in MECHWarrior: Age of Steel, Ragnarok, 2017.
  • “Trip Trap,” with Sherrilyn Kenyon, first published in Dark Duets, ed. Christopher Golden, HarperVoyager, 2014.
  • “The Writing on the Wall” First published in Dark Discoveries magazine—Issue #28, JournalStone Publishing, 2014.