Most Popular Short Stories Books of the 1980s

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H.P. Lovecraft Omnibus #1

At the Mountains of Madness

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction

1985

Books of Blood #3

Books of Blood: Volume Three

Clive Barker

Horror · Splatterpunk · Short Stories · World Fantasy Award

1984

Books of Blood #6

Books of Blood: Volume Six

Clive Barker

Horror · Splatterpunk · Short Stories

1985

Books of Blood #2

Books of Blood: Volume Two

Clive Barker

Horror · Splatterpunk · Short Stories · World Fantasy Award

1984

Books of Blood #1

Books of Blood: Volume One

Clive Barker

Horror · Splatterpunk · Short Stories · World Fantasy Award

1984

Books of Blood #5

Books of Blood: Volume Five

Clive Barker

Horror · Splatterpunk · Short Stories

1985

Skeleton Crew

Stephen King

Horror · Locus Award · Short Stories

1985

Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology

Bruce Sterling

Science Fiction · Cyberpunk · Short Stories

1986

Books of Blood #4

Books of Blood: Volume Four

Clive Barker

Horror · Splatterpunk · Short Stories

1985

Different Seasons

Stephen King

Horror · Short Stories

1982

The Complete Robot

Isaac Asimov

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1982

Portraits of His Children

George R. R. Martin

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1987

Books of Blood (omnibus editions)

Books of Blood: Volumes 1-3

Clive Barker

Horror · Short Stories

1988

Dark Gods

T. E. D. Klein

Horror · Short Stories

1985

Doctor Departure and Others

Alan Nelson

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1989

Endangered Species

Gene Wolfe

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Short Stories · Mainstream

1989

Books of Blood (omnibus editions)

Books of Blood: Volumes 4-6

Clive Barker

Horror · Short Stories

1988

Agent of Byzantium

Harry Turtledove

Short Stories · Alternate History

1987

The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective

Harlan Ellison

Science Fiction · Bram Stoker Award · Short Stories

1987

Callahan's Place #3

Callahan's Secret

Spider Robinson

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1986

Deryni

The Deryni Archives

Katherine Kurtz

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Short Stories

1986

The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1986

Beyond the Dar Al-Harb

Gordon R. Dickson

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1985

Dealing in Futures

Joe Haldeman

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1985

Return to Nevèrÿon #3

Flight from Nevèrÿon

Samuel R. Delany

Fantasy · Short Stories

1985

Kane

The Book of Kane

Karl Edward Wagner

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories

1985

Chessboard Planet and Other Stories

Henry Kuttner

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1983

The Compass Rose

Ursula K. Le Guin

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Locus Award · Short Stories

1982

We Are All Legends

Darrell Schweitzer

Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories

1981

The Golden Man

Philip K. Dick

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1980

Songs of a Dead Dreamer

Thomas Ligotti

Horror · Short Stories

1986

Nightflyers and Other Stories

George R. R. Martin

Horror · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1985

The Best of H. P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction

1982

Dagon and Other Macabre Tales

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction

1987

Tuf Voyaging

George R. R. Martin

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Short Stories

1986

H.P. Lovecraft Omnibus #3

The Haunter of the Dark

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction

1985