Most Popular Short Stories Books of the 1980s

The Dunwich Horror and Others

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction

1984

Classics of the Macabre

Daphne du Maurier

Horror · Short Stories · Mystery

1987

City Jitters

Christopher Fowler

Horror · Short Stories

1986

Eye

Frank Herbert

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1985

The Art of Living and Other Stories

John Champlin Gardner

Short Stories · Mainstream

1981

H.P. Lovecraft Omnibus #2

Dagon and Other Macabre Tales

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction

1985

At the Mountains of Madness and Other Novels

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction

1985

Vorkosigan

Borders of Infinity

Lois McMaster Bujold

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Short Stories

October 1989

The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick #1

Beyond Lies the Wub

Philip K. Dick

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1987

Songs the Dead Men Sing

George R. R. Martin

Horror · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1983

Dilvish Series

Dilvish, the Damned

Roger Zelazny

Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories

1982

Elric

Elric at the End of Time

Michael Moorcock

Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories · Non-fiction

1984

Robot Dreams

Isaac Asimov

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1986

Fire Watch

Connie Willis

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1985

Tangents

Greg Bear

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1989

Vettius and His Friends

David Drake

Fantasy · Horror · Short Stories

1989

The River of Time

David Brin

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1986

Dying Earth #4

Rhialto the Marvellous

Jack Vance

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1984

Frost & Fire

Roger Zelazny

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1989

Storeys from the Old Hotel

Gene Wolfe

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories · World Fantasy Award

1988

A Touch of Sturgeon

Theodore Sturgeon

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1987

Return to Nevèrÿon #4

The Bridge of Lost Desire

Samuel R. Delany

Fantasy · Short Stories

1987

True Names and Other Dangers

Vernor Vinge

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1987

The Time-Lapsed Man and Other Stories

Eric Brown

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1987

Tales from the Flat Earth #5

Night's Sorceries

Tanith Lee

Fantasy · Short Stories

1987

Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences

Ursula K. Le Guin

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1987

Tom O'Bedlam's Night Out, and Other Strange Excursions

Darrell Schweitzer

Fantasy · Short Stories

1985

Dialogue with Darkness

Poul Anderson

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1985

The Classic Philip José Farmer, 1964–1973

Philip José Farmer

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1984

The Classic Philip José Farmer, 1952–1964

Philip José Farmer

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1984

In a Lonely Place

Karl Edward Wagner

Horror · Short Stories

1983

Unicorn Variations

Roger Zelazny

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Locus Award · Short Stories · Non-fiction

1983

65 Great Spine Chillers

Mary Danby

Fantasy · Horror · Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror

1982

The Dark Country

Dennis Etchison

Horror · Short Stories

1982

The Gods Laughed

Poul Anderson

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1982

Stations of the Nightmare

Philip José Farmer

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1982