Complete Bibliography of Robert Reed's Published Stories

Below, you will find a complete listing of Robert Reed's body of science fiction work, from his 11 novels to the 140+ short stories, novelettes and novellas which have seen print in a variety of international publications. In the listings below, bold underlined entries are Novels, Anthologies, Collections, or stand-alone Chapbooks, while items in bold italics are shorter works, with the magazine or anthology they first appeared in listed to the right of the story title. The short code immediately following story titles is a story length designation, explained at the start of this list. Under "Notes," we include any special notes, including awards and award nominations Bob has received for specific works, or information about stories that are tied together in specific continuities. The far right column includes links to on-line reviews of Robert Reed's works, as well as to other on-line sources for information about his writing career and to downloadable copies of his stories. Please return to this site regularly for updated information. More detailed information about Bob's novels, short story collections and Chapbooks can be located on the Books page. Specific details about editions, publishers, etc. for Bob's books can also be found on his page at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database site. [Please Note: We are developing a separate page to list all of Bob's foreign reprints and reviews. At present, with only one exception, all of Bob's novels and stories have been published first in an English-language market -- either U.S. or U.K., with foreign translations/markets later.]

novel = >40,000 words; na = novella - 17,500-40,000 words; nv = novelette - 7,500-17,500 words; ss = short story - <7,500 words
* = included in the 1999 collection The Dragons of Springplace; ** = included in the 2002 French-language collection Chrysalide; *** = included in the 2005 collection The Cuckoo's Boys.

= hotlinked on-line review; = available from FictionWise.com; = available for paid members at BookShare.org; = a story anthologized elsewhere -- see below.

 STORY TITLE

 PUBLICATION

 DATE

 NOTES

 ONLINE

The Armistice

1986

Mudpuppies

1986

Gold Prize Winner -- L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest #2 (as Robert Touzalin)

Treading in the Afterglow

1986

April 1987

[For review links, plot description and additional information, see the separate Leeshore page]

Aeries

Aboriginal SF

Sep/Oct 1987

Feb 1988

[For review links, plot description and additional information, see the separate Hormone Jungle page]

Goodness

Aboriginal SF

Nov/Dec 1988

The Bird Looking In

F&SF

Dec 1988

Oort Cloud

1989

Totipotent

1989

Mar 1989

[For review links, plot description and additional information, see the separate Black Milk page]

Busybody

F&SF

Jan 1990

Chaff

F&SF

May 1990

Locus Recommended Reading List - 1990

Bushwacker

F&SF

Nov 1990

The Utility Man

Asimov's

Nov 1990

 *

HUGO NOMINEE

Locus Recommended Reading List - 1990

Apr 1991

Winner of the 1995 Imaginaire Award for best foreign SF novel translated into French, as La Voie Terrestre

SEIUN NOMINEE for 2005 Translation

[For review links, plot description and additional information, see the separate Down the Bright Way page]

Pipes

F&SF

Jul 1991

Locus Recommended Reading List - 1991

After All

F&SF

Jan 1992

Mar 1992

[Followed by "A Place With Shade" -- see connected stories list]

[For review links, plot description and additional information, see the separate Remarkables page]

Birth Day

F&SF

Jun 1992

Read This column

New York Review of Science Fiction

Jul 1992

A "reading list" column Bob wrote for the NYRofSF

Burger Love

Asimov's

Nov 1992

Coffins

F&SF

Dec 1992

 **

SEIUN NOMINEE

On the Brink of That Bright New World

Asimov's

Jan 1993

Do I Know You?

Tomorrow

Apr 1993

Blind

Asimov's

May 1993

Guest of Honor

F&SF

Jun 1993

 *

[Available on Audiotape]

The Toad of Heaven

Asimov's

Jun 1993

Migration Patterns

Aboriginal SF

Summer 1993

Fable Blue

F&SF

Oct/Nov 1993

Sister Alice

Asimov's

Nov 1993

SEUIN NOMINEE

[Set in the Sister Alice sequence -- see connected stories list]

To Know Each Other All the Better

Tomorrow

Dec 1993

Treasure Buried

F&SF

Feb 1994

The Remoras

F&SF

May 1994

 *

[Set in the Marrow continuity -- see connected stories list]

Jun 1994

New York Times Notable Book of the Year

Followed by Beneath the Gated Sky (1997) and also linked to the 1999 novella Apothecary Blue

[For review links, plot description and additional information, see the separate Beyond the Veil of Stars page]

The Shape of Everything

F&SF

Oct/Nov 1994

Stride

Asimov's

Nov 1994

The Dimensions of the Deed

Tomorrow

Dec 1994

Waging Good

Asimov's

Jan 1995

 *

This story and Mind's Eye (1997) are both set in the universe of the Sister Alice sequence, though both are set much earlier in time -- see connected stories list]

Dreams From a Severed Heart

Asimov's

Mar 1995

We Are All Superheroes

Science Fiction Age

Mar 1995

A Place With Shade

F&SF

Apr 1995

At the "Me" Shop

Tomorrow

Apr 1995

Our Prayers Are With You

F&SF

Aug 1995

Worthy

Tomorrow

Aug 1995

Brother Perfect

Asimov's

Sep 1995

The Tournament

F&SF

Sep 1995

Aeon's Child

Asimov's

Nov 1995

 *

[Set in the Marrow continuity -- see connected stories list]

Dec 1995

[For review links, plot description and additional information, see the separate Exaltation of Larks page]

Mrs. Greasy

Tomorrow

Dec 1995

The Myrtle Man

F&SF

Dec 1995

Tongues

Asimov's

Dec 1995

Killing the Morrow

1996

The Apollo Man

Asimov's

Feb 1996

First Tuesday

F&SF

Feb 1996

Little Miss Trashcan

Aboriginal SF

Spring 1996

Water Colors

Tomorrow

Apr 1996

Decency

Asimov's

Jun 1996

 *

HUGO NOMINEE

ASIMOV'S READERS CHOICE WINNER

334 Manchester Lane

Science Fiction Age

Jul 1996

Once Green

Tomorrow

Aug 1996

Chrysalis

Asimov's

Sep 1996

 */**

NEBULA NOMINEE

Blooming Ice

Science Fiction Age

Jan 1997

Locus Recommended Reading List - 1997

The Dragons of Springplace

F&SF

Feb 1997

 *

Locus Recommended Reading List - 1997

Graffiti

F&SF

Jun 1997

Locus Recommended Reading List - 1997

Marrow

Science Fiction Age

Jul 1997

HUGO NOMINEE

SF Age Readers' Poll Winner

Locus Recommended Reading List - 1997

[Set in the Marrow continuity -- see connected stories list]

Sep 1997

[For review links, plot description and additional information, see the separate Beneath the Gated Sky page]

Goo Fish

Oct 1997

Mind's Eye

Asimov's

Oct/Nov 1997

To Church With Mr. Multhiford

F&SF

Oct/Nov 1997

Mother Death

Asimov's

Jan 1998

Locus Recommended Reading List - 1998

[Set in the Sister Alice sequence -- see connected stories list]

Savior

Asimov's

Aug 1998

***

Locus Recommended Reading List - 1998

The Cuckoo's Boys

Science Fiction Age

Sep 1998

***

Locus Recommended Reading List - 1998

Whiptail

Asimov's

Oct/Nov 1998

 **

HUGO NOMINEE

Locus Recommended Reading List - 1998

Building the Building of the World

Asimov's

Dec 1998

 **

HOMer NOMINEE

Locus Recommended Reading List - 1998

The New System

Interzone

Dec 1998

Will Be

F&SF

Jan 1999

Mac and Me

Asimov's

Feb 1999

Apr 1999

Locus Recommended Reading List - 1999

[For review links, plot description and additional information, see the separate Dragons of Springplace page]

The Challenger

Science Fiction Age

May 1999

Game of the Century

F&SF

May 1999

 **

Locus Recommended Reading List - 1999

Human Bay

Asimov's

May 1999

WORLD FANTASY AWARD NOMINEE

Locus Recommended Reading List - 1999

Baby's Fire

Asimov's

Jul 1999

Locus Recommended Reading List - 1999

[Set in the Sister Alice sequence -- see connected stories list]

Winemaster

F&SF

Jul 1999

***

Locus Recommended Reading List - 1999

Sturgeon Award Finalist - 1999

Nodaway

Asimov's

Sep 1999

Locus Recommended Reading List - 1999

What It Is

Science Fiction Age

Sep 1999

At the Corner of Darwin and Eternity

Interzone

Oct 1999

Locus Recommended Reading List - 1999

Apothecary Blue

Science Fiction Age

Nov 1999

Tied in to the novels Beyond the Veil of Stars and Beneath the Gated Sky

Due

F&SF

Feb 2000

Frank

Interzone

Apr 2000

Locus Recommended Reading List - 2000

Grandma's Jumpman

Century

#6 Spring 2000

Locus Recommended Reading List - 2000

The Prophet Ugly

Asimov's

May 2000

Locus Recommended Reading List - 2000

Two Sams

Asimov's

[still available free online at the Asimov's website]

May 2000

In the Valley of the Thunder Quail

Amazing Stories

Spring 2000

Hybrid

F&SF

Jul 2000

 **

Locus Recommended Reading List - 2000

Jul 2000

Locus Recommended Reading List - 2000

Set in the Marrow continuity -- see connected stories list]

[For review links, plot description and additional information, see the separate Marrow page]

When it Ends

Asimov's

Aug 2000

Birdy Girl

Originally published on the Sci Fiction website; now available here on Bob's official website

Sep 2000

Locus Recommended Reading List - 2000

Father to the Man

Asimov's

Sep 2000

[Set in the Sister Alice sequence -- see connected stories list]

The Gulf

F&SF

Oct/Nov 2000

Locus Recommended Reading List - 2000

Crooked Creek

F&SF

Jan 2001

Mirror

Asimov's

Jan 2001

Locus Recommended Reading List - 2001

Market Day

F&SF

Mar 2001

Past Imperfect

Asimov's

Mar 2001

Season to Taste

F&SF

Apr 2001

Hero

Asimov's

May 2001

Sparks

Asimov's

Jul 2001

One Last Game

F&SF

Aug 2001

***

Locus Recommended Reading List - 2001

The Boy

Asimov's

Oct/Nov 2001

Locus Recommended Reading List - 2001

Raven Dream

F&SF

Dec 2001

Locus Recommended Reading List - 2001

[Amerindian sequence -- see connected stories list]

Oracles

Asimov's

Jan 2002

Feb 2002

[For review links, plot description and additional information, see the separate Chrysalide page]

Coelacanths

F&SF

Mar 2002

***

Sturgeon Award Finalist

The Children's Crusade

Originally published on the Sci Fiction website

Apr 2002

***

Locus Recommended Reading List - 2002

Trouble Is

F&SF

May 2002

She Sees My Monsters Now

Asimov's

Jun 2002

***

Locus Recommended Reading List - 2002

Asimov's Readers' Choice Award - 2002

Veritas

Asimov's

Jul 2002

Locus Recommended Reading List - 2002

Melodies Played Upon Cold, Dark Worlds

Originally published on the Sci Fiction website

Jul 2002

The Majesty of Angels

F&SF

Sep 2002

The Sleeping Woman

F&SF

Oct/Nov 2002

Lying to Dogs

Asimov's

Dec 2002

Locus Recommended Reading List - 2002

Rejection

Asimov's

Jan 2003

Buffalo Wolf

F&SF

Mar 2003

[Amerindian sequence -- see connected stories list]

Aux sources du génie

(Wellsprings of Genius)

Galaxies [French-language magazine]

Issue #28
Apr 2003

See English version in Apr 2007 below or online.

May 2003 (UK)

Oct 2003 (US/HB)

Nov 2004 (US/PB)

Locus Recommended Reading List - 2003

John W. Campbell Award Finalist - 2004

[Set in the Sister Alice sequence -- see connected stories list]

[For review links, plot description and additional information, see the separate Sister Alice page]

555

F&SF

May 2003

Locus Recommended Reading List - 2003

Night of Time

May 2003

***

Locus Recommended Reading List - 2003

[Set in the Marrow continuity -- see connected stories list]

Hexagons

Asimov's

[still available free online at the Asimov's website]

Jul 2003

HUGO NOMINEE

Like, Need, Deserve

Originally published on the Sci Fiction website

Aug 2003

Locus Recommended Reading List - 2003

Like Minds

F&SF

Oct/Nov 2003

Locus Recommended Reading List - 2003

River of the Queen

F&SF

Feb 2004

***

[Set in the Marrow continuity -- see connected stories list]

A Plague of Life

Asimov's

Mar 2004

Wealth

Asimov's

Apr/May 2004

How it Feels

F&SF

May 2004

Improbable Journeys 

New York Review of Science Fiction

May 2004

Afterword to Mere

Daily Reports 

Asimov's

July 2004

The Condor's Green-Eyed Child

F&SF

Aug 2004

Designing With Souls

F&SF

Sep 2004

Sep 2004

Locus Recommended Reading List - 2004

Sturgeon Award Finalist

[Set in the Marrow continuity -- see connected stories list]

[Includes the author essay "Improbable Journeys" about the origin and background of the Marrow universe]

[For review links, plot description and additional information, see the separate Mere page]

Opal Ball

F&SF

Oct/Nov 2004

Locus Recommended Reading List - 2004

A Change of Mind

Asimov's

Oct/Nov 2004

Dec 2004 [UK]

Apr 2005 [US]

Locus Recommended Reading List - 2005

John W. Campbell Award Finalist - 2005

[Set in the Marrow continuity -- see connected stories list]

[For review links, plot description and additional information, see the separate Well of Stars page]

The Dragons of Summer Gulch

Originally published on the Sci Fiction website

Dec 2004

Locus Recommended Reading List - 2004

From Above

F&SF

Feb 2005

Dallas: An Essay

Asimov's

Apr/May 2005

Locus Recommended Reading List - 2005

Hidden Paradise

Originally published on the Sci Fiction website

Mar 2005

The New Deity

F&SF

May 2005

Veterans of the War

Absolute Magnitude

Spring 2005

Poet Snow

F&SF

Jun 2005