This is a list of short stories by American writer Isaac Asimov. Asimov is principally known for his science fiction, but he also wrote mystery and fantasy stories.
This list includes Asimov's Foundation short stories, which were later collected into three novels known as the Foundation Trilogy.
In this table, "year" refers to the year of publication, and in the case of magazines means the cover date (which is not always the year when the magazine actually appeared on sale). Alternative titles appear in brackets. (383 stories appear on this list.)
| Story | Year | Collected in | First published | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Marooned off Vesta" | 1939 | Asimov's Mysteries The Best of Isaac Asimov | Amazing Stories, March 1939 | |
| "The Weapon Too Dreadful to Use" | 1939 | The Early Asimov | Amazing Stories, May 1939 | |
| "Trends" | 1939 | The Early Asimov | Astounding Science Fiction, July 1939 | |
| "Half-Breed" | 1940 | The Early Asimov | Astonishing Stories, February 1940 | |
| "Ring Around the Sun" | 1940 | The Early Asimov | Future Fiction, March 1940 | |
| "The Callistan Menace" | 1940 | The Early Asimov | Astonishing Stories, April 1940 | |
| "The Magnificent Possession" | 1940 | The Early Asimov | Future Fiction, July 1940 | |
| "Robbie" (also as "Strange Playfellow") | 1940 | I, Robot The Complete Robot Robot Visions | Super Science Stories, September 1940 | |
| "Homo Sol" | 1940 | The Early Asimov | Astounding Science Fiction, September 1940 | |
| "Half-Breeds on Venus" | 1940 | The Early Asimov | Astonishing Stories, December 1940 | |
| "History" | 1941 | The Early Asimov | Super Science Stories, March 1941 | |
| "The Secret Sense" | 1941 | The Early Asimov | Cosmic Stories, March 1941 | |
| "Heredity" | 1941 | The Early Asimov | Astonishing Stories, April 1941 | |
| "Reason" | 1941 | I, Robot The Complete Robot Robot Visions | Astounding Science Fiction, April 1941 | |
| "Liar!" | 1941 | I, Robot The Complete Robot Robot Visions | Astounding Science Fiction, May 1941 | |
| "Nightfall" | 1941 | Nightfall and Other Stories The Best of Isaac Asimov The Edge of Tomorrow The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | Astounding Science Fiction, September 1941 | |
| "Super-Neutron" | 1941 | The Early Asimov | Astonishing Stories, September 1941 | |
| "Not Final!" | 1941 | The Early Asimov The Complete Stories, Volume 2 | Astounding Science Fiction, October 1941 | |
| "Christmas on Ganymede" | 1942 | The Early Asimov | Startling Stories, January 1942 | |
| "Robot AL-76 Goes Astray" | 1942 | The Rest of the Robots The Complete Robot | Amazing Stories, February 1942 | |
| "Runaround" | 1942 | I, Robot The Complete Robot Robot Visions | Astounding Science Fiction, March 1942 | |
| "Black Friar of the Flame" | 1942 | The Early Asimov | Planet Stories, Spring 1942 | |
| "Time Pussy" | 1942 | The Early Asimov | Astounding Science Fiction, April 1942 (under the pseudonym George E. Dale[1] | |
| "Foundation" (also as "The Encyclopedists") | 1942 | Foundation | Astounding Science Fiction, May 1942 | |
| "The Weapon" | 1942 | In Memory Yet Green | Super Science Stories, May 1942 (under pseudonym H. B. Ogden) | |
| "Bridle and Saddle" (also as "The Mayors") | 1942 | Foundation | Astounding Science Fiction, June 1942 | |
| "Victory Unintentional" | 1942 | The Rest of the Robots The Complete Robot | Super Science Stories, August 1942 | |
| "The Hazing" | 1942 | The Early Asimov The Complete Stories, Volume 2 | Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1942 | |
| "The Imaginary" | 1942 | The Early Asimov | Super Science Stories, November 1942 | |
| "Death Sentence" | 1943 | The Early Asimov The Complete Stories, Volume 2 | Astounding Science Fiction, November 1943 | |
| "Catch That Rabbit" | 1944 | I, Robot The Complete Robot | Astounding Science Fiction, February 1944 | |
| "The Big and the Little" (also as "The Merchant Princes") | 1944 | Foundation | Astounding Science Fiction, August 1944 | |
| "The Wedge" (also as "The Traders") | 1944 | Foundation | Astounding Science Fiction, October 1944 | |
| "Blind Alley" | 1945 | The Early Asimov The Complete Stories, Volume 2 | Astounding Science Fiction, March 1945 | |
| "Dead Hand" (also as "The General") | 1945 | Foundation and Empire | Astounding Science Fiction, April 1945 | |
| "Escape!" (also as "Paradoxical Escape") | 1945 | I, Robot The Complete Robot | Astounding Science Fiction, August 1945 | |
| "The Mule" | 1945 | Foundation and Empire | Astounding Science Fiction, November 1945 and December 1945 | |
| "Evidence" | 1946 | I, Robot The Complete Robot Robot Visions The Complete Stories, Volume 2 | Astounding Science Fiction, September 1946 | |
| "Little Lost Robot" | 1947 | I, Robot The Complete Robot Robot Dreams Robot Visions | Astounding Science Fiction, March 1947 | |
| "Now You See It—" (also as "Search by the Mule") | 1948 | Second Foundation | Astounding Science Fiction, January 1948 | |
| "The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline" | 1948 | Only a Trillion The Early Asimov | Astounding Science Fiction, March 1948 | |
| "No Connection" | 1948 | The Early Asimov | Astounding Science Fiction, June 1948 | |
| "The Red Queen's Race" | 1949 | The Early Asimov The Complete Stories, Volume 2 | Astounding Science Fiction, January 1949 | |
| "Mother Earth" | 1949 | The Early Asimov | Astounding Science Fiction, May 1949 | |
| "—And Now You Don't" (also as "Search by the Foundation") | 1949–1950 | Second Foundation | Astounding Science Fiction, November 1949, December 1949 and January 1950 | |
| "The Little Man on the Subway" (co-written with Frederik Pohl)[2] | 1950 | The Early Asimov | Fantasy Book, vol. 1 no. 6 (January 1950) | |
| "The Evitable Conflict" | 1950 | I, Robot The Complete Robot Robot Visions | Astounding Science Fiction, June 1950 | |
| "Legal Rites" (co-written with Frederik Pohl)[3] | 1950 | The Early Asimov | Weird Tales, September 1950 | |
| "Darwinian Pool Room" | 1950 | Buy Jupiter and Other Stories | Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1950 | |
| "Green Patches" (also as "Misbegotten Missionary") | 1950 | Nightfall and Other Stories The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | Galaxy Science Fiction, November 1950 | |
| "Day of the Hunters" | 1950 | Buy Jupiter and Other Stories The Complete Stories, Volume 2 | Future Combined With Science Fiction Stories, November 1950 | |
| "Satisfaction Guaranteed" | 1951 | Earth Is Room Enough The Rest of the Robots The Complete Robot The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | Amazing Stories, April 1951 | |
| "Hostess" | 1951 | Nightfall and Other Stories Robot Dreams The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | Galaxy Science Fiction, May 1951 | |
| "Breeds There a Man...?" | 1951 | Through a Glass, Clearly Nightfall and Other Stories The Edge of Tomorrow Robot Dreams The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | Astounding Science Fiction, June 1951 | |
| "The Psychohistorians" | 1951 | Foundation | Foundation (Gnome Press, 1951) | |
| "In a Good Cause—" | 1951 | Nightfall and Other Stories The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | New Tales of Space and Time (Henry Holt & Co., 1951) | |
| "C-Chute" | 1951 | Through a Glass, Clearly Nightfall and Other Stories The Best of Isaac Asimov The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1951 | |
| "Shah Guido G." | 1951 | Buy Jupiter and Other Stories | Marvel, November 1951 | |
| "The Fun They Had" | 1951 | Earth Is Room Enough The Best of Isaac Asimov The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | Boys' and Girls' Page, December 1951 | |
| "Youth" | 1952 | The Martian Way and Other Stories | Space Science Fiction, May 1952 | |
| "What If—" | 1952 | Nightfall and Other Stories The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | Fantastic, Summer 1952 | |
| "The Martian Way" | 1952 | The Martian Way and Other Stories The Best of Isaac Asimov Robot Dreams The Complete Stories, Volume 2 | Galaxy Science Fiction, November 1952 | |
| "The Deep" | 1952 | The Martian Way and Other Stories The Best of Isaac Asimov The Complete Stories, Volume 2 | Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1952 | |
| "Button, Button" | 1953 | Buy Jupiter and Other Stories | Startling Stories, January 1953 | |
| "The Monkey's Finger" | 1953 | Buy Jupiter and Other Stories The Complete Stories, Volume 2 | Startling Stories, February 1953 | |
| "Nobody Here But—" | 1953 | Nightfall and Other Stories The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | Star Science Fiction Stories (Ballantine Books, February 1953) | |
| "Sally" | 1953 | Nightfall and Other Stories The Complete Robot Robot Dreams The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | Fantastic, May–June 1953 | |
| "Flies" | 1953 | Nightfall and Other Stories The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, June 1953 | |
| "Kid Stuff" | 1953 | Earth Is Room Enough The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | Beyond Fantasy Fiction, September 1953 | |
| "Belief" | 1953 | Through a Glass, Clearly The Winds of Change and Other Stories The Edge of Tomorrow | Astounding Science Fiction, October 1953 | |
| "The Micropsychiatric Applications of Thiotimoline" | 1953 | Only a Trillion | Astounding Science Fiction, December 1953 | |
| "Everest" | 1953 | Buy Jupiter and Other Stories | Universe Science Fiction, December 1953 | |
| "Sucker Bait" | 1954 | The Martian Way and Other Stories | Astounding Science Fiction, February 1954 and March 1954 | |
| "The Pause" | 1954 | Buy Jupiter and Other Stories | Time to Come (Farrar, Straus and Young, April 1954) | |
| "The Immortal Bard" | 1954 | Earth Is Room Enough The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | Universe Science Fiction, May 1954 | |
| "The Foundation of S.F. Success" | 1954 | Earth Is Room Enough The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1954 | |
| "Let's Not" | 1954 | Buy Jupiter and Other Stories | Boston University Graduate Journal, December 1954 | |
| "It's Such a Beautiful Day" | 1955 | Through a Glass, Clearly Nightfall and Other Stories The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | Star Science Fiction Stories No.3 (Ballantine Books, January 1955) | |
| "The Singing Bell" | 1955 | Asimov's Mysteries The Complete Stories, Volume 2 | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1955 | |
| "Question" | 1955 | — | Computers and Automation, March 1955 | |
| "Risk" | 1955 | The Rest of the Robots The Complete Robot | Astounding Science Fiction, May 1955 | |
| "The Last Trump" | 1955 | Earth Is Room Enough The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | Fantastic Universe, June 1955 | |
| "Franchise" | 1955 | Earth Is Room Enough Robot Dreams The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | If: Worlds of Science Fiction, August 1955 | |
| "The Talking Stone" | 1955 | Asimov's Mysteries The Complete Stories, Volume 2 | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1955 | |
| "The Portable Star" | 1955 | — | Thrilling Wonder Stories, Winter 1955 | |
| "Dreamworld" | 1955 | Opus 100 The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November 1955 | |
| "Dreaming Is a Private Thing" | 1955 | Earth Is Room Enough The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1955 | |
| "The Message" | 1956 | Earth Is Room Enough The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1956 | |
| "The Dead Past" | 1956 | Earth Is Room Enough The Best of Isaac Asimov The Edge of Tomorrow The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | Astounding Science Fiction, April 1956 | |
| "Hell-Fire" | 1956 | Earth Is Room Enough The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | Fantastic Universe, May 1956 | |
| "Living Space" | 1956 | Earth Is Room Enough The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | The Original Science Fiction Stories, May 1956 | |
| "What's in a Name?" (also as "Death of a Honey-Blonde") | 1956 | Asimov's Mysteries | The Saint Detective Magazine, June 1956 | |
| "The Dying Night" | 1956 | Nine Tomorrows Asimov's Mysteries The Best of Isaac Asimov The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1956 | |
| "Someday" | 1956 | Earth Is Room Enough The Complete Robot Robot Visions The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | Infinity Science Fiction August 1956 | |
| "Each an Explorer" | 1956 | Buy Jupiter and Other Stories The Complete Stories, Volume 2 | Future #30 (August 1956) | |
| "Pâté de Foie Gras" | 1956 | Asimov's Mysteries Only a Trillion The Edge of Tomorrow The Complete Stories, Volume 2 | Astounding Science Fiction, September 1956 | |
| "The Watery Place" | 1956 | Earth Is Room Enough The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | Satellite Science Fiction, October 1956 | |
| "First Law" | 1956 | The Rest of the Robots The Complete Robot | Fantastic Universe, October 1956 | |
| "Gimmicks Three" (also as "The Brazen Locked Room") | 1956 | Earth Is Room Enough The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November 1956 | |
| "The Last Question" | 1956 | Nine Tomorrows Opus 100 The Best of Isaac Asimov The Edge of Tomorrow Robot Dreams The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | Science Fiction Quarterly, November 1956 | |
| "Jokester" | 1956 | Earth Is Room Enough Robot Dreams The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | Infinity Science Fiction, December 1956 | |
| "Strikebreaker" (also as "Male Strikebreaker") | 1957 | Nightfall and Other Stories Robot Dreams The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | The Original Science Fiction Stories, January 1957 | |
| "The Dust of Death" | 1957 | Asimov's Mysteries | Venture Science Fiction, January 1957 | |
| "Let's Get Together" | 1957 | The Rest of the Robots The Complete Robot The Complete Stories, Volume 2 | Infinity Science Fiction, February 1957 | |
| "The Author's Ordeal" | 1957 | Earth Is Room Enough The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | Science Fiction Quarterly, May 1957 | |
| "Blank!" | 1957 | Buy Jupiter and Other Stories | Infinity Science Fiction, June 1957 | |
| "Does a Bee Care?" | 1957 | Buy Jupiter and Other Stories Robot Dreams | If: Worlds of Science Fiction, June 1957 | |
| "A Woman's Heart" | 1957 | — | Satellite, June 1957 | |
| "Profession" | 1957 | Nine Tomorrows The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | Astounding Science Fiction, July 1957 | |
| "A Loint of Paw" | 1957 | Asimov's Mysteries The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov The Complete Stories, Volume 2 | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1957 | |
| "Ideas Die Hard" | 1957 | The Winds of Change and Other Stories | Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1957 | |
| "I'm in Marsport Without Hilda" | 1957 | Nine Tomorrows (bowdlerized version) Asimov's Mysteries The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | Venture Science Fiction, November 1957 | |
| "Insert Knob A in Hole B" | 1957 | Nightfall and Other Stories The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1957 | |
| "Galley Slave" | 1957 | The Rest of the Robots The Complete Robot Robot Visions The Complete Stories, Volume 2 | Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1957 | |
| "The Gentle Vultures" | 1957 | Nine Tomorrows The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | Super-Science Fiction, December 1957 | |
| "Spell My Name with an S" (also as "S, as in Zebatinsky") | 1958 | Nine Tomorrows Robot Dreams The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | Star Science Fiction, January 1958 | |
| "Lenny" | 1958 | The Rest of the Robots The Complete Robot Robot Visions The Complete Stories, Volume 2 | Infinity Science Fiction, January 1958 | |
| "I Just Make Them Up, See!" | 1958 | Nine Tomorrows The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1958 | |
| "The Feeling of Power" | 1958 | Nine Tomorrows Opus 100 The Edge of Tomorrow Robot Dreams The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | If: Worlds of Science Fiction, February 1958 | |
| "Silly Asses" | 1958 | Buy Jupiter and Other Stories | Future Science Fiction, February 1958 | |
| "All the Troubles of the World" | 1958 | Nine Tomorrows The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | Super-Science Fiction, April 1958 | |
| "Buy Jupiter" | 1958 | Buy Jupiter and Other Stories | Venture Science Fiction, May 1958 | |
| "The Up-to-Date Sorcerer" | 1958 | Nightfall and Other Stories The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1958 | |
| "The Ugly Little Boy" (also as "Lastborn") | 1958 | Nine Tomorrows The Edge of Tomorrow Robot Dreams The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | Galaxy Science Fiction, September 1958 | |
| "A Statue for Father" (also as "Benefactor of Humanity") | 1959 | Buy Jupiter and Other Stories The Complete Stories, Volume 2 | Satellite Science Fiction, February 1959 | |
| "Anniversary" | 1959 | Asimov's Mysteries The Best of Isaac Asimov The Complete Stories, Volume 2 | Amazing Science Fiction Stories, March 1959 | |
| "Unto the Fourth Generation" | 1959 | Nightfall and Other Stories The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1959 | |
| "Obituary" | 1959 | Asimov's Mysteries The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov The Complete Stories, Volume 2 | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1959 | |
| "Rain, Rain, Go Away" | 1959 | Buy Jupiter and Other Stories The Complete Stories, Volume 2 | Fantastic Universe, September 1959 | |
| "Rejection Slips" | 1959 | Nine Tomorrows Science Fiction by Asimov The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | Nine Tomorrows (Doubleday, 1959) | |
| "The Covenant" (Asimov wrote part two of this five-part round-robin story.[4]) | 1960 | — | Fantastic Story Magazine, July 1960 | |
| "Thiotimoline and the Space Age" | 1960 | Opus 100 | Analog Science Fiction and Fact, October 1960 | |
| "What Is This Thing Called Love?" (also as "Playboy and the Slime God") | 1961 | Nightfall and Other Stories The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | Amazing Stories, March 1961 | |
| "The Machine That Won the War" | 1961 | Nightfall and Other Stories Robot Dreams The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1961 | |
| "My Son, the Physicist" | 1962 | Nightfall and Other Stories The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | Scientific American, February 1962 | |
| "Star Light" | 1962 | Asimov's Mysteries The Complete Stories, Volume 2 | Scientific American, October 1962 | |
| "Author! Author!" | 1964 (written in 1943) | The Early Asimov | The Unknown Five (Pyramid Books, January 1964) | |
| "Eyes Do More Than See" | 1965 | Nightfall and Other Stories Robot Dreams The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov Science Fiction by Asimov The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1965 | |
| "Founding Father" | 1965 | Buy Jupiter and Other Stories The Complete Stories, Volume 2 | Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1965 | |
| "The Man Who Made the 21st Century" | 1965 | — | Boys' Life, October 1965 | |
| "The Key" | 1966 | Asimov's Mysteries The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov The Complete Stories, Volume 2 | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1966 | |
| "The Prime of Life" | 1966 | The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1966 | |
| "The Billiard Ball" | 1967 | Asimov's Mysteries The Best of Isaac Asimov The Edge of Tomorrow Robot Dreams The Complete Stories, Volume 2 | If: Worlds of Science Fiction, March 1967 | |
| "Segregationist" | 1967 | Nightfall and Other Stories The Complete Robot Robot Visions The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | Abbottempo, book 4, 1967 | |
| "Exile to Hell" | 1968 | Buy Jupiter and Other Stories The Complete Stories, Volume 2 | Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, May 1968 | |
| "Key Item" (also as "The Computer That Went on Strike") | 1968 | Buy Jupiter and Other Stories The Complete Stories, Volume 2 | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1968 | |
| "The Proper Study" | 1968 | Buy Jupiter and Other Stories | Boys' Life, September 1968 | |
| "The Holmes-Ginsbook Device" | 1968 | Opus 100 | If: Worlds of Science Fiction, December 1968 | |
| "Feminine Intuition" | 1969 | The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories The Complete Robot Robot Visions The Complete Stories, Volume 2 | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1969 | |
| "Waterclap" | 1970 | The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories | If: Worlds of Science Fiction, April 1970 | |
| "A Problem of Numbers" (also as "As Chemist to Chemist") | 1970 | The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 1970 | |
| "2430 A.D." | 1970 | Buy Jupiter and Other Stories | IBM Magazine, October 1970 | |
| "The Best New Thing" | 1971 | The Best New Thing | The Best New Thing (World Publishing Co., 1971) | |
| "The Greatest Asset" | 1972 | Buy Jupiter and Other Stories The Complete Stories, Volume 2 | Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, January 1972 | |
| "The Acquisitive Chuckle" | 1972 | Tales of the Black Widowers The Return of the Black Widowers | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, January 1972 | |
| "Mirror Image" | 1972 | The Best of Isaac Asimov The Complete Robot Robot Visions The Complete Stories, Volume 2 | Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, May 1972 | |
| "Ph as in Phony" (also as "The Phony PhD") | 1972 | Tales of the Black Widowers The Return of the Black Widowers | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 1972 | |
| "Truth to Tell" (also as "The Man Who Never Told a Lie") | 1972 | Tales of the Black Widowers | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, October 1972 | |
| "Go, Little Book!" (also as "The Matchbook Collector") | 1972 | Tales of the Black Widowers | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, December 1972 | |
| "Take a Match" | 1972 | Buy Jupiter and Other Stories The Complete Stories, Volume 2 | New Dimensions II (Doubleday, 1972) | |
| "Thiotimoline to the Stars" | 1973 | Buy Jupiter and Other Stories | (Random House, 1973) | |
| "Early Sunday Morning" (also as "The Biological Clock") | 1973 | Tales of the Black Widowers The Return of the Black Widowers | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 1973 | |
| "The Obvious Factor" | 1973 | Tales of the Black Widowers The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov The Return of the Black Widowers | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 1973 | |
| "The Pointing Finger" | 1973 | Tales of the Black Widowers The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 1973 | |
| "Miss What?" (also as "A Warning to Miss Earth") | 1973 | Tales of the Black Widowers | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September 1973 | |
| "Light Verse" | 1973 | Buy Jupiter and Other Stories Opus 200 The Complete Robot Robot Dreams The Complete Stories, Volume 2 | The Saturday Evening Post, September–October 1973 | |
| "Out of Sight" (also as "The Six Suspects") | 1973 | Tales of the Black Widowers The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, December 1973 | |
| "Yankee Doodle Went to Town" | 1974 | Tales of the Black Widowers The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov | Tales of the Black Widowers (Doubleday, 1974) | |
| "The Lullaby of Broadway" | 1974 | Tales of the Black Widowers | Tales of the Black Widowers (Doubleday, 1974) | |
| "The Curious Omission" | 1974 | Tales of the Black Widowers | Tales of the Black Widowers (Doubleday, 1974) | |
| "The Dream" | 1974 | "The Dream", "Benjamin's Dream" and "Benjamin's Bicentennial Blast" (limited edition) Opus 200 | The Saturday Evening Post, January 1974 | |
| "When No Man Pursueth" | 1974 | More Tales of the Black Widowers | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 1974 | |
| "Benjamin's Dream" (also as "The Second Dream") | 1974 | "The Dream", "Benjamin's Dream" and "Benjamin's Bicentennial Blast" (limited edition) | The Saturday Evening Post, April 1974 | |
| "Party by Satellite" (also as "The Third Dream") | 1974 | — | The Saturday Evening Post, May 1974 | |
| "Quicker Than the Eye" | 1974 | More Tales of the Black Widowers The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 1974 | |
| ". . . That Thou Art Mindful of Him" | 1974 | The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories The Complete Robot The Complete Stories, Volume 2 | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 1974 | |
| "Stranger in Paradise" | 1974 | The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories The Complete Robot The Complete Stories, Volume 2 | If: Worlds of Science Fiction, May–June 1974 | |
| "Benjamin's Bicentennial Blast" (also as "The Fourth Dream") | 1974 | "The Dream", "Benjamin's Dream" and "Benjamin's Bicentennial Blast" (limited edition) | The Saturday Evening Post, June and July 1974 | |
| "The Iron Gem" | 1974 | More Tales of the Black Widowers The Return of the Black Widowers | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 1974 | |
| "Half-Baked Publisher's Delight" (co-written with Jeffrey S. Hudson) | 1974 | The Best from If, Volume III 100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories | Worlds of If, July–August 1974 | |
| "The Three Numbers" (also as "All in the Way You Read It") | 1974 | More Tales of the Black Widowers The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September 1974 | |
| "Nothing Like Murder" | 1974 | More Tales of the Black Widowers | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1974 | |
| "No Smoking" (also as "Confessions of an American Cigarette Smoker") | 1974 | More Tales of the Black Widowers | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, December 1974 | |
| "The Heavenly Host" | 1974 | The Heavenly Host (an extended version of the original short story)[5] [6] | Boys' Life, December 1974 | |
| "Big Game" | 1974 (written in 1941) | Before the Golden Age | Before the Golden Age (Doubleday, 1974) | |
| "The Life and Times of Multivac" | 1975 | The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories The Complete Stories, Volume 2 | The New York Times, Sunday, 5 January 1975 | |
| "Sarah Tops" (also as "Try Sarah Tops") | 1975 | The Key Word and Other Mysteries | Boys' Life, February 1975 | |
| "A Boy's Best Friend" | 1975 | The Complete Robot | Boys' Life, March 1975 | |
| "The One and Only East" | 1975 | More Tales of the Black Widowers The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 1975 | |
| "The Little Things" | 1975 | The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 1975 | |
| "Point of View" | 1975 | The Complete Robot | Boys' Life, July 1975 | |
| "Earthset and Evening Star" | 1975 | More Tales of the Black Widowers Opus 200 | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1975 | |
| "About Nothing" | 1975 | The Winds of Change and Other Stories Opus 300 | First appeared on a postcard. (subsequently in Science Fiction Review, August 1975 and then Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Summer 1977) | |
| "Halloween" | 1975 | The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov | American Way, October 1975 | |
| "A Case of Need" | 1975 | The Key Word and Other Mysteries | Young World Magazine, October 1975 | |
| "Santa Claus Gets a Coin" | 1975 | The Key Word and Other Mysteries | Boys' Life, December 1975 | |
| "Friday the Thirteenth" | 1976 | More Tales of the Black Widowers | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1976 | |
| "Season's Greetings!" | 1976 | More Tales of the Black Widowers | More Tales of the Black Widowers (Doubleday, 1976) | |
| "The Unabridged" | 1976 | More Tales of the Black Widowers | More Tales of the Black Widowers (Doubleday, 1976) | |
| "The Ultimate Crime" | 1976 | More Tales of the Black Widowers | More Tales of the Black Widowers (Doubleday, 1976) | |
| "The Bicentennial Man" | 1976 | The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories Opus 200 The Complete Robot Robot Visions The Complete Stories, Volume 2 | Stellar #2 (Ballantine Books, February 1976) | |
| "The Winnowing" | 1976 | The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories | Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, February 1976 | |
| "Old-Fashioned" | 1976 | The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories The Complete Stories, Volume 2 | Bell Telephone Magazine, January–February 1976 | |
| "Marching In" | 1976 | The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories The Complete Stories, Volume 2 | High Fidelity, May 1976 | |
| "Birth of a Notion" | 1976 | The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories | Amazing Stories, June 1976 | |
| "The Cross of Lorraine" | 1976 | Casebook of the Black Widowers The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 1976 | |
| "The Tercentenary Incident" | 1976 | The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories The Complete Robot The Complete Stories, Volume 2 | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, August 1976 | |
| "The Family Man" (also as "A Case of Income Tax Fraud") | 1976 | Casebook of the Black Widowers | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 1976 | |
| "Good Taste" | 1976 | Opus 200 The Winds of Change and Other Stories | Good Taste (Apocalypse Press, 1976) (limited edition) (subsequently in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Fall 1977) | |
| "To Tell at a Glance" | 1977 | The Winds of Change and Other Stories | The Saturday Evening Post, February 1977 | |
| "True Love" | 1977 | 3 by Asimov The Complete Robot Robot Dreams | American Way, February 1977 | |
| "Think!" | 1977 | The Complete Robot Robot Visions | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Spring 1977 | |
| "The Sports Page" | 1977 | Casebook of the Black Widowers | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, April 1977 | |
| "Sure Thing" | 1977 | The Winds of Change and Other Stories The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov Opus 300 | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Summer 1977 | |
| "The Thirteenth Day of Christmas" | 1977 | The Key Word and Other Mysteries Opus 200 The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 1977 | |
| "The Missing Item" | 1977 | Casebook of the Black Widowers | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Winter 1977 | |
| "The Key Word" | 1977 | The Key Word and Other Mysteries The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov | The Key Word and Other Mysteries (Walker & Company, 1977) | |
| "The Next Day" | 1978 | Casebook of the Black Widowers The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 1978 | |
| "The Disappearing Man" | 1978 | The Key Word and Other Mysteries (British edition only) The Disappearing Man and Other Mysteries | Boys' Life, June 1978 | |
| "Found!" | 1978 | The Winds of Change and Other Stories The Edge of Tomorrow The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov | Omni, October 1978 | |
| "Fair Exchange?" | 1978 | 3 by Asimov The Winds of Change and Other Stories | Asimov's SF Adventure Magazine, Fall 1978 | |
| "Strike!" | 1979 | — | Omni, January 1979 | |
| "Nothing for Nothing" | 1979 | The Winds of Change and Other Stories | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, February 1979 | |
| "Irrelevance!" (also as "A Matter of Irrelevance") | 1979 | Casebook of the Black Widowers | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 1979 | |
| "How It Happened" | 1979 | The Winds of Change and Other Stories Opus 300 The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov | Asimov's SF Adventure Magazine, Spring 1979 | |
| "None So Blind" | 1979 | Casebook of the Black Widowers | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, June 1979 | |
| "To the Barest" | 1979 | Casebook of the Black Widowers The Return of the Black Widowers | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, August 1979 | |
| "The Backward Look" | 1979 | Casebook of the Black Widowers | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, September 1979 | |
| "It Is Coming" | 1979 | The Winds of Change and Other Stories | Various newspapers, 1979 (advert for Field Enterprises) | |
| "The Last Answer" | 1980 | 3 by Asimov The Winds of Change and Other Stories Robot Dreams The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov | Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, January 1980 | |
| "Second Best" | 1980 | Casebook of the Black Widowers | Casebook of the Black Widowers (Doubleday, January 1980) | |
| "Middle Name" | 1980 | Casebook of the Black Widowers The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov | Casebook of the Black Widowers (Doubleday, January 1980) | |
| "What Time Is It?" | 1980 | Casebook of the Black Widowers Opus 300 The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov | Casebook of the Black Widowers (Doubleday, January 1980) | |
| "For the Birds" | 1980 | The Winds of Change and Other Stories | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, May 1980 | |
| "Sixty Million Trillion Combinations" | 1980 | Banquets of the Black Widowers The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov The Return of the Black Widowers | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, 5 May 1980 | |
| "The Woman in the Bar" | 1980 | Banquets of the Black Widowers The Return of the Black Widowers | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, 30 June 1980 | |
| "Getting Even" | 1980 | Tales from the Spaceport Bar | Gallery, August 1980 | |
| "No Refuge Could Save" (also as "To Spot a Spy") | 1980 | The Union Club Mysteries | Gallery, September 1980 | |
| "The Good Samaritan" | 1980 | Banquets of the Black Widowers The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, 10 September 1980 | |
| "Death of a Foy" | 1980 | The Winds of Change and Other Stories Opus 300 The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov Science Fiction by Asimov | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1980 | |
| "The Telephone Number" (also as "The Winning Number") | 1980 | The Union Club Mysteries | Gallery, October 1980 | |
| "The Men Who Wouldn't Talk" (also as "Pigeon English") | 1980 | The Union Club Mysteries | Gallery, November 1980 | |
| "A Clear Shot" (also as "Big Shot") | 1980 | The Union Club Mysteries | Gallery, December 1980 | |
| "The Year of the Action" (also as "The Gilbert and Sullivan Mystery") | 1981 | Banquets of the Black Widowers | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, 1 January 1981 | |
| "Irresistible to Women" (also as "Call Me Irresistible") | 1981 | The Union Club Mysteries | Gallery, January 1981 | |
| "He Wasn't There" (also as "The Spy Who Was Out-of-Focus") | 1981 | The Union Club Mysteries The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov | Gallery, February 1981 | |
| "The Thin Line" (also as "Taxicab Crackdown") | 1981 | The Union Club Mysteries | Gallery, March 1981 | |
| "Mystery Tune" (also as "Death Song") | 1981 | The Union Club Mysteries | Gallery, April 1981 | |
| "The Last Shuttle" | 1981 | The Winds of Change and Other Stories | Today (a Florida newspaper supplement), 10 April 1981 | |
| "Hide and Seek" | 1981 | The Union Club Mysteries The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov | Gallery, May 1981 | |
| "Gift" (also as "Decipher Deception") | 1981 | The Union Club Mysteries | Gallery, June 1981 | |
| "Can You Prove It?" | 1981 | Banquets of the Black Widowers The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, 17 June 1981 | |
| "Hot or Cold" | 1981 | The Union Club Mysteries | Gallery, July 1981 | |
| "The Thirteenth Page" | 1981 | The Union Club Mysteries | Gallery, August 1981 | |
| "1 to 999" (also as "One in a Thousand") | 1981 | The Union Club Mysteries Opus 300 | Gallery, September 1981 | |
| "Twelve Years Old" (also as "The 12-Year-Old Problem") | 1981 | The Union Club Mysteries | Gallery, October 1981 | |
| "A Perfect Fit" | 1981 | The Winds of Change and Other Stories Opus 300 | EDN, 14 October 1981 | |
| "Testing, Testing!" (also as "Cloak and Dagger Duel") | 1981 | The Union Club Mysteries | Gallery, November 1981 | |
| "The Appleby Story" (also as "The Last Laugh") | 1981 | The Union Club Mysteries | Gallery, December 1981 | |
| "Ignition Point!" | 1981 | The Winds of Change and Other Stories | Finding the Right Speaker (American Society of Association Executives, 1981) | |
| "Dollars and Cents" (also as "Countdown to Disaster") | 1982 | The Union Club Mysteries The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov | Gallery, January 1982 | |
| "Friends and Allies" (also as "Mirror Image") | 1982 | The Union Club Mysteries | Gallery, February 1982 | |
| "Lest We Remember" | 1982 | The Winds of Change and Other Stories Robot Dreams | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, February 1982 | |
| "Which Is Which?" (also as "The Perfect Alibi") | 1982 | The Union Club Mysteries | Gallery, March 1982 | |
| "The Winds of Change" | 1982 | The Winds of Change and Other Stories The Edge of Tomorrow | Speculations (Houghton Mifflin, April 1982) | |
| "One Night of Song" | 1982 | The Winds of Change and Other Stories Azazel | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1982 | |
| "The Sign" (also as "The Telltale Sign") | 1982 | The Union Club Mysteries The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov | Gallery, April 1982 | |
| "The Phoenician Bauble" | 1982 | Banquets of the Black Widowers | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 1982 | |
| "Catching the Fox" (also as "Stopping the Fox") | 1982 | The Union Club Mysteries | Gallery, May 1982 | |
| "Getting the Combination" (also as "Playing It by the Numbers") | 1982 | The Union Club Mysteries The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov | Gallery, June 1982 | |
| "To the Victor" | 1982 | Azazel | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, July 1982 | |
| "The Library Book" (also as "Mystery Book") | 1982 | The Union Club Mysteries Opus 300 The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov | Gallery, July 1982 | |
| "The Three Goblets" (also as "A Flash of Brilliance") | 1982 | The Union Club Mysteries | Gallery, August 1982 | |
| "Spell It!" (also as "Book Smart") | 1982 | The Union Club Mysteries | Gallery, September 1982 | |
| "Lucky Seven" | 1982 | The Disappearing Man and Other Mysteries | Boys' Life, September 1982 | |
| "The Dim Rumble" | 1982 | Science Fiction by Asimov Azazel | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, October 1982 | |
| "Two Women" (also as "Cherchez la Femme: the Case of the Disappearing Woman") | 1982 | The Union Club Mysteries | Gallery, October 1982 | |
| "The Super Runner" | 1982 | — | Runner's World, October 1982 | |
| "The Smile That Loses" | 1982 | The Winds of Change and Other Stories Opus 300 Azazel | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November 1982 | |
| "Sending a Signal" (also as "A Piece of the Rock") | 1982 | The Union Club Mysteries | Gallery, November 1982 | |
| "Half a Ghost" (also as "A Ghost of a Chance") | 1982 | The Union Club Mysteries | Gallery, December 1982 | |
| "There Was a Young Lady" (also as "Poetic License") | 1983 | The Union Club Mysteries | Gallery, January 1983 | |
| "Potential" | 1983 | Science Fiction by Asimov | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, February 1983 | |
| "State Capital" (also as "A Chemical Solution") | 1983 | — | Gallery, February 1983 | |
| "Never Out of Sight" (also as "The Amusement Lark") | 1983 | The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov | Gallery, March 1983 | |
| "The Favourite Piece" (also as "Face the Music") | 1983 | The Union Club Mysteries | Gallery, April 1983 | |
| "The Magic Umbrella" (also as "Stormy Weather") | 1983 | The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov | Gallery, May 1983 | |
| "A Monday in April" | 1983 | Banquets of the Black Widowers | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 1983 | |
| "The Briefcase in the Taxi" (also as "Circuit Breaker") | 1983 | — | Gallery, June 1983 | |
| "The Bird That Sang Bass" (also as "Riddled With Clues") | 1983 | — | Gallery, July 1983 | |
| "The Last Caesar" (also as "Great Caesar's Ghost") | 1983 | — | Gallery, August 1983 | |
| "Saving Humanity" | 1983 | Azazel | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, September 1983 | |
| "Nothing Might Happen" | 1983 | The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, December 1983 | |
| "The Speck" | 1983 | The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov | Gallery, December 1983 | |
| "The Christmas Solution" | 1983 | The Disappearing Man and Other Mysteries | Boys' Life, December 1983 | |
| "A Matter of Principle" | 1984 | Azazel | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, February 1984 | |
| "Neither Brute nor Human" | 1984 | Banquets of the Black Widowers | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, April 1984 | |
| "The Evil Drink Does" | 1984 | Azazel | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, May 1984 | |
| "Writing Time" | 1984 | Azazel | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, July 1984 | |
| "Triply Unique" | 1984 | — | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 1984 | |
| "The Intrusion" | 1984 | Banquets of the Black Widowers | Banquets of the Black Widowers (Doubleday, September 1984) | |
| "The Driver" | 1984 | Banquets of the Black Widowers | Banquets of the Black Widowers (Doubleday, September 1984) | |
| "The Wrong House" | 1984 | Banquets of the Black Widowers The Return of the Black Widowers | Banquets of the Black Widowers (Doubleday, September 1984) | |
| "The Redhead" | 1984 | Banquets of the Black Widowers The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov The Return of the Black Widowers | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, October 1984 | |
| "The Ten-Second Election" | 1984 | — | Omni, November 1984 | |
| "Dashing Through the Snow" | 1984 | Science Fiction by Asimov Azazel | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, mid-December 1984) | |
| "The Year of the Feast" | 1984 | — | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, December 1984 | |
| "The Queen and King" | 1984 | — | Espionage, December 1984 | |
| "Hallucination" | 1985 | Gold | Boys' Life, February, March and April 1985 | |
| "The Fourth Homonym" | 1985 | Puzzles of the Black Widowers | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 1985 | |
| "Upside Down" | 1985 | — | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, June 1985 | |
| "Unique Is Where You Find It" | 1985 | The Edge of Tomorrow Puzzles of the Black Widowers | The Edge of Tomorrow (Tor Books, July 1985) | |
| "Triple Devil" | 1985 | Puzzles of the Black Widowers The Return of the Black Widowers | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, August 1985 | |
| "Logic Is Logic" | 1985 | Azazel | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, August 1985 | |
| "The Suspect" (also as "The Taunter") | 1985 | — | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, October 1985 | |
| "He Travels the Fastest" | 1985 | Azazel | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, November 1985 | |
| "Straight Lines" | 1985 | — | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, December 1985 | |
| "The Twins" | 1985 | The Disappearing Man and Other Mysteries | The Disappearing Man and Other Mysteries (Walker & Company, 1985) | |
| "The Man in the Park" | 1985 | The Disappearing Man and Other Mysteries | The Disappearing Man and Other Mysteries (Walker & Company, 1985) | |
| "Feghoot and the Courts" (also as "Burnside and the Courts") | 1986 | Gold | Bred Any Good Rooks Lately? (Doubleday, 1986) | |
| "The Eye of the Beholder" | 1986 | Azazel | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, January 1986 | |
| "Child's Play" | 1986 | — | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, January 1986 | |
| "New England Equinox" | 1986 | — | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 1986 | |
| "More Things in Heaven and Earth" | 1986 | Science Fiction by Asimov Azazel | Science Fiction by Asimov (Davis Publications, 1986) | |
| "Sunset on the Water" | 1986 | Puzzles of the Black Widowers | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, June 1986 | |
| "Ten" | 1986 | — | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, August 1986 | |
| "Zip Code" | 1986 | — | Boys' Life, September 1986 | |
| "Where Is He?" | 1986 | Puzzles of the Black Widowers | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, October 1986 | |
| "The Mind's Construction" | 1986 | Azazel | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, October 1986 | |
| "Robot Dreams" | 1986 | Robot Dreams | Robot Dreams (Berkley Books, November 1986) (subsequently in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, mid-December 1986) | |
| "The Common Name" | 1986 | — | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Mid-December 1986 | |
| "Left to Right" | 1987 | Gold | Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, January 1987 | |
| "The Fights of Spring" | 1987 | Azazel | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, February 1987 | |
| "The Old Purse" | 1987 | Puzzles of the Black Widowers | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 1987 | |
| "The Teddy Bear" | 1987 | — | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 1987 | |
| "The Stamp" | 1987 | — | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, June 1987 | |
| "Left to Right, and Beyond" ("Left to Right" with an alternative ending by Harrison Roth) | 1987 | — | Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, July 1987 | |
| "Galatea" | 1987 | Azazel | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, mid-December 1987 | |
| "The Fable of the Three Princes" | 1987 | Magic | Spaceships and Spells (Harper & Row, 1987) | |
| "The Two-Centimeter Demon" | 1988 | Azazel | Azazel (Doubleday, 1988) | |
| "The Quiet Place" | 1988 | Puzzles of the Black Widowers | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 1988 | |
| "The Legacy" | 1988 | — | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, April 1988 | |
| "The Turning Point" | 1988 | The Drabble Project | The Drabble Project (Beccon Publications, April 1988) (limited edition) | |
| "Flight of Fancy" | 1988 | Azazel | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, May 1988 | |
| "The Lost Dog" | 1988 | Mysterious Menagerie | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, June 1988 | |
| "The Smile of the Chipper" (also as "Man as the Ultimate Gadget") | 1988 | Gold | Supplement to Bloomberg Businessweek, 21 October 1988 (subsequently in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, April 1989) | |
| "I Love Little Pussy" | 1988 | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, November 1988 | ||
| "Christmas Without Rodney" | 1988 | Robot Visions | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, mid-December 1988 | |
| "The Instability" | 1989 | Gold | The Observer, 1 January 1989 | |
| "Good-bye to Earth" | 1989 | Gold | Interview, January 1989 | |
| "The Last Man" | 1989 | — | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 1989 | |
| "The Envelope" | 1989 | Puzzles of the Black Widowers | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, April 1989 | |
| "Alexander the God" | 1989 | Gold | Columbia, June / July 1989 | |
| "Northwestward" | 1989 | The Return of the Black Widowers Magic | The Further Adventures of Batman (Bantam Books, July 1989) | |
| "The Mad Scientist" | 1989 | Magic | Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, July 1989 | |
| "To Your Health" | 1989 | Magic | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, August 1989 | |
| "The Alibi" | 1989 | Puzzles of the Black Widowers | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September 1989 | |
| "Ho! Ho! Ho!" | 1989 | Mistletoe Mysteries | Mistletoe Mysteries: Tales of Yuletide Murder (Mysterious Press, October 1989) | |
| "Too Bad!" | 1989 | Robot Visions | The Microverse (Bantam, November 1989) | |
| "The Lucky Piece" | 1990 | Puzzles of the Black Widowers | Puzzles of the Black Widowers (Doubleday, January 1990) | |
| "The Four-Leaf Clover" | 1990 | Puzzles of the Black Widowers | Puzzles of the Black Widowers (Doubleday, January 1990) | |
| "The Recipe" | 1990 | Puzzles of the Black Widowers | Puzzles of the Black Widowers (Doubleday, January 1990) | |
| "Yes, but Why?" | 1990 | The Return of the Black Widowers | The Armchair Detective, Spring 1990 | |
| "Lost in a Space Warp" | 1990 | The Return of the Black Widowers | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 1990 | |
| "Robot Visions" | 1990 | Robot Visions | Robot Visions (Roc Books, April 1990) | |
| "Fault-Intolerant" | 1990 | Gold | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, May 1990 | |
| "Police at the Door" | 1990 | The Return of the Black Widowers | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, June 1990 | |
| "In the Canyon" | 1990 | Gold | Omni, July 1990 | |
| "Wine Is a Mocker" | 1990 | Magic | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, July 1990 | |
| "Cal" | 1990 | Gold | Cal (Doubleday, 1990) (limited edition pamphlet) | |
| "The Haunted Cabin" | 1990 | The Return of the Black Widowers | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, October 1990 | |
| "The Time Traveller | 1990 | Magic | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, November 1990 | |
| "Kid Brother" | 1990 | Gold | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, mid-December 1990 | |
| "Missing" | 1991 | — | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 1991 | |
| "Baby, It's Cold Outside" | 1991 | Magic | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, June 1991 | |
| "The Guest's Guest" | 1991 | The Return of the Black Widowers | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, August 1991 | |
| "Gold" | 1991 | Gold | Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, September 1991 | |
| "Frustration" | 1991 | Gold | There Won't Be War (Tor Books, November 1991) | |
| "Prince Delightful and the Flameless Dragon" | 1991 | Magic | Once Upon a Time: A Treasury of Modern Fairy Tales (Del Rey / Ballantine Books, November 1991) | |
| "It's a Job" | 1991 | Magic | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, mid-December 1991 | |
| "The Critic on the Hearth" | 1992 | Magic | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, November 1992 | |
| "March Against the Foe" | 1994 | Magic | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, April 1994 | |
| "Battle-Hymn" | 1995 | Gold | Gold (HarperPrism, March 1995) | |
| "The Nations in Space" | 1995 | Gold | Gold (HarperPrism, March 1995) |
The collection I, Robot also contains a linking text at the beginning and end of the book, and in between some (but not all) of the stories, which form a framing story not found anywhere else.
A play by Asimov called The Story Machine, which is an adaptation of his short story "Someday", was published in the February 1958 issue of Plays.[7]
In 1950 Asimov wrote a comic strip called "Star Empire" (art by Charles Schneeman). The first page appeared in the May 1990 issue of Argosy.[8] [9] [10] [11]
Five published stories were never included in Asimov's own books. They were however included in other anthologies. These were "Half-Baked Publisher's Delight" (1974), "Getting Even" (1980), "The Turning Point" (1988), "The Lost Dog" (1988) and "Ho! Ho! Ho!" (1989).
Nine science fiction stories have never been collected in any book:
20 mystery stories have also never been anthologised.[24] [25] Of these, all but one are Union Club mystery stories[24] (for a list, see The Union Club Mysteries). "Zip Code" (1986) is a mystery story featuring the boy detective character Larry.[26]
Nine stories which Asimov wrote early in his career were never published anywhere, and are now lost.[27] They were:
In the 1972 anthology The Early Asimov, Asimov listed two other stories which he thought had also been lost: "The Weapon" (1938) and "Big Game" (1941). However, they were subsequently found ("The Weapon" had in fact been published under a pseudonym in 1942, which Asimov had forgotten). They were collected in In Memory Yet Green (1979) and Before the Golden Age (1974), respectively.[28] [29] (They are included in the above list of published stories.)
In his autobiography, Asimov wrote "Since February 1941, I have never written a piece of fiction that has not, in one way or another, seen print."[30]