This is a non-comprehensive list of short stories with significant science fiction elements.
!Title!Author!First published in!Publication year!Notes| 2 B R 0 2 B | Kurt Vonnegut | Worlds of If Science Fiction | 1962 | |
| 2430 A.D. | Isaac Asimov | Think (IBM magazine) | 1970 | |
| A Boy's Best Friend | Isaac Asimov | Boy's Life | 1975 | |
| A Braver Thing | Charles Sheffield | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1990 | |
| A Cabin on the Coast | Gene Wolfe | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | 1984 | |
| A Can of Paint | A. E. van Vogt | Analog Science Fiction | 1944 | |
| A Clean Escape | John Kessel | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1985 | |
| A Colder War | Charles Stross | Spectrum SF | 2000 | |
| A Dream of Armageddon | H. G. Wells | Black and White | 1901 | |
| A Little Something for Us Tempunauts | Philip K. Dick | Final Stage | 1975 | |
| A Logic Named Joe | Murray Leinster | Analog Science Fiction | 1946 | |
| A Loint of Paw | Isaac Asimov | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | 1957 | |
| A Man of the People | Chinua Achebe | Heinemann | 1966 | |
| A Martian Odyssey | Stanley G. Weinbaum | Wonder Stories | 1934 | |
| A Martian Odyssey and Others | Stanley G. Weinbaum | Fantasy Press | 1949 | |
| A Pail of Air | Fritz Leiber | Galaxy Magazine | 1951 | |
| A Series of Steaks | Vina Jie-Min Prasad | Clarkesworld | 2017 | |
| A Slice at a Time | Karen Traviss | Asimov's Science Fiction | 2002 | |
| A Sound of Thunder | Ray Bradbury | Collier's | 1952 | |
| A Statue for Father | Isaac Asimov | Satellite Science Fiction | 1959 | |
| A Study in Emerald | Neil Gaiman | Shadows Over Baker Street | 2003 | |
| A Tenderfoot in Space | Robert A. Heinlein | Boys' Life | 1958 | |
| A Thousand Deaths (London short story) | Jack London | | 1899 | |
| A Toy for Juliette | Robert Bloch | Dangerous Visions | 1967 | |
| A Walk in the Sun (short story) | Geoffrey A. Landis | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1991 | |
| A Work of Art | James Blish | Science Fiction Stories | 1956 | |
| A Year in the Linear City | Paul Di Filippo | | 2002 | |
| All Summer in a Day | Ray Bradbury | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | 1954 | |
| All You Zombies | Robert A. Heinlein | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction | 1959 | |
| Allamagoosa | Eric Frank Russell | Analog Science Fiction | 1955 | |
| And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side | James Tiptree Jr. | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | 1972 | |
| Arena (short story) | Fredric Brown | Analog Science Fiction | 1944 | |
| Armaments Race | Arthur C. Clarke | Adventure | 1954 | |
| Arvies | Adam-Troy Castro | Lightspeed Magazine | 2010 | |
| Auto-da-Fé (short story) | Roger Zelazny | Dangerous Visions | 1967 | |
| Azathoth (short story) | H. P. Lovecraft | Leaves | 1938 | |
| Baby, You Were Great | Kate Wilhelm | Orbit 2 | 1968 | |
| Backstage Lensman | Randall Garrett | Analog Science Fiction | 1978 | |
| Be My Guest | Damon Knight | Fantastic Universe | 1958 | |
| Beachworld | Stephen King | Weird Tales | 1984 | |
| Bicycle Repairman | Bruce Sterling | Intersections: The Sycamore Hill Anthology | 1996 | |
| Big Game Hunt | Arthur C. Clarke | Adventure | 1956 | |
| Birth of a Notion (short story) | Isaac Asimov | Amazing Stories | 1976 | |
| Black Box | Jennifer Egan | Twitter account of The New Yorker | 2012 | |
| Black Destroyer | A. E. van Vogt | Analog Science Fiction | 1939 | |
| Black Projects, White Knights | Kage Baker | Golden Gryphon Press | 2002 | |
| Black Sheep Astray | Mack Reynolds | | 1973 | |
| Blank! | Isaac Asimov | Infinity Science Fiction | 1957 | |
| BLIT | David Langford | Interzone | 1988 | |
| Breakfast at Twilight | Philip K. Dick | Amazing Stories | 1954 | |
| Bridesicle | Will McIntosh | Asimov's Science Fiction | 2009 | |
| Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight | Ursula K. Le Guin | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction | 1987 | |
| Burning Chrome | William Gibson | Omni | 1982 | |
| But Who Can Replace a Man? | Brian Aldiss | | 1965 | |
| Buy Jupiter | Isaac Asimov | Venture Science Fiction Magazine | 1958 | |
| By His Bootstraps | Robert A. Heinlein | Analog Science Fiction | 1941 | |
| Byomjatrir Diary | Satyajit Ray | Sandesh | 1965 | |
| Cal | Isaac Asimov | Gold | 1991 | |
| Call Me Joe | Poul Anderson | Astounding Science Fiction | 1957 | |
| Captive Market (short story) | Philip K. Dick | If Magazine | 1955 | |
| Cassandra (short story) | C. J. Cherryh | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | 1978 | |
| Cat Pictures Please | Naomi Kritzer | Clarkesworld | 2015 | |
| Chronopolis | J. G. Ballard | | 1960 | |
| Cold War (short story) | Arthur C. Clarke | Satellite Science Fiction | 1957 | |
| Colliding Branes | Rudy Rucker | Asimov's Science Fiction | 2009 | |
| Collision Orbit | Jack Williamson | Analog Science Fiction | 1942 | |
| Colony (short story) | Philip K. Dick | Galaxy | 1953 | |
| Columbus Was a Dope | Robert A. Heinlein | Startling Stories | 1947 | |
| Coming Attraction | Fritz Leiber | Galaxy Science Fiction | 1950 | |
| Coming of Age in Karhide | Ursula K. Le Guin | New Legends | 1995 | |
| Common Time | James Blish | Science Fiction Quarterly | 1953 | |
| Covenant | Elizabeth Bear | Hieroglyph | 2014 | |
| Coventry (short story) | Robert A. Heinlein | Analog Science Fiction | 1940 | |
| Critical Factor | Hal Clement | Star Science Fiction Stories No.2 | 1953 | |
| Critical Mass (Arthur C. Clarke short story) | Arthur C. Clarke | Lilliput | 1949 | |
| Crouch End (short story) | Stephen King | Cthulhu Mythos anthology | 1980 | |
| Crusade (short story) | Arthur C. Clarke | The Wind from the Sun | 1968 | |
| Dagon (short story) | H. P. Lovecraft | The Vagrant | 1919 | |
| Dance of the Yellow-Breasted Luddites | William Shunn | Tor Books | 2000 | |
| Dancer in the Dark (short story) | David Gerrold | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | 2004 | |
| Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed | Ray Bradbury | Thrilling Wonder Stories | 1949 | |
| James Luceno | Del Rey Books | 2001 | |
| Darwinian Pool Room | Isaac Asimov | Galaxy Science Fiction | 1950 | |
| Day of the Hunters | Isaac Asimov | Future Combined with Science Fiction Stories | 1950 | |
| Deadline | Cleve Cartmill | Analog Science Fiction | 1944 | |
| Dear Pen Pal | A. E. van Vogt | The Arkham Sampler | 1949 | |
| Death by Ecstasy | Larry Niven | Galaxy | 1969 | |
| Delilah and the Space Rigger | Robert A. Heinlein | Blue Book | 1949 | |
| Despoilers of the Golden Empire | Randall Garrett | Analog Science Fiction | 1959 | |
| Destination Moon (short story) | Robert A. Heinlein | Short Stories | 1950 | |
| A. E. van Vogt | | 1952 | |
| Devil You Don't Know | Dean Ing | Analog Science Fiction | 1978 | |
| Dinosaurs (short story) | Walter Jon Williams | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1987 | |
| Divide and Rule (short story) | L. Sprague de Camp | Unknown (magazine) | 1939 | |
| Divided We Fall | Raymond F. Jones | Amazing Stories | 1950 | |
| Division by Zero (story) | Ted Chiang | Full Spectrum 3 | 1991 | |
| Dog Star (short story) | Arthur C. Clarke | Galaxy Science Fiction | 1962 | |
| Dogfight (short story) | Michael Swanwick | Omni | 1985 | |
| Dr. Ox's Experiment | Jules Verne | | 1872 | |
| Dreaming Is a Private Thing | Isaac Asimov | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction | 1955 | |
| Drode's Equations | Richard Grant | | 1981 | |
| Dulcie and Decorum | Damon Knight | Galaxy Science Fiction | 1955 | |
| Dune short stories | Frank Herbert, Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson | The Road to Dune | 2005 | |
| E for Effort | T. L. Sherred | Analog Science Fiction | 1947 | |
| Earthlight (short story) | Arthur C. Clarke | Thrilling Wonder Stories | 1951 | |
| Eight Episodes | Robert Reed | Asimov's Science Fiction | 2006 | |
| Elemental (story) | Geoffrey A. Landis | Analog Science Fiction | 1984 | |
| Elsewhen | Robert A. Heinlein | Analog Science Fiction | 1941 | |
| Encounter in the Dawn | Arthur C. Clarke | Amazing Stories | 1953 | |
| Enemy Mine | Barry B. Longyear | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1979 | |
| EPICAC | Kurt Vonnegut | Welcome to the Monkey House | 1950 | |
| Eutopia (short story) | Poul Anderson | Dangerous Visions | 1967 | |
| Even the Queen | Connie Willis | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1992 | |
| Everest (short story) | Isaac Asimov | Universe Science Fiction | 1953 | |
| Evil Robot Monkey | Mary Robinette Kowal | | 2008 | |
| Exhalation (short story) | Ted Chiang | | 2008 | |
| Exhibit Piece | Philip K. Dick | | 1954 | |
| Exile of the Eons | Arthur C. Clarke | Super Science Stories | 1950 | |
| Exile to Hell | Isaac Asimov | Analog Science Fiction | 1968 | |
| Expendable (short story) | Philip K. Dick | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction | 1953 | |
| Exploration Team | Murray Leinster | Analog Science Fiction | 1956 | |
| Extempore (short story) | Damon Knight | Infinity Science Fiction | 1956 | |
| Eye for Eye | Orson Scott Card | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1987 | |
| Eyes Do More Than See | Isaac Asimov | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction | 1965 | |
| Fair Game (short story) | Philip K. Dick | If Magazine | 1959 | |
| Falling Onto Mars | Geoffrey A. Landis | Analog Science Fiction | 2002 | |
| Far Centaurus | A. E. van Vogt | Analog Science Fiction | 1944 | |
| Farewell to the Master | Harry Bates | Analog Science Fiction | 1940 | |
| Feghoot | | | | |
| Fermi and Frost | Frederik Pohl | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1985 | |
| Finis | Frank Lillie Pollock | The Argosy | 1906 | |
| Fire Watch (short story) | Connie Willis | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1982 | |
| First Contact (short story) | Murray Leinster | Analog Science Fiction | 1945 | |
| First Law | Isaac Asimov | Fantastic Universe | 1956 | |
| Flat Diane | Daniel Abraham | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | 2004 | |
| Flowers for Algernon | Daniel Keyes | The Washington Post | 1959 | |
| For a Breath I Tarry | Roger Zelazny | | 1966 | |
| Fountain of Age | Nancy Kress | Asimov's Science Fiction | 2007 | |
| Fragments of a Hologram Rose | William Gibson | Unearth3 | 1977 | |
| Free Men | Robert A. Heinlein | The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein | 1966 | |
| From Babel's Fall'n Glory We Fled | Michael Swanwick | Asimov's Science Fiction | 2008 | |
| Frost and Fire | Ray Bradbury | Planet Stories | 1946 | |
| Gateway to Strangeness | Jack Vance | Amazing Stories | 1962 | |
| Gene Hive | Brian Aldiss | Nebula Science Fiction | 1958 | |
| Genius of the Species | Reginald Bretnor | 9 Tales of Space and Time | 1954 | |
| Gentlemen, Be Seated! | Robert A. Heinlein | Argosy | 1948 | |
| Georgia on My Mind (novelette) | Charles Sheffield | Analog Science Fiction | 1993 | |
| Getting Real (short story) | Harry Turtledove | Asimov's Science Fiction | 2009 | |
| Getting to Know You | David Marusek | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1998 | |
| Ghostweight | Yoon Ha Lee | Clarkesworld Magazine | 2011 | |
| Giant Killer | A. Bertram Chandler | Analog Science Fiction | 1945 | |
| Gilgamesh in the Outback | Robert Silverberg | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1986 | |
| Goat Song (novelette) | Poul Anderson | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction | 1972 | |
| Gods and Pawns | Kage Baker | Tor Books | 2007 | |
| Gold (short story) | Isaac Asimov | Analog Science Fiction | 1991 | |
| Good Night, Moon | Bruce Sterling | Tor.com | 2010 | |
| Gramma (short story) | Stephen King | Weirdbook (magazine) | 1984 | |
| Great Science Fiction Stories About the Moon | | | 1967 | anthology |
| Great Work of Time | John Crowley | Novelty (book) | 1989 | |
| Grotto of the Dancing Deer | Clifford D. Simak | Analog Science Fiction | 1980 | |
| Hallucination (short story) | Isaac Asimov | Boy's Life | 1985 | |
| Hammer's Slammers | David Drake | Ace Books | 1979 | |
| Happy Ending (short story) | Henry Kuttner | Thrilling Wonder Stories | 1948 | |
| Harrison Bergeron | Kurt Vonnegut | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction | 1961 | |
| He Walked Around the Horses | H. Beam Piper | Analog Science Fiction | 1948 | |
| Helix the Cat | Theodore Sturgeon | | 1973 | first published in 1973, although written in 1939 or 1940 |
| Hell-Fire (story) | Isaac Asimov | Fantastic Universe | 1956 | |
| Henry James, This One's for You | Jack McDevitt | Subterranean Magazine | 2005 | |
| Herbert West–Reanimator | H. P. Lovecraft | Home Brew | 1922 | |
| Here There Be Tygers | Ray Bradbury | New Tales of Space and Time | 1951 | |
| Hinterlands (short story) | William Gibson | Omni | 1981 | |
| History of the Necronomicon | H. P. Lovecraft | | 1938 | |
| Home Delivery | Stephen King | Book of the Dead | 1989 | |
| Honeymoon in Hell | Fredric Brown | Bantam Books | 1958 | |
| Houston, Houston, Do You Read? | James Tiptree Jr. | (anthology) | 1976 | |
| How to Talk to Girls at Parties | Neil Gaiman | Fragile Things | 2006 | |
| How We Went to Mars | Arthur C. Clarke | Amateur Science Stories | 1938 | |
| How's the Night Life on Cissalda? | Harlan Ellison | Chrysalis, anthology published by Zebra Books | 1977 | |
| Huddling Place | Clifford D. Simak | Analog Science Fiction | 1944 | |
| Human Is | Philip K. Dick | Startling Stories | 1955 | |
| I Am the Doorway | Stephen King | Night Shift | 1978 | |
| I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream | Harlan Ellison | IF: Worlds of Science Fiction | 1967 | |
| I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon | Philip K. Dick | Playboy | 1980 | |
| I Know What You Need | Stephen King | Night Shift | 1978 | |
| I'm in Marsport Without Hilda | Isaac Asimov | Venture | 1957 | |
| I, Cthulhu | Neil Gaiman | | 2012 | |
| I, Robot | Isaac Asimov | Gnome Press | 1950 | |
| I, Robot (short story) | Eando Binder | Amazing Stories | 1939 | |
| Idiot Stick | Damon Knight | Star Science Fiction | 1958 | |
| If All Men Were Brothers, Would You Let One Marry Your Sister? | Theodore Sturgeon | Dangerous Visions | 1967 | |
| If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth | Arthur C. Clarke | Future SF | 1951 | |
| If There Were No Benny Cemoli | Philip K. Dick | Galaxy Magazine | 1963 | |
| Impossible Dreams | Tim Pratt | Asimov's Science Fiction | 2006 | |
| Impostor (short story) | Philip K. Dick | Analog Science Fiction | 1953 | |
| In Darkness Waiting | Stephen Leigh | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1977 | |
| In the Pound, Near Breaktime | Kent Brewster | Tomorrow Speculative Fiction | 1995 | |
| In the Walls of Eryx | H. P. Lovecraft and Kenneth J. Sterling | Weird Tales | 1939 | |
| In the Year 2889 | Jules Verne and Michel Verne | | 1889 | |
| Inclination (novella) | William Shunn | Asimov's Science Fiction | 2006 | |
| Inertia (short story) | Nancy Kress | Analog Science Fiction | 1990 | |
| Inheritance (short story) | Arthur C. Clarke | New Worlds | 1947 | |
| Internal Combustion (short story) | L. Sprague de Camp | Infinity Science Fiction | 1956 | |
| Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 1 (1939) | edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | | 1979 | |
| Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 2 (1940) | edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg, | | 1979 | |
| It's a Good Life | Jerome Bixby | Star Science Fiction Stories No.2 | 1953 | |
| It's Great to Be Back! | Robert A. Heinlein | | 1947 | |
| Jack-in-the-Box (short story) | Ray Bradbury | Dark Carnival | 1947 | |
| Jerry Was a Man | Robert A. Heinlein | | 1947 | |
| Jerusalem's Lot | Stephen King | Night Shift | 1978 | |
| Jipi and the Paranoid Chip | Neal Stephenson | Forbes | 1997 | |
| Judas (short story) | John Brunner | Dangerous Visions | 1967 | |
| Judgment Day (short story) | L. Sprague de Camp | Analog Science Fiction | 1955 | |
| Ker-Plop | Ted Reynolds | | 1979 | |
| Kid Stuff | Isaac Asimov | Beyond Fantasy Fiction | 1953 | |
| Killdozer! (short story) | Theodore Sturgeon | Analog Science Fiction | 1944 | |
| Kin (short story) | Bruce McAllister | Asimov's Science Fiction | 2006 | |
| King Solomon's Ring (short story) | Roger Zelazny | Fantastic: Stories of Imagination | 1963 | |
| Knock | Fredric Brown | Thrilling Wonder Stories | 1948 | |
| Lambing Season | Molly Gloss | Asimov's Science Fiction | 2002 | |
| Land of the Great Horses | R. A. Lafferty | Dangerous Visions | 1967 | |
| Last Contact | Stephen Baxter | | 2007 | |
| Last Enemy | H. Beam Piper | Analog Science Fiction | 1950 | |
| Lecture Demonstration | Hal Clement | | 1973 | |
| Left to Right | Isaac Asimov | Gold | 1995 | |
| Legions in Time | Michael Swanwick | Asimov's Science Fiction | 2003 | |
| Lest Darkness Fall and Related Stories | L. Sprague de Camp | Phoenix Pick | 2011 | |
| Lest We Remember | Isaac Asimov | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1982 | |
| Let There Be Light (Clarke short story) | Arthur C. Clarke | Playboy | 1957 | |
| Let There Be Light (Heinlein short story) | Robert A. Heinlein | Super Science Stories | 1940 | |
| Let's Go to Golgotha! | Garry Kilworth | The Sunday Times | 1957 | |
| Life-Line | Robert A. Heinlein | Analog Science Fiction | 1939 | |
| Light of Other Days | Bob Shaw | Analog Science Fiction | 1966 | |
| Lipidleggin' | F. Paul Wilson | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1978 | |
| Little Brother (short story) | Walter Mosley | Futureland Nine Stories of an Imminent World
| 2001 | |
| Live Without a Net (book) | Lou Anders | | 2003 | |
| Living Space | Isaac Asimov | Science Fiction | 1956 | |
| Lorelei at Storyville West | Sherwood Springer | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1977 | |
| Lost Dorsai | Gordon R. Dickson | Ace Books | 1980 | |
| Machine Made | J. T. McIntosh | New Worlds | 1951 | |
| Macs (short story) | Terry Bisson | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | 1999 | |
| Marionettes, Inc. | Ray Bradbury | Startling Stories | 1949 | |
| Mars Is Heaven! | Ray Bradbury | Planet Stories | 1948 | |
| Masks (short story) | Damon Knight | Playboy | 1968 | |
| Matters Arising from the Identification of the Body | Simon Petrie | | 2017 | |
| Maureen Birnbaum, Barbarian Swordsperson | George Alec Effinger | | 1993 | |
| May Be Some Time | Brenda Clough | Analog Science Fiction | 2001 | |
| Medusa's Coil | H. P. Lovecraft and Zealia Bishop | Weird Tales | 1939 | |
| Melancholy Elephants | Spider Robinson | | 1982 | |
| Memorare (novella) | Gene Wolfe | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | 2007 | |
| Memory (short story) | H. P. Lovecraft | The National Amateur | 1923 | |
| Men Without Bones | Gerald Kersh | Esquire | 1954 | |
| Merlusine | Lucy Sussex | The Horns of Elfland | 1997 | |
| Mimsy Were the Borogoves | Lewis Padgett | Analog Science Fiction | 1943 | |
| Misfit | Robert A. Heinlein | Analog Science Fiction | 1939 | |
| Morning Child | Gardner Dozois | | 1984 | |
| Mortimer Gray's History of Death | Brian Stableford | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1995 | |
| Movement | Nancy Fulda | Asimov's Science Fiction | 2007 | |
| Moving Spirit | Arthur C. Clarke | Tales from the White Hart | 1957 | |
| Moxon's Master | Ambrose Bierce | The San Francisco Examiner | 1899 | |
| Mozart in Mirrorshades | Lewis Shiner and Bruce Sterling | Omni | 1985 | |
| Mr F. is Mr F. | J. G. Ballard | Science Fantasy | 1961 | |
| Mr. Boy | James Patrick Kelly | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1990 | |
| MS Fnd in a Lbry | Hal Draper | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction | 1961 | |
| My Object All Sublime | Poul Anderson | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction | 1961 | |
| My Son, the Physicist | Isaac Asimov | Scientific American | 1962 | |
| Myths of the Near Future | J. G. Ballard | Jonathan Cape | 1982 | |
| Nanny (short story) | Philip K. Dick | Startling Stories | 1955 | |
| Neanderthal Planet | Brian W. Aldiss | | 1959 | |
| Neil Gaiman's Only the End of the World Again | Neil Gaiman | Oni Double Feature | 1998 | |
| Neutron Star (short story collection) | Larry Niven | If and Galaxy Science Fiction | 1966 | |
| Nightfall_(Asimov_novelette_and_novel) | Isaac Asimov | Astounding Science Fiction | 1941 |
| Nightwings (novella) | Robert Silverberg | Galaxy Magazine | 1968 | |
| Nine Lives (novelette) | Ursula K. Le Guin | Playboy | 1969 | |
| Nirvana High | Eileen Gunn and Leslie What | Stable Strategies and Others | 2004 | |
| No Love Lost (book) | Alice Munro | | 2003 | |
| Nobody Bothers Gus | Algis Budrys | Analog Science Fiction | 1955 | |
| None So Blind | Joe Haldeman | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1994 | |
| Not with a Bang | Damon Knight | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction | 1949 | |
| Notebook Found in a Deserted House | Robert Bloch | Weird Tales | 1951 | |
| Nothing But Ice | Dmitri Bilenkin | | 1974 | |
| Nothing Ever Happens on the Moon | Robert A. Heinlein | Boys' Life | 1949 | |
| J. G. Ballard | | 1959 | |
| Nyarlathotep (short story) | H. P. Lovecraft | The United Amateur | 1920 | |
| Old Hundredth (short story) | Brian Aldiss | Airs of the Earth | 1963 | |
| Old MacDonald Had a Farm (short story) | Mike Resnick | Asimov's Science Fiction | 2001 | |
| Old Man in New World | Olaf Stapledon | | 1994 | |
| Old Music and the Slave Women | Ursula K. Le Guin | Far Horizons | 1999 | |
| Omnilingual | H. Beam Piper | Analog Science Fiction | 1957 | |
| Or All the Seas with Oysters | Avram Davidson | Galaxy Science Fiction | 1958 | |
| Ordeal in Space | Robert A. Heinlein | Town & Country | 1948 | |
| Orphans of the Helix | Dan Simmons | Far Horizons | 1999 | |
| Orpheus with Clay Feet | Philip K. Dick | Escapade | 1964 | |
| Our Fair City | Robert A. Heinlein | Weird Tales | 1949 | |
| Out in the Garden | Philip K. Dick | Fantasy Fiction | 1953 | |
| Paladin of the Lost Hour | Harlan Ellison | | 1984 | |
| Paying It Forward | Michael A. Burstein | Analog Science Fiction | 2003 | |
| Permafrost (story) | Roger Zelazny | Omni | 1986 | |
| Piper in the Woods | Philip K. Dick | Imagination | 1953 | |
| Plato's Dream | Voltaire | | 1756 | |
| Point of View (short story) | Isaac Asimov | Boys' Life | 1975 | |
| Polaris (short story) | H.P. Lovecraft | Philosopher | 1920 | |
| Polly Plus | Randall Garrett | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1978 | |
| Poor Daddy | Robert A. Heinlein | Calling All Girls | 1949 | |
| Poor Dionis | Mihai Eminescu | | 1872 | |
| Prize Ship | Philip K. Dick | Thrilling Wonder Stories | 1954 | |
| Professor Shonkur Kandokarkhana | Satyajit Ray | | 1970 | |
| Project Nightmare | Robert A. Heinlein | Amazing Stories | 1953 | |
| Proxima Centauri (short story) | Murray Leinster | Street & Smith | 1935 | |
| Psi-man Heal My Child! | Philip K. Dick | Imaginative Tales | 1955 | |
| Queen of the Black Coast | Robert E. Howard | Weird Tales | 1934 | |
| Quicker Than the Eye | Ray Bradbury | Avon Books | 1996 | |
| Rachel in Love | Pat Murphy | | 1985 | |
| Radiant Doors | Michael Swanwick | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1998 | |
| Rat (short story) | James Patrick Kelly | Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction | 1986 | |
| Recall Mechanism | Philip K. Dick | | 1959 | |
| Red Star, Winter Orbit | William Gibson | Omni | 1983 | |
| Replacements (short story) | Lisa Tuttle | | 1992 | |
| Requiem (short story) | Robert A Heinlein | Analog Science Fiction | 1940 | |
| Ring Around the Sun | Isaac Asimov | Future Fiction | 1940 | |
| Ripples in the Dirac Sea | Geoffrey A. Landis | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1988 | |
| Rivers of Time | L. Sprague de Camp | Baen Books | 1993 | |
| Rogue Farm | Charles Stross | | 2003 | |
| Rome, Sweet Rome | James Erwin | self-published on Reddit | 2011 | |
| Roverandom | J. R. R. Tolkien | | 1998 | submitted for publication in 1937 |
| Rule 18 | Clifford D. Simak | Analog Science Fiction | 1938 | |
| Salvador (short story) | Lucius Shepard | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | 1984 | |
| Sam Hall (short story) | Poul Anderson | | 1953 | |
| Searchlight (short story) | Robert A Heinlein | | 1962 | |
| Selam Professor Shonku | Satyajit Ray | | 1995 | |
| Selkie Stories Are for Losers | Sofia Samatar | Strange Horizons | 2013 | |
| Sergeant Chip | Bradley Denton | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | 2004 | |
| Service Call | Philip K. Dick | Science Fiction Stories | 1955 | |
| Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge | Mike Resnick | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | 1994 | |
| Sex and/or Mr. Morrison | Carol Emshwiller | Dangerous Visions | 1967 | |
| Shabash Professor Shonku | Satyajit Ray | | 1974 | |
| Shadows over Innsmouth | Stephen Jones | | 1994 | |
| Shah Guido G. | Isaac Asimov | Marvel Science Fiction | 1951 | |
| Shall the Dust Praise Thee? | Damon Knight | Dangerous Visions | 1967 | |
| Shambleau | C. L. Moore | Weird Tales | 1933 | |
| Shatterday | Harlan Ellison | | 1985 | |
| Shell Game (short story) | Philip K. Dick | Galaxy Science Fiction | 1954 | |
| Shikari in Galveston | S. M. Stirling | Worlds That Weren't | 2003 | |
| Shoggoths in Bloom | Elizabeth Bear | Asimov's Science Fiction | 2008 | |
| Shonku Ekai Aksho | Satyajit Ray | | 1983 | |
| Silence Please | Arthur C. Clarke | Science Fantasy | 1950 | |
| Sister Planet | Poul Anderson | Satellite Science Fiction | 1959 | |
| Skirmish on a Summer Morning | Bob Shaw | Cosmic Kaleidoscope | 1976 | |
| Sky Lift | Robert A. Heinlein | The Menace from Earth | 1953 | |
| Sleeping Beauty (short story) | Arthur C. Clarke | Infinity Science Fiction | 1957 | |
| Slow Life (novelette) | Michael Swanwick | Analog Science Fiction | 2002 | |
| Slow Sculpture | Theodore Sturgeon | Galaxy Science Fiction | 1970 | |
| Soldier Boy | Michael Shaara | Galaxy Science Fiction | 1953 | |
| Soldier from Tomorrow | Harlan Ellison | Fantastic Universe | 1957 | |
| Something Up There Likes Me | Alfred Bester | | 1973 | |
| Son of the Tree | Jack Vance | Ace Books | 1951 | |
| Source Decay | Charlie Jane Anders | Strange Horizons | 2011 | |
| Space Jockey | Robert A. Heinlein | The Saturday Evening Post | 1947 | |
| Special Delivery | Damon Knight | Galaxy Science Fiction | 1954 | |
| Specialist | Robert Sheckley | | 1953 | |
| Speech Sounds | Octavia Butler | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1983 | |
| Spell My Name with an S | Isaac Asimov | Star Science Fiction | 1958 | |
| Stability (short story) | Philip K. Dick | | 1987 | |
| Stable Strategies for Middle Management | Eileen Gunn | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1988 | |
| Star Light (short story) | Isaac Asimov | Science American | 1962 | |
| Stellar Ships | Ivan Yefremov | | 1948 | |
| Sticks (short story) | Karl Edward Wagner | Whispers | 1974 | |
| Study in Still Life | Eric Frank Russell | Astounding Science Fiction | 1959 | |
| Suitable for the Orient | Karen Traviss | Asimov's Science Fiction | 1963 | |
| Superiority (short story) | Arthur C. Clarke | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | 1951 | |
| Supertoys Last All Summer Long | Brian Aldiss | Harper's Bazaar | 1969 | |
| Surface Tension (short story) | James Blish | Galaxy Science Fiction | 1952 | |
| Swords Against Tomorrow | Robert Hoskins | Signet Books | 1970 | |
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