Ray Bradbury short fiction bibliography


This is a chronological list of short fiction by American writer Ray Bradbury. Only original works are listed, along with their first publication. Several stories exist in one or more revised versions, sometimes under different titles.

1930s

1938

1939

1940s

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

TitleOriginally published inVersionsNotes
"The Sea Shell"Weird Tales, Jan. -44
"Reunion"Weird Tales, Mar. -44
"The Monster Maker"Planet Stories, spring -44manuscript title: "Pirates in Profile"
"I, Rocket"Amazing Stories, May -44revised: Long After Midnight

comic-strip: Weird Fantasy 20, '53
"The Lake"Weird Tales, May -44comic-strip: The Vault of Horror 31, '53
"Morgue Ship"Planet Stories, summer -44
"There Was an Old Woman"Weird Tales, Jul. -44revised: Dark Carnival

comic-strip: Tales From the Crypt 34, '53
"Killer, Come Back to Me!"Detective Tales, Jul. -44manuscript title: "Autopsy"
"The Long Night"New Detective, Jul. -44
"Yesterday I Lived!"Flynn's Detective Fiction, Aug. -44manuscript title: "No Phones, Private Coffin"
"The Trunk Lady"Detective Tales, Sep. -44
"Bang! You're Dead!"Weird Tales, Sep. -44
"And Then—the Silence"

The October Country
1964 episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
"It Burns Me Up!"Dime Mystery Magazine, Nov. -44
"Lazarus Come Forth"Planet Stories, winter -44
"Undersea Guardians"Amazing Stories, Dec. -44
"Four-Way Funeral"Detective Tales, Dec. -44

1945

1946

TitleOriginally published inVersionsNotes
"Final Victim"Amazing Stories, Feb. -46
"The Traveller"

comic-strip: Frost and Fire, '85		manuscript title: "Eight Day Wonder"
"Homecoming"

re-revised: The October Country

rewritten: From the Dust Returned

comic-strip: The Ray Bradbury Chronicles 3, 1992

final revision: The October Country, paperback ed.
"Let's Play 'Poison' "Weird Tales, Nov. -46comic-strip: The Vault of Horror 29, '53
"The Small Assassin"Dime Mystery Magazine, Nov. -46revised: Dark Carnival

later revisions: ??

comic-strip: Shock Suspenstories 7, '53
"A Careful Man Dies"New Detective, Nov. -46

1947

1948

1949

1950s

1950

TitleOriginally published inVersionsNotes
"I'll Not Ask for Wine"

comic-strip: West , Mar. 12, -72, together with "Mars Is Heaven!"
"All on a Summer's Night" Today, Jan. 22, -50
"Payment in Full"Thrilling Wonder Stories, Feb. -50
"Outcast of the Stars"

comic-strip 2: The Ray Bradbury Chronicles 2, -92		manuscript title: "Behold, Thou Art Fair"
"The Highway"Copy, spring -50as Leonard Spalding
"Forever and the Earth"Planet Stories, spring -50
"Carnival of Madness"

comic-strip: Ray Bradbury Comics 4, -93
"Miss Bidwell"

1951

TitleOriginally published inVersionsNotes
"These Things Happen"

1952

1953

TitleOriginally published inVersionsNotes
"The Golden Kite, the Silver Wind"Epoch, winter -53
"Welcome, Brothers!"Authentic Science Fiction Monthly, Jan. -53
"A Scent of Sarsaparilla"Star Science Fiction Stories, Feb. -53
"Sun and Shadow"Reporter, Mar. 17, -53
"The Flying Machine"The Golden Apples of the Sun
"The Garbage Collector"The Golden Apples of the Sun
"The Golden Apples of the Sun"The Golden Apples of the Sun
"The Murderer"The Golden Apples of the Sun
"The Meadow"The Golden Apples of the Sun
"Hail and Farewell" Today, Mar. 29, -53
"Dandelion Wine"Gourmet, Jun. -53
"And So Died Riabouchinska"??based on an unpublished radio script from -47
"Time in Thy Flight"Fantastic Universe, Jun.-Jul. -53
"The Millionth Murder"

1954

TitleOriginally published inVersionsNotes
"The Marriage Mender"Collier's, Jan. 22, -54published as a "short-short" feature
"The Dwarf"Fantastic, Jan.-Feb. -54
"Dinner at Dawn"Everywoman's, Feb. -54
"All Summer in a Day"Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Mar. -54
"Interval in Sunlight"Esquire, Mar. -54revised: Long After Midnight
"The Watchful Poker Chip"

1955

1956

1957

1958

1959

1960s

1960

1962

1964

Heavy Set

1965

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