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The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories

Ann VanderMeer, George R.R. Martin, Bob Leman, Haruki Murakami, Mervyn Peake, Michael Chabon, Neil Gaiman, William Gibson, Franz Kafka, Stephen King, Kelly Link

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Plot structure labels used: chronological order, multiple stories, mixed lengths, short story collection, novellas, novel excerpt, frame essays

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Cover of The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929-1964 by Robert Silverberg

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929-1964

Robert Silverberg, A.E. van Vogt, Alfred Bester, Anthony Boucher, Arthur C. Clarke, C.M. Kornbluth, Clifford D. Simak, Cordwainer Smith, Damon Knight, Daniel Keyes, Don A. Stuart, Fredric Brown, Fritz Leiber, Isaac Asimov, James Blish, Jerome Bixby, John W. Campbell Jr., Judith Merril, Lester del Rey, Lewis Padgett, Murray Leinster, Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, Robert A. Heinlein, Roger Zelazny, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Theodore Sturgeon, Tom Godwin · 2003

A landmark anthology of 26 pre-1965 science fiction classics selected by SFWA voters as the era’s best.

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Distance: 0.1055

Cover of Shadows of Treachery by Christian Z. Dunn

Shadows of Treachery

Christian Z. Dunn · 2012 · The Horus Heresy

A Horus Heresy anthology of fleet battles, palace defenses, and legion-focused tales that fills key gaps in the war.

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Distance: 0.1116

Cover of L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 41: The Best New SF & Fantasy of the Year by L. Ron Hubbard

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 41: The Best New SF & Fantasy of the Year

L. Ron Hubbard · 2025

An illustrated anthology of winning new sci-fi and fantasy shorts, plus bonus stories and craft essays, from emerging talent.

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Distance: 0.1124

Cover of The Future is Female! Women's Science Fiction Stories from the Pulp Era to the New Wave by Lisa Yaszek

The Future is Female! Women's Science Fiction Stories from the Pulp Era to the New Wave

Lisa Yaszek, Leslie F. Stone, Judith Merril, Leigh Brackett, Kit Reed, Joanna Russ, Ursula K. Le Guin, James Tiptree Jr. · 2018

A chronological anthology of classic sci-fi stories by women, tracing the genre from pulp-era invention to New Wave experimentation.

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Distance: 0.1142

Cover of Swords Against Wizardry by Fritz Leiber

Swords Against Wizardry

Fritz Leiber · 1986 · Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser

Two roguish adventurers chase treasure up a deadly mountain, then into an underground realm of wizardly intrigue.

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Distance: 0.1172

Cover of The Starlit Wood by Dominik Parisien

The Starlit Wood

Dominik Parisien, Margo Lanagan, Marjorie M. Liu, Seanan McGuire, Garth Nix, Naomi Novik, Sofia Samatar, Karin Tidbeck, Catherynne M. Valente, Genevieve Valentine, Amal El-Mohtar, Charlie Jane Anders, Aliette de Bodard, Jeffrey Ford, Max Gladstone, Theodora Goss, Daryl Gregory, Kat Howard, Stephen Graham Jones · 2016 · The Universe of Xuya

An anthology of fairy tale retellings that reworks familiar and obscure tales across fantasy, SF, horror, and western modes.

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Distance: 0.1230

Cover of Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 01 by John Wagner

Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 01

John Wagner, Peter Harris, Kelvin Gosnell, Malcolm Shaw, Charles Herring, Gerry Finley-Day, Pat Mills, Robert Flynn · 2006 · Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files + The Restricted Files+ The Daily Dredds

Early Judge Dredd adventures, collected in order, mix short sci-fi crime tales with dark satire in Mega-City One.

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Distance: 0.1248

Cover of The Vampire Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas

The Vampire Tapestry

Suzy McKee Charnas · 1980

A solitary biological vampire poses as a professor, but exposure forces him into a chain of human entanglements.

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Distance: 0.1251