Operation Bounce House
Matt Dinniman
Published 2026
437 pages
The most popular fantasy short stories books of 2026
Fantasy short stories offer magic in small doses. A complete world, a spell or a strange bargain fits into a few pages. Collections and anthologies are a good way to sample new authors, or to revisit a favorite world between novels. This list shows the ones first published in 2026.
Combines Short stories and Fantasy
Results
Beneath
Ariel Sullivan
Published 2026
464 pages
My Dear You
Rachel Khong
Published 2026
272 pages
The Good Eye
Jess Gibson
Published 2026
176 pages
You Have to Let Them Bleed
Annie Neugebauer
Published 2026
282 pages
She is Here (Outspoken Authors, 34)
Nicola Griffith
Published 2026
160 pages
Sauúti Terrors
Published 2026
416 pages
The Daughter Who Remains
Nnedi Okorafor
Published 2026
192 pages
Before I Knew I Loved You
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Published 2026
174 pages
Black Aliens
Joanna Davis-McElligatt
Published 2026
240 pages
You Know Nothing Stories
Yasmina Din Madden
Published 2026
248 pages
A River From the Sky Natural Engines
Ai Jiang
Published 2026
208 pages
Red Book Volume 1 (Red Book I)
James Tynion IV
Published 2026
120 pages
The Earth Room
Dana Diehl
Published 2026
170 pages
TALES FROM THE STRANGER TIMES Volume 1
C. K. McDonnell
Published 2026
332 pages
Broken Dove
Dani Francis
Published 2026
624 pages
Saving Utopia Imagining Hopeful Futures in Dystopian Times
Joe P. L. Davidson
Published 2026
248 pages
Reactionary Worldbuilding From Speculative Imagination to Political Practice
Sherryl Vint, David M. Higgins, Jordan Carroll, Anindita Banerjee
Published 2026
420 pages
Ring Shout on Saturn
Sheree Renée Thomas
Published 2026
312 pages
The Typing Lady
Ruth Ozeki
Published 2026
304 pages
A Parade of Horribles (Dungeon Crawler Carl)
Matt Dinniman
Published 2026
624 pages
KILLING ME / KILLING YOU Vol. 1
Imomushi Narita
Published 2026
180 pages
Revolution in the Heart Stories Inspired by Ursula K. Le Guin
Charlie Jane Anders, Ai Jiang, Premee Mohamed, Karen Joy Fowler, Ann Leckie, Kelly Link, Aliya Whiteley, Darcie Little Badger, Chana Porter
Published 2026
496 pages
The Strange World of H.P. Lovecraft A Guide to the Characters and Creations of the Cthulhu Mythos
Mark Hayes
Published 2026
144 pages