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A bit of effort is needed to keep track of short stories, as the good ones tend to be buried in the same volume as a bunch of not-so-good ones, and can easily be forgotten. These are from my own collection and are almost all sf and rather old. I've tried to select only standalone stories and omit those that come in linked groups. However, I've included a couple of standalone stories that were later followed by somewhat inferior sequels.
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| Author | Title | Date | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vernor Vinge | The blabber | 1988 | Threats... and other promises |
| Michael F Flynn | The forest of time | 1987 | The forest of time and other stories Roads not taken |
| John Varley | In the hall of the Martian kings | 1977 | Mag. of F and SF Feb 1977 |
| Arthur Jean Cox | An occurrence at the Owl Creek Rest Home | 1976 | Science fiction discoveries |
| P J Plauger | Child of all ages | 1975 | Nebula Award stories 11 The best science fiction of the year #5 |
| Joanna Russ | The experimenter | 1975 | The best from Galaxy vol. IV |
| Harry Harrison | Run from the fire | 1975 | Epoch |
| F M Busby | If this is Winnetka, you must be Judy | 1974 | Best science fiction stories of the year #4 |
| Larry Niven | The fourth profession | 1971 | A hole in space |
| Harry Harrison | The wicked flee | 1970 | The best of Harry Harrison |
| Larry Niven | Not long before the end | 1969 | All the myriad ways Nebula Award stories 5 |
| J F Bone | On the fourth planet | 1963 | The best of science fiction 9 |
| Walt & Leigh Richmond | Poppa needs shorts | 1963 | The best of science fiction 9 |
| Colin Kapp | Lambda I | 1962 | Lambda 1 and other stories |
| Philip E High | Routine exercise | 1961 | Lambda 1 and other stories |
| John Wyndham | Odd | 1961 | Consider her ways and others |
| John Wyndham | Stitch in time | 1961 | Consider her ways and others |
| John Wyndham | Random quest | 1961 | Consider her ways and others |
| Colin Kapp | The railways up on Cannis | 1959 | The unorthodox engineers The best of New Worlds |
| Alfred Bester | The pi man | 1959 | The dark side of the Earth |
| Damon Knight | What rough beast | 1958 | Off centre |
| Robert Sheckley | Ghost V | 1957 | The Robert Sheckley omnibus |
| Mack Reynolds | Compounded interest | 1956 | SF the best of the best part one |
| Robert Sheckley | Bad medicine | 1956 | The Robert Sheckley omnibus Pilgrimage to Earth |
| Eric Frank Russell | Diabologic | 1955 | Connoisseur's science fiction |
| Philip K Dick | War veteran | 1955 | The preserving machine and other stories |
| Robert Sheckley | A ticket to Tranai | 1955 | The Robert Sheckley omnibus |
| Robert Abernathy | Pyramid | 1954 | The Penguin science fiction omnibus |
| Damon Knight | Babel II | 1953 | The best of Damon Knight |
| Damon Knight | Four in one | 1953 | In deep |
| Philip K Dick | Beyond lies the wub | 1952 | The preserving machine and other stories |
| H B Fyfe | Protected species | 1951 | The Penguin science fiction omnibus |
| Anthony Boucher | The quest for St Aquin | 1951 | The golden age of science fiction |
| Alfred Bester | Of time and Third Avenue | 1951 | Starburst A century of science fiction |
| Arthur C Clarke | Second dawn | 1951 | The best of Arthur C Clarke |
| A E van Vogt | Enchanted village | 1950 | Monsters |
| Howard Schoenfeld | Build up logically | 1950 | The Penguin science fiction omnibus |
| James H Schmitz | The witches of Karres | 1949 | Toward infinity |
| H Beam Piper | He walked around the horses | 1948 | Paratime The golden age of science fiction |
| A E van Vogt | Resurrection | 1948 | Monsters Toward infinity |
| Fredric Brown | Placet is a crazy place | 1946 | The Analog anthology #1 |
| Fredric Brown | The waveries | 1945 | Connoisseur's science fiction |
| Saki | Sredni Vashtar | 1911 | Sredni Vashtar and other stories The best of Saki |
| Rudyard Kipling | The brushwood boy | 1895 | The day's work |