Twenty-five Favorite Linked Story Collections
(alphabetically by author, with collections linked by character, plot, or unusually distinct setting but not simply theme or constraint)
Vermilion Sands by J. G. Ballard
Once in Europa by John Berger
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino
Continent by Jim Crace
Tales of Nevèrÿon by Samuel R. Delany
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Kalpa Imperial: The Greatest Empire That Never Was by Angélica Gorodischer
Cleanness by Garth Greenwell
Jesus’ Son by Denis Johnson
The Cyberiad by Stanislaw Lem
Shining at the Bottom of the Sea by Stephen Marche
Tuf Voyaging by George R. R. Martin
Other Electricities by Ander Monson
The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
The Afflictions by Vikram Paralkar
Beasts and Children by Amy Parker
How I Came to Know Fish by Ota Pavel
Essays and Fictions by Brad Phillips
Stoning the Devil by Garry Craig Powell
The Dragon Griaule by Lucius Shepard
Ideas of Heaven: A Ring of Stories by Joan Silber
The Universe in Miniature in Miniature by Patrick Somerville
Prayers for the Dead by Dennis Vannatta
Grow a Pair: 9½ Fairy Tales About Sex by Joanna Walsh
— July 20, 2021