Following is a complete bibliography of English language fiction for Jeffrey Ford through March, 2019. Not included are: foreign language translations, individual pieces of non-fiction, or individual pieces of poetry.

Abbreviations Used:

(1) = indicates story’s first publication. Omitted if story first published in author collection.
(c) = indicates the collection containing this story. If the collection is listed first, the story’s first appearance was in this collection.
(r) = indicates this is a reprint appearance.
anth. = anthology
mag. = magazine
f.c. = fiction collection
ed. = edited
v. = magazine volume number
# = magazine issue number

SHORT FICTION

“86 Deathdick Road”
(1) The Book of Dreams (anth., ed. Nick Gevers): Subterranean Press, 2010.
(c) Crackpot Palace (f.c.): William Morrow/ HarperCollins, 2012.

“After Moreau”
(1) Clarkesworld Magazine (mag., #19): Wyrm Publishing, Apr. 2008.
(r) Realms 2: The Second Year of Clarkesworld Magazine (anth., ed. Nick Mamatas and Sean Wallace): Wyrm Publishing, 2010.
(r) Creatures: Thirty Years of Monsters (anth., ed. Paul Tremblay and John Langan): Prime Books, 2011.
(c) Crackpot Palace (f.c.): William Morrow/ HarperCollins, 2012.

“The Alchemist, Becalmed at Sea, Weeps”
(1) Space & Time (mag., #76): Space & Time, Summer 1989.

“All the King’s Men”
(1) Mad Hatters and March Hares (anth., ed. Ellen Datlow): Tor, 2017.

“The Angel Seems”
(1) Dark Faith: Invocations (anth., ed. Jerry Gordon and Maurice Broaddus): Apex Publications, 2012.
(c) A Natural History of Hell (f.c.): Small Beer Press, 2016.

“The Annals of Eelin-Ok”
(1) The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm Publication (anth., ed. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling): Viking, 2004.
(r) Fantasy: The Best of 2004 (anth., ed. Karen Haber and Jonathan Strahan): ibooks, 2005.
(r) PodCastle (podcast/ audio, # 045): Escape Artists, Inc., Mar. 2009.
(c) The Empire of Ice Cream (f.c.): Golden Gryphon Press, 2006.

“Arabesques of Eldritch Weirdness #8”
(1) Journal of Pulse-Pounding Narratives (mag., #1): Project Pulp Zine, Summer 2002.
(r) Witpunk (anth., ed. Claude Lalumière and Marty Halpern): Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003.

“Ariadne’s Mother”
(1) The Flash (anth., ed. Peter Wild): Social Disease Press, 2007.
(c) The Drowned Life (f.c.): Harper Perennial, 2008.

“At Reparata”
(1) Event Horizon (online media): eventhorizon.com, Feb. 1999.
(r) The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Thirteenth Annual Collection (anth., ed. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling): St. Martin’s Griffin, 2000.
(r) The New Weird (anth., ed. Ann VanderMeer and Jeff VanderMeer): Tachyon Publications, 2008.
(r) Omni Magazine (online media): omnimagazine.com, Oct. 2016.
(c) The Fantasy Writer’s Assistant and Other Stories (f.c.): Golden Gryphon Press, 2002.

“Baby Hand”
(1) Electric Velocipede Blog (online media): blog.electricvelocipede.com, Jul. 2009.

“The Beautiful Gelreesh”
(1) Album Zutique #1 (anth., ed. Jeff VanderMeer): Night Shade Books, 2003.
(r) Running with the Pack (anth., ed. Ekaterina Sedia): Prime Books, 2010.
(r) The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories (anth., ed. Ann VanderMeer and Jeff VanderMeer): Tor, 2011.
(c) The Empire of Ice Cream (f.c.): Golden Gryphon Press, 2006.

“The Bedroom Light”
(1) Inferno: New Tales of Terror and the Supernatural (anth., ed. Ellen Datlow): Tor, 2007.
(r) Hauntings (anth., ed. Ellen Datlow): Tachyon Publications, 2013.
(c) The Drowned Life (f.c.): Harper Perennial, 2008.

“Big Dark Hole”
(1) A Cabinet of Curiosity (Conjunctions, Vol. 71) (anth., ed. Bradford Morrow): Bard College, 2018.

“The Bookcase Expedition”
(1) Robots vs. Fairies (anth., ed. Dominik Parisien and Navah Wolfe): Saga Press/ Simon & Schuster, 2018.
(r) The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Thirteen (anth., ed. Jonathan Strahan): Solaris, 2019.

“The Blameless”
(c) A Natural History of Hell (f.c.): Small Beer Press, 2016.
(r) Year's Best Weird Fiction: Volume Four (anth., ed. Helen Marshall and Michael Kelly): Undertow Publications, 2017.

“Blood Drive”
(1) After: Nineteen Stories of Apocalypse and Dystopia (anth., ed. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling): Hyperion Books, 2012.
(r) The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Seven (anth., ed. Jonathan Strahan): Night Shade Books, 2013.
(c) A Natural History of Hell (f.c.): Small Beer Press, 2016.

“Boatman’s Holiday”
(1) Book of Voices (a Sierra Leone PEN benefit project; anth., ed. Mike Butscher): Flame Books, 2005.
(r) The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (digest, v.109, #4-5): Spilogale, Inc., Oct.-Nov. 2005).
(r) Fantasy: The Very Best of 2005 (anth., ed. Jonathan Strahan): Locus Press, 2006.
(r) The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Nineteenth Annual Collection (anth., ed. Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link, and Gavin J. Grant): St. Martin’s Griffin, 2006.
(r) The Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy (anth., ed. Mike Ashley): Robinson, 2008.
(r) StarShipSofa (podcast/ audio, #138): District of Wonders, May 2010.
(c) The Empire of Ice Cream (f.c.): Golden Gryphon Press, 2006.
(c) Exploring Dark Short Fiction #4: A Primer to Jeffrey Ford (f.c., ed. Eric J. Guignard): Dark Moon Books, 2019.

“Botch Town” (novellla)
(c) The Empire of Ice Cream (f.c.): Golden Gryphon Press, 2006.
(r) Best Short Novels 2007 (anth., ed. Jonathan Strahan): Science Fiction Book Club, 2007.

“Bright Morning” (novelette)
(c) The Fantasy Writer’s Assistant and Other Stories (f.c.): Golden Gryphon Press, 2002.
(r) Feeling Very Strange: The Slipstream Anthology (anth., ed. James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel): Tachyon Publications, 2006.
(r) Kafkaesque: Stories Inspired by Franz Kafka (anth., ed. James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel): Tachyon Publications, 2011.

“The Casket”
(1) MSS (mag.): Pressworks/ John Gardner, Fall/ Winter 1981.

“The Chambered Nautilus”
(1) Say... (mag., #1): Fortress of Words, Dec. 2002.

“Coffins on the River” (novelette)
(1) Polyphony: Volume 3 (anth., ed. Deborah Layne and Jay Lake): Wheatland Press, 2003.
(r) Crucified Dreams (anth., ed. Joe R. Lansdale): Tachyon Publications, 2011.
(c) The Empire of Ice Cream (f.c.): Golden Gryphon Press, 2006.

“The Colossus of Roads”
(1) Kiosk (mag.): unk., Spring 1993.

“The Coral Heart”
(1) Eclipse Three: New Science Fiction and Fantasy (anth., ed. Jonathan Strahan): Night Shade Books, 2009.
(r) The Sword & Sorcery Anthology (anth., ed. David G. Hartwell and Jacob Weisman): Tachyon Publications, 2012.
(c) Crackpot Palace (f.c.): William Morrow/ HarperCollins, 2012.

“The Cosmology of the Wider World” (chapbook)
(1) MSS (mag.): SUNY-Binghamton Foundation, Fall 1990.
(r) PS Publishing, 2005.
(r) (ebook) Open Road Integrated Media, 2015.

“Couch Dancing”
(1) Kiosk (mag.): unk., Spring 1992.

“Creation”
(1) The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (digest, v.102, #5): Spilogale, Inc., May 2002).
(r) Fantasy: The Best of 2002 (anth., ed. Robert Silverberg and Karen Haber): ibooks, 2003.
(r) The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection (anth., ed. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling): St. Martin’s Griffin, 2003.
(r) The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction: 60th Anniversary Anthology (anth., ed. Gordon Van Gelder): Tachyon Publications, 2009.
(r) Fantasy Magazine (mag., #50): Prime Books, May 2011.
(r) Fantasy Magazine Podcast (podcast/ audio): Prime Books, May 2011.
(r) StarShipSofa (podcast/ audio, #188): District of Wonders, May 2011.
(c) The Fantasy Writer’s Assistant and Other Stories (f.c.): Golden Gryphon Press, 2002.

“Daddy Long Legs of the Evening”
(1) Naked City: Tales of Urban Fantasy (anth., ed. Ellen Datlow): St. Martin's Griffin, 2011.
(r) Lightspeed (e-mag., #80): Lightspeed Magazine, Jan. 2017.
(c) Crackpot Palace (f.c.): William Morrow/ HarperCollins, 2012.

“Daltharee”
(1) The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Sixteen Original Works by Speculative Fiction's Finest Voices (anth., ed. Ellen Datlow): Del Rey / Ballantine, 2008.
(r) Year’s Best Fantasy 9 (anth., ed. David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer): Tor, 2009.
(r) The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009 Edition (anth., ed. Rich Horton): Prime Books, 2010.
(r) Real Unreal: Best American Fantasy Volume III (anth., ed. Matthew Cheney and Kevin Brockmeier): Underland Press, 2010.
(r) Lightspeed (e-mag., #32): Lightspeed Magazine, Jan. 2013.
(r) Lightspeed Podcast (podcast/ audio): Lightspeed Magazine, Jan. 2013.
(r) The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009 Edition (anth., ed. Rich Horton): Prime Books, 2010.
(r) Unconventional Fantasy: A Celebration of Forty Years of the World Fantasy Convention (anth., ed. Peggy Rae Sapienza, Jean Marie Ward, Bill Campbell, and Sam Lubell): Baltimore Washington Area Worldcon Association, Inc., 2014.
(c) Crackpot Palace (f.c.): William Morrow/ HarperCollins, 2012.

“Deep Space Adventure #32”
(1) Journal of Pulse-Pounding Narratives (mag., #1): Project Pulp Zine, Summer 2002.
(r) Witpunk (anth., ed. Claude Lalumière and Marty Halpern): Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003.

“The Delicate”
(1) Space & Time (mag., #83): Space & Time, Spring 1994.
(r) The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories (anth., ed. Ann VanderMeer and Jeff VanderMeer): Tor, 2011.
(c) The Fantasy Writer’s Assistant and Other Stories (f.c.): Golden Gryphon Press, 2002.

“Dick Shook”
(1) Conjunctions Online (online media): conjunctions.com, Nov. 2018.
 “The Dismantled Invention of Fate” (novelette)
(1) The Starry Rift: Tales of New Tomorrows (anth., ed. Jonathan Strahan): Viking, 2008.
(r) Aliens: Recent Encounters (anth., ed. Alex Dally MacFarlane): Prime Books, 2013.
(c) The Drowned Life (f.c.): Harper Perennial, 2008.

“Doc Aggressive, Man of Tin #2”
(1) Journal of Pulse-Pounding Narratives (mag., #1): Project Pulp Zine, Summer 2002.
(r) Witpunk (anth., ed. Claude Lalumière and Marty Halpern): Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003.

“The Double of My Double Is Not My Double”
(1) Eclipse Four: New Science Fiction and Fantasy (anth., ed. Jonathan Strahan): Night Shade Books, 2011.
(c) Crackpot Palace (f.c.): William Morrow/ HarperCollins, 2012.

“Down Atsion Road”
(1) Haunted Legends (anth., ed. Ellen Datlow and Nick Mamatas): Tor, 2010.
(c) Crackpot Palace (f.c.): William Morrow/ HarperCollins, 2012.

“Dr. Lash Remembers”
(1) Steampunk II: Steampunk Reloaded (anth., ed. Ann VanderMeer and Jeff VanderMeer): Tachyon Publications, 2010.
(r) The Mammoth Book of Steampunk (anth., ed. Sean Wallace): Running Press, 2012.
(c) Crackpot Palace (f.c.): William Morrow/ HarperCollins, 2012.

“The Dream of Reason”
(1) Extraordinary Engines: The Definitive Steampunk Anthology (anth., ed. Nick Gevers): Solaris, 2008.
(r) The Year’s Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction (Audio anth., ed. Allan Kaster): Audio Text, 2008.
(c) Crackpot Palace (f.c.): William Morrow/ HarperCollins, 2012.

“The Dreaming Wind”
(1) The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales (anth., ed. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling): Viking, 2007.
(r) The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Two (anth., ed. Jonathan Strahan): Night Shade Books, 2008.
(r) StarShipSofa (podcast/ audio, #75): District of Wonders, Apr. 2009.
(r) PodCastle (podcast/ audio, # 054): Escape Artists, Inc., May. 2009.
(c) The Drowned Life (f.c.): Harper Perennial, 2008.

“The Drowned Life” (novelette)
(1) Eclipse One: New Science Fiction and Fantasy (anth., ed. Jonathan Strahan): Night Shade Books, 2007.
(r) The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Twentieth-First Annual Collection (anth., ed. Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link, and Gavin J. Grant): St. Martin’s Griffin, 2008.
(r) Best American Fantasy 2 (anth., ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer, and Matthew Cheney): Prime Books, 2008.
(r) The Oxford Book of American Short Stories (anth., ed. Joyce Carol Oates): Oxford University Press, 2012.
(c) The Drowned Life (f.c.): Harper Perennial, 2008.

“Eclipse”
(1) Buffalo Spree (mag.): Buffalo Spree Publishing, Winter 1991.

“The Eighth Wonder”
(1) MSS (mag.): SUNY-Binghamton Foundation, Fall 1992.

“The Empire of Ice Cream” (novelette)
(1) Sci Fiction (online media): scifi.com, Feb. 2003.
(r) Science Fiction: The Best of 2003 (anth., ed. Karen Haber and Jonathan Strahan): ibooks, 2004.
(r) Nebula Awards Showcase 2005 (anth., ed. Jack Dann): Roc/ New American Library, 2005.
(r) StarShipSofa (podcast/ audio, #94): District of Wonders, Jul. 2009.
(r) StarShipSofa Stories Volume 1 (anth., ed. Tony C. Smith): StarShipSofa, 2009.
(c) The Empire of Ice Cream (f.c.): Golden Gryphon Press, 2006.

“Every Richie There Is”
(1) Puerto Del Sol (mag.): New Mexico State University Publishing, Winter 1993.
(c) Crackpot Palace (f.c.): William Morrow/ HarperCollins, 2012.

“Exo-Skeleton Town” (novelette)
(1) Black Gate (mag., #1): New Epoch Press, Spring 2001.
(r) Alien Contact (anth., ed. Marty Halpern): Night Shade Books, 2011.
(c) The Fantasy Writer’s Assistant and Other Stories (f.c.): Golden Gryphon Press, 2002.

“The Fairy Enterprise”
(1) Queen Victoria's Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy (anth., ed. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling): Tor, 2013.
(c) A Natural History of Hell (f.c.): Small Beer Press, 2016.

“The Fantasy Writer’s Assistant”
(1) The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (digest, v.98, #2): Mercury Press, Inc., Feb. 2000).
(r) In Lands That Never Were: Tales of Swords and Sorcery from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (anth., ed. Gordon Van Gelder): Thunder's Mouth Press, 2004.
(c) The Fantasy Writer’s Assistant and Other Stories (f.c.): Golden Gryphon Press, 2002.

“The Far Oasis”
(1) Sci Fiction (online media): scifi.com, Oct 2000.
(c) The Fantasy Writer’s Assistant and Other Stories (f.c.): Golden Gryphon Press, 2002.

“The Fat One”
(c) The Drowned Life (f.c.): Harper Perennial, 2008.

“A Few Things About Ants”
(1) The Journal of Mythic Arts (online media): endicott-studio.com, Summer 2006.
(c) The Drowned Life (f.c.): Harper Perennial, 2008.

“Figurative Synethesia”
(1) The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases (anth., ed. Jeff Vandermeer and Mark Roberts): Night Shade Books, 2003.

“Five Pointed Spell” (novelette)
(1) +Horror Library+ Volume 6 (anth., ed. Eric J. Guignard): Farolight Publ./ Cutting Block Press, 2017.

“Floating in Lindrethool” (novelette)
(1) Sci Fiction (online media): scifi.com, June 2001.
(c) The Fantasy Writer’s Assistant and Other Stories (f.c.): Golden Gryphon Press, 2002.

“Ganesha”
(1) The Beastly Bride and Other Tales of the Animal People (anth., ed. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling): Viking, 2010.
(c) Crackpot Palace (f.c.): William Morrow/ HarperCollins, 2012.

“Gaslight”
(1) The Revelator (online media, v.136, #1): revelatormagazine.com, Sep. 2011.
(r) Bad Seeds: Evil Progeny (anth., ed. Steve Berman): Prime Books, 2013.

“Giant Land”
(1) Journal of Pulse-Pounding Narratives (mag., #2): Project Pulp Zine, Jan. 2004.
(c) The Empire of Ice Cream (f.c.): Golden Gryphon Press, 2006.

“Glass Eels”
(1) New Jersey Noir (anth., ed. Joyce Carol Oates): Akashic Press, 2011.
(c) Crackpot Palace (f.c.): William Morrow/ HarperCollins, 2012.

“The Golden Dragon”
(c) The Drowned Life (f.c.): Harper Perennial, 2008.

“Grass Island”
(1) Puerto Del Sol (mag.): New Mexico State University Publishing, Summer 1995.

“The Green Word” (novelette)
(1) The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest (anth., ed. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling): Viking, 2002.
(r) Year’s Best Fantasy 3 (anth., ed. David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer): Eos/ HarperCollins, 2003.
(r) The Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection (anth., ed. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling): St. Martin’s Griffin, 2003.
(c) The Empire of Ice Cream (f.c.): Golden Gryphon Press, 2006.

“The Hag’s Peak Affair”
(1) Portents (anth., ed. Al Sarrantonio): Flying Fox Publishers, 2011.
(c) Crackpot Palace (f.c.): William Morrow/ HarperCollins, 2012.

“Hibbler’s Minions”
(1) Nightmare Carnival (anth., ed. Ellen Datlow): Dark Horse Books, 2014.

“High Tea with Jules Verne”
(1) Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet (mag., #7): Small Beer Press, Mar. 2001).
(r) Revolution Science Fiction (online media): revolutionsf.com, Sep. 2002.
(c) The Fantasy Writer’s Assistant and Other Stories (f.c.): Golden Gryphon Press, 2002.

“A Hole in the Day”
(1) Space and Time (mag., #82): Gordon Linzner, Fall 1993.

“Holt”
(1) Flytrap (mag., #4): Tropism Press, May 2005.

“The Honeyed Knot”
(1) The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (digest, v.100, #5): Spilogale, Inc., May 2001).
(r) The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Fifteenth Annual Collection (anth., ed. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling): St. Martin’s Griffin, 2002.
(c) The Fantasy Writer’s Assistant and Other Stories (f.c.): Golden Gryphon Press, 2002.

“Horrors by Waters”
(1) Fantastic Metropolis (online media): fantasticmetropolis.com, Oct. 2001.
(r) Breaking Windows (anth., ed. Luís Rodrigues): Prime Books, 2003.

“In Havana”
(1) In Havana (anth., ed. Madeline Ashby and David Nickle): ChiZine Publications, 2015.

“In the House of Four Seasons”
(1) Fantasy Magazine (mag., #1): Prime Books, Dec. 2005.
(r) Worlds of Fantasy: The Best of Fantasy Magazine (anth., ed. Cat Rambo): Prime Books, 2011.
(c) The Drowned Life (f.c.): Harper Perennial, 2008.

“Incorruptible”
(1) Exploring Dark Short Fiction #4: A Primer to Jeffrey Ford (f.c., ed. Eric J. Guignard): Dark Moon Books, 2019.

“The Ineffable”
(1) Space and Time (mag., #100): Space and Time, Spring 2007.

“The Jeweled Wren”
(1) Echoes (anth., ed. Ellen Datlow): Saga Press/ Simon & Schuster, 2019.

“Jupiter’s Skull”
(1) Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy (anth., ed. Al Sarrantonio): Roc/ New American Library, 2004.
(r) Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy, Volume II (anth., ed. Al Sarrantonio): Roc/ New American Library, 2006.
(c) The Empire of Ice Cream (f.c.): Golden Gryphon Press, 2006.

“La Madre del Oro”
(1) Dead Man's Hand: An Anthology of the Weird West (anth., ed. John Joseph Adams): Titan Books, 2014.
(r) PodCastle (podcast/ audio, # 311): Escape Artists, Inc., May 2014.

“Last Drink Bird Head”
(1) Last Drink Bird Head: Flash Fiction for Charity (anth., ed. Ann VanderMeer and Jeff VanderMeer): The Ministry of Whimsy Press, 2009.

“The Last Half”
(1) Hayden's Ferry Review (mag.): Arizona State University, Fall 1990.

“The Last Triangle”
(1) Supernatural Noir (anth., ed. Ellen Datlow): Dark Horse Books, 2011.
(r) The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror: 2012 Edition (anth., ed. Paula Guran): Prime Books, 2012.
(c) A Natural History of Hell (f.c.): Small Beer Press, 2016.

“Legacy”
(1) MSS: New Myths (mag., v.3, #2-#3): SUNY-Binghamton Foundation, 1984.

“Malthusian’s Zombie” (novelette)
(1) Sci Fiction (online media): scifi.com, May 2000.
(r) The Living Dead (anth., ed. John Joseph Adams): Night Shade Books, 2008.
(c) The Fantasy Writer’s Assistant and Other Stories (f.c.): Golden Gryphon Press, 2002.
(c) Exploring Dark Short Fiction #4: A Primer to Jeffrey Ford (f.c., ed. Eric J. Guignard): Dark Moon Books, 2019.

“A Man of Light”
(1) Sci Fiction (online media): scifi.com, Jan. 2005.
(c) The Empire of Ice Cream (f.c.): Golden Gryphon Press, 2006.

“The Manticore Spell”
(1) Wizards: Magical Tales from the Masters of Modern Fantasy (var: Dark Alchemy: Magical Tales from Masters of Modern Fantasy) (anth., ed. Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois): Berkley Books, 2007.
(r) Tails of Wonder and Imagination (anth., ed. Ellen Datlow): Night Shade Books, 2010.
(c) The Drowned Life (f.c.): Harper Perennial, 2008.

“The Master of Fiction”
(1) MSS: New Myths (mag., v.6, #2): SUNY-Binghamton Foundation, 1988.

“A Meeting in Oz”
(1) Oz Reimagined: New Tales from the Emerald City and Beyond (anth., ed. John Joseph Adams and Douglas Cohen): 47North, 2013.
(r) (chapbook): 47North, 2013.

“Mount Chary Galore” (novelette)
(1) Fearful Symmetries (anth., ed. Ellen Datlow): ChiZine Publications, 2014.
(c) A Natural History of Hell (f.c.): Small Beer Press, 2016.

“The Murmurations of Vienna Von Drome” (novelette)
(1) Black Feathers: Dark Avian Tales (anth., ed. Ellen Datlow): Pegasus Books, 2017.

“A Natural History of Autumn”
(1) The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (digest, v.123, #1-2): Spilogale, Inc., Jul.-Aug. 2012).
(r) The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror: 2013 Edition (anth., ed. Paula Guran): Prime Books, 2013.
(r) The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Five (anth., ed. Ellen Datlow): Night Shade Books, 2013.
(r) The Monstrous (anth., ed. Ellen Datlow): Tachyon Publications, 2015.
(c) A Natural History of Hell (f.c.): Small Beer Press, 2016.
(c) Exploring Dark Short Fiction #4: A Primer to Jeffrey Ford (f.c., ed. Eric J. Guignard): Dark Moon Books, 2019.

“Never”
(1) Hayden's Ferry Review (mag.): Arizona State University, Spring 1989.

“A Night in the Tropics”
(1) Argosy Magazine (mag., #1): Coppervale International, Jan.-Feb. 2004.
(r) The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighteenth Annual Collection (anth., ed. Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link, and Gavin J. Grant): St. Martin’s Griffin, 2005.
(c) The Empire of Ice Cream (f.c.): Golden Gryphon Press, 2006.
(c) Exploring Dark Short Fiction #4: A Primer to Jeffrey Ford (f.c., ed. Eric J. Guignard): Dark Moon Books, 2019.

“The Night Whiskey” (novelette)
(1) Salon Fantastique: Fifteen Original Tales of Fantasy (anth., ed. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling): Thunder's Mouth Press, 2006.
(r) Fantasy: The Best of the Year, 2007 (anth., ed. Rich Horton): Prime Books, 2007.
(r) The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume One (anth., ed. Jonathan Strahan): Night Shade Books, 2007.
(r) The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Twentieth Annual Collection (anth., ed. Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link, and Gavin J. Grant): St. Martin’s Griffin, 2007.
(c) The Drowned Life (f.c.): Harper Perennial, 2008.
(c) Exploring Dark Short Fiction #4: A Primer to Jeffrey Ford (f.c., ed. Eric J. Guignard): Dark Moon Books, 2019.

“Not Without Mercy”
(1) Other Aliens (Conjunctions, Vol. 67) (anth., ed. Bradford Morrow and Elizabeth Hand): Bard College, 2016.

“On the Road to New Egypt”
(1) Aberrations (mag., #32): Sirius Fiction, Aug. 1995.
(r) A Cross of Centuries: Twenty-five Imaginative Tales about the Christ (anth., ed. Michael Bishop): Thunder's Mouth Press, 2007.
(r) Sympathy for the Devil (anth., ed. Tim Pratt): Night Shade Books, 2010.
(r) The Urban Fantasy Anthology (anth., ed. Peter S. Beagle and Joe R. Lansdale): Tachyon Publications, 2011.
(c) The Fantasy Writer’s Assistant and Other Stories (f.c.): Golden Gryphon Press, 2002.

“Ouroborean Lordosis”
(1) The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases (anth., ed. Jeff Vandermeer and Mark Roberts): Night Shade Books, 2003.

“Out of the Canyon”
(c) The Fantasy Writer’s Assistant and Other Stories (f.c.): Golden Gryphon Press, 2002.
(r) Fantastic Metropolis (online media): fantasticmetropolis.com, Oct. 2001.

“Pansolapia”
(1) Event Horizon (online media): eventhorizon.com, Jul. 1999.
(r) Digital Domains: A Decade of Science Fiction & Fantasy (anth., ed. Ellen Datlow): Prime Books, 2010.
(c) The Fantasy Writer’s Assistant and Other Stories (f.c.): Golden Gryphon Press, 2002.

“The Pittsburgh Technology”
(1) The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination: Original Short Fiction for the Modern Evil Genius (anth., ed. John Joseph Adams): Tor, 2013.

“The Place Where Nothing Moved”
(1) Timbuktu (mag.): Timbuktu, Spring 1991.

“Polka Dots and Moonbeams”
(1) Stories: All-New Tales (anth., ed. Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio): William Morrow/ HarperCollins, 2010.
(c) Crackpot Palace (f.c.): William Morrow/ HarperCollins, 2012.

“The Prelate’s Commission”
(1) Subterranean (mag.): Subterranean Press, Dec. 2013.
(r) StarShipSofa (podcast/ audio, #352): District of Wonders, Sep. 2014.
(c) A Natural History of Hell (f.c.): Small Beer Press, 2016.

“Present from the Past” (novelette)
(1) The Silver Gryphon (anth., ed. Gary Turner and Marty Halpern): Golden Gryphon Press, 2003.
(c) The Drowned Life (f.c.): Harper Perennial, 2008.

“Quiet Days in Purgatory”
(1) Fantastic Metropolis (online media): fantasticmetropolis.com, Dec. 2001.

“Quitting Dreams” (with Matthew Cheney)
(1) Electric Velocipede (mag., #11): Spilt Milk Press, Fall 2006.

“Rabbit Test”
(1) MSS: New Myths (mag., v.2, #2/ v.3, #1): SUNY-Binghamton Foundation, Fall 1995.
(r) Fantastic Metropolis (online media): fantasticmetropolis.com, May 2004.

“Rapture of the Deep”
(1) MSS: New Myths (mag., v.4, #3): SUNY-Binghamton Foundation, 1985.

“Relic”
(1) The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities (anth., ed. Ann VanderMeer and Jeff VanderMeer): Harper Voyager, 2011.
(r) The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Six (anth., ed. Jonathan Strahan): Night Shade Books, 2012.
(r) Apex Magazine (e-mag., #43): Apex Publications, Dec. 2012.
(c) Crackpot Palace (f.c.): William Morrow/ HarperCollins, 2012.

“Rocket Ship to Hell” (chapbook)
(1) Tor (online media): tor.com, Jul. 2013.
(c) A Natural History of Hell (f.c.): Small Beer Press, 2016.

“Rose Country”
(1) Timbuktu (mag.): Timbuktu, Spring 1989.

“The Scribble Mind” (novelette)
(1) Sci Fiction (online media): scifi.com, May 2005.
(r) The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Nineteenth Annual Collection (anth., ed. Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link, and Gavin J. Grant): St. Martin’s Griffin, 2006.
(c) The Drowned Life (f.c.): Harper Perennial, 2008.

“The Seventh Expression of the Robot General”
(1) Eclipse Two: New Science Fiction and Fantasy (anth., ed. Jonathan Strahan): Night Shade Books, 2008.
(r) Steampunk Revolution (anth., ed. Ann VanderMeer): Tachyon Publications, 2012.
(r) Deserts of Fire: Speculative Fiction and the Modern War (anth., ed. Douglas Lain): Night Shade Books, 2016.
(r) Lightspeed (e-mag., #93): Lightspeed Magazine, Feb. 2018.
(c) Crackpot Palace (f.c.): William Morrow/ HarperCollins, 2012.

“Sisyphus in Elysium”
(1) The Mythic Dream (anth., ed. Dominik Parisien and Navah Wolfe): Saga Press/ Simon & Schuster, 2019.

“Sit the Dead”
(1) Teeth: Vampire Tales (anth., ed. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling): Harper, 2011.
(c) Crackpot Palace (f.c.): William Morrow/ HarperCollins, 2012.

“Six Gun Loner of the High Butte #6”
(1) Journal of Pulse-Pounding Narratives (mag., #1): Project Pulp Zine, Summer 2002.
(r) Witpunk (anth., ed. Claude Lalumière and Marty Halpern): Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003.

“Something by the Sea” (novelette)
(c) The Fantasy Writer’s Assistant and Other Stories (f.c.): Golden Gryphon Press, 2002.
(r) The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (digest, v.103, #4-5): Spilogale, Inc., Oct.-Nov. 2002).

“The Sorcerer Minus”
(1) The Way of the Wizard (anth., ed. John Joseph Adams): Prime Books, 2010.

“Spicy Detective #3”
(1) Journal of Pulse-Pounding Narratives (mag., #1): Project Pulp Zine, Summer 2002.
(r) Witpunk (anth., ed. Claude Lalumière and Marty Halpern): Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003.

“Spirits of Salt: A Tale of the Coral Heart”
(1) Fearsome Journeys (anth., ed. Jonathan Strahan): Solaris, 2013.
(c) A Natural History of Hell (f.c.): Small Beer Press, 2016.

“Summer Afternoon”
(1) ...is this a cat? (anth., ed. Christopher Rowe): Fortress of Words, 2002.
(c) The Empire of Ice Cream (f.c.): Golden Gryphon Press, 2006.

“The Summer Palace” (novelette)
(1) Ghosts by Gaslight: Stories of Steampunk and Supernatural Suspense (anth., ed. Jack Dann and Nick Gevers): Harper Voyager, 2011.

“A Terror” (novelette)
(1) Tor (online media): tor.com, Jul. 2013.
(r) Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2013 Edition (anth., ed. Ellen Datlow, Claire Eddy, Melissa Frain, Liz Gorinsky, George R. R. Martin, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Ann VanderMeer, and Noa Wheeler): Tor, 2013.
(r) Year's Best Weird Fiction, Volume One (anth., ed. Laird Barron and Michael Kelly): Undertow Publications, 2013.
(c) A Natural History of Hell (f.c.): Small Beer Press, 2016.

“Thanksgiving”
(1) The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (digest, v.135, #5-6): Spilogale, Inc., Nov.-Dec. 2018).

“Things To Do With Leftover Copies of President Bush’s Autobiography” (with Michael Gallagher)
(1) MAD Magazine (mag., #508): DC Comics, Apr. 2011.

“The Thousand Eyes”
(1) The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales (anth., ed. Dominik Parisien and Navah Wolfe): Saga Press/ Simon & Schuster, 2016.

“The Three Snake-Leaves”
(1) The Grimm Future (anth., ed. Erin Underwood): NESFA Press, 2016.

“The Thyme Fiend” (novelette)
(1) Tor (online media): tor.com, Mar. 2015.
(r) Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2015 Edition (anth., ed. Ellen Datlow, Claire Eddy, Carl Engle-Laird, David G. Hartwell, Beth Meacham, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Marco Palmieri, and Ann VanderMeer): Tor, 2016.
(c) A Natural History of Hell (f.c.): Small Beer Press, 2016.

“The Trentino Kid”
(1) The Dark: New Ghost Stories (anth., ed. Ellen Datlow): Tor, 2003.
(r) Ghosts: Recent Hauntings (anth., ed. Paula Guran): Prime Books, 2012.
(c) The Empire of Ice Cream (f.c.): Golden Gryphon Press, 2006.

“Under the Bottom of the Lake”
(1) Subterranean (mag., #7): Subterranean Press, Sep. 2007.
(r) Year's Best Fantasy 8 (anth., ed. David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer): Tachyon Publications, 2008.
(c) The Drowned Life (f.c.): Harper Perennial, 2008.

“The War Between Heaven and Hell Wallpaper”
(1) Interfictions 2: An Anthology of Interstitial Writing (anth., ed. Delia Sherman and Christopher Barzak): Small Beer Press, 2009.
(c) Crackpot Palace (f.c.): William Morrow/ HarperCollins, 2012.

“The Way He Does It”
(1) Electric Velocipede (mag., #10): Spilt Milk Press, Spring 2006.
(r) The Best of Electric Velocipede (anth., ed. John Klima): Fairwood Press, 2014.
(c) The Drowned Life (f.c.): Harper Perennial, 2008.

“The Weight of Words” (novelette)
(1) Leviathan 3 (anth., ed. Jeff VanderMeer and Forrest Aguirre): The Ministry of Whimsy Press, 2002.
(c) The Empire of Ice Cream (f.c.): Golden Gryphon Press, 2006.

“Weiroot”
(1) Weird Tales (mag., v.64, #1): Wildside Press, Spring 2009.
(r) Odd? (anth., ed. Jeff VanderMeer and Ann VanderMeer): Cheeky Frawg Books, 2011.
(r) Weird Fiction Review (online media): weirdfictionreview.com, Aug. 2012.
(c) Crackpot Palace (f.c.): William Morrow/ HarperCollins, 2012.

“What Is”
(1) Drowned Worlds (anth., ed. Jonathan Strahan): Solaris, 2016.

“What’s Sure to Come”
(1) Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet (mag., #10): Small Beer Press, Jun. 2002.
(r) The Best of Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet (anth., ed. Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant): Del Rey / Ballantine, 2007.
(c) The Drowned Life (f.c.): Harper Perennial, 2008.

“The White Man”
(1) Aberrations (mag., #29): Sirius Fiction, May 1995.
(r) ParaSpheres: Extending Beyond the Spheres of Literary and Genre Fiction: Fabulist and New Wave Fabulist Stories (anth., ed. Rusty Morrison and Ken Keegan): Omnidawn Publishing, 2006.

“The Winter Wraith”
(1) The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (digest, v.129, #5-6): Spilogale, Inc., Nov.-Dec. 2015).
(r) The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Ten (anth., ed. Jonathan Strahan): Solaris, 2016.

“The Wish Head” (novelette)
(c) Crackpot Palace (f.c.): William Morrow/ HarperCollins, 2012.
(r) Outpouring: Typhoon Yolanda Relief Anthology (anth., ed. Jonathan Strahan): Kestrel & Flipside, 2014.

“Witch Hazel”
(1) Haunted Nights (anth., ed. Lisa Morton and Ellen Datlow): Blumhouse Books/ Anchor Books, 2017.
(r) The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror: 2018 Edition (anth., ed. Paula Guran): Prime Books, 2018.

“The Woman Who Counts Her Breath”
(1) Northwest Review (digest., v.32, #3): University of Oregon, 1994.
(c) The Fantasy Writer’s Assistant and Other Stories (f.c.): Golden Gryphon Press, 2002.

“Word Doll”
(1) The Doll Collection (anth., ed. Ellen Datlow): Tor, 2015.
(r) Nightmare Magazine (online media): nightmare-mag.com, Feb. 2017.
(c) A Natural History of Hell (f.c.): Small Beer Press, 2016.

“The Yellow Chamber”
(1) Trampoline (anth., ed. Kelly Link): Small Beer Press, 2003.

NOVELS, CHAPBOOKS, and OTHER STAND-ALONE WORKS

Ahab’s Return: or, The Last Voyage (novel): William Morrow/ HarperCollins, 2018.

The Beyond (The Well-Built City, Book III) (novel): Eos/ HarperCollins, 2001.

The Cosmology of the Wider World (chapbook): PS Publishing, 2005.

The Girl in the Glass (novel): Dark Alley/ HarperCollins, 2005.

A Meeting in Oz (chapbook): 47North, 2013.

Memoranda (The Well-Built City, Book II) (novel): Avon Eos, 1999.

The Physiognomy (The Well-Built City, Book I) (novel): Avon Books, 1997.

The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque (novel): William Morrow/ HarperCollins, 2002.

“Rocket Ship to Hell” (chapbook): Tor, Jul. 2013.

The Shadow Year (novel): William Morrow/ HarperCollins, 2008.

“The Thyme Fiend” (chapbook): Tor, Mar. 2015.

“The Twilight Pariah” (chapbook): Tor, Sept. 2017.

Vanitas (novel): Space & Time, 1988.

COLLECTIONS

Crackpot Palace (fiction collection): William Morrow/ HarperCollins, 2012.

The Drowned Life (fiction collection): Harper Perennial, 2008.

The Fantasy Writer’s Assistant and Other Stories (fiction collection): Golden Gryphon Press, 2002.

The Empire of Ice Cream (fiction collection): Golden Gryphon Press, 2006.

Exploring Dark Short Fiction #4: A Primer to Jeffrey Ford (fiction collection, ed. Eric J. Guignard): Dark Moon Books, 2019.

A Natural History of Hell (fiction collection): Small Beer Press, 2016.