In her short story collection, bestselling author Charlie Jane Anders (All the Birds in the Sky) upends genre cliches and revitalizes classic tropes with heartfelt and often pants-wettingly funny social commentary. The stories in this collection, by their very outrageousness, achieve a heightened realism unlike any other. Anders once again proves she is one of the strongest voices in modern science fiction, the writer called by Andrew Sean Greer “this generation’s Le Guin.” SFF short story collections are honestly amazing. They let you dip your toes into an ocean-sized pool of what could be — and the best thing is that there truly is something for everyone with SFF short story collections. Whether you like sci-fi, something more magical, or even horror. Speculative fiction covers such a vast ground, you will most likely find something you love in it. The short story collections that I chose for this article are kind of like that — a mix of everything. Some are more on the sci-fi side, and there’s plenty of magical realism too — which is peak speculative fiction in my opinion. So without further ado, here are 8 amazing SFF short story collections that will transport you to other — stranger — worlds.
8 SFF Short Story Collections That Are Out of This World
If you want to read more SFF short fiction, check out our fantasy and sci-fi short favorites. Or take a look at the best SFF collections released in 2021.
