Short Stories by Roger Zelazny

I have added the following list as a quick reference for which stories have been included in Zelazny's published anthologies. Look for the keywords at the end of particular entries and refer back to the year and title on the Books page for a complete list of stories (and essays) included in any particular book.

NOTE: These are NOT links, just a little colorful.

Defender = The Last Defender of Camelot, 1980
Dilvish = Dilvish the Damned, 1982
Doors = The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth, and Other Stories, 1971
Four = Four for Tomorrow, 1967
Frost = Frost Fire, 1989
Illustrated = The Illustrated Roger Zelazny, 1978
Legion = My Name is Legion, 1976
Unicorn = Unicorn Variations, 1983

1962

"Horseman!" Amazing Stories. Aug. Defender.

"Moonless in Byzantium." Amazing Stories. Dec.

"Passion Play." Fantastic. Aug. Defender.

"The Teachers Rode a Wheel of Fire." Fantastic. Oct.

1963

"The Borgia Hand." Amazing Stories. Mar.

"Circe Has Her Problems." Amazing Stories. Apr.

"Final Dining." Fantastic. Feb.

"The Great Slow Kings." Worlds of Tomorrow. Dec. Doors.

"King Solomon's Ring." Fantastic. Oct.

"The Malatesta Collection." Fantastic. Apr.

"Mine is the Kingdom." By Harrison Denmark, pseud. Amazing Stories. Aug.

"The Misfit." Amazing Stories. Oct.

"Monologue for Two." By Harrison Denmark, pseud. Fantstic. May.

"A Museum Piece." Fantastic. Jun. Doors.

"Nine Starships Waiting." Fantastic. Mar.

"On the Road to Splenoba." Fantastic. Jan.

"A Rose for Ecclesiastes." Fantasy Science Fiction. Nov. Doors. Four. Illustrated.

"The Stainless Steel Leech." By Harrison Denmark, pseud. Amazing Stories. Apr. Defender.

"A Thing of Terrible Beauty." By Harrison Denmark, pseud. Fantastic. Apr. Defender.

"Threshold of the Prophet." Fantastic. May.

1964

"Collector's Fever." Galaxy. Jun. Doors.

"The Graveyard Heart." Fantastic. Mar. Four.

"Lucifer." Worlds of Tomorrow. Jun. Doors.

"The Monster and the Maiden." Galaxy. Dec. Doors.

"The Night Has 999 Eyes." Double:Bill. Oct.-Nov. Unicorn.

"The Salvation of Faust." Fantasy Science Fiction. Jul.

1965

"...And Call Me Conrad." Fantasy Science Fiction. Part 1, Oct.; Part 2, Nov.
Combined in This Immortal, 1966.

"But Not the Herald." Magazine of Horror. Winter. Unicorn.

"Devil Car." Galaxy. Jun. Doors.

"The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth." Fantasy Science Fiction. Mar. Doors. Four. Illustrated.

"The Furies." Amazing Stories. Jun. Four. Illustrated.

"He Who Shapes." Amazing Stories. Part 1, Jan; Part 2, Feb. Defender.
Expanded as The Dream Master, 1966.

"Passage to Dilfar." Fantastic. Feb. Dilvish.

"Thelinde's Song." Fantastic. Jun. Dilvish.

"Of Time and the Yan." Fantasy Science Fiction. Jun.

1966

"The Bells of Shoredan." Fantastic. Mar. Dilvish.

"Comes Now the Power." Magazine of Horror. Winter. Defender.

"Divine Madness." Magazine of Horror. Summer. Doors.

"For a Breath I Tarry." New Worlds. Mar. Defender.

"The Keys to December." New Worlds. Aug. Doors.

"Love Is an Imaginary Number." New Worlds. January. Doors.

"This Moment of the Storm." Fantasy Science Fiction. Jun. Doors.

1967

"Angel, Dark Angel." Galaxy. Aug. Unicorn.

"Auto-Da-Fé." Dangerous Visions. Edited by Harlan Ellison. Garden City, NY: Doubleday. Defender.

"Damnation Alley." Galaxy. Oct.
Expanded as Damnation Alley, 1969. Defender.

"A Hand Across the Galaxy." Arioch. Nov. Unicorn.

"A Knight for Merytha." Kallikanzaros. Sep. Dilvish.

"The Last Inn on the Road." Written with Dannie Plachta. New Worlds. Oct.

"The Man Who Loved the Faioli." Galaxy. Jun. Doors.

"This Mortal Mountain." If. Mar. Doors.

1968

"Corrida." Anubis. n.d. Doors.

"Dismal Light." If. May. Unicorn.

"He That Moves." If. Jan.

"Song of the Blue Baboon." If. Aug.

1969

"The Year of the Good Seed." Written with Dannie Plachta. Galaxy. Dec.

"Come to Me Not in Winter's White." Written with Harlan Ellison. Fantasy Science Fiction. Oct.

"The Eve of RUMOKO." Three for Tomorrow. Edited by Robert Silverberg. New York: Meredith Press. Legion.

1970

"My Lady of the Diodes." Granfaloon. Jan. Unicorn.

1973

"'Kjwalll'kje'k'koothaï'lll'kje'k." An Exaltation of Stars: Transcendental Adventures in Science Fiction. Edited by Terry Carr. New York: Simon and Schuster. Legion.

1974

"The Engine at Heartspring's Center." Analog. Jul. Defender.

1975

"The Game of Blood and Dust." Galaxy. Apr. Defender.

"Home Is the Hangman." Analog. Nov. Legion. Unicorn.

1976

"The Force That Through the Circuit Drives the Current." Science Fiction Discoveries. Edited by Frederik and Carol Pohl. New York: Bantam Books. Unicorn.

1977

"No Award." Saturday evening Post. Jan.-Feb. Defender.

"Is There a Demon Lover in the House?" Heavy Metal. Sep. Defender.

1978

"Shadowjack." The Illustrated Roger Zelazny, 1978.

"Stand Pat, Ruby Stone." Destinies. Nov.-Dec. Defender.

1979

"Garden of Blood." Sorceror's Apprentice. Summer. Dilvish.

"Go Starless in the Night." Destinies. Oct.-Dec. Unicorn.

"Halfjack." Omni. Jun. Defender.

"The Last Defender of Camelot." Asimov's SF Adventure Magazine. Summer. Defender.

"A Very Good Year." Harvey. Dec. Unicorn.

"The White Beast." Whispers. Oct. Dilvish.

1980

"Exeunt Omnes." After the Fall. Edited by Robert Sheckley. New York: Ace Books. Unicorn.

"Fire and/or Ice." After the Fall. Edited by Robert Sheckley. New York: Ace Books. Unicorn.

"The George Business." Dragons of Light. Edited by Orson Scott Card. New York: Ace Books. Unicorn.

"The Last of the Wild Ones." Omni. Mar. Unicorn.

"The Places of Aache." Other Worlds 2. Edited by Roy Torgeson. (City?): Zebra. Dilvish.

1981

"And I Only Am Escaped to Tell Thee." The Twilight Zone. May. Unicorn.

"The Horses of Lir." Whispers III. Edited by Stuart David Schiff. New York: Doubleday. Unicorn.

"The Naked Matador." Amazing Stories. Jul. Unicorn.

"Recital." A Rhapsody in Amber. (City?): Cheap Street. [Pamphlet.] Unicorn.

"Tower of Ice: An Adventure of Dilvish." Flashing Swords! #5: Demons and Daggers. Edited by Lin Carter. New York: Nelson Doubleday. [Science Fiction Book Club.] Dilvish.

"Unicorn Variation." Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. Apr. Unicorn.

"Walpurgisnacht." A Rhapsody in Amber. (City?): Cheap Street. [Pamphlet.] Unicorn.

1982

"A City Divided." Dilvish the Damned. New York: Ballentine Books.

"Devil and the Dancer." Dilvish the Damned. New York: Ballentine Books.

"Dilvish the Damned." Dilvish the Damned. New York: Ballentine Books.

1984

"Itself Surprised." Omni. Aug. Frost.

"LOKI 7281." Random Access Messages of the Computer Age. Edited by Thomas F. Monteleone. (City?): Hayden. Frost.

"Mana from Heaven." More Magic. Edited by Larry Niven. (Berkley?). Frost.

1985

"Dayblood." Twilight Zone. Jun. Frost.

"Dreadsong." The Planets. Edited by Byron Preiss. New York: Bantam Books. Frost.

"24 Views of Mt. Fugi, by Hokusai." Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. Jul. Frost.

1986

"The Bands of Titan." (c)1986 by The Amber Corporation. Frost.

"Night Kings." World's of If. Sep.-Nov. Frost.

"Permafrost." Omni. Apr. Frost.

1987

"Ashes to Ashes." Wild Cards, Vol 2. Edited by George R.R. Martin. New York: Bantam Books.

"Quest's End." Omni. Jun. Frost.

"A Sketch of Their Father." Portraits of His Children. Edited by George R.R. Martin. (City?): Dark Harvest.

"The Sleeper." Wild Cards. Edited by George R.R. Martin. New York: Bantam Books.

1988

"Concerto for Siren and Serotonin." Down and Dirty. Edited by George R.R. Martin. New York: Bantam Books.

"Deadboy Donner and the Filstone Cup." Terry's Universe. Edited by Beth Meacham. New York: Tor Books.

1989

"Kalikriki of the Thread." Hidden Turnings. Edited by Diana Wynne Jones. London: Methuen.

1990

"The Deadliest Game." Drabble II: Double Century. Edited by Rob Meades and David B. Wake. (City?): Beccon Publications.

1993

"The Long Sleep." Card Sharks, a Wild Cards Mosaic Novel. Edited by George R.R. Martin. New York: Bantam Books.

1995

"Blue Horse, Dancing Mountains." Wheel of Fortune, 1995. An Amber story.




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