I'm looking for a book of short stories or vignettes with a fantesy or sci-fi vibe. Not interested in anything romantic, angsty YA themes of vampires, etc., or horror, sleep is in short supply as it is these days.
Example books I've recently enjoyed:
Grimm fairytales
Princesses behaving badly
Fragile things, Neil Gainman
Stroke of the pen, Terry Pratchett
TYIA fellow readers!!
by Cantankerous_Won
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There are several short-story collections edited by Ether Freisner which are certainly Fantasy/Sci-fi. In release order, they are-
Chicks In chainmail
Did you say Chicks?
Chicks ‘n chained males
The Chick is in the mail
Turn the other Chick
Chicks and balances
These contain stories featuring female protagonists and the majority of stories are written by female authors.
Weird sad short stories in one===Fine Just the Way it is by Annie Proulx
true shorts –Montana Campfire Tales, 14 Narratives by Dace Walter
The complete works of hp lovecraft
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy is a yearly anthology of short stories and novelettes. It’s been published for basically forever.
Ray Bradbury’s best work was in short stories. *The Martian Chronicles* and *Golden Apples of the Sun* are both worth checking out.
The short stories of Raymond Carver
The short stories of Roald Dahl
The short stories of O. Henry
The short stories of Jonathan Lethem
The short stories of Dorothy Parker
Dangerous Visions and sequels
The Complete Robot
Her Body and Other Parties
Jack Finney’s The Third Level
The Yellow Wallpaper
[Metal-Locks and Other Fairy Tales](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073WN1ST7) by Angela Castillo
(edited for formatting and to correct the link )
The Wandering Earth by Cixin Liu.
Karen Russell’s short story collections! A lot of fantasy / fairy tale adjacent vibes but really literary and beautifully written. Orange World and St Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves are my favorites.