Science Fiction Short Stories
Science Fiction Short Stories
All these are available from Project Gutenberg, and are likely, in Cori's opinion, to be under an hour in finished recording time*. The advantage of using PG texts is that they have already been carefully copyright checked, so unlikely to give us legal problems in that respect! (Though a few books there are copyrighted - double-check the licence text before recording.)
Longer books and more short stories and novellas can be found on the Science Fiction Bookshelf at PG, or search there for your favourite authors -- you may be surprised!
Multiple versions are very welcome - however, if you want to read something for the first time, please cross-reference with the LibriVox Short Science Fiction Index.
Word counts are only rough estimates of total words in each story. Another loose rule-of-thumb is 1 min per KB.
Last edited: Nov '09 (including all Gutenberg short titles to 30400.) There are 385 sci-fi short stories listed.
* Longer stories -- but which may still fit within the 70min limit of the Short Story collection, depending on how fast you read -- may now be found at Science Fiction Shortish Stories. Stories which turn out longer than 70mins can be split into more than one file and catalogued as a solo. See also Science Fiction Novels.
Authors Surname A-K
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Authors Surname L-Z
Science Fiction Short Stories p2
Out of This World Convention (non-fic) by Forrest James Ackerman http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28535 ~738words
The Burning Bridge by Poul Anderson http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22554 ~9975words
The Valor of Cappen Varra by Poul Anderson - http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29542 - 48KB
Lease to Doomsday by (Harlan Ellison?) Lee Archer http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/27392 ~5602words
Operation Earthworm by Joe Archibald - http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29303 - 51KB
The Indulgence of Negu Mah by Robert Arthur http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23688 ~4142words
The Aggravation of Elmer by Robert Arthur (34KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29618
Accidental Death by Peter Baily http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24517 ~3378words
Droozle by Frank Banta http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23148 ~2798words
The Cuckoo Clock by Wesley Barefoot (36KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29623
Vanishing Point by C.C. Beck http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23868 ~2003words
Shipwreck in the Sky by Eando Binder - http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29133 - 35KB
Zen by Jerome Bixby (36KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29750
One-Shot by James Benjamin Blish http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22958 ~4941words
Lighter Than You Think by Nelson Slade Bond (45KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29698
The Issahar Artifacts by Jesse F. Bone - http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29271 - 40KB
Pandemic by Jesse F. Bone http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26206 ~6903words
A Prize for Edie by Jesse F. Bone http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26332 - 29KB
The Next Logical Step by Ben Bova http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28063 ~ 2762 words
Show Business by Lyle Gifford Boyd (34KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/30189
Year of the Big Thaw by Marion Zimmer Bradley http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28650 ~ 3345 words
Earthmen Bearing Gifts by Fredric Brown http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26521 ~919words
Hall of Mirrors by Fredric Brown (33KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29720
Happy Ending by Fredric Brown (50KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29206
Keep Out by Fredric Brown (27KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29142
Two Timer by Fredric Brown (23KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29948
Happy Ending by Fredric Brown and Dallas McCord (Mack) Reynolds - http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29206 - 50KB
Keep Out by Fredric Brown - http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29142 - 27KB
The Day Time Stopped Moving by Bradner Buckner http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/27053 ~6130words
The Stoker and the Stars by Algirdas Jonas Budrys http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22967 ~4549words
Weak on Square Roots by Russell Burton (35KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29976
Solander's Radio Tomb by Ellis Parker Butler http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26856 ~3195words
The Last Evolution by John Wood Campbell http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/27462 ~6835words
Tulan by Carroll M. Capps http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/27968 ~8455words
And All the Earth a Grave by Carroll M. Capps http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23146 ~2572words
Hard Guy by H. B. Carleton http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26855 ~1045words
Solomon's Orbit by William Carroll http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23160 ~3869words
The Perfectionists by Arnold Castle http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24977 ~4903words
Competition by James Causey (37KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29632
Teething Ring by James Causey (33KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29625
Untechnological Employment by E. M. Clinton http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23147 ~551words
Flight Through Tomorrow by Stanton Arthur Coblentz http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28453 ~ 3451 words
Warning from the Stars by Ron Cocking http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22545 ~6370words
Say "Hello" for Me by Frank W. Coggins (25KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/30382
Indirection by Everett B. Cole http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23339 ~7431words
Question of Comfort by Les Collins http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22597 ~7113words
The Sound of Silence by Barbara Constant (53KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/30283
The Hills of Home by Alfred Coppel http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22102 ~3221words
Egocentric Orbit by John Cory http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24101 ~1053words
The Guardians by Irving E. Cox http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24152 ~6249words
A Choice of Miracles by James A. Cox http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26190 ~3832words
Foundling on Venus by Dorothy De Courcy and John De Courcy - http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29181 - 37KB
No Pets Allowed by M. A. Cummings - http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29139 - 26KB
Martians Never Die by Lucius Daniel (46KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29735
Foundling on Venus by Dorothy De Courcy (37KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29181
Control Group by Roger Dee http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24949 ~5019words
Traders Risk by Roger Dee http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23103 ~4994words
The Ultimate Experiment by Thornton DeKy http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22466 ~1494words
Badge of Infamy by Lester Del Ray (22KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/21439
Dead Ringer by Lester Del Ray (42KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/30234
McIlvaine's Star by August William Derleth (42KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/30199
The Sun King by Gaston Derreaux http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24973 ~3101words
Monkey On His Back by Charles V. De Vet http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26569 - 47KB
There is a Reaper ... by Charles V. De Vet (28KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29954
Beyond Lies the Wub by Philip K. Dick http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28554 ~ 3422 words
Beyond the Door by Philip K. Dick http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28644 ~ 2877 words
The Crystal Crypt by Philip K. Dick - http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28698 - 61KB
The Gun by Philip K. Dick - http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29132 - 47KB
The Putnam Tradition by Sonya Dorman http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26743 ~2249words
Dead World by Jack Douglas http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/27631 ~5805words
Test Rocket! by Jack Douglas http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23651 ~1077words
Tree, Spare that Woodman by Dave Dryfoos (36KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29794
Regeneration by Charles Dye http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/19964 ~7293words
Blessed Are the Meek by G.C. Edmondson http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23762 ~1840words
Cully by Jack Egan http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26751 ~1716words
Disowned by Victor A. Endersby - http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29384 - 62KB
The Radiant Shell by Paul Ernst http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22171 ~7321words
The Mightiest Man by Patrick Fahy http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/21582 ~1871words
They Twinkled Like Jewels by Philip José Farmer - http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29559 - 56KB
Remember the Alamo! by T. R. Fehrenbach (43KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/30267
The Mathematicians by Arthur Feldman - http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29140 - 26KB
One Out of Ten by J. Anthony Ferlaine - http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28933 - 27KB
The Invaders by Benjamin Ferris http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23535 ~5992words
The Circuit Riders by R. C. FitzPatrick http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24543 ~6328words
Disqualified by Charles Louis Fontenay (25KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/30251
The Gift Bearer by Charles Louis Fontenay http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24975 ~1979words
The Jupiter Weapon by Charles Louis Fontenay http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/27588 ~5012words
Service with a Smile by Charles Louis Fontenay (26KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/30371
Wind by Charles Louis Fontenay http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22590 ~5900words
The Flying Cuspidors by V. R. Francis (43KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29749
I Like Martian Music by Charles E. Fritch http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28451
The Odyssey of Sam Meecham by Charles E. Fritch - http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29355 - 39KB
Exile by Horace Brown Fyfe http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22346 ~4888words
Flamedown by Horace Brown Fyfe (28KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29936
Irresistible Weapon by Horace Brown Fyfe (34KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29994
Satellite System by Horace Brown Fyfe (47KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29990
The Outbreak of Peace by Horace Brown Fyfe (29KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29989
The Talkative Tree by Horace Brown Fyfe http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23767 ~3259words
Transmutation of Muddles by Horace Brown Fyfe http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24187 ~6312words
This World Must Die! by Horace Brown Fyfe http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23102 ~8046words
The Eternal Wall by Raymond Z. Gallun http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/27110 ~4277words
...After a Few Words... by Gordon Randall Garrett http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23960 ~3001words
Belly Laugh by Gordon Randall Garrett http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28643 ~ 1240 words
The Bramble Bush by Gordon Randall Garrett http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23764 ~7579words
But, I Don't Think by Gordon Randall Garrett http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24005 ~11754words
Cum Grano Salis by Gordon Randall Garrett http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/25234 ~8489words
Dead Giveaway by Gordon Randall Garrett http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24054 ~9430words
Heist Job on Thizar by Gordon Randall Garrett http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/25028 ~4591words
In Case of Fire by Gordon Randall Garrett http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24521 ~3327words
The Man Who Hated Mars by Gordon Randall Garrett http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/25644 ~5501words
Measure of a Man by Gordon Randall Garrett http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24135 ~7471words
...Or Your Money Back by Gordon Randall Garrett http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23534 ~7994words
Suite Mentale by Gordon Randall Garrett http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22763 ~4903words
Unnecessary Man by Gordon Randall Garrett http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24529 ~8324words
Viewpoint by Gordon Randall Garrett http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23563 ~4086words
With No Strings Attached by Gordon Randall Garrett http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23198 ~6512words
Acid Bath by Bill Garson - http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29159 - 47KB
Stopover by William Gerken http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28450 ~ 3863 words
Stopover Planet by Robert E. Gilbert (34KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/30015
Breakaway by Stanley Gimble http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23592 ~2291words
Each Man Kills by Victoria Glad http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23301 ~6850words
Master of None by Lloyd Neil Goble http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/27383 ~5018words
Cry from a Far Planet by Tom Godwin http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23799 ~5073words
The Nothing Equation by Tom Godwin http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/25628 ~3062words
The Golden Judge by Nathaniel Gordon http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24495 ~6211words
The Gallery by Roger Phillips Graham http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26936 ~6947words
The Sword and the Atopen by Taylor H. Greenfield http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26883 ~3672words
A Scientist Rises by Desmond Winter Hall http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/27464 ~2738words
The Man Who Saw the Future by Edmond Hamilton http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28062 ~ 6545 words
Native Son by T. D. Hamm (31KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/30014
The Last Supper by T. D. Hamm (22KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/30348
The Undersea Tube by L. Taylor Hansen http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/27609 ~4379words
The Beast of Space by F. E. Hardart http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23509 ~4724words
The Last Place on Earth by James Judson Harmon http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23426 ~7014words
Measure for a Loner by James Judson Harmon http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22596 ~4995words
Goodbye, Dead Man! by Tom W. Harris (30KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29963
Arm of the Law by Harry Harrison - http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29204 - 55KB
Navy Day by Harry Harrison (31KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/30019
The Repairman by Harry Harrison http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22073 ~5544words
Toy Shop by Harry Harrison http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22966 ~2015words
The Velvet Glove by Harry Harrison - http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29471 - 62KB
Prelude to Space by Robert W. Haseltine (27KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/30381
The Beginning by Henry Hasse http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/27645 ~6520words
Walls of Acid by Henry Hasse http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28045 ~4830words
The Stowaway by Alvin Heiner (32KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/30361
Now We Are Three by Joe L. Hensley - http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29290 - 40KB
Missing Link by Frank Patrick Herbert http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23210 ~6073words
Old Rambling House by Frank Patrick Herbert - http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29492 - 34KB
The Smiler by Albert Hernhunter (25KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/30353
Texas Week by Albert Hernhuter http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28647 ~ 1733 words
Spacemen Never Die! by Morris Hershman (26KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29947
It's a Small Solar System by Allan Howard http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28437 ~ 1414 words
I'll Kill You Tomorrow by Helen Huber (35KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/30034
Advanced Chemistry by Jack G. Huekels http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26955 ~2228words
Field Trip by Gene Hunter (25KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/30379
Tight Squeeze by Dean Charles Ing http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23337 ~6221words
The Long Voyage by Carl Richard Jacobi (53KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29742
Made in Tanganyika by Carl Richard Jacobi - http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29242 - 45KB
The Street That Wasn't There by Carl Richard Jacobi - http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22218 - 53KB
The Shining Cow by Alex James - http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29328 - 39KB
Lost in Translation by Laurence M. Janifer (44KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/30029
The Man Who Played to Lose by Laurence M. Janifer (58KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/30259
Sight Gag by Laurence M. Janifer (38KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/30288
Wizard by Laurence Mark Janifer http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24375 ~7434words
The Ambulance Made Two Trips by William Fitzgerald Jenkins http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24149 ~7999words
Scrimshaw by William Fitzgerald Jenkins http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23791 ~6012words
The Fourth Invasion by Henry Josephs http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23099 ~1428words
The Untouchable by Stephen A. Kallis http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24221 ~1938words
The First One by Herbert D. Kastle http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24192 ~4601words
John Jones's Dollar by Harry Stephen Keeler http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26867 ~4073words
The Rat Racket by David Henry Keller http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26890 ~7273words
The Plague by Teddy Keller (46KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/30062
Security by Ernest M. Kenyon http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26140 ~3762words
The Love of Frank Nineteen by David Carpenter Knight http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/27921 ~7827words
The Worshippers by Damon Knight http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22560 ~9174words
The Altar at Midnight by C. M. Kornbluth (33KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29619
The Adventurer by C. M. Kornbluth (48KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29908
All Day September by Roger Kuykendall http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24161 ~5761words
We Didn't Do Anything Wrong, Hardly by Roger Kuykendall http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24118 ~1800words
