List of short stories by Ursula K. Le Guin

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This is a list of short stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.

Short story collections

Short stories


A-B

  • "Along the River" (1993)
  • "An die Musik" first appeared in The Western Humanities Review,, V. XV, No. 3, Summer 1961; republished in Orsinian Tales (1976)
  • "Another Story" or "A Fisherman of the Inland Sea" © 1994; first appeared in Tomorrow; republished in A Fisherman of the Inland Sea (1994)
  • "April in Paris" originally published in Fantastic, 1962; reprinted in The Wind's Twelve Quarters (1975) ("This is the first story I ever got paid for; the second story I ever got published; and maybe the thirtieth or fortieth story I wrote." (The Wind's Twelve Quarters page 31))
  • "The Ascent of the North Face" © 1983; first appeared in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine; republished in Space of Her Own, edited by Shawna McCarthy (1983); republished in A Fisherman of the Inland Sea (1994)
  • "'The Author of the Acacia Seeds' and Other Extracts from The Journal of the Association of Therolinguistics" © 1974; first appeared in Fellowship of the Stars, edited by Terry Carr (Simon & Schuster); republished in Buffalo Gals (1987); republished in Through Other Eyes: Animal Stories by Women, edited by Irene Zahava (Crossing Press: 1988); republished in The Compass Rose (1982)
  • "The Barrow" first appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1976; republished in Orsinian Tales (1976)
  • " Betrayals" © 1994; first appeared in Blue Motel; republished in Four Ways to Forgiveness (1995)
  • "Bill Weisler" © 1990; first appeared in The Kenyon Review v. ns12 (Fall 1990) pages 146-154; republished in Searoad (1991).
  • "The Birthday of the World" © 2000; first appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, v. 98, no. 6 (June 2000); republished in The Birthday of the World
  • "The Bones of the Earth" © 2001; first appeared in Tales from Earthsea (2001)
  • "Brothers and Sisters" in Orsinian Tales (1976)
  • "Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight?" © 1987; first appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Nov. 1987; published in Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences (1987); released as a graphic novel (1994). Hugo-award winner, 1988, novelette category
  • "The Building" (published in Red Shift, 2002)

C-D

  • "A Child Bride" © 1987; first appeared in Terry's Universe under the title "Kore 87"; republished in Unlocking the Air and Other Stories (1996)
  • "Climbing to the Moon" © 1992; first appeared in American Short Fiction; republished in Unlocking the Air and Other Stories (1996)
  • "Coming of Age in Karhide" © 1995; first appeared in New Legends, edited by Greg Bear with Martin Greenberg (Legend Books, an imprint of Random House); republished in The Birthday of the World (2002)
  • "Conversations at Night" in Orsinian Tales (1976)
  • "The Creatures on My Mind" © 1990; first appeared in Harper's; republished in Unlocking the Air and Other Stories (1996)
  • "Crosswords" © 1990; first appeared in The New Yorker v. 66 (July 30 1990), pages 33-36; republished in Searoad (1991)
  • "Daddy's Big Girl" © 1987; first appeared in Omni v. 9 (January 9 1987), pages 48-50+; republished in Unlocking the Air and Other Stories (1996)
  • "Dancing to Ganam" © 1993; first appeared in Amazing; republished in A Fisherman of the Inland Sea (1994)
  • "Darkness Box" originally published in Fantastic, 1963; reprinted in The Wind's Twelve Quarters (1975)
  • "Darkrose and Diamond" © 1999; first appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction republished in Tales from Earthsea (2001)
  • "The Day Before the Revolution" originally published in Galaxy, 1974; reprinted in The Wind's Twelve Quarters (1975); reprinted in Pamela Sargent's More Women of Wonder nominated for Hugo Award, 1975, short story category; won Nebula Award, 1974, for short story
  • "The Diary of the Rose" © 1976; first appeared in Future Power, edited by Jack Dann and Gardner R. Dozois (Random House, New York: 1976); republished in Dozois' Sixth Annual Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year; republished in The Compass Rose (1982) nominated for Hugo Award, 1977, novelette category
  • "The Direction of the Road" © 1974; first appeared in Orbit 14, edited by Damon Knight (1974); reprinted in The Wind's Twelve Quarters (1975); republished in Buffalo Gals (1987)
  • "Dowry of the Angyar" originally published in Amazing, 1964; reprinted as "Semley's Necklace" in The Wind's Twelve Quarters (1975); "Angyar" had a grammatical error by the editor in the original publiciation
  • "Dragonfly" © 1997; first appeared in Legends: Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy, edited by Robert Silverberg (Tor, 1998); republished in Tales from Earthsea (2001) excerpt on the Tor Legends website

E-F

  • "The End" first published in Orbit 6, 1970; later published as "Things" in The Wind's Twelve Quarters (1975)
  • "Ether, OR" © 1995; first appeared in Asimov's; republished in Unlocking the Air and Other Stories (1996)
  • "The Evil Eye" Seventeen v. 43 (September 1984), pages 192-193+
  • "The Eye Altering" © 1976; first appeared in The Altered I, edited by Lee Harding (Norstrilla Press); republished in The Compass Rose (1982)
  • "The Field of Vision" originally published as "Field of Vision" in Galaxy, 1973; reprinted as "The Field of Vision" in The Wind's Twelve Quarters (1975)
  • "The Finder" © 2001; first appeared in Tales from Earthsea (2001)
  • "Findings" © 1992; first appeared as a chapbook from Ox Head Press; republished in Unlocking the Air and Other Stories (1996) Ox Head Press: "This miniature chapbook was printed...in an edition of 450 copies in softcover and 26 copies in hardcovers. The hardcover copies are lettered A to Z and are signed by the author." Series: Minnesota Miniatures number 26. 11 pages. 1992.
  • "The First Contact with Gorgonids" © 1991; first appeared in Omni (New York, NY) v. 14 (Jan. 1992), pp. 50-52; republished in A Fisherman of the Inland Sea (1994)
  • "The First Report of the Shipwrecked Foreigner to the Kadanh of Derb" © 1978; first appeared in Antaeus; republished in The Compass Rose (1982)
  • "A Fisherman of the Inland Sea" or "Another Story" © 1994; first appeared in Tomorrow; republished in A Fisherman of the Inland Sea (1994)
  • "The Fountains" in Orsinian Tales (1976)
  • "Forgiveness Day" © 1994; first appeared in Asimov's; collected in Four Ways to Forgiveness (1995); anthologized in Flying Cups and Saucers (1998) nominated for 1995 Hugo, novella category; 1994 Tiptree Award Short List.

G-H

  • "Geezers" © 1991; first appeared in The Missouri Review; republished in Searoad (1991)
  • "The Good Trip" originally published in Fantastic 1970; reprinted in The Wind's Twelve Quarters (1975)
  • "Gwilan's Harp" © 1977; first appeared in Redbook; republished in limited edition by Lord John Press: June 1981 (ISBN 0935716114); republished in The Compass Rose (1982)
  • "Half Past Four" © 1987; first appeared in The New Yorker v. 63 (September 28 1987), pages 34-44+; republished in Unlocking the Air and Other Stories (1996)
  • "Hand, Cup, Shell" © 1989; first appeared in Southwest Review v. 74 (Autumn 1989) pages 466-487; republished in Searoad (1991).
  • "Horse Camp" © 1986; The New Yorker v. 62 (August 25 1986) pages 22-23; republished in Buffalo Gals (1987)
  • "The House" in Orsinian Tales (1976)

I-L

  • "Ile Forest" in Orsinian Tales (1976)
  • "Imaginary Countries" first appeared in The Harvard Advocate; republished in Orsinian Tales (1976)
  • "In the Drought" © 1993; first appeared in Xanadu II; republished in Unlocking the Air and Other Stories (1996)
  • "In and Out" © 1989; first published in The New Yorker v. 64 (January 16 1989), pages 30-35; republished in Searoad (1991)
  • "Intracom" © 1974; first appeared in Stopwatch, edited by George Hay (New English Library); republished in The Compass Rose (1982)
  • "The Kerastion" © 1990; first appeared in Westercon 1990 Program Book; republished in A Fisherman of the Inland Sea (1994)
  • "King Dog" Capra Back-to-Back Series, with Raymond Carver & Tess Gallagher, "Dostoyevsky (The Screenplay)" (Fall 1985)
  • "Kore 87" published in Terry's Universe (1987); republished as "A Child Bride" in Unlocking the Air and Other Stories (1996)
  • "The Lady of Moge" in Orsinian Tales (1976)
  • "Limberlost" © 1989; first appeared in Michigan Quarterly Review v. 28 (Winter 1989) p. 63-70; republished in Unlocking the Air and Other Stories (1996)

M

  • "Malheur County" © 1979; first appeared in Kenyon Review; republished in The Compass Rose (1982)
  • "A Man of the People" © 1995; first appeared in Asimov's; republished in Four Ways to Forgiveness (1995). nominated for 1996 Hugo, novella category
  • "The Masters" originally published in Fantastic 1963; reprinted in The Wind's Twelve Quarters (1975)
  • "The Matter of Seggri" © 1994; originally published in Crank #3, Spring 1994; anthologized in Flying Cups and Saucers, 1998; collected in The Birthday of the World (2002). Co-winner of the 1994 James Tiptree Jr. Memorial Award; nominated for 1995 Hugo, novelette category
  • "May's Lion" © 1983; first appeared in The Little Magazine, Vol. 14, combined Nos. 1 & 2; republished in Buffalo Gals (1987)
  • "Mazes" © 1975; first appeared in Epoch, edited by Roger Elwood & Robert Silverberg (Berkley Publishing Corp.); republished in The Compass Rose (1982); republished in Buffalo Gals (1987)
  • "Mountain Ways" © 1996; first appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction, v. 20, no. 8 (Aug. 1996); republished in The Birthday of the World (2002). nominated for 1997 Hugo, novelette; co-winner 1996 Tiptree Award.

N-O

  • "The New Atlantis" © 1975; first appeared in The New Atlantis, edited by Robert Silverberg (Hawthorn 1975; Warner Books 1976); republished in The Compass Rose (1982); republished 1989 as a chapbook; republished by Tor, Sept. 1989, ISBN 0812500105 in a double edition with Kim Stanley Robinson's The Blind Geometer; republished in The Norton Book of Science Fiction. Nominated for Hugo Award, 1976, novelette category
  • "Newton's Sleep" © 1991; first appeared in Full Spectrum 3; republished in A Fisherman of the Inland Sea (1994)
  • "Nine Lives" © 1969; originally published in PLAYBOY Magazine in 1968 or 1969 under U. K. Le Guin with "a good many minor changes in the story" (Le Guin, The Wind's Twelve Quarters); substantially revised version appeared in World's Best Science Fiction: 1970, edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr; that version reprinted in Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader, in the "Theme: To Mean Intensely" section, edited by Robin Scott Wilson (New American Library: New York, 1973); Le Guin's version republished in The Wind's Twelve Quarters (1975); republished by Pulphouse Pub: March 1992 (ISBN 156146550X)
  • "Old Music and the Slave Women" © 1999; first appeared in Far Horizons, edited by Robert Silverberg (Avon Eos); republished in The Birthday of the World (2002)
  • "Olders" © 1995; first appeared in Omni; republished in Unlocking the Air and Other Stories (1996)
  • "On the High Marsh" © 2001; first appeared in Tales from Earthsea (2001)
  • "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" originally published in New Dimensions 3, 1973; reprinted in The Wind's Twelve Quarters (1975); republished by Creative Education: April 1997 (ISBN 0886825016, 32 pp.) Won Hugo Award for Short Story, 1974

P-R

  • "The Pathways of Desire" © 1979; first appeared in New Dimensions 9, edited by Robert Silverberg (Harper & Row); republished in The Compass Rose (1982)
  • "Phoenix" © 1982; first appeared in The Compass Rose (1982); recorded by Judith Walcutt (1995) in "Ursula K. Le Guin's 'The Phoenix' and Gish Jen's 'The Water Faucet Vision'" (LodeStone Media, 1995)
  • "The Poacher" © 1992; first appeared in Xanadu; republished in Unlocking the Air and Other Stories (1996)
  • "The Professor's Houses" © 1982; first appeared in The New Yorker; reprinted in Unlocking the Air and Other Stories (1996)
  • "Quoits" © 1991; first appeared in The Southern Review (Baton Rouge, LA), v. 27 (Summer 1991), pages 585-594; republished in Searoad
  • "The Road East" in Orsinian Tales (1976)
  • "The Rock That Changed Things" © 1992; first appeared in Amazing; republished in A Fisherman of the Inland Sea (1994)
  • "Ruby on the 67" © 1996; published in Unlocking the Air and Other Stories (1996)
  • "The Rule of Names" originally published in Fantastic 1964; reprinted in The Wind's Twelve Quarters, 1975. (setting further developed with Earthsea trilogy)

S

  • "Schrödinger's Cat" © 1974; first appeared in Universe 5, edited by Terry Carr (Random House); republished in The Compass Rose (1982); republished in Buffalo Gals (1987)
  • "Semley's Necklace" written 1963; originally published as "Dowry of the Angyar" in 1964 in Amazing; published as Prologue of Rocannon's World in 1966; reprinted in The Wind's Twelve Quarters (1975)
  • "She Unnames Them" © 1985; The New Yorker v. 60 (January 21 1985), page 27; republished in Hear the Silence edited by Irene Zahava (1986), pages 192-194; republished in Buffalo Gals (1987).
  • "The Ship Ahoy" © 1987; first appeared in The New Yorker v. 63 (November 2 1987), pages 40-45; republished in Searoad (1991)
  • "The Shobies' Story" © 1990; first appeared in Universe; republished in A Fisherman of the Inland Sea (1994); audio recording, narrated by Amy Bruce (Audiotext: Jan. 1998 (ISBN 1884612091))
  • "Sleepwalkers" © 1991; first appeared in Mississippi Mud; republished in Searoad (1991)
  • "Small Change" © 1981; first appeared in Tor zu den Sternen, edited by Peter Wilfert (Goldmann Verlag); republished in The Compass Rose (1982)
  • "Solitude" © 1994; first appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, v. 87, no. 6 (Dec. 1994); republished in The Birthday of the World; 1996 Nebula winner for "novelette"; nominated for 1995 Hugo, novelette category
  • "Some Approaches to the Problem of the Shortness of Time" © 1979; first appeared in abridged form under the title "Where Does the Time Go?" in Omni; republished in The Compass Rose (1982)
  • "The Spoons in the Basement" © 1982; first appeared in The New Yorker; republished in Unlocking the Air and Other Stories (1996)
  • "SQ" © 1978; first appeared in Cassandra Rising, edited by Alice Laurance (Doubleday); republished in The Compass Rose (1982)
  • "Standing Ground" © 1992; first appeared in Ms. v. 3 (July / August 1992), pages 52-58.; republished in Unlocking the Air and Other Stories (1996)
  • "The Stars Below" originally published in Orbit 12, 1973; reprinted in The Wind's Twelve Quarters (1975)
  • "Sunday in Summer in Seatown" © 1995; first appeared in 13th Moon; republished in Unlocking the Air and Other Stories (1996)
  • "Sur" © 1982; first appeared in The New Yorker; republished in The Compass Rose (1982); anthologized in The Norton Anthology of Literature by Women, edited by Sandra M. Gilbert & Susan Gubar (Norton: 1985, pp. 2007-2022). Nominated for Hugo Award, 1983, short story category

T-V

  • "Texts" © 1990; first appeared in American Short Fiction by permission of PEN Syndication Fiction Project; republished in Searoad (1991)
  • "Things" first published in Orbit 6, 1970, as "The End"; reprinted in The Wind's Twelve Quarters (1975)
  • "Time in the Valley" The Hudson Review v. 37 (Winter 1984/1985), pages 537-548
  • "A Trip to the Head" originally published in Quark 1 1970; reprinted in The Wind's Twelve Quarters (1975)
  • "True Love" © 1991; first appeared in Indiana Review; republished in Searoad (1991)
  • "Two Delays on the Northern Line" © 1979; first appeared in The New Yorker; republished in The Compass Rose (1982)
  • "Unchosen Love" © 1994; first appeared in Amazing Stories, v. 69, no. 2 (Fall 1994); republished in The Birthday of the World (2002)
  • "Unlocking the Air" © 1990; first appeared in Playboy; republished in Unlocking the Air and Other Stories (1996)
  • "Vaster Than Empires and More Slow" © 1971; originally published in New Dimensions 1, edited by Robert Silverberg (1971); republished in The Wind's Twelve Quarters (1975); republished in Buffalo Gals (1987) nominated for Hugo Award, 1972, short story category
  • "The Visionary: The Life Story of Flicker of the Serpentine" Omni (New York, NY) v. 7 (October 1984) pages 100-102+; Capra Press: Santa Barbara, 1984 (ISBn 0884962199), Capra Back-to-Back Series, with Scott R. Sanders "Wonders Hidden: Audobon's Early Years"; illustrated by Margaret Chodos;

W-Z

  • "The Water is Wide" © 1976; first appeared as a chapbook in 1976 by Pendragon Press (Portland, OR: Pendragon Press, 1976) (16 pp.; illus.; ISBN 0914010034); republished in The Compass Rose (1982)
  • "A Week in the Country" first appeared in The Little Magazine, v. 9, no. 4 (Spr. 1976); republished in Orsinian Tales (1976)
  • "Where Does the Time Go?" © 1979; first appeared in Omni; longer version published in The Compass Rose (1982) under the title "Some Approaches to the Problem of the Shortness of Time"
  • "White Donkey" © 1980; first appeared in TriQuarterly (Fall 1980); republished in The Compass Rose (1982); republished in Buffalo Gals (1987)
  • "The Wife's Story" © 1982; first appeared in The Compass Rose, with the note, "was written for the anthology Changes, edited by Michael Bishop and Ian Watson; their forebearance is much appreciated by the author"; republished in Buffalo Gals (1987); republished in Women Who Run With the Werewolves, edited by Pam Keesey (1996).
  • "The Wild Girls" (2002 Asimov's?)
  • "Winter's King" originally published in Orbit 5, 1969; republished in The Wind's Twelve Quarters (1975). (setting further developed in The Left Hand of Darkness). Nominated for Hugo Award, 1970, short story category
  • "The Wise Woman" © 1995; first broadcast on The Sound of Writing; printed in Unlocking the Air and Other Stories (1996)
  • "A Woman's Liberation" © 1995; first appeared in Asimov's; republished in Four Ways to Forgiveness (1995); nominated for 1996 Hugo, novella category; republished in A Woman's Liberation (Connie Willis & Sheila Williams, editors, Warner, 2001)
  • "The Word of Unbinding" originally published in Fantastic 1964; reprinted in The Wind's Twelve Quarters (1975). (setting further developed in Earthsea trilogy)
  • "Young Woman in a Garden" in Asimov's
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