Margaret Kingsbury at BOOK RIOT revealed 100 Must-Read SFF Short Story Collections which included six Tachyon titles.

Nowadays, short stories take the back burner to novels and epic series for most SFF fans. However, many fantastic SFF writers write short stories, for many reasons. Some get their own start in shorter works and later turn to novels — like Ken Liu, Yoon Ha Lee, and Theodora Goss. Others prefer writing short stories — like Kelly Link and Carmen Maria Machado. Still other SFF authors readily switch back and forth between long and short works — Catherynne M. Valente, China Miéville, and Neil Gaiman, among others.

I read SFF short stories for many reasons. I love their brevity. They encapsulate the emotional impact of a single moment much like a poem does, but unlike poetry, they still give richness and depth to character and setting. And hey, I like that feeling of being completely immersed in a new world for 20 minutes, and then being finished. I love my epic series like any other SFF fan, but sometimes I crave bite-size pieces. It’s like chocolate. And short stories are great places to discover new authors. It requires less commitment than reading a novel, and I love discovering authors through their short stories before they’ve written their first novel.

DREAMS OF DISTANT SHORES by Patricia A. McKillip

FALLING IN LOVE WITH HOMINIDS by Nalo Hopkinson

WICKED WONDERS by
Ellen Klages

THE VERY BEST OF CHARLES DE LINT by Charles de Lint

FEELING VERY STRANGE: THE SLIPSTREAM ANTHOLOGY edited by James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel

THE NEW VOICES OF FANTASY edited by Peter S. Beagle and Jacob Weisman

The list also includes seven additional titles from Taychon authors and editors.

• FOUNTAIN OF AGE:
  STORIES by Nancy Kress
• TALES OF WONDER by
  Jane Yolen
• THE HARD SF
  RENAISSANCE edited by David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer
• HIEROGLYPH: STORIES
  AND VISIONS FOR A BETTER FUTURE edited by Ed Finn and Kathryn Cramer
• LOOSED UPON THE
  WORLD: THE SAGA ANTHOLOGY OF CLIMATE FICTION edited by John Joseph
  Adams
• SNOW WHITE, BLOOD
  RED edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
• THE WEIRD: A
  COMPENDIUM OF STRANGE AND DARK STORIEs edited by Jeff VanderMeer and
  Ann VanderMeer

For more info on DREAMS OF DISTANT SHORES, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Thomas Canty

For more information on FALLING IN LOVE WITH HOMINIDS, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover art by Chuma Hill

Design by Elizabeth Story

For more info on WICKED WONDERS, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover design by Elizabeth Story

For more information about THE VERY BEST OF CHARLES DE LINT, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Charles Vess

For more info about FEELING VERY STRANGE: THE SLIPSTREAM ANTHOLOGY, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by John Berry

For more info about THE NEW VOICES OF FANTASY, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover art by Camille André

Cover design by Elizabeth Story