Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, September 1989 | 1989 | Allen M. Steele | Buy |
| 2 | Isaac Asimov’s Mars | 1991 | Allen M. Steele | Buy |
| 3 | Alternate Kennedys | 1992 | Allen M. Steele | N/A |
| 4 | Alternate Warriors | 1993 | Allen M. Steele | N/A |
| 5 | Asimov’s Science Fiction, October 1995 | 1995 | Allen M. Steele | Buy |
| 6 | Alternate Outlaws | 1994 | Allen M. Steele | N/A |
| 7 | Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction | 1998 | Allen M. Steele | Buy |
| 8 | Alternate Tyrants | 1997 | Allen M. Steele | N/A |
| 9 | Analog, December 1998 | 1998 | Allen M. Steele | Buy |
| 10 | We Could Do Worse: A Millennial Collection of Alternate Histories | 1999 | Allen M. Steele | Buy |
| 11 | The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 15 | 2002 | Allen M. Steele | Buy |
| 12 | Witpunk | 2003 | Allen M. Steele | Buy |
| 13 | The Hard SF Renaissance | 2003 | Allen M. Steele | Buy |
| 14 | Future Washington | 2005 | Allen M. Steele | Buy |
| 15 | Escape from Earth | 2006 | Allen M. Steele | Buy |
| 16 | The Space Opera Renaissance | 2006 | Allen M. Steele | Buy |
| 17 | Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, February 2008 | 2008 | Allen M. Steele | Buy |
| 18 | Enter a Future: Fantastic Tales from Asimov’s Science Fiction | 2010 | Allen M. Steele | Buy |
| 19 | Asimov’s Science Fiction, June 2010 | 2010 | Allen M. Steele | Buy |
| 20 | The Year’s Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 3 | 2011 | Allen M. Steele | Buy |
| 21 | Timeless Time Travel Tales | 2012 | Allen M. Steele | Buy |
| 22 | The Mammoth Book of SF Wars | 2012 | Allen M. Steele | Buy |
| 23 | The Year’s Top Short SF Novels 2 | 2012 | Allen M. Steele | Buy |
| 24 | Impossible Futures | 2013 | Allen M. Steele | Buy |
| 25 | The Year’s Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 6 | 2014 | Allen M. Steele | Buy |
| 26 | The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection | 2014 | Allen M. Steele | Buy |
| 27 | The Complete Guide to Writing for Young Adults, Volume 1 | 2014 | Allen M. Steele | Buy |
| 28 | Visions of the Future | 2015 | Allen M. Steele | Buy |
| 29 | Bridging Infinity | 2016 | Allen M. Steele | Buy |
| 30 | Little Green Men—Attack! | 2017 | Allen M. Steele | Buy |
Allen M. Steele has appeared in more than 30 science fiction anthologies and magazine issues since 1989. His earliest appearances include Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine and Isaac Asimov’s Mars, placing him in the company of major science fiction names from the start. He also contributed to several alternate history anthologies, including Alternate Kennedys, Alternate Warriors, and Alternate Tyrants.
His anthology appearances continued steadily through the 2000s and 2010s, with contributions to themed collections like Bridging Infinity, Future Washington, and Little Green Men–Attack!. His stories appear in multiple “year’s best” anthologies, reflecting the consistent quality of his short fiction. The breadth of these appearances shows Steele as a reliable contributor to the science fiction short fiction community.