Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Travels with the Snow Queen | 1996 | Kelly Link | Buy |
| 2 | The Specialist’s Hat | 1998 | Kelly Link | Buy |
| 3 | Shoe and Marriage | 2000 | Kelly Link | Buy |
| 4 | The Faery Handbag | 2004 | Kelly Link | Buy |
| 5 | The Hortlak | 2005 | Kelly Link | Buy |
| 6 | Some Zombie Contingency Plans | 2005 | Kelly Link | N/A |
| 7 | Stone Animals | 2012 | Kelly Link | Buy |
| 8 | I Can See Right Through You | 2014 | Kelly Link | N/A |
| 9 | The Game of Smash and Recovery | 2015 | Kelly Link | N/A |
| 10 | The Summer People | 2015 | Kelly Link | Buy |
Kelly Link’s short stories and novellas represent some of the most celebrated work in contemporary speculative fiction. From her early breakthrough with “Travels with the Snow Queen” (1996) through award winners like “The Specialist’s Hat” and “The Faery Handbag,” her stories blend the strange, the funny, and the unsettling in equal measure.
Her work resists genre boundaries, drawing from fairy tales, horror, and literary realism while maintaining a voice that is distinctly her own. Stories like “Some Zombie Contingency Plans” and “The Summer People” have been widely anthologized and taught in writing programs across the country.