Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Best Fantasy Stories of the Year, 1989 | 1990 | Lawrence Watt-Evans | Buy |
| 2 | Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, August 1991 | 1991 | Lawrence Watt-Evans | Buy |
| 3 | Once Upon a Time | 1991 | Lawrence Watt-Evans | Buy |
| 4 | Deathport | 1993 | Lawrence Watt-Evans | Buy |
| 5 | The Beast Within | 1994 | Lawrence Watt-Evans | Buy |
| 6 | 100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories | 1995 | Lawrence Watt-Evans | Buy |
| 7 | Superheroes | 1995 | Lawrence Watt-Evans | Buy |
| 8 | Cthulhu 2000 | 1995 | Lawrence Watt-Evans | Buy |
| 9 | Strange City | 1996 | Lawrence Watt-Evans | Buy |
| 10 | Between the Darkness and the Fire | 1998 | Lawrence Watt-Evans | Buy |
| 11 | The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 10 | 1999 | Lawrence Watt-Evans | Buy |
| 12 | Prom Night | 1999 | Lawrence Watt-Evans | Buy |
| 13 | Seven Seasons of Buffy | 2003 | Lawrence Watt-Evans | Buy |
| 14 | The Cthulhu Mythos Megapack | 2012 | Lawrence Watt-Evans | Buy |
| 15 | The Wildside Book of Fantasy | 2012 | Lawrence Watt-Evans | Buy |
| 16 | The Mammoth Book of Time Travel SF | 2013 | Lawrence Watt-Evans | Buy |
| 17 | Unidentified Funny Objects 6 | 2017 | Lawrence Watt-Evans | Buy |
Lawrence Watt-Evans has contributed stories to 17 anthologies over nearly three decades. These multi-author collections span a wide range of genres and themes, reflecting Watt-Evans’s versatility as a short fiction writer.
His anthology appearances include fantasy collections (Once Upon a Time, The Wildside Book of Fantasy), horror anthologies (The Beast Within, 100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories, The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 10), and Lovecraftian fiction (Cthulhu 2000, The Cthulhu Mythos Megapack). He has also contributed to science fiction anthologies like The Mammoth Book of Time Travel SF and humor collections like Unidentified Funny Objects 6. Seven Seasons of Buffy is a non-fiction anthology where he wrote about the TV show.
For readers interested in sampling Watt-Evans’s short fiction alongside other authors, these anthologies are a good way to discover his work in the context of the broader genre. Each anthology features multiple writers, so they also work well as a starting point for finding new authors.