Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Breaking Windows | 2003 | Nathan Ballingrud | Buy |
| 2 | Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection | 2004 | Nathan Ballingrud | Buy |
| 3 | Inferno | 2007 | Nathan Ballingrud | Buy |
| 4 | Booklife | 2007 | Nathan Ballingrud | Buy |
| 5 | Twenty-First Annual Collection | 2008 | Nathan Ballingrud | Buy |
| 6 | Ravens in the Library | 2009 | Nathan Ballingrud | Buy |
| 7 | The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two | 2010 | Nathan Ballingrud | Buy |
| 8 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition | 2010 | Nathan Ballingrud | Buy |
| 9 | Teeth: Vampire Tales | 2011 | Nathan Ballingrud | Buy |
| 10 | The Recent Weird | 2011 | Nathan Ballingrud | Buy |
| 11 | New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird | 2011 | Nathan Ballingrud | Buy |
| 12 | The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six | 2014 | Nathan Ballingrud | Buy |
| 13 | Fearful Symmetries | 2014 | Nathan Ballingrud | Buy |
| 14 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition | 2014 | Nathan Ballingrud | Buy |
| 15 | Monstrous Affections: An Anthology of Beastly Tales | 2014 | Nathan Ballingrud | Buy |
| 16 | The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven | 2015 | Nathan Ballingrud | Buy |
| 17 | The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015 | 2015 | Nathan Ballingrud | Buy |
| 18 | Final Cuts: New Tales of Hollywood Horror and Other Spectacles | 2020 | Nathan Ballingrud | Buy |
| 19 | Edited By | 2020 | Nathan Ballingrud | Buy |
| 20 | Body Shocks | 2021 | Nathan Ballingrud | Buy |
| 21 | Beyond the Veil | 2021 | Nathan Ballingrud | Buy |
| 22 | Screams from the Dark | 2022 | Nathan Ballingrud | Buy |
| 23 | All Hallows Eve | 2026 | Nathan Ballingrud | Buy |
Nathan Ballingrud has contributed stories to 23 anthologies spanning horror, dark fantasy, and weird fiction. His anthology appearances range from Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror (2004) to All Hallows Eve (2026), including notable collections like Teeth: Vampire Tales (2011), Fearful Symmetries (2014), The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015, and Screams from the Dark (2022).
His earliest appearance was in Breaking Windows (2003), years before his first story collection would bring wider recognition. The anthologies he has appeared in cover a broad range of horror and dark fiction subgenres, from Lovecraftian weird tales to vampire fiction to body horror. His inclusion in The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015 placed him alongside authors from well outside the horror niche.
Later anthology credits like Final Cuts (2020), Body Shocks (2021), and Beyond the Veil (2021) show that editors continue to seek out his work. All Hallows Eve (2026) is his most recent listed contribution. For readers unfamiliar with Ballingrud, these anthologies offer a way to sample individual stories before committing to his full collections.