Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Science Fiction Oddities | 1966 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 2 | Dangerous Visions 3 | 1967 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 3 | Orbit 6 | 1970 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 4 | Alchemy and Academe | 1970 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 5 | This Side of Infinity | 1972 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 6 | Young Demons | 1972 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 7 | Alpha 3 | 1972 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 8 | Frontiers 1: Tomorrow’s Alternatives | 1973 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 9 | Demon Kind | 1973 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 10 | Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow… | 1974 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 11 | Other Dimensions | 1974 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 12 | Future Corruption | 1975 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 13 | Antigrav | 1975 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 14 | The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series IV | 1976 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 15 | Whispers | 1977 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 16 | Chrysalis Volume 2 | 1978 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 17 | Chrysalis 3 | 1978 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 18 | Chrysalis 4 | 1979 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 19 | Chrysalis 6 | 1980 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 20 | The Berkley Showcase: Vol. 2 | 1980 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 21 | Chrysalis 8 | 1980 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 22 | The Berkley Showcase: Vol. 4 | 1981 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 23 | Perpetual Light | 1982 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 24 | Great Tales of Fantasy and Science Fiction | 1985 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 25 | Terry’s Universe: Science fiction’s finest writers join in honoring the memory of Terry Carr | 1987 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 26 | Now We Are Sick | 1991 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 27 | The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror Fourth Annual Collection | 1991 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 28 | Fourth Annual Collection | 1991 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 29 | Explorers | 2000 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 30 | Supermen | 2002 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 31 | Futures Past | 2006 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 32 | The Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy | 2008 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 33 | More Fantastic Stories | 2009 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 34 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction | 2010 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 35 | Feast of Laughter: Volume 2 | 2015 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
R.A. Lafferty’s short stories appeared in dozens of anthologies over five decades. His contributions to Dangerous Visions (1967) and similar landmark collections helped establish his reputation in the field. Through the 1970s and 1980s, his work was a regular feature in anthologies like the Chrysalis series and various year’s best volumes.
Later anthologies continued to reprint his work, with The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction (2010) and Feast of Laughter: Volume 2 (2015) introducing his stories to new generations of readers. The breadth of these anthology appearances reflects how widely respected Lafferty’s short fiction was among editors, even as he remained something of a cult figure with general readers.