Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam Had Three Brothers | 1960 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 2 | The Six Fingers of Time | 1960 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 3 | Through Other Eyes | 1960 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 4 | The Ugly Sea | 1960 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 5 | All the People | 1961 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 6 | In the Garden | 1961 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 7 | Aloys | 1961 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 8 | Sodom and Gomorrah, Texas | 1962 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 9 | Slow Tuesday Night | 1965 | R.A. Lafferty | N/A |
| 10 | Alaric | 1971 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 11 | Groaning Hinges of the World | 1971 | R.A. Lafferty | N/A |
| 12 | Eurema’s Dam | 1972 | R.A. Lafferty | N/A |
| 13 | Horns on Their Heads | 1976 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 14 | Funnyfingers & Cabrito | 1976 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 15 | The Back Door Of History | 1988 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 16 | Strange Skies | 1988 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 17 | True Believers | 1988 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 18 | Promontory Goats | 1988 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 19 | Mischief Malicious | 1991 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 20 | Dream World | 2016 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 21 | McGonigal’s Worm | 2016 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 22 | The Polite People of Pudibundia | 2016 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 23 | The Weirdest World | 2017 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
R.A. Lafferty’s short fiction is the core of his literary reputation. He began publishing stories in 1960, and over the next three decades produced some of the most distinctive short fiction in the science fiction field. “Slow Tuesday Night” (1965) imagines a world running at absurd speed. “Eurema’s Dam” (1972) won the Hugo Award. “Sodom and Gomorrah, Texas” (1962) is exactly what it sounds like.
Many of these stories were reprinted in various collections, and some have been reissued as standalone ebooks in recent years. Lafferty’s short fiction rewards rereading because there is usually more going on beneath the surface humor than a first pass reveals.