Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In Sea-Salt Tears | 2012 | Seanan McGuire | N/A |
| 2 | Rat-Catcher | 2012 | Seanan McGuire | Buy |
| 3 | Midway Relics and Dying Breeds | 2014 | Seanan McGuire | Buy |
| 4 | Final Girls | 2017 | Seanan McGuire | Buy |
| 5 | Kingdom of Needle and Bone | 2018 | Seanan McGuire | Buy |
| 6 | Any Way the Wind Blows | 2019 | Seanan McGuire | Buy |
| 7 | Tangles | 2021 | Seanan McGuire | N/A |
| 8 | Unbreakable | 2023 | Seanan McGuire | Buy |
| 9 | In Sea-Salt Tearsis available for free at https://www.seananmcguire.com/. | - | Seanan McGuire | N/A |
Seanan McGuire’s standalone short fiction showcases her range in compressed form. Nine stories and novellas published outside her major series cover territory from ghost stories (Rat-Catcher, In Sea-Salt Tears) to horror (Final Girls) to speculative fiction (Kingdom of Needle and Bone, Any Way the Wind Blows).
These shorter works allow McGuire to experiment with concepts and settings that don’t require the commitment of a full series, while maintaining the emotional and imaginative intensity that characterizes her longer fiction.