Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Weird Tales #292: Fall 1988 | 1988 | Tad Williams | N/A |
| 2 | Weird Tales #296: Spring 1990 | 1990 | Tad Williams | Buy |
| 3 | The Anthology of Fantasy and the Supernatural | 1994 | Tad Williams | Buy |
| 4 | Immortal Unicorn | 1995 | Tad Williams | Buy |
| 5 | DAW 30th Anniversary Science Fiction | 2002 | Tad Williams | Buy |
| 6 | DAW 30th Anniversary Science Fiction and Fantasy Anthologies | 2002 | Tad Williams | Buy |
| 7 | Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian | 2003 | Tad Williams | Buy |
| 8 | The Wood Boy / The Burning Man | 2005 | Tad Williams | Buy |
| 9 | Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honour of Jack Vance | 2009 | Tad Williams | Buy |
| 10 | Twilight Zone: 19 Original Stories on the 50th Anniversary | 2009 | Tad Williams | Buy |
| 11 | Warriors 1 | 2010 | Tad Williams | Buy |
| 12 | The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection | 2011 | Tad Williams | Buy |
| 13 | The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities | 2011 | Tad Williams | Buy |
| 14 | Lightspeed Magazine, December 2012 | 2012 | Tad Williams | Buy |
| 15 | Oz Reimagined | 2013 | Tad Williams | Buy |
| 16 | Multiverse | 2014 | Tad Williams | Buy |
| 17 | Dead Man’s Hand | 2014 | Tad Williams | Buy |
| 18 | Unfettered III: New Tales By Masters of Fantasy | 2019 | Tad Williams | Buy |
Over the course of his career, Tad Williams has contributed stories to a wide range of multi-author anthologies. These span from his early appearances in Weird Tales magazine in the late 1980s through major fantasy anthologies like Unfettered III in 2019. Many of these collections were edited by well-known figures in the genre, including George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois.
Williams’ anthology appearances show the breadth of his interests. He has written tributes to Jack Vance, contributed to collections themed around the Twilight Zone and Oz, and appeared alongside other major fantasy and science fiction writers in best-of-the-year volumes. For readers who already know his novels, these shorter works offer a different window into his writing.