Isaac Asimov short stories bibliography
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This is a list of short stories by American writer Isaac Asimov. Asimov is principally known for his science fiction, but he also wrote mystery and fantasy stories.
This list includes Asimov's Foundation short stories, which were later collected into three novels known as the Foundation Trilogy.
Published stories
In this table, "year" refers to the year of publication, and in the case of magazines means the cover date (which is not always the year when the magazine actually appeared on sale). Alternative titles appear in brackets. (383 stories appear on this list.)
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! Story
! Year
! Collected in
! First published
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| 1939
| Asimov's Mysteries
The Best of Isaac Asimov
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
| Amazing Stories, March 1939
|-
| "The Weapon Too Dreadful to Use"
| 1939
| Amazing Stories, May 1939
|-
| "Trends"
| 1939
| Astounding Science Fiction, July 1939
|-
| "Half-Breed"
| 1940
| Astonishing Stories, February 1940
|-
| 1940
| Future Fiction, March 1940
|-
| 1940
| Astonishing Stories, April 1940
|-
| "The Magnificent Possession"
| 1940
| Future Fiction, July 1940
|-
| "Robbie"
(also as "Strange Playfellow")
| 1940
| I, Robot
The Complete Robot
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
Robot Visions
| Super Science Stories, September 1940
|-
| "Homo Sol"
| 1940
| Astounding Science Fiction, September 1940
|-
| 1940
| Astonishing Stories, December 1940
|-
| "History"
| 1941
| Super Science Stories, March 1941
|-
| "The Secret Sense"
| 1941
| Cosmic Stories, March 1941
|-
| "Heredity"
| 1941
| Astonishing Stories, April 1941
|-
| "Reason"
| 1941
| I, Robot
The Complete Robot
Robot Visions
| Astounding Science Fiction, April 1941
|-
| "Liar!"
| 1941
| I, Robot
The Complete Robot
Robot Visions
| Astounding Science Fiction, May 1941
|-
| "Nightfall"
| 1941
| Nightfall and Other Stories
The Best of Isaac Asimov
The Edge of Tomorrow
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| Astounding Science Fiction, September 1941
|-
| "Super-Neutron"
| 1941
| Astonishing Stories, September 1941
|-
| "Not Final!"
| 1941
| The Early Asimov
The Complete Stories, Volume 2
| Astounding Science Fiction, October 1941
|-
| 1942
| Startling Stories, January 1942
|-
| 1942
| The Rest of the Robots
The Complete Robot
| Amazing Stories, February 1942
|-
| "Runaround"
| 1942
| I, Robot
The Complete Robot
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
Robot Visions
| Astounding Science Fiction, March 1942
|-
| 1942
| Planet Stories, Spring 1942
|-
| "Time Pussy"
| 1942
| Astounding Science Fiction, April 1942 (under the pseudonym George E. Dale)Asimov, Isaac (1974). The Early Asimov Volume 2, Panther Books, pp. 233-4. {{ISBN|0-586-03936-8}}
|-
| "Foundation"
(also as "The Encyclopedists")
| 1942
| Astounding Science Fiction, May 1942
|-
| "The Weapon"
| 1942
| Super Science Stories, May 1942
(under pseudonym H. B. Ogden)
|-
| "Bridle and Saddle"
(also as "The Mayors")
| 1942
| Astounding Science Fiction, June 1942
|-
| 1942
| The Rest of the Robots
The Complete Robot
| Super Science Stories, August 1942
|-
| "The Hazing"
| 1942
| The Early Asimov
The Complete Stories, Volume 2
| Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1942
|-
| "The Imaginary"
| 1942
| Super Science Stories, November 1942
|-
| "Death Sentence"
| 1943
| The Early Asimov
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
The Complete Stories, Volume 2
| Astounding Science Fiction, November 1943
|-
| 1944
| I, Robot
The Complete Robot
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
| Astounding Science Fiction, February 1944
|-
| "The Big and the Little"
(also as "The Merchant Princes")
| 1944
| Astounding Science Fiction, August 1944
|-
| "The Wedge"
(also as "The Traders")
| 1944
| Astounding Science Fiction, October 1944
|-
| "Blind Alley"
| 1945
| The Early Asimov
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
The Complete Stories, Volume 2
| Astounding Science Fiction, March 1945
|-
| "Dead Hand"
(also as "The General")
| 1945
| Astounding Science Fiction, April 1945
|-
| "Escape!"
(also as "Paradoxical Escape")
| 1945
| Astounding Science Fiction, August 1945
|-
| "The Mule"
| 1945
| Astounding Science Fiction, November 1945 and December 1945
|-
| "Evidence"
| 1946
| I, Robot
The Complete Robot
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
Robot Visions
The Complete Stories, Volume 2
| Astounding Science Fiction, September 1946
|-
| 1947
| I, Robot
The Complete Robot
Robot Dreams
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
Robot Visions
| Astounding Science Fiction, March 1947
|-
| "Now You See It—"
(also as "Search by the Mule")
| 1948
| Astounding Science Fiction, January 1948
|-
| "The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline"
| 1948
| Only a Trillion
The Early Asimov
| Astounding Science Fiction, March 1948
|-
| "No Connection"
| 1948
| The Early Asimov
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
| Astounding Science Fiction, June 1948
|-
| 1949
| The Early Asimov
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
The Complete Stories, Volume 2
| Astounding Science Fiction, January 1949
|-
| "Mother Earth"
| 1949
| Astounding Science Fiction, May 1949
|-
| "—And Now You Don't"
(also as "Search by the Foundation")
| 1949–1950
| Astounding Science Fiction, November 1949, December 1949 and January 1950
|-
| "The Little Man on the Subway" (co-written with Frederik Pohl)Asimov, Isaac (1974). The Early Asimov Volume 2, Panther Books, p. 134. {{ISBN|0-586-03936-8}}
| 1950
| Fantasy Book, vol. 1 no. 6 (January 1950)
|-
| 1950
| I, Robot
The Complete Robot
Robot Visions
| Astounding Science Fiction, June 1950
|-
| "Legal Rites" (co-written with Frederik Pohl)The Early Asimov vol. 2, pp. 197–198
| 1950
| Weird Tales, September 1950
|-
| 1950
| Buy Jupiter and Other Stories
| Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1950
|-
| "Green Patches"
(also as "Misbegotten Missionary")
| 1950
| Nightfall and Other Stories
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| Galaxy Science Fiction, November 1950
|-
| 1950
| Buy Jupiter and Other Stories
The Complete Stories, Volume 2
| Future Combined With Science Fiction Stories, November 1950
|-
| 1951
| Earth Is Room Enough
The Rest of the Robots
The Complete Robot
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| Amazing Stories, April 1951
|-
| "Hostess"
| 1951
| Nightfall and Other Stories
Robot Dreams
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| Galaxy Science Fiction, May 1951
|-
| 1951
| Through a Glass, Clearly
Nightfall and Other Stories
The Edge of Tomorrow
Robot Dreams
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| Astounding Science Fiction, June 1951
|-
| "The Psychohistorians"
| 1951
| Foundation (Gnome Press, 1951)
|-
| "In a Good Cause—"
| 1951
| Nightfall and Other Stories
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| New Tales of Space and Time (Henry Holt & Co., 1951)
|-
| "C-Chute"
| 1951
| Through a Glass, Clearly
Nightfall and Other Stories
The Best of Isaac Asimov
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1951
|-
| "Shah Guido G."
| 1951
| Buy Jupiter and Other Stories
| Marvel, November 1951
|-
| "The Fun They Had"
| 1951
| Earth Is Room Enough
The Best of Isaac Asimov
The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| Boys' and Girls' Page, December 1951
|-
| "Youth"
| 1952
| The Martian Way and Other Stories
| Space Science Fiction, May 1952
|-
| "What If—"
| 1952
| Nightfall and Other Stories
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| Fantastic, Summer 1952
|-
| "The Martian Way"
| 1952
| The Martian Way and Other Stories
The Best of Isaac Asimov
Robot Dreams
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
The Complete Stories, Volume 2
| Galaxy Science Fiction, November 1952
|-
| "The Deep"
| 1952
| The Martian Way and Other Stories
The Best of Isaac Asimov
The Complete Stories, Volume 2
| Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1952
|-
| "Button, Button"
| 1953
| Buy Jupiter and Other Stories
| Startling Stories, January 1953
|-
| "The Monkey's Finger"
| 1953
| Buy Jupiter and Other Stories
The Complete Stories, Volume 2
| Startling Stories, February 1953
|-
| "Nobody Here But—"
| 1953
| Nightfall and Other Stories
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| Star Science Fiction Stories (Ballantine Books, February 1953)
|-
| "Sally"
| 1953
| Nightfall and Other Stories
The Complete Robot
Robot Dreams
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| Fantastic, May–June 1953
|-
| "Flies"
| 1953
| Nightfall and Other Stories
The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, June 1953
|-
| "Kid Stuff"
| 1953
| Earth Is Room Enough
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| Beyond Fantasy Fiction, September 1953
|-
| "Belief"
| 1953
| Through a Glass, Clearly
The Winds of Change and Other Stories
The Edge of Tomorrow
| Astounding Science Fiction, October 1953
|-
| "The Micropsychiatric Applications of Thiotimoline"
| 1953
| Astounding Science Fiction, December 1953
|-
| "Everest"
| 1953
| Buy Jupiter and Other Stories
| Universe Science Fiction, December 1953
|-
| "Sucker Bait"
| 1954
| The Martian Way and Other Stories
| Astounding Science Fiction, February 1954 and March 1954
|-
| "The Pause"
| 1954
| Buy Jupiter and Other Stories
| Time to Come (Farrar, Straus and Young, April 1954)
|-
| 1954
| Earth Is Room Enough
The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| Universe Science Fiction, May 1954
|-
| "The Foundation of S.F. Success"
| 1954
| Earth Is Room Enough
The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1954
|-
| "Let's Not"
| 1954
| Buy Jupiter and Other Stories
| Boston University Graduate Journal, December 1954
|-
| 1955
| Through a Glass, Clearly
Nightfall and Other Stories
The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| Star Science Fiction Stories No.3 (Ballantine Books, January 1955)
|-
| "The Singing Bell"
| 1955
| Asimov's Mysteries
The Complete Stories, Volume 2
| The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1955
|-
| "Question"
| 1955
| —
| Computers and Automation, March 1955
|-
| "Risk"
| 1955
| The Rest of the Robots
The Complete Robot
| Astounding Science Fiction, May 1955
|-
| "The Last Trump"
| 1955
| Earth Is Room Enough
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| Fantastic Universe, June 1955
|-
| "Franchise"
| 1955
| Earth Is Room Enough
Robot Dreams
The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| If: Worlds of Science Fiction, August 1955
|-
| 1955
| Asimov's Mysteries
The Complete Stories, Volume 2
| The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1955
|-
| 1955
| —
| Thrilling Wonder Stories, Winter 1955
|-
| "Dreamworld"
| 1955
| Opus 100
The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov
| The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November 1955
|-
| "Dreaming Is a Private Thing"
| 1955
| Earth Is Room Enough
The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1955
|-
| "The Message"
| 1956
| Earth Is Room Enough
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1956
|-
| "The Dead Past"
| 1956
| Earth Is Room Enough
The Best of Isaac Asimov
The Edge of Tomorrow
The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| Astounding Science Fiction, April 1956
|-
| "Hell-Fire"
| 1956
| Earth Is Room Enough
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| Fantastic Universe, May 1956
|-
| "Living Space"
| 1956
| Earth Is Room Enough
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| The Original Science Fiction Stories, May 1956
|-
| "What's in a Name?"
(also as "Death of a Honey-Blonde")
| 1956
| The Saint Detective Magazine, June 1956
|-
| "The Dying Night"
| 1956
| Nine Tomorrows
Asimov's Mysteries
The Best of Isaac Asimov
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1956
|-
| "Someday"
| 1956
| Earth Is Room Enough
The Complete Robot
Robot Visions
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| Infinity Science Fiction August 1956
|-
| "Each an Explorer"
| 1956
| Buy Jupiter and Other Stories
The Complete Stories, Volume 2
| Future #30 (August 1956)
|-
| 1956
| Asimov's Mysteries
Only a Trillion
The Edge of Tomorrow
The Complete Stories, Volume 2
| Astounding Science Fiction, September 1956
|-
| "The Watery Place"
| 1956
| Earth Is Room Enough
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| Satellite Science Fiction, October 1956
|-
| "First Law"
| 1956
| The Rest of the Robots
The Complete Robot
| Fantastic Universe, October 1956
|-
| "Gimmicks Three"
(also as "The Brazen Locked Room")
| 1956
| Earth Is Room Enough
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November 1956
|-
| 1956
| Nine Tomorrows
Opus 100
The Best of Isaac Asimov
The Edge of Tomorrow
Robot Dreams
The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| Science Fiction Quarterly, November 1956
|-
| "Jokester"
| 1956
| Earth Is Room Enough
Robot Dreams
The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| Infinity Science Fiction, December 1956
|-
| "Strikebreaker"
(also as "Male Strikebreaker")
| 1957
| Nightfall and Other Stories
Robot Dreams
The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| The Original Science Fiction Stories, January 1957
|-
| 1957
| Venture Science Fiction, January 1957
|-
| 1957
| The Rest of the Robots
The Complete Robot
The Complete Stories, Volume 2
| Infinity Science Fiction, February 1957
|-
| 1957
| Earth Is Room Enough
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| Science Fiction Quarterly, May 1957
|-
| "Blank!"
| 1957
| Buy Jupiter and Other Stories
| Infinity Science Fiction, June 1957
|-
| "Does a Bee Care?"
| 1957
| Buy Jupiter and Other Stories
Robot Dreams
| If: Worlds of Science Fiction, June 1957
|-
| "A Woman's Heart"
| 1957
| —
| Satellite, June 1957
|-
| "Profession"
| 1957
| Nine Tomorrows
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| Astounding Science Fiction, July 1957
|-
| "A Loint of Paw"
| 1957
| Asimov's Mysteries
The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov
The Complete Stories, Volume 2
| The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1957
|-
| [https://archive.org/stream/galaxymagazine-1957-10/Galaxy_1957_10#page/n127/mode/2up "Ideas Die Hard"]
| 1957
| The Winds of Change and Other Stories
| Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1957
|-
| "I'm in Marsport Without Hilda"
| 1957
|Nine Tomorrows (bowdlerized version)
Asimov's Mysteries
The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| Venture Science Fiction, November 1957
|-
| 1957
| Nightfall and Other Stories
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1957
|-
| "Galley Slave"
| 1957
| The Rest of the Robots
The Complete Robot
Robot Visions
The Complete Stories, Volume 2
| Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1957
|-
| 1957
| Nine Tomorrows
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| Super-Science Fiction, December 1957
|-
| "Spell My Name with an S"
(also as "S, as in Zebatinsky")
| 1958
| Nine Tomorrows
Robot Dreams
The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| Star Science Fiction, January 1958
|-
| "Lenny"
| 1958
| The Rest of the Robots
The Complete Robot
Robot Visions
The Complete Stories, Volume 2
| Infinity Science Fiction, January 1958
|-
| 1958
| Nine Tomorrows
The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1958
|-
| 1958
| Nine Tomorrows
Opus 100
The Edge of Tomorrow
Robot Dreams
The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| If: Worlds of Science Fiction, February 1958
|-
| "Silly Asses"
| 1958
| Buy Jupiter and Other Stories
| Future Science Fiction, February 1958
|-
| "All the Troubles of the World"
| 1958
| Nine Tomorrows
The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| Super-Science Fiction, April 1958
|-
| "Buy Jupiter"
| 1958
| Buy Jupiter and Other Stories
| Venture Science Fiction, May 1958
|-
| 1958
| Nightfall and Other Stories
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1958
|-
| "The Ugly Little Boy"
(also as "Lastborn")
| 1958
| Nine Tomorrows
The Edge of Tomorrow
Robot Dreams
The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| Galaxy Science Fiction, September 1958
|-
| "A Statue for Father"
(also as "Benefactor of Humanity")
| 1959
| Buy Jupiter and Other Stories
The Complete Stories, Volume 2
| Satellite Science Fiction, February 1959
|-
| "Anniversary"
| 1959
| Asimov's Mysteries
The Best of Isaac Asimov
The Complete Stories, Volume 2
| Amazing Science Fiction Stories, March 1959
|-
| "Unto the Fourth Generation"
| 1959
| Nightfall and Other Stories
The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1959
|-
| "Obituary"
| 1959
| Asimov's Mysteries
The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov
The Complete Stories, Volume 2
| The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1959
|-
| 1959
| Buy Jupiter and Other Stories
The Complete Stories, Volume 2
| Fantastic Universe, September 1959
|-
| "Rejection Slips"
| 1959
| Nine Tomorrows
Science Fiction by Asimov
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| Nine Tomorrows (Doubleday, 1959)
|-
| "The Covenant"
(Asimov wrote part two of this five-part round-robin story.[http://www.asimovreviews.net/Stories/Story338.html The Covenant] at AsimovReviews.net)
| 1960
| —
| Fantastic Story Magazine, July 1960
|-
| "Thiotimoline and the Space Age"
| 1960
| Opus 100
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
| Analog Science Fiction and Fact, October 1960
|-
| "What Is This Thing Called Love?"
(also as "Playboy and the Slime God")
| 1961
| Nightfall and Other Stories
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| Amazing Stories, March 1961
|-
| "The Machine That Won the War"
| 1961
| Nightfall and Other Stories
Robot Dreams
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1961
|-
| 1962
| Nightfall and Other Stories
The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| Scientific American, February 1962
|-
| "Star Light"
| 1962
| Asimov's Mysteries
The Complete Stories, Volume 2
| Scientific American, October 1962
|-
| "Author! Author!"
| 1964 (written in 1943)
| The Early Asimov
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
| The Unknown Five (Pyramid Books, January 1964)
|-
| 1965
| Nightfall and Other Stories
Robot Dreams
The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov
Science Fiction by Asimov
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1965
|-
| "Founding Father"
| 1965
| Buy Jupiter and Other Stories
The Complete Stories, Volume 2
| Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1965
|-
| "The Man Who Made the 21st Century"
| 1965
| —
| Boys' Life, October 1965
|-
| "The Key"
| 1966
| Asimov's Mysteries
The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
The Complete Stories, Volume 2
| The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1966
|-
| 1966
| The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories
| The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1966
|-
| 1967
| Asimov's Mysteries
The Best of Isaac Asimov
The Edge of Tomorrow
Robot Dreams
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
The Complete Stories, Volume 2
| If: Worlds of Science Fiction, March 1967
|-
| "Segregationist"
| 1967
| Nightfall and Other Stories
The Complete Robot
Robot Visions
The Complete Stories, Volume 1
| Abbottempo, book 4, 1967
|-
| "Exile to Hell"
| 1968
| Buy Jupiter and Other Stories
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
The Complete Stories, Volume 2
| Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, May 1968
|-
| "Key Item"
(also as "The Computer That Went on Strike")
| 1968
| Buy Jupiter and Other Stories
The Complete Stories, Volume 2
| The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1968
|-
| "The Proper Study"
| 1968
| Buy Jupiter and Other Stories
| Boys' Life, September 1968
|-
| "The Holmes-Ginsbook Device"
| 1968
| Opus 100
| If: Worlds of Science Fiction, December 1968
|-
| 1969
| The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories
The Complete Robot
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
Robot Visions
The Complete Stories, Volume 2
| The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1969
|-
| "Waterclap"
| 1970
| The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories
| If: Worlds of Science Fiction, April 1970
|-
| "A Problem of Numbers"
(also as "As Chemist to Chemist")
| 1970
| The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 1970
|-
| "2430 A.D."
| 1970
| Buy Jupiter and Other Stories
| IBM Magazine, October 1970
|-
| 1971
| The Best New Thing
| The Best New Thing (World Publishing Co., 1971)
|-
| 1972
| Buy Jupiter and Other Stories
The Complete Stories, Volume 2
| Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, January 1972
|-
| 1972
| Tales of the Black Widowers
The Return of the Black Widowers
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, January 1972
|-
| "Mirror Image"
| 1972
| The Best of Isaac Asimov
The Complete Robot
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
Robot Visions
The Complete Stories, Volume 2
| Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, May 1972
|-
| "Ph as in Phony"
(also as "The Phony PhD")
| 1972
| Tales of the Black Widowers
The Return of the Black Widowers
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 1972
|-
| "Truth to Tell"
(also as "The Man Who Never Told a Lie")
| 1972
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, October 1972
|-
| "Go, Little Book!"
(also as "The Matchbook Collector")
| 1972
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, December 1972
|-
| "Take a Match"
| 1972
| Buy Jupiter and Other Stories
The Complete Stories, Volume 2
| New Dimensions II (Doubleday, 1972)
|-
| 1973
| Buy Jupiter and Other Stories
| Astounding: John W. Campbell Memorial Anthology (Random House, 1973)
|-
| "Early Sunday Morning"
(also as "The Biological Clock")
| 1973
| Tales of the Black Widowers
The Return of the Black Widowers
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 1973
|-
| 1973
| Tales of the Black Widowers
The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov
The Return of the Black Widowers
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 1973
|-
| 1973
| Tales of the Black Widowers
The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 1973
|-
| "Miss What?"
(also as "A Warning to Miss Earth")
| 1973
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September 1973
|-
| "Light Verse"
| 1973
| Buy Jupiter and Other Stories
Opus 200
The Complete Robot
Robot Dreams
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
The Complete Stories, Volume 2
| The Saturday Evening Post, September–October 1973
|-
| "Out of Sight"
(also as "The Six Suspects")
| 1973
| Tales of the Black Widowers
The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, December 1973
|-
| "Yankee Doodle Went to Town"
| 1974
| Tales of the Black Widowers
The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov
| Tales of the Black Widowers (Doubleday, 1974)
|-
| 1974
| Tales of the Black Widowers (Doubleday, 1974)
|-
| 1974
| Tales of the Black Widowers (Doubleday, 1974)
|-
| "The Dream"
| 1974
| "The Dream", "Benjamin's Dream" and "Benjamin's Bicentennial Blast" (limited edition)
Opus 200
| The Saturday Evening Post, January 1974
|-
| 1974
| More Tales of the Black Widowers
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 1974
|-
| "Benjamin's Dream"
(also as "The Second Dream")
| 1974
| "The Dream", "Benjamin's Dream" and "Benjamin's Bicentennial Blast" (limited edition)
| The Saturday Evening Post, April 1974
|-
| "Party by Satellite"
(also as "The Third Dream")
| 1974
| —
| The Saturday Evening Post, May 1974
|-
| 1974
| More Tales of the Black Widowers
The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 1974
|-
| ". . . That Thou Art Mindful of Him"
| 1974
| The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories
The Complete Robot
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
The Complete Stories, Volume 2
| The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 1974
|-
| 1974
| The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories
The Complete Robot
The Complete Stories, Volume 2
| If: Worlds of Science Fiction, May–June 1974
|-
| "Benjamin's Bicentennial Blast"
(also as "The Fourth Dream")
| 1974
| "The Dream", "Benjamin's Dream" and "Benjamin's Bicentennial Blast" (limited edition)
| The Saturday Evening Post, June and July 1974
|-
| "The Iron Gem"
| 1974
| More Tales of the Black Widowers
The Return of the Black Widowers
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 1974
|-
| "Half-Baked Publisher's Delight"
(co-written with Jeffrey S. Hudson)
| 1974
| The Best from If, Volume III
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories
| Worlds of If, July–August 1974
|-
| "The Three Numbers"
(also as "All in the Way You Read It")
| 1974
| More Tales of the Black Widowers
The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September 1974
|-
| 1974
| More Tales of the Black Widowers
| The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1974
|-
| "No Smoking"
(also as "Confessions of an American Cigarette Smoker")
| 1974
| More Tales of the Black Widowers
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, December 1974
|-
| 1974
| The Heavenly Host
(an extended version of the original short story)[http://www.asimovreviews.net/Stories/Story340.html The Heavenly Host (the short story)] at Asimovreviews.net[http://www.asimovreviews.net/Books/Book167.html The Heavenly Host (the book)] at Asimovreviews.net
| Boys' Life, December 1974
|-
| "Big Game"
| 1974 (written in 1941)
| Before the Golden Age (Doubleday, 1974)
|-
| "The Life and Times of Multivac"
| 1975
| The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories
The Complete Stories, Volume 2
| The New York Times, Sunday, 5 January 1975
|-
| "Sarah Tops"
(also as "Try Sarah Tops")
| 1975
| The Key Word and Other Mysteries
| Boys' Life, February 1975
|-
| 1975
| Boys' Life, March 1975
|-
| 1975
| More Tales of the Black Widowers
The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 1975
|-
| 1975
| The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 1975
|-
| "Point of View"
| 1975
| Boys' Life, July 1975
|-
| 1975
| More Tales of the Black Widowers
Opus 200
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
| The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1975
|-
| "About Nothing"
| 1975
| The Winds of Change and Other Stories
Opus 300
| First appeared on a postcard.
(subsequently in Science Fiction Review, August 1975 and then Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Summer 1977)
|-
| "Halloween"
| 1975
| The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov
| American Way, October 1975
|-
| "A Case of Need"
| 1975
| The Key Word and Other Mysteries
| Young World Magazine, October 1975
|-
| 1975
| The Key Word and Other Mysteries
| Boys' Life, December 1975
|-
| 1976
| More Tales of the Black Widowers
| The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1976
|-
| 1976
| More Tales of the Black Widowers
| More Tales of the Black Widowers (Doubleday, 1976)
|-
| "The Unabridged"
| 1976
| More Tales of the Black Widowers
| More Tales of the Black Widowers (Doubleday, 1976)
|-
| 1976
| More Tales of the Black Widowers
| More Tales of the Black Widowers (Doubleday, 1976)
|-
| 1976
| The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories
Opus 200
The Complete Robot
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
Robot Visions
The Complete Stories, Volume 2
| Stellar #2 (Ballantine Books, February 1976)
|-
| "The Winnowing"
| 1976
| The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories
| Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, February 1976
|-
| "Old-Fashioned"
| 1976
| The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories
The Complete Stories, Volume 2
| Bell Telephone Magazine, January–February 1976
|-
| "Marching In"
| 1976
| The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories
The Complete Stories, Volume 2
| High Fidelity, May 1976
|-
| 1976
| The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories
| Amazing Stories, June 1976
|-
| 1976
| Casebook of the Black Widowers
The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 1976
|-
| 1976
| The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories
The Complete Robot
The Complete Stories, Volume 2
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, August 1976
|-
| "The Family Man"
(also as "A Case of Income Tax Fraud")
| 1976
| Casebook of the Black Widowers
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 1976
|-
| "Good Taste"
| 1976
| Opus 200
The Winds of Change and Other Stories
| Good Taste (Apocalypse Press, 1976) (limited edition)
(subsequently in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Fall 1977)
|-
| 1977
| The Winds of Change and Other Stories
| The Saturday Evening Post, February 1977
|-
| "True Love"
| 1977
| 3 by Asimov
The Complete Robot
Robot Dreams
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
| American Way, February 1977
|-
| "Think!"
| 1977
| The Complete Robot
Robot Visions
| Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Spring 1977
|-
| "The Sports Page"
| 1977
| Casebook of the Black Widowers
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, April 1977
|-
| "Sure Thing"
| 1977
| The Winds of Change and Other Stories
The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov
Opus 300
| Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Summer 1977
|-
| "The Thirteenth Day of Christmas"
| 1977
| The Key Word and Other Mysteries
Opus 200
The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 1977
|-
| "The Missing Item"
| 1977
| Casebook of the Black Widowers
| Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Winter 1977
|-
| "The Key Word"
| 1977
| The Key Word and Other Mysteries
The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov
| The Key Word and Other Mysteries (Walker & Company, 1977)
|-
| "The Next Day"
| 1978
| Casebook of the Black Widowers
The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 1978
|-
| 1978
| The Key Word and Other Mysteries (British edition only)
The Disappearing Man and Other Mysteries
| Boys' Life, June 1978
|-
| "Found!"
| 1978
| The Winds of Change and Other Stories
The Edge of Tomorrow
The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
| Omni, October 1978
|-
| "Fair Exchange?"
| 1978
| 3 by Asimov
The Winds of Change and Other Stories
| Asimov's SF Adventure Magazine, Fall 1978
|-
| "Strike!"
| 1979
| —
| Omni, January 1979
|-
| 1979
| The Winds of Change and Other Stories
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
| Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, February 1979
|-
| "Irrelevance!"
(also as "A Matter of Irrelevance")
| 1979
| Casebook of the Black Widowers
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 1979
|-
| "How It Happened"
| 1979
| The Winds of Change and Other Stories
Opus 300
The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov
| Asimov's SF Adventure Magazine, Spring 1979
|-
| "None So Blind"
| 1979
| Casebook of the Black Widowers
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, June 1979
|-
| "To the Barest"
| 1979
| Casebook of the Black Widowers
The Return of the Black Widowers
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, August 1979
|-
| 1979
| Casebook of the Black Widowers
| Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, September 1979
|-
| "It Is Coming"
| 1979
| The Winds of Change and Other Stories
| Various newspapers, 1979 (advert for Field Enterprises)
|-
| "The Last Answer"
| 1980
| 3 by Asimov
The Winds of Change and Other Stories
Robot Dreams
The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov
| Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, January 1980
|-
| "Second Best"
| 1980
| Casebook of the Black Widowers
| Casebook of the Black Widowers (Doubleday, January 1980)
|-
| "Middle Name"
| 1980
| Casebook of the Black Widowers
The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov
| Casebook of the Black Widowers (Doubleday, January 1980)
|-
| "What Time Is It?"
| 1980
| Casebook of the Black Widowers
Opus 300
The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov
| Casebook of the Black Widowers (Doubleday, January 1980)
|-
| "For the Birds"
| 1980
| The Winds of Change and Other Stories
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
| Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, May 1980
|-
| "Sixty Million Trillion Combinations"
| 1980
| Banquets of the Black Widowers
The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov
The Return of the Black Widowers
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, 5 May 1980
|-
| 1980
| Banquets of the Black Widowers
The Return of the Black Widowers
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, 30 June 1980
|-
| "Getting Even"
| 1980
| Tales from the Spaceport Bar
| Gallery, August 1980
|-
| "No Refuge Could Save"
(also as "To Spot a Spy")
| 1980
| Gallery, September 1980
|-
| 1980
| Banquets of the Black Widowers
The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, 10 September 1980
|-
| "Death of a Foy"
| 1980
| The Winds of Change and Other Stories
Opus 300
The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov
Science Fiction by Asimov
| The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1980
|-
| "The Telephone Number"
(also as "The Winning Number")
| 1980
| Gallery, October 1980
|-
| "The Men Who Wouldn't Talk"
(also as "Pigeon English")
| 1980
| Gallery, November 1980
|-
| "A Clear Shot"
(also as "Big Shot")
| 1980
| Gallery, December 1980
|-
| "The Year of the Action"
(also as "The Gilbert and Sullivan Mystery")
| 1981
| Banquets of the Black Widowers
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, 1 January 1981
|-
| "Irresistible to Women"
(also as "Call Me Irresistible")
| 1981
| Gallery, January 1981
|-
| "He Wasn't There"
(also as "The Spy Who Was Out-of-Focus")
| 1981
| The Union Club Mysteries
The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov
| Gallery, February 1981
|-
| "The Thin Line"
(also as "Taxicab Crackdown")
| 1981
| Gallery, March 1981
|-
| "Mystery Tune"
(also as "Death Song")
| 1981
| Gallery, April 1981
|-
| "The Last Shuttle"
| 1981
| The Winds of Change and Other Stories
| Today (a Florida newspaper supplement), 10 April 1981
|-
| "Hide and Seek"
| 1981
| The Union Club Mysteries
The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov
| Gallery, May 1981
|-
| "Gift"
(also as "Decipher Deception")
| 1981
| Gallery, June 1981
|-
| 1981
| Banquets of the Black Widowers
The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, 17 June 1981
|-
| "Hot or Cold"
| 1981
| Gallery, July 1981
|-
| 1981
| Gallery, August 1981
|-
| "1 to 999"
(also as "One in a Thousand")
| 1981
| The Union Club Mysteries
Opus 300
| Gallery, September 1981
|-
| "Twelve Years Old"
(also as "The 12-Year-Old Problem")
| 1981
| Gallery, October 1981
|-
| "A Perfect Fit"
| 1981
| The Winds of Change and Other Stories
Opus 300
| EDN, 14 October 1981
|-
| "Testing, Testing!"
(also as "Cloak and Dagger Duel")
| 1981
| Gallery, November 1981
|-
| "The Appleby Story"
(also as "The Last Laugh")
| 1981
| Gallery, December 1981
|-
| "Ignition Point!"
| 1981
| The Winds of Change and Other Stories
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
| Finding the Right Speaker (American Society of Association Executives, 1981)
|-
| "Dollars and Cents"
(also as "Countdown to Disaster")
| 1982
| The Union Club Mysteries
The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov
| Gallery, January 1982
|-
| "Friends and Allies"
(also as "Mirror Image")
| 1982
| Gallery, February 1982
|-
| "Lest We Remember"
| 1982
| The Winds of Change and Other Stories
Robot Dreams
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
| Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, February 1982
|-
| "Which Is Which?"
(also as "The Perfect Alibi")
| 1982
| Gallery, March 1982
|-
| 1982
| The Winds of Change and Other Stories
The Edge of Tomorrow
| Speculations (Houghton Mifflin, April 1982)
|-
| 1982
| The Winds of Change and Other Stories
Azazel
| The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1982
|-
| "The Sign"
(also as "The Telltale Sign")
| 1982
| The Union Club Mysteries
The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov
| Gallery, April 1982
|-
| 1982
| Banquets of the Black Widowers
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 1982
|-
| "Catching the Fox"
(also as "Stopping the Fox")
| 1982
| Gallery, May 1982
|-
| "Getting the Combination"
(also as "Playing It by the Numbers")
| 1982
| The Union Club Mysteries
The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov
| Gallery, June 1982
|-
| "To the Victor"
| 1982
| Azazel
| Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, July 1982
|-
| "The Library Book"
(also as "Mystery Book")
| 1982
| The Union Club Mysteries
Opus 300
The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov
| Gallery, July 1982
|-
| "The Three Goblets"
(also as "A Flash of Brilliance")
| 1982
| Gallery, August 1982
|-
| "Spell It!"
(also as "Book Smart")
| 1982
| Gallery, September 1982
|-
| "Lucky Seven"
| 1982
| The Disappearing Man and Other Mysteries
| Boys' Life, September 1982
|-
| "The Dim Rumble"
| 1982
| Science Fiction by Asimov
Azazel
| Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, October 1982
|-
| "Two Women"
(also as "Cherchez la Femme: the Case of the Disappearing Woman")
| 1982
| Gallery, October 1982
|-
| "The Super Runner"
| 1982
| —
| Runner's World, October 1982
|-
| 1982
| The Winds of Change and Other Stories
Opus 300
Azazel
| The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November 1982
|-
| "Sending a Signal"
(also as "A Piece of the Rock")
| 1982
| Gallery, November 1982
|-
| "Half a Ghost"
(also as "A Ghost of a Chance")
| 1982
| Gallery, December 1982
|-
| "There Was a Young Lady"
(also as "Poetic License")
| 1983
| Gallery, January 1983
|-
| "Potential"
| 1983
| Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, February 1983
|-
| "State Capital"
(also as "A Chemical Solution")
| 1983
| —
| Gallery, February 1983
|-
| "Never Out of Sight"
(also as "The Amusement Lark")
| 1983
| The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov
| Gallery, March 1983
|-
| "The Favourite Piece"
(also as "Face the Music")
| 1983
| Gallery, April 1983
|-
| "The Magic Umbrella"
(also as "Stormy Weather")
| 1983
| The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov
| Gallery, May 1983
|-
| 1983
| Banquets of the Black Widowers
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 1983
|-
| "The Briefcase in the Taxi"
(also as "Circuit Breaker")
| 1983
| —
| Gallery, June 1983
|-
| "The Bird That Sang Bass"
(also as "Riddled With Clues")
| 1983
| —
| Gallery, July 1983
|-
| "The Last Caesar"
(also as "Great Caesar's Ghost")
| 1983
| —
| Gallery, August 1983
|-
| "Saving Humanity"
| 1983
| Azazel
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
| Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, September 1983
|-
| 1983
| The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov
| Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, December 1983
|-
| "The Speck"
| 1983
| The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov
| Gallery, December 1983
|-
| 1983
| The Disappearing Man and Other Mysteries
| Boys' Life, December 1983
|-
| 1984
| Azazel
| Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, February 1984
|-
| 1984
| Banquets of the Black Widowers
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, April 1984
|-
| 1984
| Azazel
| Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, May 1984
|-
| "Writing Time"
| 1984
| Azazel
| Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, July 1984
|-
| "Triply Unique"
| 1984
| —
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 1984
|-
| "The Intrusion"
| 1984
| Banquets of the Black Widowers
| Banquets of the Black Widowers (Doubleday, September 1984)
|-
| "The Driver"
| 1984
| Banquets of the Black Widowers
| Banquets of the Black Widowers (Doubleday, September 1984)
|-
| "The Wrong House"
| 1984
| Banquets of the Black Widowers
The Return of the Black Widowers
| Banquets of the Black Widowers (Doubleday, September 1984)
|-
| "The Redhead"
| 1984
| Banquets of the Black Widowers
The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov
The Return of the Black Widowers
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, October 1984
|-
| 1984
| —
| Omni, November 1984
|-
| "Dashing Through the Snow"
| 1984
| Science Fiction by Asimov
Azazel
| Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, mid-December 1984)
|-
| 1984
| —
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, December 1984
|-
| 1984
| —
| Espionage, December 1984
|-
| "Hallucination"
| 1985
| Gold
| Boys' Life, February, March and April 1985
|-
| 1985
| Puzzles of the Black Widowers
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 1985
|-
| "Upside Down"
| 1985
| —
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, June 1985
|-
| "Unique Is Where You Find It"
| 1985
| The Edge of Tomorrow
Puzzles of the Black Widowers
| The Edge of Tomorrow (Tor Books, July 1985)
|-
| "Triple Devil"
| 1985
| Puzzles of the Black Widowers
The Return of the Black Widowers
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, August 1985
|-
| "Logic Is Logic"
| 1985
| Azazel
| Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, August 1985
|-
| "The Suspect"
(also as "The Taunter")
| 1985
| —
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, October 1985
|-
| 1985
| Azazel
| Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, November 1985
|-
| "Straight Lines"
| 1985
| —
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, December 1985
|-
| "The Twins"
| 1985
| The Disappearing Man and Other Mysteries
| The Disappearing Man and Other Mysteries (Walker & Company, 1985)
|-
| 1985
| The Disappearing Man and Other Mysteries
| The Disappearing Man and Other Mysteries (Walker & Company, 1985)
|-
| "Feghoot and the Courts"
(also as "Burnside and the Courts")
| 1986
| Gold
| Bred Any Good Rooks Lately? (Doubleday, 1986)
|-
| 1986
| Azazel
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
| Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, January 1986
|-
| "Child's Play"
| 1986
| —
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, January 1986
|-
| 1986
| —
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 1986
|-
| "More Things in Heaven and Earth"
| 1986
| Science Fiction by Asimov
Azazel
| Science Fiction by Asimov (Davis Publications, 1986)
|-
| 1986
| Puzzles of the Black Widowers
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, June 1986
|-
| "Ten"
| 1986
| —
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, August 1986
|-
| "Zip Code"
| 1986
| —
| Boys' Life, September 1986
|-
| "Where Is He?"
| 1986
| Puzzles of the Black Widowers
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, October 1986
|-
| 1986
| Azazel
| Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, October 1986
|-
| "Robot Dreams"
| 1986
| Robot Dreams (Berkley Books, November 1986)
(subsequently in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, mid-December 1986)
|-
| "The Common Name"
| 1986
| —
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Mid-December 1986
|-
| "Left to Right"
| 1987
| Gold
| Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, January 1987
|-
| 1987
| Azazel
| Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, February 1987
|-
| "The Old Purse"
| 1987
| Puzzles of the Black Widowers
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 1987
|-
| "The Teddy Bear"
| 1987
| —
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 1987
|-
| "The Stamp"
| 1987
| —
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, June 1987
|-
| "Left to Right, and Beyond" ("Left to Right" with an alternative ending by Harrison Roth)
| 1987
| —
| Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, July 1987
|-
| "Galatea"
| 1987
| Azazel
| Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, mid-December 1987
|-
| "The Fable of the Three Princes"
| 1987
| Magic
| Spaceships and Spells (Harper & Row, 1987)
|-
| 1988
| Azazel
| Azazel (Doubleday, 1988)
|-
| "The Quiet Place"
| 1988
| Puzzles of the Black Widowers
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 1988
|-
| "The Legacy"
| 1988
| —
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, April 1988
|-
| 1988
| The Drabble Project
| The Drabble Project (Beccon Publications, April 1988) (limited edition)
|-
| "Flight of Fancy"
| 1988
| Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, May 1988
|-
| "The Lost Dog"
| 1988
| Mysterious Menagerie
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, June 1988
|-
| "The Smile of the Chipper"
(also as "Man as the Ultimate Gadget")
| 1988
| Gold
| Supplement to Bloomberg Businessweek, 21 October 1988
(subsequently in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, April 1989)
|-
| 1988
| The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
| Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, November 1988
|-
| 1988
| Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, mid-December 1988
|-
| "The Instability"
| 1989
| Gold
| The Observer, 1 January 1989
|-
| 1989
| Gold
| Interview, January 1989
|-
| "The Last Man"
| 1989
| —
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 1989
|-
| "The Envelope"
| 1989
| Puzzles of the Black Widowers
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, April 1989
|-
| 1989
| Gold
| Columbia, June / July 1989
|-
| "Northwestward"
| 1989
| The Return of the Black Widowers
Magic
| The Further Adventures of Batman (Bantam Books, July 1989)
|-
| 1989
| Magic
| Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, July 1989
|-
| "To Your Health"
| 1989
| Magic
| Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, August 1989
|-
| "The Alibi"
| 1989
| Puzzles of the Black Widowers
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September 1989
|-
| "Ho! Ho! Ho!"
| 1989
| Mistletoe Mysteries
| Mistletoe Mysteries: Tales of Yuletide Murder (Mysterious Press, October 1989)
|-
| "Too Bad!"
| 1989
| The Microverse (Bantam, November 1989)
|-
| "The Lucky Piece"
| 1990
| Puzzles of the Black Widowers
| Puzzles of the Black Widowers (Doubleday, January 1990)
|-
| 1990
| Puzzles of the Black Widowers
| Puzzles of the Black Widowers (Doubleday, January 1990)
|-
| "The Recipe"
| 1990
| Puzzles of the Black Widowers
| Puzzles of the Black Widowers (Doubleday, January 1990)
|-
| "Yes, but Why?"
| 1990
| The Return of the Black Widowers
| The Armchair Detective, Spring 1990
|-
| 1990
| The Return of the Black Widowers
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 1990
|-
| "Robot Visions"
| 1990
| Robot Visions (Roc Books, April 1990)
|-
| "Fault-Intolerant"
| 1990
| Gold
| Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, May 1990
|-
| 1990
| The Return of the Black Widowers
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, June 1990
|-
| "In the Canyon"
| 1990
| Gold
| Omni, July 1990
|-
| "Wine Is a Mocker"
| 1990
| Magic
| Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, July 1990
|-
| "Cal"
| 1990
| Gold
| Cal (Doubleday, 1990) (limited edition pamphlet)
|-
| 1990
| The Return of the Black Widowers
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, October 1990
|-
| 1990
| Magic
| Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, November 1990
|-
| "Kid Brother"
| 1990
| Gold
| Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, mid-December 1990
|-
| "Missing"
| 1991
| —
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 1991
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| 1991
| Magic
| Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, June 1991
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| 1991
| The Return of the Black Widowers
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, August 1991
|-
| "Gold"
| 1991
| Gold
| Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, September 1991
|-
| "Frustration"
| 1991
| Gold
| There Won't Be War (Tor Books, November 1991)
|-
| "Prince Delightful and the Flameless Dragon"
| 1991
| Magic
| Once Upon a Time: A Treasury of Modern Fairy Tales (Del Rey / Ballantine Books, November 1991)
|-
| "It's a Job"
| 1991
| Magic
| Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, mid-December 1991
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| 1992
| Magic
| Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, November 1992
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| 1994
| Magic
| Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, April 1994
|-
| "Battle-Hymn"
| 1995
| Gold
| Gold (HarperPrism, March 1995)
|-
| 1995
| Gold
| Gold (HarperPrism, March 1995)
|}
The collection I, Robot also contains a linking text at the beginning and end of the book, and in between some (but not all) of the stories, which form a framing story not found anywhere else.{{citation needed|date=January 2014}}
A play by Asimov called The Story Machine, which is an adaptation of his short story "Someday", was published in the February 1958 issue of Plays.[http://www.asimovonline.com/oldsite/sf_fantasy_story_list.html#The%20Story%20Machine Asimovonline: The Story Machine]
In 1950 Asimov wrote a comic strip called "Star Empire" (art by Charles Schneeman). The first page appeared in the May 1990 issue of Argosy.[http://www.storypilot.com/asimov2.html Storypilot.com][http://www.asimovonline.com/oldsite/sf_fantasy_story_list.html#Star%20Empire Asimovonline.com][https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/241309685 WorldCat.org][http://www.locusmag.com/index/t322.htm#A18329 The Locus Index to Science Fiction, 1984–1998]
=Stories never anthologised=
Five published stories were never included in Asimov's own books. They were however included in other anthologies. These were "Half-Baked Publisher's Delight" (1974), "Getting Even" (1980), "The Turning Point" (1988), "The Lost Dog" (1988) and "Ho! Ho! Ho!" (1989).
Nine science fiction stories have never been collected in any book:
- "Question" (Computers and Automation, March 1955) had an ending which was similar to another author's 1952 story (although the rest of the story was different), and when this was pointed out to Asimov he promised never to publish it again, a promise he kept.[http://www.asimovreviews.net/Stories/Story425.html "Question"] at AsimovReviews.net By that time the story had already been reprinted in the April 30, 1957, issue of Science World.
- "The Portable Star" (Thrilling Wonder Stories, Winter 1955) was Asimov's least favourite story, and was anthologised without his permission[http://www.asimovonline.com/asimov_FAQ.html#literary5 Asimovonline FAQs][http://www.asimovreviews.net/Stories/Story211.html "The Portable Star" at Asimovreviews.net] in a magazine, A Treasury of Great Science Fiction Stories no. 1 (1964). (It has since been reprinted in Thrilling Wonder Stories, Summer 2007.[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?78068 ISFDb])
- "A Woman's Heart" (Satellite, June 1957) was never collected because of Asimov's disdain for it.[http://www.asimovreviews.net/Stories/Story312.html "A Woman's Heart" at Asimovreviews.net]
- "The Covenant" (Fantastic Story Magazine, July 1960) was a five-part round-robin story to which five different authors contributed. Asimov wrote the second part. (It was reprinted in a magazine in 1966, Most Thrilling Science Fiction Ever Told Number 2.[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?80886 ISFDb])
- "The Man Who Made the 21st Century" (Boys' Life, October 1965)[http://www.asimovreviews.net/Stories/Story163.html "The Man Who Made the 21st Century"] at Asimovreviews.net
- "Party by Satellite" (The Saturday Evening Post, May 1974)[http://www.asimovonline.com/oldsite/sf_fantasy_story_list.html#Party%20By%20Satellite Asimovonline: Party by Satellite][http://www.asimovreviews.net/Stories/Story324.html "Party by Satellite" at Asimovreviews.net] (Original title "The Third Dream.")
- "Strike!" (Omni, January 1979) (reprinted in the magazine The Best of Omni Science Fiction No. 4)[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?93406 Strike! at ISFDb]
- "The Super Runner" (Runner's World, October 1982)[http://www.asimovonline.com/oldsite/sf_fantasy_story_list.html#The%20Super%20Runner Asimovonline: The Super Runner]
- "The Ten-Second Election" (Omni, November 1984)[http://www.asimovonline.com/oldsite/sf_fantasy_story_list.html#The%20Ten-Second%20Election Asimovonline: The Ten-Second Election]
20 mystery stories have also never been anthologised.[http://www.asimovonline.com/oldsite/uc_story_list.html Asimovonline: Union Club Mysteries][http://www.asimovonline.com/oldsite/misc_story_list.html Asimovonline: Miscellaneous story list] Of these, all but one are Union Club mystery stories (for a list, see The Union Club Mysteries). "Zip Code" (1986) is a mystery story featuring the boy detective character Larry.[http://www.asimovonline.com/oldsite/short_fiction_larry_index.html Asimovonline: Larry Mystery Stories Index]
Unpublished stories
Nine stories which Asimov wrote early in his career were never published anywhere, and are now lost.{{cite book|author=Asimov, I. |date=1980|title=In Memory Yet Green|url=https://archive.org/details/inmemoryyetgreen00asim |url-access=registration |publisher= Avon |page= [https://archive.org/details/inmemoryyetgreen00asim/page/293 293]|isbn=9780380754328 }} (Originally published by Doubleday, 1979) They were:
- (1938) "Cosmic Corkscrew" (9,000 words)
- (1938) "This Irrational Planet" (3,000 words)
- (1938) "Paths of Destiny" (6,000 words)
- (1938) "Knossos in Its Glory" (6,000 words)
- (1939) "The Decline and Fall" (6,000 words)
- (1939) "Life Before Birth" (6,000 words)
- (1939) "The Brothers" (6,000 words)
- (1940) "The Oak" (6,000 words)
- (1941) "Masks" (1,500 words)
In the 1972 anthology The Early Asimov, Asimov listed two other stories which he thought had also been lost: "The Weapon" (1938) and "Big Game" (1941). However, they were subsequently found ("The Weapon" had in fact been published under a pseudonym in 1942, which Asimov had forgotten). They were collected in In Memory Yet Green (1979) and Before the Golden Age (1974), respectively.{{cite book|author=Asimov, I. |date=1980|title=In Memory Yet Green|url=https://archive.org/details/inmemoryyetgreen00asim |url-access=registration |publisher= Avon |pages= [https://archive.org/details/inmemoryyetgreen00asim/page/339 339–340]|isbn=9780380754328 }} (Originally published by Doubleday, 1979){{cite book|author=Asimov, I. |year=1974|title=Before the Golden Age|publisher=Fawcett Publications, Incorporated |isbn=9780449229132 |url=https://archive.org/details/beforegoldenages01asim |url-access=registration }} (Orbit Books edition, 1976, pp. 147–148.) (They are included in the above list of published stories.)
In his autobiography, Asimov wrote "Since February 1941, I have never written a piece of fiction that has not, in one way or another, seen print."
See also
References
{{reflist|refs=
{{cite book|last=Asimov|first=Isaac|authorlink=Isaac Asimov|title=The Early Asimov Volume 1|pages=187–188|publisher=Panther Books|year=1973|isbn=0-586-03806-X}}
The Early Asimov Volume 1, p. 14
The Early Asimov Volume 1, p. 33
The Early Asimov Volume 1, p. 50
The Early Asimov Volume 1, p. 105
{{cite book|last=Asimov|first=Isaac|authorlink=Isaac Asimov|title=The Early Asimov Volume 2|pages=9–10|publisher=Panther Books|year=1974|isbn=0-586-03936-8}}
The Early Asimov Volume 2, p. 78
The Early Asimov Volume 2, p. 147
}}
External links
- [http://www.asimovonline.com/oldsite/short_fiction_guide.html Asimovonline.com]
- [http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~susan/books/pages/a/IsaacAsimov.htm Susan Stepney] (collates stories to collections)
- {{ISFDB name|id=5|name=Isaac Asimov}}
- [http://www.storypilot.com/asimov1.html Storypilot (1938–1952)] and [http://www.storypilot.com/asimov2.html 1953–1995]
- [http://www.asimovreviews.net/ Asimovreviews.net]
{{Asimov story collections}}
{{Asimov mystery collections}}
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