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Book Riot's SFF Short Story Collections Plus More

I used Book Riot's list of 100 Must Read Science Fiction and Fantasy short story collections and added some of my own short story selections. Some I've read, but many I have left to discover.
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Accessing the Future: A Disability-Themed Anthology of Speculative Fiction (Kathryn Allan and Djibril Al-Ayad)
Accessing the Future: A Disability-Themed Anthology of Speculative Fiction
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Kathryn Allan and Djibril Al-Ayad
Afrosf: Science Fiction by African Writers (Ivor W. Hartmann)
Afrosf: Science Fiction by African Writers
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Ivor W. Hartmann
After the Apocalypse: Stories (Maureen F. Mchugh)
After the Apocalypse: Stories
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Maureen F. Mchugh
After the Quake (Haruki Murakami)
After the Quake
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Haruki Murakami
The Age of Wire and String
The Age of Wire and String
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Ancient, Ancient (Kiini Ibura Salaam)
Ancient, Ancient
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Kiini Ibura Salaam
Anthonology
Anthonology
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At the Mouth of the River of Bees (Kij Johnson)
At the Mouth of the River of Bees
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Kij Johnson
Awayland (Ramona Asubel)
Awayland
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Ramona Asubel
Before and Afterlives (Christopher Barzac)
Before and Afterlives
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Christopher Barzac
Beyond the Woods: Fairy Tales Retold (Paula Guran)
Beyond the Woods: Fairy Tales Retold
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Paula Guran
Birds of America (Lorrie Moore)
Birds of America
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Lorrie Moore
Blackberry Blue and Other Fairy Tales (Jamila Gavin)
Blackberry Blue and Other Fairy Tales
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Jamila Gavin
Bless Your Mechanical Heart (Jennifer Brozek)
Bless Your Mechanical Heart
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Jennifer Brozek
A Blink of the Screen
A Blink of the Screen
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Bloodchild and Other Stories (Octavia Butler)
Bloodchild and Other Stories
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Octavia Butler
Bobcat and Other Stories (Rebecca Lee)
Bobcat and Other Stories
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Rebecca Lee
Bone Swans (C. S. E. Cooney)
Bone Swans
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C. S. E. Cooney
Clockwork Fairy Tales: A Collection of Steampunk Fables (Stephen L. Antczak)
Clockwork Fairy Tales: A Collection of Steampunk Fables
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Stephen L. Antczak
Conjunctions 39: The New Wave Fabulists (Peter Straub (Ed.))
Conjunctions 39: The New Wave Fabulists
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Peter Straub (Ed.)
Conservation of Shadows
Conservation of Shadows
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The Dark Dark (Samantha Hunt)
The Dark Dark
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Samantha Hunt
Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction From the African Diaspora (Sheree Renee Thomas)
Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction From the African Diaspora
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Sheree Renee Thomas
Dear Sweet Filthy World (Caitlin Kiernan)
Dear Sweet Filthy World
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Caitlin Kiernan
Diverse Energies (Tobias S. Buckell and Joe Monti)
Diverse Energies
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Tobias S. Buckell and Joe Monti
The Djinn Falls in Love and Other Stories (Mahvesh Murad and Jared Shurin)
The Djinn Falls in Love and Other Stories
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Mahvesh Murad and Jared Shurin
Dreams of Distant Shores (Patricia A. McKillip)
Dreams of Distant Shores
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Patricia A. McKillip
Dreamweaver's Dilemma (Lois McMaster Bujold)
Dreamweaver's Dilemma
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Lois McMaster Bujold
Engraved on the Eye (Saladin Ahmed)
Engraved on the Eye
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Saladin Ahmed
Errantry: Strange Stories (Elizabeth Hand)
Errantry: Strange Stories
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Elizabeth Hand
Eyes Like Sky and Coal and Moonlight (Cat Rambo)
Eyes Like Sky and Coal and Moonlight
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Cat Rambo
Falling in Love With Hominids (Nalo Hopkinson)
Falling in Love With Hominids
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Nalo Hopkinson
Families Among Us (Blake Kimzey)
Families Among Us
33
Blake Kimzey
Feeling Very Strange (James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel)
Feeling Very Strange
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James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel
Firebirds: An Anthology of Original Fantasy and Science Fiction (Sharyn November)
Firebirds: An Anthology of Original Fantasy and Science Fiction
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Sharyn November
Florida (Lauren Groff)
Florida
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Lauren Groff
Fountain of the Ages (Nancy Kress)
Fountain of the Ages
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Nancy Kress
Get in Trouble (Kelly Link)
Get in Trouble
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Kelly Link
Ghost Summer (Due)
Ghost Summer
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Due
Ghosts by Gaslight (Jack Dann)
Ghosts by Gaslight
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Jack Dann
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