Isaac Asimov short stories bibliography

This is a list of short stories by Isaac Asimov. Asimov is mainly famous 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.)

Story	Year	Collected in	First published
"Marooned off Vesta"	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	The Early Asimov	Amazing Stories, May 1939
"Trends"	1939	The Early Asimov	Astounding Science Fiction, July 1939
"Half-Breed"	1940	The Early Asimov	Astonishing Stories, February 1940
"Ring Around the Sun"	1940	The Early Asimov	Future Fiction, March 1940
"The Callistan Menace"	1940	The Early Asimov	Astonishing Stories, April 1940
"The Magnificent Possession"	1940	The Early Asimov	Future Fiction, July 1940
"Robbie" ("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	The Early Asimov	Astounding Science Fiction, September 1940
"Half-Breeds on Venus"	1940	The Early Asimov	Astonishing Stories, December 1940
"History"	1941	The Early Asimov	Super Science Stories, March 1941
"The Secret Sense"	1941	The Early Asimov	Cosmic Stories, March 1941
"Heredity"	1941	The Early Asimov	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	The Early Asimov	Astonishing Stories, September 1941
"Not Final!"	1941	The Early Asimov The Complete Stories, Volume 2	Astounding Science Fiction, October 1941
"Christmas on Ganymede"	1942	The Early Asimov	Startling Stories, January 1942
"Robot AL-76 Goes Astray"	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
"Black Friar of the Flame"	1942	The Early Asimov	Planet Stories, Spring 1942
"Time Pussy"	1942	The Early Asimov	Astounding Science Fiction, April 1942
"Foundation" ("The Encyclopedists")	1942	Foundation	Astounding Science Fiction, May 1942
"The Weapon"	1942	In Memory Yet Green	Super Science Stories, May 1942 (under pseudonym "H. B. Ogden")
"Bridle and Saddle" ("The Mayors")	1942	Foundation	Astounding Science Fiction, June 1942
"Victory Unintentional"	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	The Early Asimov	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
"Catch That Rabbit"	1944	I, Robot The Complete Robot The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov	Astounding Science Fiction, February 1944
"The Big and the Little" ("The Merchant Princes")	1944	Foundation	Astounding Science Fiction, August 1944
"The Wedge" ("The Traders")	1944	Foundation	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" ("The General")	1945	Foundation and Empire	Astounding Science Fiction, April 1945
"Escape!" ("Paradoxical Escape")	1945	I, Robot The Complete Robot	Astounding Science Fiction, August 1945
"The Mule"	1945	Foundation and Empire	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
"Little Lost Robot"	1947	I, Robot The Complete Robot The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov Robot Visions	Astounding Science Fiction, March 1947
"Now You See It—" ("Search by the Mule")	1948	Second Foundation	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
"The Red Queen's Race"	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	The Early Asimov	Astounding Science Fiction, May 1949
"—And Now You Don't" ("Search by the Foundation")	1949–1950	Second Foundation	Astounding Science Fiction, November 1949, December 1949 and January 1950
"The Little Man on the Subway"	1950	The Early Asimov	Fantasy Book, vol. 1 no. 6 (January 1950)
"The Evitable Conflict"	1950	I, Robot The Complete Robot Robot Visions	Astounding Science Fiction, June 1950
"Legal Rites" (w/Frederik Pohl)	1950	The Early Asimov	Weird Tales, September 1950
"Darwinian Pool Room"	1950	Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1950
"Green Patches" ("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
"Day of the Hunters"	1950	Buy Jupiter and Other Stories The Complete Stories, Volume 2	Future Combined With Science Fiction Stories, November 1950
"Satisfaction Guaranteed"	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
"Breeds There a Man...?"	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	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	Only a Trillion	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)
"The Immortal Bard"	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
"It's Such a Beautiful Day"	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
"The Talking Stone"	1955	Asimov's Mysteries The Complete Stories, Volume 2	The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1955
"The Portable Star"	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 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?" ("Death of a Honey-Blonde")	1956	Asimov's Mysteries	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)
"Pâté de Foie Gras"	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" ("The Brazen Locked Room")	1956	Earth Is Room Enough The Complete Stories, Volume 1	The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November 1956
"The Last Question"	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" (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
"The Dust of Death"	1957	Asimov's Mysteries	Venture Science Fiction, January 1957
"Let's Get Together"	1957	The Rest of the Robots The Complete Robot The Complete Stories, Volume 2	Infinity Science Fiction, February 1957
"The Author's Ordeal"	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
"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
"Insert Knob A in Hole B"	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
"The Gentle Vultures"	1957	Nine Tomorrows The Complete Stories, Volume 1	Super-Science Fiction, December 1957
"Spell My Name with an S" ("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
"I Just Make Them Up, See!"	1958	Nine Tomorrows The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov	The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1958
"The Feeling of Power"	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
"The Up-to-Date Sorcerer"	1958	Nightfall and Other Stories The Complete Stories, Volume 1	The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1958
"The Ugly Little Boy" ("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" ("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
"Rain, Rain, Go Away"	1959	Buy Jupiter and Other Stories The Complete Stories, Volume 2	Fantastic Universe, September 1959
"Rejection Slips"	1959	Nine Tomorrows Science Fiction by Asimov	Nine Tomorrows (Doubleday, 1959)
"The Covenant" Asimov wrote part two of this five part round-robin story.	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?" ("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
"My Son, the Physicist"	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)
"Eyes Do More Than See"	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
"The Prime of Life"	1966	The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories	The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1966
"The Billiard Ball"	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" ("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
"Feminine Intuition"	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" ("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
"The Best New Thing"	1971	The Best New Thing	The Best New Thing (World Publishing Co., 1971)
"The Greatest Asset"	1972	Buy Jupiter and Other Stories The Complete Stories, Volume 2	Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, January 1972
"The Acquisitive Chuckle"	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" ("The Phony PhD")	1972	Tales of the Black Widowers	Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 1972
"Truth to Tell" ("The Man Who Never Told a Lie")	1972	Tales of the Black Widowers	Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, October 1972
"Go, Little Book!" ("The Matchbook Collector")	1972	Tales of the Black Widowers	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)
"Thiotimoline to the Stars"	1973	Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	Astounding: John W. Campbell Memorial Anthology (Random House, 1973)
"Early Sunday Morning" ("The Biological Clock")	1973	Tales of the Black Widowers The Return of the Black Widowers	Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 1973
"The Obvious Factor"	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
"The Pointing Finger"	1973	Tales of the Black Widowers The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov	Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 1973
"Miss What?" ("A Warning to Miss Earth")	1973	Tales of the Black Widowers	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" ("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)
"The Lullaby of Broadway"	1974	Tales of the Black Widowers	Tales of the Black Widowers (Doubleday, 1974)
"The Curious Omission"	1974	Tales of the Black Widowers	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
"When No Man Pursueth"	1974	More Tales of the Black Widowers	Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 1974
"Benjamin's Dream" ("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" ("The Third Dream")	1974	—	The Saturday Evening Post, May 1974
"Quicker Than the Eye"	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
"Stranger in Paradise"	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" ("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" ("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
Nothing Like Murder	1974	More Tales of the Black Widowers	The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1974
No Smoking (Confessions of an American Cigarette Smoker)	1974	More Tales of the Black Widowers	Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, December 1974
The Heavenly Host	1974	The Heavenly Host (an extended version of the original short story)	Boys' Life, December 1974
Big Game	1974 (written in 1941)	Before the Golden Age	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 (Try Sarah Tops)	1975	The Key Word and Other Mysteries	Boys' Life, February 1975
A Boy's Best Friend	1975	The Complete Robot	Boys' Life, March 1975
The One and Only East	1975	More Tales of the Black Widowers The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov	Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 1975
The Little Things	1975	The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov	Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 1975
Point of View	1975	The Complete Robot	Boys' Life, July 1975
Earthset and Evening Star	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	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
Santa Claus Gets a Coin	1975	The Key Word and Other Mysteries	Boys' Life, December 1975
Friday the Thirteenth	1976	More Tales of the Black Widowers	The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1976
Season's Greetings!	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)
The Ultimate Crime	1976	More Tales of the Black Widowers	More Tales of the Black Widowers (Doubleday, 1976)
The Bicentennial Man	1976	The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories Opus 200 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
Birth of a Notion	1976	The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories	Amazing Stories, June 1976
The Cross of Lorraine	1976	Casebook of the Black Widowers The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov	Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 1976
The Tercentenary Incident	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 (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)
To Tell at a Glance	1977	The Winds of Change and Other Stories	The Saturday Evening Post, February 1977
True Love	1977	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	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
The Disappearing Man	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	The Winds of Change and Other Stories	Asimov's SF Adventure Magazine, Fall 1978
Strike!	1979	—	Omni, January 1979
Nothing for Nothing	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! (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 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
The Backward Look	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	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 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
The Woman in the Bar	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 (To Spot a Spy)	1980	The Union Club Mysteries	Gallery, September 1980
The Good Samaritan	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 The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov Science Fiction by Asimov	The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1980
The Telephone Number (The Winning Number)	1980	The Union Club Mysteries	Gallery, October 1980
The Men Who Wouldn't Talk (Pigeon English)	1980	The Union Club Mysteries	Gallery, November 1980
A Clear Shot (Big Shot)	1980	The Union Club Mysteries	Gallery, December 1980
The Year of the Action (The Gilbert and Sullivan Mystery)	1981	Banquets of the Black Widowers	Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, 1 January 1981
Irresistible to Women (Call Me Irresistible)	1981	The Union Club Mysteries	Gallery, January 1981
He Wasn't There (The Spy Who Was Out-of-Focus)	1981	The Union Club Mysteries The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov	Gallery, February 1981
The Thin Line (Taxicab Crackdown)	1981	The Union Club Mysteries	Gallery, March 1981
Mystery Tune (Death Song)	1981	The Union Club Mysteries	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 (Decipher Deception)	1981	The Union Club Mysteries	Gallery, June 1981
Can You Prove It?	1981	Banquets of the Black Widowers The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov	Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, 17 June 1981
Hot or Cold	1981	The Union Club Mysteries	Gallery, July 1981
The Thirteenth Page	1981	The Union Club Mysteries	Gallery, August 1981
1 to 999 (One in a Thousand)	1981	The Union Club Mysteries	Gallery, September 1981
Twelve Years Old (The 12-Year-Old Problem)	1981	The Union Club Mysteries	Gallery, October 1981
A Perfect Fit	1981	The Winds of Change and Other Stories	EDN, 14 October 1981
Testing, Testing! (Cloak and Dagger Duel)	1981	The Union Club Mysteries	Gallery, November 1981
The Appleby Story (The Last Laugh)	1981	The Union Club Mysteries	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 (Countdown to Disaster)	1982	The Union Club Mysteries The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov	Gallery, January 1982
Friends and Allies (Mirror Image)	1982	The Union Club Mysteries	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? (The Perfect Alibi)	1982	The Union Club Mysteries	Gallery, March 1982
The Winds of Change	1982	The Winds of Change and Other Stories The Edge of Tomorrow	Speculations (Houghton Mifflin, April 1982)
One Night of Song	1982	The Winds of Change and Other Stories Azazel	The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1982
The Sign (The Telltale Sign)	1982	The Union Club Mysteries The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov	Gallery, April 1982
The Phoenician Bauble	1982	Banquets of the Black Widowers	Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 1982
Catching the Fox (Stopping the Fox)	1982	The Union Club Mysteries	Gallery, May 1982
Getting the Combination (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 (Mystery Book)	1982	The Union Club Mysteries The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov	Gallery, July 1982
The Three Goblets (A Flash of Brilliance)	1982	The Union Club Mysteries	Gallery, August 1982
Spell It! (Book Smart)	1982	The Union Club Mysteries	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 (Cherchez la Femme: the Case of the Disappearing Woman)	1982	The Union Club Mysteries	Gallery, October 1982
The Super Runner	1982	—	Runner's World, October 1982
The Smile That Loses	1982	The Winds of Change and Other Stories Azazel	The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November 1982
Sending a Signal (A Piece of the Rock)	1982	The Union Club Mysteries	Gallery, November 1982
Half a Ghost (A Ghost of a Chance)	1982	The Union Club Mysteries	Gallery, December 1982
There Was a Young Lady (Poetic License)	1983	The Union Club Mysteries	Gallery, January 1983
Potential	1983	Science Fiction by Asimov	Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, February 1983
State Capital (A Chemical Solution)	1983	—	Gallery, February 1983
Never Out of Sight (The Amusement Lark)	1983	The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov	Gallery, March 1983
The Favourite Piece (Face the Music)	1983	The Union Club Mysteries	Gallery, April 1983
The Magic Umbrella (Stormy Weather)	1983	The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov	Gallery, May 1983
A Monday in April	1983	Banquets of the Black Widowers	Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 1983
The Briefcase in the Taxi (Circuit Breaker)	1983	—	Gallery, June 1983
The Bird That Sang Bass (Riddled With Clues)	1983	—	Gallery, July 1983
The Last Caesar (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
Nothing Might Happen	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
The Christmas Solution	1983	The Disappearing Man and Other Mysteries	Boys' Life, December 1983
A Matter of Principle	1984	Azazel	Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, February 1984
Neither Brute nor Human	1984	Banquets of the Black Widowers The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov	Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, April 1984
The Evil Drink Does	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
The Ten-Second Election	1984	—	Omni, November 1984
Dashing Through the Snow	1984	Science Fiction by Asimov Azazel	Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, mid-December 1984)
The Year of the Feast	1984	—	Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, December 1984
The Queen and King	1984	—	Espionage, December 1984
Hallucination	1985	Gold	Boys' Life, February, March and April 1985
The Fourth Homonym	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 (The Taunter)	1985	—	Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, October 1985
He Travels the Fastest	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)
The Man in the Park	1985	The Disappearing Man and Other Mysteries	The Disappearing Man and Other Mysteries (Walker & Company, 1985)
Feghoot and the Courts (Burnside and the Courts)	1986	Gold	Bred Any Good Rooks Lately? (Doubleday, 1986)
The Eye of the Beholder	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
New England Equinox	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)
Sunset on the Water	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
The Mind's Construction	1986	Azazel	Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, October 1986
Robot Dreams	1986	Robot Dreams	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, December 1986
Left to Right	1987	Gold	Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, January 1987
The Fights of Spring	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
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)
The Two-Centimeter Demon	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
The Turning Point	1988	The Drabble Project	The Drabble Project (Beccon Publications, April 1988) (limited edition)
Flight of Fancy	1988	Azazel	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 (Man as the Ultimate Gadget)	1988	Gold	Supplement to Bloomberg Businessweek, 21 October 1988 (subsequently in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, April 1989)
I Love Little Pussy	1988	The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov	Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, November 1988
Christmas Without Rodney	1988	Robot Visions	Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, mid-December 1988
The Instability	1989	Gold	The Observer, 1 January 1989
Good-bye to Earth	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
Alexander the God	1989	Gold	Columbia, June / July 1989
Northwestward	1989	Return of the Black Widowers Magic	The Further Adventures of Batman (Bantam Books, July 1989)
The Mad Scientist	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	Robot Visions	The Microverse (Bantam, November 1989)
The Lucky Piece	1990	Puzzles of the Black Widowers	Puzzles of the Black Widowers (Doubleday, January 1990)
The Four-Leaf Clover	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
Lost in a Space Warp	1990	The Return of the Black Widowers	Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 1990
Robot Visions	1990	Robot Visions	Robot Visions (Roc Books, April 1990)
Fault-Intolerant	1990	Gold	Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, May 1990
Police at the Door	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)
The Haunted Cabin	1990	The Return of the Black Widowers	Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, October 1990
The Time Traveller	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
Baby, It's Cold Outside	1991	Magic	Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, June 1991
The Guest's Guest	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
The Critic on the Hearth	1992	Magic	Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, November 1992
March Against the Foe	1994	Magic	Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, April 1994
Battle-Hymn	1995	Gold	Gold (HarperPrism, March 1995)
The Nations in Space	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.

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.

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.

Stories never anthologised

Five published stories were never included in Asimov's own books. They were however included in other anthologies.

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.
• "The Portable Star" (Thrilling Wonder Stories, Winter 1955) was Asimov's least favourite story, and was anthologised without his permission in a magazine, A Treasury of Great Science Fiction Stories no. 1 (1964). (It has since been reprinted in Thrilling Wonder Stories, Summer 2007.)
• "A Woman's Heart" (Satellite, June 1957) was never collected because of Asimov's disdain for it.
• "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.)
• "The Man Who Made the 21st Century" (Boys' Life, October 1965)
• "Party by Satellite" (The Saturday Evening Post, May 1974) (Original title "The Third Dream.")
• "Strike!" (Omni, January 1979) (reprinted in the magazine The Best of Omni Science Fiction No. 4)
• "The Super Runner" (Runner's World, October 1982)
• "The Ten-Second Election" (Omni, November 1984)

20 mystery stories have also never been anthologised. 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.

Unpublished stories

Nine stories which Asimov wrote early in his career were never published anywhere, and are now lost:

1. (1938) "Cosmic Corkscrew" (9,000 words)
2. (1938) "This Irrational Planet" (3,000 words)
3. (1938) "Paths of Destiny" (6,000 words)
4. (1938) "Knossos in Its Glory" (6,000 words)
5. (1939) "The Decline and Fall" (6,000 words)
6. (1939) "Life Before Birth" (6,000 words)
7. (1939) "The Brothers" (6,000 words)
8. (1940) "The Oak" (6,000 words)
9. (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 and collected in In Memory Yet Green (1979) and Before the Golden Age (1974), respectively. (They are included in the above list of published stories.)

See also

• Isaac Asimov book series bibliography
• Isaac Asimov bibliography

External links

• Asimovonline.com
• Susan Stepney (collates stories to collections)
• Isaac Asimov at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Storypilot (1938–1952) and 1953–1995
• Asimovreviews.net