The Collected Stories of Ray Bradbury


The Collected Stories of Ray Bradbury is an ongoing scholarly, multi-volume series published by Kent State University Press, aiming to collect every short story written by American author Ray Bradbury in chronological order. The series is edited by William F. Touponce and Jonathan R. Eller, with extensive textual apparatus providing critical insights and annotations. The project is expected to span eight volumes and has received approval from the Modern Language Association for its academic rigor. Each story is edited based on Bradbury's original manuscripts, with commentary on textual variants and publication history.

Background

The series brings together Bradbury's entire body of short fiction, including his early and lesser-known works, as well as his more famous stories. By arranging the stories chronologically and providing detailed commentary, the project gives readers and scholars insight into Bradbury's growth as a writer. The editorial apparatus includes information on the original publications, textual revisions, and critical interpretations.

Contents

Volume 1

The first volume, The Collected Stories of Ray Bradbury: A Critical Edition – Volume 1, 1938–1943, was published on February 21, 2011.
  1. "Pendulum"
  2. "Gabriel's Horn"
  3. "Final Victim"
  4. "The Piper"
  5. "The Candle"
  6. "Is That You, Bert?"
  7. "The Wind"
  8. "Eat, Drink and Be Wary"
  9. "Promotion to Satellite"
  10. "The Crowd"
  11. "Chrysalis"
  12. "Subterfuge"
  13. "The Parallel"
  14. "And Then—The Silence"
  15. "The Lake"
  16. "Morgue Ship"
  17. "Tomorrow and Tomorrow"
  18. "The Monster Maker"
  19. "King of the Gray Spaces"
  20. "The Scythe"
  21. "I, Rocket"
  22. "Undersea Guardians"
  23. "The Small Assassin"

Appendix

  1. "Hollerbochen's Dilemma"
  2. "Hollerbochen Comes Back"
  3. "Don't Get Technatal"
  4. "The Pendulum"
  5. "Luana the Living"
  6. "The Piper"
  7. "It's Not the Heat, It's the Hu—"
  8. "The Secret"
  9. "Tale of the Mangledomvritch"

Volume 2

The Collected Stories of Ray Bradbury: A Critical Edition – Volume 2, 1943–1944, was published in September, 2014.
  1. "The Sea Shell"
  2. "Everything Instead of Something"
  3. "The Ducker"
  4. "The Shape of Things"
  5. "The Night"
  6. "Perchance to Dream"
  7. "Referent"
  8. "The Calculator"
  9. "The Emissary"
  10. "And Watch the Fountains"
  11. "The Million Year Picnic"
  12. "The Man Upstairs"
  13. "Autopsy"
  14. "The Long Night"
  15. "Lazarus Come Forth"
  16. "There Was an Old Woman"
  17. "The Trunk Lady"
  18. "Jack-in-the-Box"
  19. "Where Everything Ends"
  20. "Bang! You're Dead!"
  21. "Enter - the Douser"
  22. "Rocket Skin"
  23. "Forgotten Man"
  24. "The Jar"

Volume 3

The third volume, The Collected Stories of Ray Bradbury: A Critical Edition - Volume 3, 1944-1945, was published in May, 2017.
  1. "No Phones, Private Coffin"
  2. "If Paths Must Cross Again"
  3. "The Miracles of Jamie"
  4. "The Long Way Around"
  5. "The Very Bewildered Corpses
  6. "The Reincarnate"
  7. "Chrysalis"
  8. "The Poems"
  9. "Defense Mech"
  10. "Mr. Priory Meets Mr. Caldwell"
  11. "'I'm Not So Dumb'"
  12. "Invisible Boy"
  13. "Ylla"
  14. "The Tombstone"
  15. "The Watchers"
  16. "Lorelei of the Red Mist"
  17. "One Minus One"
  18. "The Sea Cure"
  19. "Skeleton"
  20. "Riabouchinska"
  21. "Skeleton"
  22. "The Black Ferris"