Year Published

1832

Poe, Edgar Allan – Metzengerstein – 2 stars – (in Philadelphia Saturday Courier)

Poe, Edgar Allan – Loss of Breath – 1 star – (in Philadelphia Saturday Courier)

1838

LeFanu, J. Sheridan – The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh – 3 stars – (from Dublin University Magazine)

1841

Poe, Edgar Allan – Never Bet the Devil Your Head – 2 stars – (in Graham’s Magazine)

1842

Poe, Edgar Allan – The Masque of the Red Death – 3 stars – (in Graham’s Magazine)

1844

Poe, Edgar Allan – The Purloined Letter – 4 stars

1866

Dickens, Charles – The Signalman – 4 stars

1874

Hearn, Lafcadio – The Cedar Closet – 2 stars – (Cincinnati Enquirer, March 1)

1879

Anstey, F. (Thomas Anstey Guthrie) – The Wraith of Barnjum – 4 stars – (Temple Bar; March)

1884

Stevenson, Robert Louis – The Body Snatcher – 4 stars

1885

Chekhov, Anton – The Cook’s Wedding – 4 stars

Chekhov, Anton – A Dead Body – 2 stars

1886

Chekhov, Anton – The Witch – 2 stars

Chekhov, Anton – Easter Eve – 3 stars

Chekhov, Anton – On the Road – 4 stars

Chekhov, Anton – The Dependents – 4 stars

Chekhov, Anton – Grisha – 5 stars

LeFanu, J. Sheridan – Green Tea – 3 stars – (from In a Glass Darkly)

1887

Chekhov, Anton – The Kiss – 5 stars

Chekhov, Anton – Typhus – 3 stars

Chekhov, Anton – The Pipe – 3 stars

1889

Chekhov, Anton – The Princess – 3 stars

1890

Bierce, Ambrose – The Middle Toe of the Right Foot – 2 stars – (in San Francisco Examiner Aug 17)

1891

Stoker, Bram – The Judge’s House – 4 stars

1892

Chekhov, Anton – The Grasshopper – 4 stars

Chekhov, Anton – In Exile – 3 stars

Chekhov, Anton – Ward No. 6 – 4 stars

1893

Nesbit, Edith – Man-Size in Marble – 4 stars

1894

Chekhov, Anton – Rothschild’s Fiddle – 3 stars

Chekhov, Anton – The Student – 3 stars

1898

Chekhov, Anton – A Doctor’s Visit – 2 stars

Chekhov, Anton – Gooseberries – 3 stars

1899

Chekhov, Anton – The Lady With The Dog – 3 stars

1900

Chekhov, Anton – In the Ravine – 3 stars

1902

Chekhov, Anton – The Bishop – 3 stars

Jacobs, W. W. – The Monkey’s Paw – 4 stars – (in The Lady of the Barge; Alan Rodgers Books)

Jacobs, W. W. – The Well – 2 stars – (in The Lady of the Barge; Alan Rodgers Books)

1906

Biliunas, Jonas – The Cane – 3 stars

Blackwood, Algeron – The Empty House – 4 stars

1909

Jacobs, W. W. – The Toll-House – 4 stars – (in Sailor’s Knots)

1910

Harvey, William F. – August Heat – 2 stars

1911

James, Montague R. – Casting the Runes – 3 stars

1919

Lovecraft, H. P. – The White Ship – 4 stars

1920

Babel, Isaac – Salt – 5 stars

Lovecraft, H. P. – The Cats of Ulthar – 4 stars

Lovecraft, H. P. – Nyarlathotep – 3 stars

Lovecraft, H. P. – Polaris – 3 stars

1921

Kreve, Vincas – The Herring – 4 stars – (in Siaudinej pastogej)

Lovecraft, H. P. – The Terrible Old Man – 4 stars

Lovecraft, H. P. – The Tree – 2 stars

Lovecraft, H. P. – The Picture in the House – 4 stars

Lovecraft, H. P. – The Nameless City – 3 stars

1922

Krzhizhanovsky, Sigizmund – The Land of Nots – 2 stars

Krzhizhanovsky, Sigizmund – The Runaway Fingers – 4 stars

Lovecraft, H. P. – Celephais – 2 stars

Lovecraft, H. P. – The Tomb – 4 stars

Lovecraft, H. P. – The Music of Erich Zann – 5 stars

1923

LeFanu, J. Sheridan – Squire Toby’s Will – 3 stars – (from Madam Crowl’s Ghost and Other Tales)

LeFanu, J. Sheridan – Sir Dominick’s Bargain – 1 star – (from Madam Crowl’s Ghost and Other Tales)

Lovecraft, H. P. – Hypnos – 3 stars

Lovecraft, H. P. – The Lurking Fear – 5 stars

1924

Lovecraft, H. P. – The Hound – 2 stars

1925

Hemmingway, Ernest – The Undefeated – 3 stars – (in Der Querschnitt (The Cross Section))

Krzhizhanovsky, Sigizmund – Autobiography of a Corpse – 3 stars

Lovecraft, H. P. – The Festival – 3 stars

Lovecraft, H. P. – In the Vault – 4 stars

Lovecraft, H. P. – The Temple – 3 stars

1926

Lovecraft, H. P. – He – 2 stars

Lovecraft, H. P. – The Moon-Bog – 3 stars

Lovecraft, H. P. – The Outsider – 5 stars

1927

Hemmingway, Ernest – In Another Country – 3 stars

Hemmingway, Ernest – Hills Like White Elephants – 1 star – (in transition; August)

Hemmingway, Ernest – Fifty Grand – 4 stars – (in The Atlantic Monthly)

Hemmingway, Ernest – A Canary for One – 2 stars – (in Scribner’s Magazine; April)

Hemmingway, Ernest – The Killers – 4 stars – (in Scribner’s Magazine)

Krzhizhanovsky, Sigizmund – In the Pupil – 4 stars

Krzhizhanovsky, Sigizmund – The Collector of Cracks – 2 stars

Krzhizhanovsky, Sigizmund – The Unbitten Elbow – 4 stars

Lovecraft, H. P. – Pickman’s Model – 4 stars

Lovecraft, H. P. – The Horror at Red Hook – 3 stars

1928

Krzhizhanovsky, Sigizmund – Seams – 3 stars

Long, Frank Belknap – The Space Eaters – 3 stars  – (in Weird Tales; July)

Lovecraft, H. P. – The Call of Cthulhu – 5 stars

1929

Inber, Vera – The Death of Luna – 4 stars

Long, Frank Belknap – The Hounds of Tindalos – 3 stars – (in Weird Tales; March)

Lovecraft, H. P. – The Silver Key – 4 stars

1932

Howard, Robert E. – The Phoenix on The Sword – 3 stars

1934

Lovecraft, H. P. – From Beyond – 2 stars

1935

Lovecraft, H. P. – The Quest of Iranon – 4 stars

Oleysha, Yuri – Liompa – 2 stars

1939

Greene, Graham – The Case for the Defence – 2 stars

Vaiciulaitis, Antanas – The Light of Your Face – 1 star – (in Pelkiu takas)

1940

Borges, Jorge Luis – The Circular Ruins – 3 – (in Sur; December)

Greene, Graham – Men At Work – 2 stars

Greene, Graham – Alas, Poor Maling – 1 star

1941

Borges, Jorge Luis – The Library of Babel – 4 stars – (in Sur)

Borges, Jorge Luis – The Lottery of Babylon – 3 stars – (in Sur; January)

Borges, Jorge Luis – The Garden of Forking Paths – 4 stars

Greene, Graham – Greek Meets Greek – 2 stars –

Kornbluth, C. M. – The Rocket of 1955 – 1 star – (Stirring Science Stories; April)   Φ

Kornbluth, C. M. – Thirteen O’Clock – 3 stars – (Stirring Science Stories; April)   Φ

Sturgeon, Theodore – Microcosmic God – 4 stars – (Astounding; April)   Φ

1942

Borges, Jorge Luis – The Shape of the Sword – 3 stars – (in La Nación; July)

Borges, Jorge Luis – Death and the Compass – 1 star – (in Sur; May)

Sturgeon, Theodore – Medusa – 4 stars – (Astounding; February)   Φ

1943

Sturgeon, Theodore – Ghost of a Chance – 2 stars – (Unknown Worlds; June)  Φ

1944

Leiber, Fritz – Sanity –  3 stars – (Astounding Science Fiction; April)

1945

Leiber, Fritz – Wanted – An Enemy – 3 stars – (Astounding Science Fiction; February)

1947

Borges, Jorge Luis – The Immortal – 4 stars

Sturgeon, Theodore – Blabbermouth – 3 stars – (Amazing Stories; February)   Φ

1948

Brown, Frederic – Cry Silence – 3 stars – (in Black Mask; November)

Greene, Graham – The Hint of an Explanation – 3 stars

1950

Bradbury, Ray – The Whole Town’s Sleeping – 4 stars – (in McCall’s; September)

Bradbury, Ray – The Rocket – 2 stars – (in Super Science Stories; March)

1952

Borges, Jorge Luis – The Cult of the Phoenix – 3 stars – (Sur; September)

Gunn, James E. – The Misogynist – 2 stars – (in Galaxy, November)

Miller jr., Walter. M. – Dumb Waiter – 4 stars – (Astounding; April)   Φ

Sheckley, Robert – Fear in the Night – 4 stars –

1953

Sheckley, Robert – Ask a Foolish Question – 4 stars

1954

Greene, Graham – The Destructors – 3 stars – (Picture Post; July)

Greene, Graham – Special Duties – 3 stars –

Greene, Graham – The Blue Film – 3 stars

Sheckley, Robert – The Academy – 2 stars – (in If, August)

1955

Gunn, James E. – Little Orphan Android – 3 stars (in Galaxy, September)

Pohl, Frederik – The Tunnel Under the World – 5 stars – (in Galaxy Science Fiction; January)

Sheckley, Robert – Citizen in Space – 3 stars – (in Playboy; September)

Sheckley, Robert – Disposal Service – 3 stars

Sheckley, Robert – Hunting Problem – 5 stars – (in Galaxy Science Fiction; September)

1956

Gunn, James E. – Tsylana – 3 stars – (in Galaxy; March)

Sheckley, Robert – Pilgrimage to Earth – 4 stars

Sheckley, Robert – All The Things You Are – 4 stars – (in Galaxy Science Fiction; July)

Sheckley, Robert – Trap – 3 stars – (in Galaxy Science Fiction; February)

1957

Babayevsky, Semyon – Grackles – 3 stars

Gunn, James E. – Every Day is Christmas – 4 stars – (in Super Science-Fiction, February)

1959

Piper, H. Beam – The Answer – 3 stars – (in Fantastic Universe; December)

1960

Leinster, Murray – Rogue Star – 3 stars

1961

Pohl, Frederik – Punch – 3 stars – (in Playboy Magazine; June)

1966

Wilhelm, Kate – Staras Flonderans – 4 stars – (in Orbit 1; Berkley)

1967

Leiber, Fritz – Gonna Roll The Bones – 4 stars – (in Dangerous Visions; Doubleday)

1976

Campbell, Ramsey – The Tugging – 2 stars – (in The Disciples of Cthulhu; DAW Books)

1991

Sterling, Bruce – The Unthinkable – 2 stars – (in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction; August)

1993

Gerrold, David – Bauble – 3 stars – (in More Whatdunits; DAW)

1999

Haldeman, Joe – A Separate War – 3 stars – (in Far Horizons)

2011

Castro, Adam-Troy – Hiding Place – 3 stars – (in Analog Science Fiction & Fact; April)

McHugh, Ian – Boumee and the Apes – 3 stars – (in Analog Science Fiction & Fact; May)

Spinrad, Norman – Out There – 2 stars – (in Analog Science Fiction & Fact; January)

2014

Stewart, Andy – The New Cambrian – 2 stars – (in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction; Jan – Feb)