This is a chronological list of short fiction by American writer Ray Bradbury. Only original works are listed, along with their first publication. Several stories exist in one or more revised versions, sometimes under different titles.

1930s

1938 Title Originally published in Versions Notes "Hollerbochen's Dilemma" Imagination, Jan. -38 "The Death of Mr. McCarthy" Blue and White Daily [Los Angeles High School], Apr. 21 -38 "Hollerbochen Comes Back" [Mikros], Nov. -38

1939 Title Originally published in Versions Notes "How to Run a Successful Ghost Agency" D'Journal, Mar. -39 as Brian Eldred "Mummy Dust" D'Journal, May -39 as Cecil Clayborne Cunningham "" Futuria Fantasia, summer -39 as Ron Reynolds "Gold" Science Fiction Fan, Aug. -39 "" Futuria Fantasia, fall -39 uncredited; developed into "Pendulum (-41)"

1940s

1940 Title Originally published in Versions Notes "The Maiden of Jirbu" Polaris, Mar. -40 with Bob Tucker "Tale of the Tortletwitch" alt. title: "Remembrance of Things Past" Spaceways, Apr. -40 as Guy Amory "Luana the Living" Polaris, Jun. -40 "The Piper" Futuria Fantasia, Sep. -40 as Ron Reynolds; developed into "The Piper (-43)" "The Last Man" The Damn Thing, Nov. -40 "It's Not the Heat, It's the Hu—" Script, Nov. 2 -40 "" Futuria Fantasia, winter -40 uncredited "Genie Trouble" The Damn Thing, Dec. -40 "The Tale of the Terrible Typer" Fantasite, Nov. -40

1941 Title Originally published in Versions Notes "How Am I Today, Doctor?" The Damn Thing, Feb. -41 "The Trouble with Humans Is People" The Damn Thing, Mar. -41 "Tale of the Mangledomvrich" Snide, Jun. -41 "Wilber and His Germ" Script, May 24 -41 basis for "Fever Dream (-48)" "Pendulum" Super Science Stories, Nov. -41 with Henry Hasse; based on "The Pendulum (-39)"

1942 Title Originally published in Versions Notes "Eat, Drink and Be Wary" Astounding Science-Fiction, Jul. -42 "" Weird Tales, Nov. -42 with Henry Kuttner (uncredited)

1943 Title Originally published in Versions Notes "The Piper" Thrilling Wonder Stories, Feb. -43 based on "The Piper (-40)" "" Weird Tales, Mar. -43 "Gabriel's Horn" Captain Future, spring -43 with Henry Hasse "Subterfuge" Astonishing Stories, Apr. -43 "" Weird Tales, May -43 "The Scythe" Weird Tales, Jul. -43 revised: Dark Carnival (-47) "" Astounding Science-Fiction, Sep. -43 manuscript title: "Everything Instead of Something" "And Watch the Fountains" Astounding Science-Fiction, Sep. -43 "Promotion to Satellite" Thrilling Wonder Stories, fall -43 "" Weird Tales, Nov. -43 forerunner for "Bang! You're Dead! (-44)" "King of the Gray Spaces" alt. title: "R Is for Rocket" Famous Fantastic Mysteries, Dec. -43 revised: R Is for Rocket ('62) comic-strip: Weird Fantasy 19, '53

1944

Title Originally published in Versions Notes "The Sea Shell" Weird Tales, Jan. -44 "" Weird Tales, Mar. -44 "The Monster Maker" Planet Stories, spring -44 manuscript title: "Pirates in Profile" "I, Rocket" Amazing Stories, May -44 revised: Long After Midnight (1976) comic-strip: Weird Fantasy 20, '53 "The Lake" Weird Tales, May -44 comic-strip: The Vault of Horror 31, '53 "Morgue Ship" Planet Stories, summer -44 "" Weird Tales, Jul. -44 revised: Dark Carnival (-47) comic-strip: Tales From the Crypt 34, '53 "Killer, Come Back to Me!" Detective Tales, Jul. -44 manuscript title: "Autopsy" "The Long Night" New Detective, Jul. -44 "Yesterday I Lived!" Flynn's Detective Fiction, Aug. -44 manuscript title: "No Phones, Private Coffin" "" Detective Tales, Sep. -44 "" Weird Tales, Sep. -44 "And Then—the Silence" alt. title: "The Silence" Super Science Stories, Oct. -44 "Half-Pint Homicide" Detective Tales, Nov. -44 manuscript title: "Enter the Douser" "" Weird Tales, Nov. -44 Dark Carnival (-47) The October Country (-55) 1964 episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour "It Burns Me Up!" Dime Mystery Magazine, Nov. -44 "Lazarus Come Forth" Planet Stories, winter -44 "Undersea Guardians" Amazing Stories, Dec. -44 "Four-Way Funeral" Detective Tales, Dec. -44

1945 Title Originally published in Versions Notes "Skeleton [i]" ?? not to be confused with "Skeleton [ii]" which is better known "The Poems" Weird Tales, Jan. -45 " 'I'm Not So Dumb!' " Detective Tales, Feb. -45 "Hell's Half Hour" New Detective Magazine, Mar. -45 "" Weird Tales, Mar. -45 "The Watchers [i]" Weird Tales, May -45 not to be confused with "The Watchers [ii]" from The Martian Chronicles "Corpse Carnival" Dime Mystery Magazine, Jul. -45 as D. R. Banat "Dead Men Rise Up Never" Dime Mystery Magazine, Jul. -45 "" Weird Tales, Jul. -45 "" The American Mercury, Aug. -45 "" Weird Tales, Sep. -45 not to be confused with the lesser known "Skeleton [i]" "The Long Way Home" Dime Mystery Magazine, Nov. -45 "" Mademoiselle, Nov. -45

1946

Title Originally published in Versions Notes "Final Victim" Amazing Stories, Feb. -46 "" alt. title: "The Traveler" Weird Tales, Mar. -46 "Defense Mech" Planet Stories, spring -46 "Rocket Skin" Thrilling Wonder Stories, spring -46 "The Miracles of Jamie" Charm, Apr. -46 "One Timeless Spring" Collier's, Apr. 13 -46 "" Weird Tales, May -46 revised: Dark Carnival (-47) "Her Eyes, Her Lips, Her Limbs" Californian, Jun. -46 as William Elliott "Lorelei of the Red Mist" Planet Stories, summer -46 abridged: Three Times Infinity ('58) with Leigh Brackett; manuscript title: "Red Sea of Venus" "The Million Year Picnic" alt. titles: "The Million-Year Picnic" "The Long Weekend" "October 2026: The Million-Year Picnic" Planet Stories, summer -46 comic-strip: Weird Fantasy 21, '53 manuscript title: "Family Outing" "Chrysalis" Amazing Stories, Jul. -46 "" alt. title: "Ice Cream on a Summer's Evening" Weird Tales, Jul. -46 rewritten/abridged: Dandelion Wine ('57) "The Electrocution" Californian, Aug. -46 as William Elliott "The Creatures That Time Forgot" alt. title: "Frost and Fire" Planet Stories, fall -46 revised: R Is for Rocket ('62) comic-strip: Frost and Fire, '85 manuscript title: "Eight Day Wonder" "" alt. title: "The Homecoming" Mademoiselle, Oct. -46 (revised) original: Dark Carnival (-47) re-revised: The October Country (1955) rewritten: From the Dust Returned (2001) comic-strip: The Ray Bradbury Chronicles 3, 1992 final revision: The October Country, paperback ed. (which?) "" Weird Tales, Nov. -46 comic-strip: The Vault of Horror 29, '53 "The Small Assassin" Dime Mystery Magazine, Nov. -46 revised: Dark Carnival (-47) later revisions: ?? comic-strip: Shock Suspenstories 7, '53 "" New Detective, Nov. -46

1947 Title Originally published in Versions Notes "" Weird Tales, Jan. -47 comic-strip: Tales From the Crypt 36, '53 "" Harper's, Mar. -47 (revised) original: Dark Carnival (-47) "Rocket Summer" Planet Stories, spring -47 not to be confused with "January 1999: Rocket Summer (-50)" "" Fantastic Adventures, May -47 with Leigh Brackett (opening) "" alt. title: "Cistern" Mademoiselle, May -47 (revised) original: Dark Carnival (-47) "" Dark Carnival (-47) "Jack-in-the-Box" Dark Carnival (-47) "" Dark Carnival (-47) ?? "The Night Sets" Dark Carnival (-47) "The Maiden" Dark Carnival (-47) ?? "" alt. title: "Wake for the Living" Dark Carnival (-47) "" Weird Tales, Jul. -47 not to be confused with "Interim [ii]" or "February 2003: Interim (-50)" "" Dark Carnival (-47) "El Dia de Muerte" alt. title: "Sombra Y Sol" Touchstone, fall -47 "" alt. title: "Time Intervening" Epoch, fall -47 not to be confused with "Interim [i]" or "February 2003: Interim (-50)" "" Planet Stories, fall -47 comic-strip: Weird Fantasy 18, '53 "I See You Never" New Yorker, Nov. 8, -47 "The Irritated People" Thrilling Wonder Stories, Dec. -47

1948 Title Originally published in Versions Notes "The Candy Skull" Dime Mystery Magazine, January 1948 "" alt. title: "Tomorrow's Child" Thrilling Wonder Stories, February 1948 "" Weird Tales, March 1948 comic-strip: Shock Suspenstories 9, '53 "" Charm, Mar. -48 "Jonah of the Jove Run" Planet Stories, spring 1948 manuscript title: "The Calculator" "" alt. title: "The Ferris Wheel" Weird Tales, May 1948 revised/bridged into: Something Wicked This Way Comes ('62), chapter 18 comic-strip 1: The Haunt of Fear 18, '53 comic-strip 2: The House of Mystery 221, '74 "" alt. title: "—And the Moon Be Still as Bright" "June 2001:—And the Moon be Still as Bright" Thrilling Wonder Stories, June 1948 revised: The Martian Chronicles ('50) "" Planet Stories, summer 1948 "" alt. titles: "The Great Hallucination" (combined with "The Spring Night") "Danger Wears Three Faces" (combined with "The Spring Night") "August 1999: The Earth Men" Thrilling Wonder Stories, August 1948 "Fever Dream" Weird Tales, September 1948 based on "Wilber and His Germ (1941)" "End of Summer" ?? "" alt. titles: "The Long Years" "April 2026: The Long Years" ?? "Mars Is Heaven!" alt. titles: "The Third Expedition" "April 2000: The Third Expedition" "Welcome Brothers" "While Earthmen Sleep" Planet Stories, fall 1948 revised: The Martian Chronicles ('50) comic-strip 1: Weird Science 18, '53 comic-strip 2: West, '72, together with "Ylla" influenced Stephen King's Bag of Bones "Referent" Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1948 revised: The Day It Rained Forever ('59) revised: Imagination Unlimited ('52) as Brett Sterling "The Square Pegs" Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1948 "The Women" Famous Fantastic Mysteries, October 1948 "" Startling Stories, November 1948 comic-strip: Ray Bradbury's The Illustrated Man Special 1, '93 "The Off Season" alt. title: "November 2005: The Off Season" Thrilling Wonder Stories, December 1948 revised: The Martian Chronicles ('50) comic-strip: Ray Bradbury's Martian Chronicles Spaceman Special, June '94 "" alt. title: "Perchance to Dream" Planet Stories, winter 1948 "Touch and Go" alt. title: "The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl" Detective Book, winter 1948 comic-strip: Crime Suspenstories 17, '53

1949 Title Originally published in Versions Notes "The Spring Night" alt. titles: "The Great Hallucination" (combined with "The Earth Men") "Danger Wears Three Faces" (combined with "The Earth Men") "August 2005: The Summer Night" Arkham Sampler 2, winter -49 revised: The Martian Chronicles (-50) "" Thrilling Wonder Stories, Feb. -49 comic-strip: Kaleidoscope 1, -67 "" Seventeen, Mar. -49 "" alt. title: December 2005: The Silent Towns" Charm, Mar. -49 revised: The Martian Chronicles (-50) comic-strip: Weird Fantasy 22, -53 "Marionettes, Inc." alt. titles: "Synthetic Alibi" "No Strings Attached" "Wondercopy" Startling Stories, Mar. -49 "" ?? "" alt. title: "Vignettes of Tomorrow" (combined with "Holiday") Arkham Sampler, summer -49 "" Thrilling Wonder Stories, Apr. -49 "I, Mars" Super Science Stories, Apr. -49 "The Lonely Ones" Startling Stories, Jul. -49 "" Super Science Stories, Jul. -49 "The Naming of Names" alt. title: "Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed" Thrilling Wonder Stories, Aug. -49 not to be confused with "2004-05: The Naming of Names (-50)" "Holiday" alt. title: "Vignettes of Tomorrow" (combined with "The One Who Waits") Arkham Sampler, autumn -49 "The Mad Wizards of Mars" alt. title: "The Exiles" Maclean's, Sep. 15, -49 revised 1: Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, winter-spring -50 revised 2: The Illustrated Man (-51) revised from revision 1: The Witchcraft Reader (-69) "" alt. title: "Home to Stay" (combined with "The Rocket Man") Thrilling Wonder Stories, Oct. -49 revised: The Illustrated Man (-51) comic-strip 1: Weird Fantasy 13, -52 comic-strip 2: Ray Bradbury's Martian Chronicles Spaceman Special, Jun. -94 "" alt. titles: "The Martian" "September 2005: The Martian" Super Science Stories, Nov. -49 "A Blade of Grass" Thrilling Wonder Stories, Dec. -49

1950s

1950

Title Originally published in Versions Notes "" alt. titles: "I'll Not Look for Wine" "Ylla" "February 1999: Ylla" Maclean's, Jan. 1, -50 revised: Avon Fantasy Reader 14, -50