(Kit Reed was born in San Diego, California. Her first short story - "The Wait" (1958) - was published by Anthony Boucher. She was a Guggenheim Fellow and recipient of a five-year grant literary from the Abraham Woursell Foundation. The New York Times Book Review said this about her short fiction: "Reed has a prose style that's pure dry ice, displayed in dystopian stories that specialize in bitterness and dislocation."
Her stories appeared in venues ranging from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction to the Yale Review and the Kenyon Review, and were widely anthologized. Many of her stories are published as feminist science fiction and she was nominated for the James Tiptree, Jr. Award three times. Her novel, Thinner Than Thou, was given the ALA Alex Award by the YALA.
Genres: Horror
Novels
Mother Isn't Dead She's Only Sleeping (1961)
At War As Children (1964)
The Better Part (1968)
Armed Camps (1969)
Cry of the Daughter (1971)
Tiger Rag (1973)
Fat (1974)
Captain Grown-Up (1976)
The Ballad of T. Rantula (1979)
Magic Time (1980)
Blood Fever (1982) (as by Shelley Hyde)
Fort Privilege (1985)
Catholic Girls (1987)
Gone (1992) (as by Kit Craig)
Twice Burned (1993) (as by Kit Craig)
Little Sisters of the Apocalypse (1994)
Strait (1995) (as by Kit Craig)
J. Eden (1996)
Closer (1997) (as by Kit Craig)
Some Safe Place (1998) (as by Kit Craig)
Short Fuse (1999) (as by Kit Craig)
@Expectations (2000)
Thinner Than Thou (2004)
Bronze (2005)
The Baby Merchant (2006)
The Night Children (2008)
Enclave (2009)
What Wolves Know (2011)
Son of Destruction (2012)
Where (2015)
Mormama (2017)
At War As Children (1964)
The Better Part (1968)
Armed Camps (1969)
Cry of the Daughter (1971)
Tiger Rag (1973)
Fat (1974)
Captain Grown-Up (1976)
The Ballad of T. Rantula (1979)
Magic Time (1980)
Blood Fever (1982) (as by Shelley Hyde)
Fort Privilege (1985)
Catholic Girls (1987)
Gone (1992) (as by Kit Craig)
Twice Burned (1993) (as by Kit Craig)
Little Sisters of the Apocalypse (1994)
Strait (1995) (as by Kit Craig)
J. Eden (1996)
Closer (1997) (as by Kit Craig)
Some Safe Place (1998) (as by Kit Craig)
Short Fuse (1999) (as by Kit Craig)
@Expectations (2000)
Thinner Than Thou (2004)
Bronze (2005)
The Baby Merchant (2006)
The Night Children (2008)
Enclave (2009)
What Wolves Know (2011)
Son of Destruction (2012)
Where (2015)
Mormama (2017)
Collections
Mister da V (1967)
The Killer Mice (1976)
Other Stories and (1981)
The Revenge of the Senior Citizens (1986)
Thief of Lives (1992)
Seven for the Apocalypse (1999)
Dogs of Truth (2005)
Zombies: The Recent Dead (2011) (with Max Brooks, Tobias S Buckell, Neil Gaiman, Brian Keene, Joe R Lansdale, Tim Lebbon and Kelly Link)
The Story Until Now (2013)
Four Futures (2017)
The Killer Mice (1976)
Other Stories and (1981)
The Revenge of the Senior Citizens (1986)
Thief of Lives (1992)
Seven for the Apocalypse (1999)
Dogs of Truth (2005)
Zombies: The Recent Dead (2011) (with Max Brooks, Tobias S Buckell, Neil Gaiman, Brian Keene, Joe R Lansdale, Tim Lebbon and Kelly Link)
The Story Until Now (2013)
Four Futures (2017)
Novellas
Anthologies edited
Non fiction
Story First (1982)
Revision (1989)
Mastering Fiction Writing (1991)
More about How to Write a Million (1996) (with Jack M Bickham and Monica Wood)
Revision (1989)
Mastering Fiction Writing (1991)
More about How to Write a Million (1996) (with Jack M Bickham and Monica Wood)
Anthologies containing stories by Kit Reed
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 14th Series (1965)
Best SF 6 (1966)
Orbit 2 (1967)
Best SF: 1969 (1969)
aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 3
The Year's Best Horror Stories (1971)
Final Stage (1974)
New Terrors 1 (1980)
The Science Fiction Weight-Loss Book (1985)
Mercenaries of Tomorrow (1985)
Scare Care (1989)
Christmas Magic (1994)
Women of Wonder (1995)
The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women (1995)
Weird Women, Wired Women (1998)
The Unexplained (1998)
Best SF 6 (1966)
Orbit 2 (1967)
Best SF: 1969 (1969)
aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 3
The Year's Best Horror Stories (1971)
Final Stage (1974)
New Terrors 1 (1980)
The Science Fiction Weight-Loss Book (1985)
Mercenaries of Tomorrow (1985)
Scare Care (1989)
Christmas Magic (1994)
Women of Wonder (1995)
The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women (1995)
Weird Women, Wired Women (1998)
The Unexplained (1998)
Short stories
| Across the Bar | |||
| The Attack of the Giant Baby | |||
| Death of a Monster | |||
| Empty Nest | |||
| A Mother's Instinct | |||
| The Thing at Wedgerley | |||
| To Lift a Ship | |||
| Two in Homage | |||
| The Vine | |||
| The Wandering Gentile | |||
| Winston | |||
| The Wait (1958) | |||
| The Quest (1960) | |||
| Judas Bomb (1961) | |||
| The New You (1962) | |||
| Automatic Tiger (1964) | |||
| Cynosure (1964) | |||
| The Food Farm (1967) | |||
| Golden Acres (1967) | |||
| Winter (1969) | |||
| In Behalf of the Product (1973) | |||
| Great Escape Tours, Inc. (1974) | |||
| Songs of War (1974) | |||
| The Weremother (1979) | |||
| Chicken Soup (1980) | |||
| Pilots of the Purple Twilight (1981) | |||
| Frontiers (1982) | |||
| The Bride of Bigfoot (1984) | |||
| Mommy (1989) | |||
| Academic Novel (1992) | |||
| Clement (1992) | |||
| Fourth of July (1992) | |||
| The Garden Club (1992) | |||
| The Hall of New Faces (1992) | |||
| In the Squalus (1992) | |||
| The Jonahs (1992) | |||
| Journey to the Center of the Earth (1992) | |||
| Mr Rabbit (1992) | |||
| Prisoner of War (1992) | |||
| The Protective Pessimist (1992) | |||
| Queen of the Beach (1992) | |||
| Thief of Lives [short story] (1992) | |||
| Thing of Snow (1992) | |||
| Victory Dreams (1992) | |||
| The Boxing Day Spectre (1993) | |||
| Like My Dress (1993) | |||
| The Singing Marine (1995) | World Fantasy (nominee) | ||
| Whoever (1996) | |||
| Last Fridays (1998) | |||
| Mommy Nearest (1998) | |||
| The Mothers of Shark Island (1998) | |||
| Unlimited (1998) |
Awards
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