List of Wild Cards books and short stories

''Wild Cards'' is a series of science fiction superhero shared universe anthologies, mosaic novels, and solo novels written by a collection of authors known as the Wild Cards Trust and edited by George R. R. Martin and Melinda M. Snodgrass. Set largely during an alternate history of post–World War II United States, the series follows humans who contracted the Wild Card virus, an alien virus that rewrites DNA and mutates survivors; those who acquire minor or crippling physical conditions are known as Jokers, and those who acquire superhuman abilities are known as Aces.

As of the publication of ''Aces Full'' in November 2025, the series consists of thirty-four books. ''Wild Cards'' began publication through Bantam Books, under its Spectra imprint, in January 1987. Bantam published the series until 1993 and released twelve installments. Baen Books published three books from 1993 to 1995. From 2002 to 2005, ibooks Inc. published two more installments, including one solo novel.

Starting in 2008, ''Wild Cards'' was published by Tor Books, an imprint under Macmillan Publishers. By August 2022, Tor Books had released thirteen novels.<ref name="Inside Straight"/> Tor also reprinted several earlier novels. Reprinting rights to the first eight novels were acquired by ibooks Inc. in 2000. The company reissued the first six novels before declaring Chapter 7 bankruptcy shortly after the death of founder Byron Preiss; ibooks' assets were acquired by Brick Tower Press.<ref name="icv2"/><ref name="PublishersWeekly"/><ref name="SFFWorld"/> As of November 2021, Tor Books reprinted the first, twelve, sixteenth, and seventeenth novels.<ref name="TorReprintWildCards">{{cite web|title=Wild Cards I|url=http://us.macmillan.com/books/9780765365071|publisher=Macmillan Publishers|access-date=July 11, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Tor Reprint Down and Dirty">{{Cite web|url=http://us.macmillan.com/books/9780765335593|title=Wild Cards V: Down and Dirty|publisher=Macmillan Publishers|access-date=July 11, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Tor Reprint Ace in the Hole">{{Cite web|url=http://us.macmillan.com/books/9780765335609|title=Wild Cards VI: Ace in the Hole|publisher=Macmillan Publishers|access-date=July 11, 2016}}</ref>

''Wild Cards'' is currently published by Bantam Books, with three novels released between 2023 and 2025.

Marvel Entertainment has published two ''Wild Cards'' miniseries, thirty-two years apart. The first, released via their Epic Comics imprint, was published from September to December 1990 and featured an original storyline based on events that occurred in the early novels. A second limited series, this time adapting stories from the first novel, ran from June through October 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Marvel teams up with Game of Thrones writer George RR Martin for comic book series|url=https://news.sky.com/story/marvel-teams-up-with-game-of-thrones-writer-george-rr-martin-for-comic-book-series-12545735|access-date=2022-02-19|publisher=Sky News|language=en}}</ref>

== Books == === Bantam Books (1987–1993) === Bantam Books, under its Spectra imprint, published twelve books between 1987 and 1993, including two solo novels written by Melinda M. Snodgrass and Victor Milán. {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%;" |- ! No. ! Title ! Original release ! ibooks Inc. reprint release ! Tor Books release |- ! 1 | ''Wild Cards'' Edited by George R. R. Martin | January 1987 {{ISBN|978-0-553-26190-5}}<ref name="SF&F Wild Cards">{{cite book|last=Reilly|first=Robert|editor1-last=Collins|editor1-first=Robert|editor2-last=Lantham|editor2-first=Robert|title=Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review Annual 1988|publisher=Meckler|isbn=978-0-88736-249-1|page=249|chapter=Martin, George R.R., ed. ''Wild Cards: A Mosaic Novel''|year=1988}}</ref> | July 31, 2001<ref>{{cite book|title=Wild Cards (Wild Cards, Book 1) (Volume One) (v. 1)|isbn=0743423801|last1=Martin|first1=George R. R.|last2=Bryant|first2=Edward|year=2001}}</ref> {{ISBN|978-0-7434-2380-9}} | November 23, 2010<ref name="TorReprintWildCards"/> {{ISBN|978-0-7653-2615-7}} |- | colspan="5" style="text-align:left;"| {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} * "Prologue" by Martin * "Thirty Minutes Over Broadway!" by Howard Waldrop * "The Sleeper" by Roger Zelazny * "Witness" by Walter Jon Williams * "Degradation Rites" by Melinda M. Snodgrass * "Interlude One" by Martin * "Captain Cathode and the Secret Ace" by Michael Cassutt{{efn|name=Added stories in Wild Cards|The 2010 Tor Books reprint of ''Wild Cards'', originally published in 1987 by Bantam Books, added stories by Michael Cassut, David D. Levine, and Carrie Vaughn, as well as a story with no listed author.<ref name="TorReprintWildCards"/>}} * "Powers" by David D. Levine{{efn|name=Added stories in Wild Cards}} * "Shell Games" by Martin * "Interlude Two" by Martin * "The Long, Dark Night of Fortunato" by Lewis Shiner * "Transfigurations" by Victor Milán {{col-break}} {{col-2}} * "Interlude Three" by Martin * "Down Deep" by Edward Bryant and Leanne C. Harper * "Interlude Four" by Martin * "Strings" by Stephen Leigh (as S. L Farrell) * "Interlude Five" by Martin * "Ghost Girl Takes Manhattan" by Carrie Vaughn{{efn|name=Added stories in Wild Cards}} * "Comes a Hunter" by John J. Miller * "Epilogue: Third Generation" by Shiner * "Appendix: The Science of the Wild Card Virus" by Milán * "Excerpts from the Minutes of the American Metabiological Society Conference on Metahuman Abilities"{{efn|name=Added stories in Wild Cards}} {{col-end}} |- ! 2 | ''Aces High'' Edited by Martin | April 1987<ref name="SF&F Aces High">{{cite book|last=de Lint|first=Charles|editor1-last=Collins|editor1-first=Robert|editor2-last=Lantham|editor2-first=Robert|title=Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review Annual 1988|publisher=Meckler|isbn=978-0-88736-249-1|pages=249–250|chapter=Martin, George R.R., ed. ''Wild Cards II: Aces High''|year=1988}}</ref> {{ISBN|978-0-553-26464-7}} | October 2001<ref>{{cite book|title=Wild Cards, Aces High (Volume 2)|isbn=1596872837|last1=Martin|first1=George R. R.|date=September 2001}}</ref> {{ISBN|978-1-59687-283-7}} | December 20, 2011<ref>{{cite web|title=Wild Cards II: Aces High|url=http://us.macmillan.com/books/9780765365088|publisher=Macmillan Publishers|access-date=July 11, 2016}}</ref> {{ISBN|978-0-7653-2616-4}} |- | colspan="5" style="text-align:left;"| * "Pennies From Hell" by Shiner * "Jube" by Martin * "Unto the Sixth Generation" by Williams * "Ashes to Ashes" by Zelazny * "If Looks Could Kill" by Walton Simons * "Winter's Chill" by Martin * "Relative Difficulties" by Snodgrass * "With a Little Help From His Friends" by Milán * "By Lost Ways" by Pat Cadigan * "Mr. Koyama's Comet" by Williams * "Half Past Dead" by Miller |- ! 3{{efn|name=mosaic|Several novels attribute authors by narrating character. Those novels are ''Jokers Wild'', ''Ace in the Hole'', ''Dead Man's Hand'', ''Dealer's Choice'', ''Black Trump'', ''Suicide Kings'', and ''High Stakes''.}} | ''Jokers Wild'' Edited by Martin | October 1987<ref>{{cite book|title=Jokers Wild (Wild Cards, Book 3)|isbn=0553266993|last1=Snodgrass|first1=Melinda M.|year=1987}}</ref> {{ISBN|978-0-553-26699-3}} | February 2002<ref>{{cite book|title=Wild Cards, Jokers Wild: Jokers Wild (Wild Cards, Book 3) (Volume 3)|isbn=1596872845|last1=Miller|first1=John J.|last2=Snodgrass|first2=Melinda M.|last3=Harper|first3=Leanne C.|last4=Simons|first4=Walton|last5=Shiner|first5=Lewis|date=February 2002}}</ref> {{ISBN|978-1-59687-284-4}} | February 11, 2014<ref>{{cite web|title=Wild Cards III: Jokers Wild|url=http://us.macmillan.com/books/9780765365095|publisher=Macmillan Publishers|access-date=July 11, 2016}}</ref> {{ISBN|978-0-7653-2617-1}} |- | colspan="5" style="text-align:left;"| * Bagabond by Harper * Fortunato by Shiner * Jennifer "Wraith" Maloy by Miller * Jack "Sewer Jack" Robicheaux by Bryant * Roulette by Snodgrass * James "Demise" Spector by Simons * Hiram Worchester by Martin |- ! 4 | ''Aces Abroad'' Edited by Martin | May 1988<ref>{{cite book|title=Aces Abroad (Wild Cards, Book 4)|isbn=055327628X|last1=Martin|first1=George R. R.|year=1988}}</ref> {{ISBN|978-0-553-27628-2}} | August 27, 2002<ref>{{cite book|title=Wild Cards IV: Aces Abroad (v. 4)|isbn=0743452410|last1=Martin|first1=George R. R.|last2=Snodgrass|first2=Melinda M.|year=2002}}</ref> {{ISBN|978-0-7434-5241-0}} | January 13, 2015<ref name="Tor Reprint Aces Abroad">{{cite web|title=Wild Cards IV: Aces Abroad |url=http://us.macmillan.com/books/9780765335586|publisher=Macmillan Publishers|access-date=July 10, 2016}}</ref> {{ISBN|978-0-7653-3558-6}} |- | colspan="5" style="text-align:left;"| * "The Tint of Hatred" by Leigh (as S. L. Farrell) * "From the Journal of Xavier Desmond" by Martin * "Beasts of Burden" by Miller * "Blood Rights" by Harper * "Warts and All" by Kevin Andrew Murphy{{efn|name=Added stories in Aces Abroad|The 2015 Tor Books reprint of ''Aces Abroad'', originally published in 1988 by Bantam Books, added stories by Kevin Andrew Murphy and Carrie Vaughn.<ref name="Tor Reprint Aces Abroad"/>}} * "Down by The Nile" by Gail Gerstner-Miller * "The Teardrop of India" by Simons * "Down in the Dreamtime" by Bryant * "Zero Hour" by Shiner * "Always Spring in Prague" by Vaughn{{efn|name=Added stories in Aces Abroad|}} * "Puppets" by Milán * "Mirrors of The Soul" by Snodgrass * "Legends" by Cassutt |- ! 5 | ''Down and Dirty'' Edited by Martin | November 1988<ref>{{cite book|title=Down and Dirty (Wild Cards, Book 5)|isbn=0553274635|last1=Martin|first1=George R. R.|year=1988}}</ref> {{ISBN|978-0-553-27463-9}} | January 7, 2003<ref>{{cite book|title=Down and Dirty (Wild Cards, Book 5) (v. 5)|isbn=0743445449|last1=Martin|first1=George R. R.|last2=Snodgrass|first2=Melinda M.|date=December 2002}}</ref> | October 27, 2015<ref name="Tor Reprint Down and Dirty"/> {{ISBN|978-0-7653-3559-3}} |- | colspan="5" style="text-align:left;"| * "Only the Dead Know Jokertown" by Miller * "All the King's Horses" by Martin * "Concerto for Siren and Serotonin" by Zelazny * "Breakdown" by Harper * "Jesus Was an Ace" by Arthur Byron Cover * "Blood Ties" by Snodgrass * "The Second Coming of Buddy Holly" by Bryant * "The Hue of a Mind" by Leigh * "Addicted to Love" by Cadigan * "Takedown" by Harper * "Mortality" by Williams |- ! 6{{efn|name=mosaic}} | ''Ace in the Hole'' Edited by Martin | January 1990<ref>{{cite book|title=Ace in the Hole (Wild Cards)|isbn=0553282530|last1=Martin|first1=George R. R.|year=1990}}</ref> {{ISBN|978-0-553-28253-5}} | February 25, 2003<ref>{{cite book|title=Wild Cards VI: Ace in the Hole (Vol 6)|isbn=0743458370}}</ref> {{ISBN|978-0-7434-5837-5}} | October 4, 2016<ref name="Tor Reprint Ace in the Hole"/> {{ISBN|978-0-7653-3560-9}} |- | colspan="5" style="text-align:left;"| * Jack "Golden Boy" Braun by Williams * Gregg Hartmann by Leigh * Mackie "Mack the Knife" Messer by Milán * Sara Morgenstern by Milán * James "Demise" Spector by Simons * Dr. Tachyon by Snodgrass |- ! 7{{efn|name=mosaic}} | ''Dead Man's Hand'' Edited by Martin | July 1990<ref>{{cite book|title=Dead Man's Hand (Wild Cards, Book 7)|isbn=0553285696|last1=Miller|first1=John J.|year=1990}}</ref> {{ISBN|978-0-553-28569-7}} | {{NA}} | June 13, 2017<ref>{{cite web|title=Wild Cards VII: Dead Man's Hand|url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780765335616|website=www.macmillan.com|publisher=Macmillan Publishers|access-date=21 May 2018}}</ref> |- | colspan="5" style="text-align:left;"| * Daniel "Yeoman" Brennan by Miller * Jay "Popinjay" Ackroyd by Martin |- ! 8 | ''One-Eyed Jacks'' Edited by Martin | January 1991<ref>{{cite book|title=One-Eyed Jacks (Wild Cards, Book 8)|isbn=0553288520|last1=Martin|first1=George R. R.|year=1991}}</ref> {{ISBN|978-0-553-28852-0}} | {{NA}} | August 7, 2018<ref>{{cite web|title=Wild Cards VIII: One-Eyed Jacks|url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250168092|website=www.macmillan.com|publisher=Macmillan Publishers|access-date=21 May 2018}}</ref> |- | colspan="5" style="text-align:left;"| * "Nobody's Girl" by Simons * "The Tower of Gold and Amber" by Murphy{{efn|name=Added stories in One-Eyed Jacks|The 2018 Tor Books reprint of ''One-Eyed Jacks'', originally published in 1991 by Bantam Books, added stories by Kevin Andrew Murphy and Carrie Vaughn.}} * "Luck Be A Lady" by Chris Claremont * "Horses" by Shiner * "Snow Dragon" by William F. Wu * "Noawadays Clancy Can't Even Sing" by Milán * "A Broken Thread in a Dark Room" by Vaughn{{efn|name=Added stories in One-Eyed Jacks|}} * "Sixteen Candles" by Leigh * "The Devil's Triangle" by Snodgrass * "Dead Heart Beating" by Miller |- ! 9 | ''Jokertown Shuffle'' Edited by Martin | August 1991<ref>{{cite book|title=Jokertown Shuffle (Wild Cards)|isbn=0553291742|last1=Martin|first1=George R. R.|year=1991}}</ref> {{ISBN|978-0-553-29174-2}} | {{NA}} | April 30, 2019<ref>{{cite web|title=Wild Cards IX: Jokertown Shuffle|url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250168115|website=www.macmillan.com|publisher=Macmillan Publishers|access-date=21 May 2018}}</ref> |- | colspan="5" style="text-align:left;"| * "The Temptation of Hieronymous Bloat" by Leigh * "And Hope to Die" by Miller * "The Unintended" by Cherie Priest{{efn|name=Added stories in Jokertown Shuffle|The 2019 Tor Books reprint of ''Jokertown Shuffle'', originally published in 1991 by Bantam Books, added stories by Cherie Priest and Carrie Vaughn.}} * "Lovers" by Snodgrass * "Madmen Across the Water" by Milán * "Unraveling" by Vaughn{{efn|name=Added stories in Jokertown Shuffle|}} * "While Night's Black Agents to Their Prey Do Rouse" by Williams * "Riders" by Shiner * "Nobody Does It Alone" by Simons |- ! 10 | ''Double Solitaire'' Written by Snodgrass and edited by Martin | March 1992<ref>{{cite book|title=Double Solitaire (Wild Cards, No. 10)|isbn=0553294938|last1=Snodgrass|first1=Melinda M.|year=1992}}</ref> {{ISBN|978-0-553-29493-4}} | {{NA}} | December 3, 2019<ref>{{cite web|title=Wild Cards X: Double Solitare|url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250168139|website=www.macmillan.com|publisher=Macmillan Publishers|access-date=10 January 2018}}</ref> |-  |- ! 11{{efn|name=mosaic}} | ''Dealer's Choice'' Edited by Martin | October 1992<ref>{{cite book|title=Dealer's Choice (Wild Cards XI)|isbn=0553291610|last1=Martin|first1=George R. R.|year=1992}}</ref> {{ISBN|978-0-553-29161-2}} | {{NA}} | September 1, 2020<ref>{{cite web|title=Wild Cards XI: Dealer's Choice Solitare|url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250168153|website=www.macmillan.com|publisher=Macmillan Publishers|access-date=22 December 2019}}</ref> |- | colspan="5" style="text-align:left;"| * Bloat by Leigh * Modular Man by Williams * Billy "Carnifex" Ray by Miller * Tom "The Great and Powerful Turtle" Tudbury by Martin * Zelda "Bodysnatcher" by Martin * Wyungare by Bryant |- ! 12 | ''Turn of the Cards'' Written by Milán and edited by Martin | January 1993<ref>{{cite book|title=Turn of the Cards (Wild Cards, Book 12)|isbn=0553561529|last1=Milán|first1=Victor|last2=Martin|first2=George R. R.|year=1993}}</ref> {{ISBN|978-0-553-56152-4}} | {{NA}} | November 9, 2021<ref>{{cite web|title=Wild Cards XII: Turn of the Cards|url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250168177|website=www.macmillan.com|publisher=Macmillan Publishers|access-date=22 December 2020}}</ref> |-  |}

=== Baen Books (1993–1995) === Baen Books published a new triad between 1993 and 1995 subtitled ''of a New Cycle''. In 2002, Martin commented that he felt the triad was creatively "three of the strongest volumes ''Wild Cards'' ever had" and that the series "came back strong" after stumbling with a previous storyline; however, he conceded that the triad was "very dark", acknowledging it was a commonly voiced complaint, and that he felt switching publishers was a mistake.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1228|title=About Wild Cards|date=December 15, 2002|website=So Spake Martin|publisher=Westeros.org|access-date=July 10, 2016}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%;" |- ! No. ! Title ! Original release |- ! 13 | ''Card Sharks'' Edited by Martin | February 1993<ref>{{cite book|title=Card Sharks (Wild Cards: New Cycle, Book 1)|isbn=0671721593|last1=Zelazny|first1=Roger|year=1993}}</ref> {{ISBN|978-0-671-72159-6}} |- | colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"| * "The Ashes of Memory" by Leigh * "Till I Kissed You" by Wu * "The Crooked Man" by Snodgrass * "A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes" by Cassutt * "A Wind From Khorasan" by Milán * "The Long Sleep" by Zelazny * "Cursum Perficio" by Murphy * "The Lamia's Tale" by Laura J. Mixon |- ! 14 | ''Marked Cards'' Edited by Martin | March 1994<ref>{{cite book|title=Marked Cards (Wild Cards: A New Cycle, Book 2)|isbn=0671722123|last1=Leigh|first1=Stephen|year=1994}}</ref> {{ISBN|978-0-671-72212-8}} |- | colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"| * "The Color of His Skin" by Leigh * "Two of a Kind" by Simons * "My Sweet Lord" by Milán * "Paths of Silence and of Night" by Harper * "Feeding Frenzy" by Williams * "A Breath of Life" by Sage Walker * "A Dose of Reality" by Mixon and Snodgrass |- ! 15{{efn|name=mosaic}} | ''Black Trump''{{efn|Re-released in 2025 retitled "Showdown"}} Edited by Martin | July 1995<ref>{{cite book|title=Black Trump (Wild Cards: A New Cycle, Book 3) (Wild Cards: New Cycle)|isbn=0671876791|last1=Martin|first1=George R. R.|last2=Leigh|first2=Stephen|year=1995}}</ref> {{ISBN|978-0-671-87679-1}} |- | colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"| * Gregg Hartmann" by Leigh * Jack "Popinjay" Ackroyd by Martin * Mark "Cap'n Trip" Meadows by Milán * Billy "Carnifex" Ray by Miller * Zoe Harris by Walker |}

=== ibooks Inc. (2002–2006) === In 2000, ibooks Inc. purchased two new installments and the rights to reprint the first eight books of the series; the two new books were published between 2002 and 2006, including a solo novel by John J. Miller.<ref name="SFFWorld" /> The company filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in July 2005, shortly after the death of founder Byron Preiss.<ref name="icv2">{{Cite web|url=http://icv2.com/articles/comics/view/8272/ibooks-byron-preiss-visual-publications-file-chapter-7|title=ibooks & Byron Preiss Visual Publications File Chapter 7|date=February 23, 2006|publisher=ICv2|access-date=July 10, 2016}}</ref> In December 2006, J. Bolyston & Co. Publishers, parent company of the Brick Tower Press imprint, acquired all of Preiss' assets, including those of ibooks, for $125,000.<ref name="PublishersWeekly">{{Cite web|url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/23507706/news-briefs|title=News Briefs|date=December 18, 2006|publisher=Publishers Weekly|access-date=July 10, 2016|via=EBSCO Information Services}}{{dead link|date=November 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} {{subscription required}}</ref><ref name="SFFWorld">{{Cite web|url=http://www.sffworld.com/2007/11/interview-george-r-r-martin-2/|title=Interview with George R.R. Martin|last=Rambraut|first=Dag|date=November 18, 2007|publisher=SFFWorld.com|access-date=July 10, 2016}}</ref> Brick Tower Press offered e-book versions of its titles, including ''Deuces Down'' and ''Death Draws Five'', via Humble Bundle in February 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.humblebundle.com/books/scificlassics_bookbundle|title=Humble Bundle: Sci-fi Classics|publisher=Humble Bundle|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160218103107/https://www.humblebundle.com/books/scificlassics_bookbundle|archive-date=February 18, 2016|access-date=July 10, 2016}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%;" |- ! No. ! Title ! Original release ! Tor Books release |- ! 16 | ''Deuces Down'' Edited by Martin | June 25, 2002<ref>{{cite book|title=Wild Cards XVI – Deuces Down (Vol 5)|isbn=0743445058|last1=Martin|first1=George R. R.|last2=Snodgrass|first2=Melinda M.|year=2002}}</ref> {{ISBN|978-0-7434-4505-4}} | January 5, 2021<ref>{{cite web|title=Deuces Down|url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250227201|website=www.macmillan.com|publisher=Macmillan Publishers|access-date=1 September 2020}}</ref> |- | colspan="4" style="text-align:left;"| * "Storming Space" by Cassutt * "Four Days in October" by Miller * "Walking the Floor Over You" by Simons * "A Face for the Cutting Room Floor" by Snodgrass * "Father Henry's Little Miracle" by Daniel Abraham * "Promises" by Leigh * "With a Flourish and a Flair" by Murphy |- ! 17 | ''Death Draws Five'' Written by Miller and edited by Martin | February 1, 2006<ref>{{cite book|title=George R.R. Martin's Wild Cards XVII: Death Draws Five|isbn=1596872977|last1=Miller|first1=John J.|last2=Martin|first2=George R. R.|year=2006}}</ref> {{ISBN|978-1-59687-297-4}} | November 9, 2021<ref>{{cite web|title=Death Draws Five|url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250227232|website=www.macmillan.com|publisher=Macmillan Publishers|access-date=7 February 2021}}</ref> |-  |}

=== Tor Books (2008–2022) === Tor Books, an imprint under Macmillan Publishers, published the series in both print and e-book format, releasing thirteen new installments from November 2008 to August 2022.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%;" |- ! No. ! Title ! Original release |- ! 18 | ''Inside Straight'' Edited by Martin with assistance from Snodgrass | January 22, 2008<ref name="Inside Straight">{{cite book|title=Inside Straight|isbn=978-0765317810|last1=Abraham|first1=Daniel|date=22 January 2008}}</ref> {{ISBN|978-0-641-91260-3}} |- | colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"| * "Johnathan Hive" by Abraham * "Dark of the Moon" by Snodgrass * "Chosen Ones" by Vaughn * "Looking for Jetboy" by Cassutt * "Metagames" by Caroline Spector * "Star Power" by Snodgrass * "Wakes the Lion" by Miller * "Crusader" by Martin * "The Tin Man's Lament" by Ian Tregillis * "Incidental Music for Heroes" by Leigh (as S. L. Farrell) * "Blood on the Sun" by Snodgrass |- ! 19 | ''Busted Flush'' Edited by Martin with assistance from Snodgrass | December 9, 2008<ref>{{cite book|title=Busted Flush (Wild Cards) |isbn=978-0765317827 |last1=Farrell |first1=S. L. |last2=Leigh |first2=Stephen |last3=Milán |first3=Victor |last4=Miller |first4=John Jos |date=9 December 2008 }}</ref> {{ISBN|978-0-7653-1782-7}} |- | colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"| * "Double Helix" by Snodgrass * "Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda" by Spector * "Just Cause" by Vaughn * "Political Science" by Tregillis and Simons * "The Tears of Nepthys" by Murphy * "Volunteers of America" by Milán * "Dirge in a Major Key" by Leigh (as S. L. Farrell) * "Mortality's Strong Hand" by Miller * "Won't Get Fooled Again" by Milán * "A Hard Rain Is A'Going to Fall" by Milán |- ! 20{{efn|name=mosaic}} | ''Suicide Kings'' Edited by Martin with assistance from Snodgrass | December 22, 2009<ref>{{cite book|title=Suicide Kings (Wild Cards) |isbn=978-0765317834 |last1=Trust |first1=Wild Cards |date=22 December 2009 }}</ref> {{ISBN|978-0-7653-1783-4}} |- | colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"| * Jerusha "Gardener" Carter by Leigh (as S. L. Farrell) * Wally "Rustbelt" Gunderson by Tregillis * Noel "Double Helix" Matthews by Snodgrass * Mark "Cap'n Trips" Meadows by Milán * Michelle "Amazing Bubbles" Pond by Spector * Johnathan "Bugsy" Tipton-Clarke by Abraham * Tom "The Radical" Weathers by Milán |- ! 21 | ''Fort Freak'' Edited by Martin with assistance from Snodgrass | June 21, 2011<ref>{{cite web|title=Suicide Kings|url=http://us.macmillan.com/books/9780765364685|publisher=Macmillan Publishers|access-date=July 11, 2016}}</ref> {{ISBN|978-0-7653-2570-9}} |- | colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"| * "The Rat Race" by Cherie Priest * "The Rook" by Snodgrass * "Faith" by Miller * "Snake Up Above/Snake in the Hole/Snake on Fire" by David Anthony Durham * "...And All the Sinners Saints" by Milán and Ty Franck * "Sanctuary" by Mary Anne Mohanraj * "Hope We Die Before We Get Old" by Leigh * "More!" by Paul Cornell * "The Straight Man" by Murphy |- ! 22 | ''Lowball'' Edited by Martin and Snodgrass | November 4, 2014<ref name="Lowball">{{cite web|title=Suicide Kings|url=http://us.macmillan.com/books/9780765368621|publisher=Macmillan Publishers|access-date=July 11, 2016}}</ref> {{ISBN|978-0-7653-3195-3}} |- | colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} * "The Big Bleed" by Cassutt * "Those About to Die..." by Durham * "Galahad in Blue" by Snodgrass * "Ties That Bind" by Mohanraj {{col-break}} {{col-2}} * "Cry Wolf" by David D. Levine * "Road Kill" by Williams * "Once More, for Old Times' Sake" by Vaughn * "No Parking..." by Tregillis {{col-end}} |- ! 23{{efn|name=mosaic}} | ''High Stakes'' Edited by Martin and Snodgrass | August 30, 2016<ref name="HighStakes">{{cite web|title=High Stakes|url=http://us.macmillan.com/books/9780765335623|publisher=Macmillan Publishers|access-date=July 11, 2016}}</ref> {{ISBN|978-0-7653-3562-3}} |- | colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | * Marcus "Infamous Black Tongue" Morgan by Durham * Barbara "Babel" Baden by Leigh * Bathsheeba "The Midnight Angel" Fox by Miller * Francis Xavier "Franny" Black by Snodgrass * Michelle "Amazing Bubbles" Pond by Spector * Mollie "Tesseract" Steunenberg by Tregillis |- !'''24''' |''Mississippi Roll'' Edited by Martin and Snodgrass |December 5, 2017<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780765390523|title = Mississippi Roll}}</ref> {{ISBN|978-0-7653-9052-3}} |- | colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | * "In the Shadow of Tall Stacks" by Leigh * "Wingless Angels" by Miller * "A Big Break in the Small Time" by Vaughn * "Death on the Water" by Priest * "Find the Lady" by Murphy * "Under the Arch" by Levine |- !'''25''' |''Low Chicago'' Edited by Martin |June 12, 2018 |- | colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | A mosaic novel edited by George R. R. Martin assisted by Melinda M. Snodgrass. There are stories from eight authors that were woven into the novel. The stories, in the order of their first appearance in the novel are: * "A Long Night at the Palmer House" by John Jos. Miller * "Down the Rabbit Hole" by Kevin Andrew Murphy * "The Motherfucking Apotheosis of Todd Motherfucking Taszycki" by Christopher Rowe * "A Bit of a Dinosaur" by Paul Cornell * "Stripes" by Marko Kloos * "The Sister in the Streets" by Melinda M. Snodgrass * "A Beautiful Façade" by Mary Anne Mohanraj * "Meathooks on Ice" by Saladin Ahmed |- !'''26''' |''Texas Hold 'Em'' |November 6, 2018 |- | colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | A mosaic novel edited by George R. R. Martin assisted by Melinda M. Snodgrass. There are stories from seven authors that were woven into the novel. The stories, in the order of their first appearance in the novel are: * "Bubbles and the Band Trip" by Caroline Spector * "The Secret Life of Rubberband" by Max Gladstone * "Jade Blossom's Brew" by William F. Wu * "Beats, Bugs, and Boys" by Diana Rowland * "Dust and the Darkness" by Victor Milán * "Is Nobody Going to San Antone?" by Walton Simons  * "Drop City" by David Anthony Durham |- !'''27''' |''Knaves Over Queens'' Edited by Martin with assistance from Snodgrass |August 13, 2019 |- | colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} * "A Flint Lies in the Mud" by Murphy * "The Coming of the Crow" by Peadar Ó Guilín * "But a Flint Holds Fire" by Murphy * "Needles and Pins" by Caroline Spector * "Night Orders by Cornell * "Police On My Back" by Charles Stross * "Probationary" by Marko Kloos {{col-break}} {{col-2}} * "Twisted Logic" by Peter Newman * "The Cracks in the City" by Ó Guilín * "The Ceremony of Innocence" by Snodgrass * "How to Turn a Girl to Stone" by Emma Newman * "The Visitor" by Mark Lawrence * "Feeding on the Entrails" by Ó Guilín {{col-end}} |- !'''28''' |''Joker Moon'' Edited by Martin with assistance from Snodgrass |July 6, 2021 |- | colspan="3" | {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} * "The Moon Maid" by Mary Anne Mohanraj * "Flat Man" by Steve Perrin * "Within that House Secure" by Christopher Rowe * "Ghost of a Chance" by Steve Perrin * "Have Spaceship, Will Travel" by Michael Cassutt * "Star Ghost" by Steve Perrin {{col-break}} {{col-2}} * "Luna Incognita" by Leo Kenden * "The Sands of Mourning" by Caroline Spector * "Diggers" by David D. Levine * "Dreamers of the Day" by Melinda M. Snodgrass * "Fatal Error" by Victor Milán and John Jos. Miller * "Journey's End" by Walton Simons {{col-end}} |- !'''29''' |''Three Kings'' Edited by Snodgrass with assistance from Martin |March 15, 2022 |- | colspan="3" | There are stories from five authors that were woven into the novel. * Mary Anne Mohanraj * Peter Newman * Peadar Ó Guilín * Melinda M. Snodgrass * Caroline Spector |- !'''30''' |''Full House'' Edited by Martin with assistance from Snodgrass |August 2, 2022 |- | colspan="3" | Collects ten stories that had been previously published only on Tor's website or in anthologies outside the Wild Cards series. * "When We Were Heroes" by Daniel Abraham * "Evernight" by Victor Milán * "Lies My Mother Told Me" by Caroline Spector * "Nuestra Senora de la Esperanza" by Carrie Vaughn * "Discards" by David D. Levine * "The Elephant in the Room" by Paul Cornell * "When the Devil Drives" by Melinda M. Snodgrass * "The Atonement Tango" by Stephen Leigh * "Prompt. Professional. Pop!" by Walter Jon Williams * "How to Move Spheres and Influence People" by Marko Kloos |}

=== Bantam Books (2023–present) === Wild Cards returned to its original publisher, Bantam Books, in 2023.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%;" |- ! No. ! Title ! Original release |- ! 31 | ''Pairing Up'' Edited by Martin with assistance from Snodgrass | July 11, 2023 {{ISBN|978-0-593-35786-6}} |- | colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"| * "Trudy of the Apes" by Kevin Andrew Murphy * "Cyrano d'Escargot" by Christopher Rowe * "In the Forests of the Night" by Marko Kloos * "The Wounded Heart" by Melinda M. Snodgrass * "Echoes From a Canyon Wall" by Bradley Denton * "The Long Goodbye" by Walton Simons * "What's Your Sign?" by Gwenda Bond and Peter Newman * "The Wolf and the Butterfly" by David Anthony Durham |- ! 32 | ''Sleeper Straddle'' Edited by Martin with assistance from Snodgrass | February 6, 2024 {{ISBN|978-0-593-35783-5}} |- | colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"| * "Swimmer, Flier, Felon, Spy" by Christopher Rowe * "Days Go By" by Carrie Vaughn * "The Hit Parade" by Cherie Priest * "Yin-Yang Split" by William F. Wu * "Semiotics of the Strong Man" by Walter Jon Williams * "Party Like It's 1999" by Stephen Leigh * "The Bloody Eagle" by Mary Anne Mohanraj * "The Boy Who Would Be Croyd" by Max Gladstone |- ! 33 | ''House Rules'' Edited by Martin with assistance from Snodgrass | February 25, 2025 {{ISBN|978-0-593-35772-9}} |- | colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"| * "Longing for Those Lost" by Stephen Leigh * "Promises Redux" by Stephen Leigh * "Lady Sri Extricates Herself, Emerging Not Entirely Unscathed" by Mary Anne Mohanraj * "Bah, Humbug, Murder" by Caroline Spector * "Two Lovedays" by Peter Newman * "The Nautilus Pattern" by Kevin Andrew Murphy * "Raw Deal" by Peadar Ó Guilín |}

=== Tor Books (2025) === Two years after the series returned to Bantam Books, Tor Books released a fourteenth book, ''Aces Full'', which was a second collection of short stories that had first appeared on its website.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%;" |- ! No. ! Title ! Original release |- ! 34 |''Aces Full'' Edited by Martin with assistance from Snodgrass |November 11, 2025 {{ISBN|978-1250396891}} |- | colspan="3" | Collects twelve stories that had been previously published only on Tor's website. * "The Button Man and the Murder Tree" by Cherie Priest * "The Thing About Growing Up in Jokertown" by Carrie Vaughn * "The Flight of Morpho Girl" by Caroline Spector & Bradley Denton * "Naked, Stoned, and Stabbed" by Bradley Denton * "The City That Never Sleeps" by Walton Simons * "Long is the Way" by Carrie Vaughn & Sage Walker * "Berlin Is Never Berlin" by Marko Kloos * "Hammer and Tongs and a Rusty Nail" by Ian Tregillis * "Ripple Effects" by Laura J. Mixon * "Skin Deep" by Alan Brennert * "Hearts of Stone" by Emma Newman * "Grow" by Carrie Vaughn |}

== Novellas == Tor Books published an ebook novella in March 2020 as a companion to the novel, "Inside Straight":

*"American Hero"

== Short stories == Tor Books published 23 short stories through its website from January 2013 to July 2022. All but two of these stories ("Fitting In" and "The Visitor: Kill or Cure") were later republished in the collections ''Full House'' and ''Aces Full'': * "When We Were Heroes" by Daniel Abraham (January 16, 2013), edited by Martin<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tor.com/2013/01/16/when-we-were-heroes/|title=When We Were Heroes|last=Abraham|first=Daniel|date=January 16, 2013|website=Original Fiction|publisher=Tor Books|access-date=July 10, 2016}}</ref> * "The Button Man and the Murder Tree" by Cherie Priest (May 15, 2013), edited by Martin<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tor.com/2013/05/15/the-button-man-and-the-murder-tree/|title=The Button Man and the Murder Tree|last=Priest|first=Cherie|date=May 15, 2013|website=Original Fiction|publisher=Tor Books|access-date=July 10, 2016}}</ref> * "The Elephant in the Room" by Paul Cornell (May 29, 2013), edited by Martin<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tor.com/2013/05/29/the-elephant-in-the-room/|title=The Elephant in the Room|last=Cornell|first=Paul|date=May 29, 2013|website=Original Fiction|publisher=Tor Books|access-date=July 10, 2016}}</ref> * "Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza" by Carrie Vaughn (October 15, 2014), edited by Martin<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tor.com/2014/10/15/nuestra-senora-de-la-esperanza-carrie-vaughn/|title=Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza|last=Vaughn|first=Carrie|date=October 15, 2014|website=Original Fiction|publisher=Tor Books|access-date=July 10, 2016}}</ref> * "Prompt. Professional. Pop!" by Walter Jon Williams (November 21, 2014), edited by Martin<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tor.com/2014/11/21/prompt-professional-pop/|title=Prompt. Professional. ''Pop!''|last=Williams|first=Walter Jon|date=November 21, 2014|website=Original Fiction|publisher=Tor Books|access-date=July 10, 2016}}</ref> * "Discards" by David D. Levine (March 30, 2016), edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tor.com/2016/03/30/discards/|title=Discards|last=Levine|first=David D.|date=March 30, 2016|website=Original Fiction|publisher=Tor Books|access-date=July 10, 2016}}</ref> * "The Thing About Growing Up in Jokertown" by Carrie Vaughn (December 21, 2016), edited by Martin<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tor.com/2016/12/21/the-thing-about-growing-up-in-jokertown/|title=The Thing About Growing Up in Jokertown|last=Vaughn|first=Carrie|date=December 21, 2016|website=Original Fiction|publisher=Tor Books|access-date=January 31, 2017}}</ref> * "The Atonement Tango" by Stephen Leigh (January 18, 2017), edited by Martin<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tor.com/2017/01/18/the-atonement-tango/|title=The Atonement Tango|last=Leigh|first=Stephen|date=January 18, 2017|website=Original Fiction|publisher=Tor Books|access-date=January 31, 2017}}</ref> * "When the Devil Drives" by Melinda Snodgrass (July 5, 2017), edited by Martin<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tor.com/2017/07/05/when-the-devil-drives/|title=When the Devil Drives|date=July 5, 2017|publisher=Tor Books|access-date=May 10, 2018}}</ref> * "Evernight" (February 21, 2018) by Victor Milán, edited by Martin<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tor.com/2018/02/21/evernight-victor-milan/|title=Evernight|date=February 21, 2018|access-date=March 1, 2018|publisher=Tor Books}}</ref> * "The Flight of Morpho Girl" (May 2, 2018) by Caroline Spector and Bradley Denton, edited by Martin<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tor.com/2018/05/02/flight-of-morpho-girl-caroline-spector-bradley-denton/|title=The Flight of Morpho Girl|date=May 2, 2018|access-date=May 10, 2018|publisher=Tor Books}}</ref> * "Fitting In" (October 24, 2018) by Max Gladstone, edited by Martin<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tor.com/2018/10/24/fitting-in-max-gladstone/|title=Fitting In|date=October 24, 2018|access-date=April 24, 2019|publisher=Tor Books}}</ref> * "How to Move Spheres and Influence People" (27 March, 2019) by Marko Kloos, edited by Martin<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tor.com/2019/03/27/how-to-move-spheres-and-influence-people-marko-kloos/|title=How to Move Spheres and Influence People|date=March 27, 2019|access-date=April 24, 2019|publisher=Tor Books}}</ref> * "Long is the Way" (May 15, 2019) by Carrie Vaughn and Sage Walker, edited by Martin<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tor.com/2019/05/15/long-is-the-way-carrie-vaughn-sage-walker/|title=Long is the Way|date=May 15, 2019|access-date=June 28, 2019|publisher=Tor Books}}</ref> * "The City That Never Sleeps" (August 28, 2019) by Walton Simons, edited by Martin<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tor.com/2019/08/28/wild-cards-the-city-that-never-sleeps-walton-simons/|title=The City That Never Sleeps|date=August 28, 2019|access-date=October 9, 2019|publisher=Tor Books}}</ref> * "Naked, Stoned, and Stabbed" (October 16, 2019) by Bradley Denton, edited by Martin<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tor.com/2019/10/16/naked-stoned-and-stabbed-bradley-denton//|title=Naked, Stoned, and Stabbed|date=October 16, 2019|access-date=February 5, 2020|publisher=Tor Books}}</ref> * "The Visitor: Kill or Cure" by Mark Lawrence, edited by Martin<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tor.com/2020/03/18/the-visitor-kill-or-cure-mark-lawrence/|title=The Visitor: Kill or Cure|date=March 18, 2020|access-date=March 18, 2020|publisher=Tor Books}}</ref> * "Berlin is Never Berlin" by Marko Kloos, edited by Martin<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250260239|title=Berlin Is Never Berlin|access-date=March 27, 2020|publisher=Tor Books}}</ref> *"Hammer and Tongs and a Rusty Nail" by Ian Tregillis, edited by Martin<ref>{{Cite web|last=Tregillis|first=Ian|date=2020-12-02|title=Hammer and Tongs and a Rusty Nail|url=https://www.tor.com/2020/12/02/hammer-and-tongs-and-a-rusty-nail-ian-tregillis/|access-date=2021-02-14|website=Tor.com|language=en-US}}</ref> * "Ripple Effects" by Laura J. Mixon, edited by Martin<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tor.com/2021/05/19/ripple-effects-laura-j-mixon/|title=Ripple Effects|date= May 19, 2021|publisher=Tor Books}}</ref> * "Skin Deep" by Alan Brennert, edited by Martin<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tor.com/2021/07/21/skin-deep-alan-brennert/|title=Skin Deep|date=July 21, 2021|publisher=Tor Books}}</ref> * "Hearts of Stone" by Emma Newman, edited by Martin<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tor.com/2022/05/18/hearts-of-stone-emma-newman/|title=Hearts of Stone|date=May 18, 2022|publisher=Tor Books}}</ref> * "Grow" by Carrie Vaughn, edited by Martin<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tor.com/2022/07/20/grow-carrie-vaughn/|title=Grow|date=July 20, 2022|publisher=Tor Books}}</ref>

One additional short story, "Lies My Mother Told Me" by Spector, was published in the ''Dangerous Women'' anthology, also edited by Martin. The anthology was released on December 3, 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tor.com/2013/07/24/dangerous-women-tor-excerpts/|title=''Dangerous Women'' Arrives on Tor.com: Featuring a New Song of Ice and Fire Story|date=July 24, 2013|publisher=Tor Books|access-date=July 11, 2016}}</ref>

Wildcards.com has also published: * "I Have No Voice and I Must Zoom Meeting" by Paul Cornell<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wildcardsworld.com/i-have-no-voice-and-i-must-zoom-meeting/|title=''I Have No Voice and I Must Zoom Meeting''|access-date=July 8, 2020}}</ref>

== Notes == {{notelist}}

== References == {{Reflist|30em}}

== External links == * {{Official website|https://www.wildcardsworld.com/}} * [http://us.macmillan.com/series/wildcards ''Wild Cards'' series] at Macmillan Publishers, parent company of Tor Books

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