World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story
1987

winner

Red Light
by
David J Schow

nominee

They're Coming for You
by
Les Daniels

nominee

Pain
by
Whitley Strieber

nominee

The End of the Whole Mess
by
Stephen King

nominee

The Boy Who Plaited Manes
by
Nancy Springer

nominee

The Brains of Rats [short story]
by
Michael Blumlein

nominee

The Rise and Fall of Father Alex
by
Amyas Naegele

nominee

Tight Little Stitches in a Dead Man's Back
by
Joe R Lansdale

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Other World Fantasy Awards given in 1987

World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story1987