Shatterday (short story collection)

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Shatterday

First edition
Author	Harlan Ellison
Cover artist	Leo and Diane Dillon
Language	English
Genre	Speculative fiction
Publisher	Houghton Mifflin
Publication date	1980
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
Pages	332 pp
ISBN	0-395-28587-9

Shatterday is a collection of short stories by American author Harlan Ellison. In the introduction, Ellison states that the stories reflect an underlying theme of fear of human frailty and ugliness. His goal, he writes, is to shock his readers into seeing that this fear unifies all people. Each story has an introduction, ranging from a single sentence to several pages long.

Among the stories in the collection, "Jeffty Is Five" won both a Nebula Award and a Hugo Award. It was also voted in a 1999 online poll of Locus readers to be the best short story of all time. "All the Lies that Are My Life" had been previously published the same year as a novella. The title story was made into the first episode of the 1985 revival of The Twilight Zone. Other stories have been reprinted in omnibus collections such as The Essential Ellison: a 35-Year Retrospective and Dreams With Sharp Teeth.