John Kessel
Kessel, John Joseph Vincent
September 24, 1950 (age 75)
Birth place: Buffalo, New York, USA
258 works in English-language magazines
| Date | Page | Type | Title | Magazine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 1975 | 6 | Review | Alternate Worlds: The Illustrated History of Science Fiction | Delap's F & SF Review, December 1975 |
| May 1976 | 11 | Review | Destination: Infinity | Delap's F & SF Review, May 1976 |
| May 1976 | 11 | Review | Final Blackout | Delap's F & SF Review, May 1976 |
| June 1976 | 27 | Review | Inferno | Delap's F & SF Review, June 1976 |
| September 1976 | 31 | Review | The Wanderer | Delap's F & SF Review, September 1976 |
| March 1977 | 36 | Review | The Best of A. E. van Vogt | Delap's F & SF Review, March 1977 |
| May 1978 | 36 | Short Fiction | Crosswhen #1 (comic) | Galileo, May 1978 |
| May 1978 | 30 | Short Fiction | The Silver Man | Galileo, May 1978 |
| July 1978 | 27 | Short Fiction | Crosswhen #2 (comic) | Galileo, July 1978 |
| September 1978 | 27 | Short Fiction | Crosswhen #3 (comic) | Galileo, September 1978 |
| September 1978 | 67 | Short Fiction | The Incredible Living Man | Galileo, September 1978 |
| January 1979 | 111 | Short Fiction | Just Like a Cretin Dog | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1979 |
| May 1979 | 42 | Short Fiction | Crosswhen #4 (comic) | Galileo, May 1979 |
| May 1979 | 94 | Short Fiction | In an Alien Wood | Galileo, May 1979 |
| July 1979 | 27 | Short Fiction | Crosswhen #5: The Slums of Space (comic) | Galileo, July 1979 |
| September 1979 | 26 | Short Fiction | Crosswhen #6 (comic) | Galileo, September 1979 |
| November 1979 | 24 | Short Fiction | Crosswhen #7: The Slums of Space (comic) | Galileo, November 1979 |
| January 1980 | 25 | Short Fiction | Crosswhen #8 (comic) | Galileo, January 1980 |
| January 1980 | 47 | Short Fiction | Herman Melville: Space Opera Virtuoso | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 1980 |
| August 1980 | 85 | Short Fiction | The Monuments of Science Fiction | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 1980 |
| December 1980 | 51 | Short Fiction | Uncle John and the Saviour | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 1980 |
| September 1981 | 59 | Short Fiction | Not Responsible! Park and Lock It! | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 1981 |
| September 1982 | 50 | Short Fiction | Another Orphan | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 1982 |
| January 1983 | 60 | Short Fiction | Below Zero | Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, January-February 1983 |
| October 1983 | 26 | Short Fiction | Hearts Do Not in Eyes Shine | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, October 1983 |
| January 1984 | 8 | Short Fiction | Friend | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 1984 |
| April 1984 | 134 | Short Fiction | The Big Dream | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, April 1984 |
| August 1984 | 52 | Short Fiction | Freedom Beach | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 1984 |
| April 1985 | 41 | Interview | John Kessel: Literary Vampire? | Fantasy Review, April 1985 |
| May 1985 | 170 | Short Fiction | A Clean Escape | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, May 1985 |
| June 1985 | 42 | Interview | Greg Frost: Jaundiced View of Technology | Fantasy Review, June 1985 |
| January 1986 | 52 | Short Fiction | Reduction | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, January 1986 |
| February 1986 | 22 | Review | Freedom Beach | Fantasy Review, February 1986 |
| March 1986 | 82 | Short Fiction | The Pure Product | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, March 1986 |
| May 1986 | 183 | Review | Freedom Beach | Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, May 1986 |
| July 1986 | 40 | Review | Freedom Beach | Science Fiction Chronicle, #82 July 1986 |
| August 1986 | 71 | Review | Freedom Beach | Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, August 1986 |
| September 1986 | 22 | Review | Freedom Beach | Worlds of If, September-November 1986 |
| 1987 | 4 | Essay | Bulletin Symposium, Part Two of Two (The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America, Summer 1987) | The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America, Summer 1987 |
| 1987 | 52 | Essay | The Humanist Manifesto | Science Fiction Eye, #1, Winter 1987 |
| October 1987 | 8 | Short Fiction | Judgment Call | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1987 |
| 1988 | 97 | Review | Freedom Beach | Foundation, #42 Spring 1988 |
| February 1988 | Review | Freedom Beach | Vector 142 | |
| June 1988 | 101 | Short Fiction | Mrs. Shummel Exits a Winner | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, June 1988 |
| October 1988 | 11 | Essay | Read This (NYRSF, October 1988) | The New York Review of Science Fiction, October 1988 |
| 1989 | 10 | Essay | About the Nominees | The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America, Spring 1989 |
| 1989 | 5 | Interview | Good News from North Carolina: An Interview with John Kessel | Nova Express, Summer 1989 |
| 1989 | 22|22.1 | Review | Good News from Outer Space | Nova Express, Summer 1989 |
| 1989 | 23 | Essay | John Kessel: A Bibliography | Nova Express, Summer 1989 |
| March 1989 | 60 | Poem | Mr. Hyde Visits the Home of Dr. Jekyll | Aboriginal Science Fiction, March-April 1989 |
| August 1989 | 11 | Review | Good News from Outer Space | Locus, #343 August 1989 |
| September 1989 | Essay | Response to "The New Generation Gap" | The New York Review of Science Fiction, September 1989 | |
| October 1989 | 20 | Review | Enemy Mine/Another Orphan | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1989 |
| 1990 | 10|10.2 | Essay | About His Novel Good News from Outer Space | The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America, Spring 1990 |
| 1990 | 83 | Review | Good News from Outer Space | Foundation, #49 Summer 1990 |
| February 1990 | 180 | Review | Good News From Outer Space | Analog Science Fiction and Fact, February 1990 |
| March 1990 | 56 | Short Fiction | Buddha Nostril Bird | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, March 1990 |
| March 1990 | 76 | Essay | Carl Sherrell | Locus, #350 March 1990 |
| June 1990 | Review | Good News from Outer Space | The New York Review of Science Fiction, June 1990 | |
| August 1990 | Essay | A Note on Richard Grant's "The Exile's Paradigm" | The New York Review of Science Fiction, August 1990 | |
| October 1990 | 6 | Short Fiction | Invaders | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1990 |
| December 1990 | 49 | Poem | Reading Lesson | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Mid-December 1990 |
| January 1991 | 51 | Short Fiction | Buffalo | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 1991 |
| February 1991 | 178 | Review | Good News from Outer Space | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, February 1991 |
| February 1991 | 20 | Interview | Professor SF: An Interview with John Kessel | Forbidden Lines, February-March 1991 |
| April 1991 | 10 | Review | Good News from Outer Space | Paperback Inferno, #89 |
| July 1991 | 13 | Essay | Read This (NYRSF, July 1991) | The New York Review of Science Fiction, July 1991 |
| July 1991 | 18 | Short Fiction | The Moral Bullet | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, July 1991 |
| 1992 | 124 | Review | Meeting in Infinity | Foundation, #56 Autumn 1992 |
| May 1992 | 82 | Short Fiction | Man | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, May 1992 |
| August 1992 | 29 | Review | Meeting in Infinity | Locus, #379 August 1992 |
| October 1992 | 60|60.1 | Review | Meeting in Infinity: Allegories & Extrapolations | Interzone, October 1992 |
| November 1992 | 14 | Review | Doomsday Book | Science Fiction Age, November 1992 |
| December 1992 | 6 | Essay | Letter (Science Fiction Eye #11) | Science Fiction Eye, #11, December 1992 |
| December 1992 | 59 | Review | Meeting in Infinity | Figment: Tales from the Imagination, Winter 1992 |
| January 1993 | 308 | Review | Meeting in Infinity | Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January 1993 |
| February 1993 | 22 | Essay | Letter (NYRSF, February 1993) | The New York Review of Science Fiction, February 1993 |
| March 1993 | 47 | Essay | Books (F&SF, March 1993) | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 1993 |
| March 1993 | 48 | Review | China Mountain Zhang | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 1993 |
| March 1993 | 50 | Review | Count Geiger's Blues | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 1993 |
| March 1993 | 15 | Review | Meeting in Infinity | Locus, #386 March 1993 |
| March 1993 | 52 | Review | Nightside the Long Sun | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 1993 |
| March 1993 | 12 | Review | Nightside the Long Sun | Science Fiction Age, March 1993 |
| March 1993 | 1 | Essay | The Brother from Another Planet: Science Fiction vs. Mainstream Short Stories | The New York Review of Science Fiction, March 1993 |
| April 1993 | 6 | Short Fiction | "SF Story" | The New York Review of Science Fiction, April 1993 |
| May 1993 | 25 | Essay | Books: Today's Truth | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 1993 |
| May 1993 | 30 | Review | Globalhead | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 1993 |
| May 1993 | 33 | Review | Kalifornia | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 1993 |
| May 1993 | 26 | Review | Storming the Reality Studio: A Casebook of Cyberpunk and Postmodern Science Fiction | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 1993 |
| May 1993 | 31 | Review | The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 1993 |
| July 1993 | 35 | Essay | Books: The Big Book, Women, and God | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 1993 |
| July 1993 | 5 | Review | Lost Boys | The New York Review of Science Fiction, July 1993 |
| July 1993 | 41 | Review | Rainbow Man | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 1993 |
| July 1993 | 36 | Review | Red Mars | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 1993 |
| July 1993 | 38 | Review | Time, Like an Ever-Rolling Stream | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 1993 |
| August 1993 | 4 | Interview | John Kessel: Between Two Worlds | Locus, #391 August 1993 |
| August 1993 | 8 | Short Fiction | The Franchise | Asimov's Science Fiction, August 1993 |
| September 1993 | 31 | Review | Beginnings, Middles and Ends | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 1993 |
| September 1993 | 32 | Review | Blackburn | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 1993 |
| September 1993 | 31 | Essay | Books: No Place Like Home | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 1993 |
| September 1993 | 32 | Review | The Writer's Guide to Creating a Science Fiction Universe | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 1993 |
| September 1993 | 34 | Review | Was | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 1993 |
| October 1993 | 46 | Essay | Letter (Locus #393) | Locus, #393 October 1993 |
| October 1993 | 55 | Review | Meeting in Infinity | Aboriginal Science Fiction, Winter 1993 |
| December 1993 | 38 | Essay | Books: Forward into the Past | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 1993 |
| December 1993 | 21 | Essay | Letter (NYRSF, December 1993) | The New York Review of Science Fiction, December 1993 |
| December 1993 | 101 | Short Fiction | The Einstein Express | Omni, December 1993 |
| December 1993 | 44 | Review | The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 1993 |
| December 1993 | 38 | Review | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 1993 |
| February 1994 | 46 | Review | Argyll: A Memoir | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1994 |
| February 1994 | 42 | Review | Bears Discover Fire and Other Stories | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1994 |
| February 1994 | 39 | Essay | Books: Just Like Real People | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1994 |
| February 1994 | 47 | Review | Testing | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1994 |
| February 1994 | 45 | Review | The Pure Cold Light | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1994 |
| February 1994 | 47 | Review | The Rediscovery of Man | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1994 |
| February 1994 | 39 | Review | White Queen | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1994 |
| April 1994 | 18 | Essay | Books: Canons Left and Right | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1994 |
| April 1994 | 27 | Review | Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1994 |
| April 1994 | 25 | Review | Modern Classics of Science Fiction | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1994 |
| April 1994 | 22 | Review | The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American SF, 1960-1990 | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1994 |
| April 1994 | 20 | Review | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1994 |
| May 1994 | 22 | Essay | Letter (NYRSF, May 1994) | The New York Review of Science Fiction, May 1994 |
| June 1994 | 32 | Essay | Books: Growing Up the Hard Way | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 1994 |
| June 1994 | 32 | Review | Glimpses | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 1994 |
| June 1994 | 36 | Review | Hugo and Nebula Anthology 1993 | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 1994 |
| June 1994 | 35 | Review | Off the Wall at Callahan's | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 1994 |
| August 1994 | 21 | Essay | Books: Parables and Other Stuff | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 1994 |
| August 1994 | 23 | Review | Parable of the Sower | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 1994 |
| August 1994 | 21 | Review | X, Y | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 1994 |
| October 1994 | 37 | Essay | Books: Hard Work | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October-November 1994 |
| October 1994 | 39 | Review | Rationalizing Genius | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October-November 1994 |
| October 1994 | 37 | Review | The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October-November 1994 |
| October 1994 | 42 | Review | Wildlife | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October-November 1994 |
| January 1995 | 30 | Essay | Books: Prisoners of Perception | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 1995 |
| January 1995 | 32 | Essay | It's time to load the canon with SF's most influential books. | Science Fiction Age, January 1995 |
| January 1995 | 31 | Review | Slow Funeral | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 1995 |
| March 1995 | 25 | Essay | Books: Grace Under Pressure | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 1995 |
| March 1995 | 26 | Review | Half the Day is Night | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 1995 |
| September 1995 | 74 | Short Fiction | Some Like It Cold | Omni, Fall 1995 |
| October 1995 | 144 | Short Fiction | The True History of the End of the World | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October-November 1995 |
| January 1996 | 32 | Review | Intersections: The Sycamore Hill Anthology | Locus, #420 January 1996 |
| February 1996 | 13 | Review | Intersections: The Sycamore Hill Anthology | Locus, #421 February 1996 |
| March 1996 | 14 | Review | Intersections: The Sycamore Hill Anthology | Science Fiction Age, March 1996 |
| May 1996 | 60 | Review | Intersections: The Sycamore Hill Anthology | Science Fiction Chronicle, #189 May/June 1996 |
| June 1996 | 24 | Review | Intersections: The Sycamore Hill Anthology | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 1996 |
| August 1996 | Review | Intersections: The Sycamore Hill Anthology | Vector 188 | |
| September 1996 | 23 | Essay | Screed (letters of comment) (NYRSF, September 1996) | The New York Review of Science Fiction, September 1996 |
| September 1996 | 56 | Short Fiction | The Miracle of Ivar Avenue | Asimov's Science Fiction, September 1996 |
| January 1997 | 17 | Review | Corrupting Dr. Nice | Locus, #432 January 1997 |
| March 1997 | Review | Corrupting Dr. Nice | Science Fiction Weekly, 24 March 1997 | |
| March 1997 | 16 | Review | Intersections: The Sycamore Hill Anthology | The New York Review of Science Fiction, March 1997 |
| April 1997 | 147 | Review | Corrupting Dr. Nice | Analog Science Fiction and Fact, April 1997 |
| June 1997 | 53 | Review | Corrupting Dr. Nice | Interzone, June 1997 |
| June 1997 | 6 | Interview | John Kessel: No More Dr. Nice | Locus, #437 June 1997 |
| July 1997 | 20 | Review | Corrupting Dr. Nice | The New York Review of Science Fiction, July 1997 |
| August 1997 | |3 | Review | Meeting In Infinity | First Impressions, Installment Thirty-One |
| November 1997 | 16 | Review | The Pure Product | Locus, #442 November 1997 |
| December 1997 | Review | The Pure Product | SF Site, Mid-December 1997 | |
| 1998 | 36 | Review | Corrupting Dr. Nice | Nova Express, Winter/Spring 1998 |
| 1998 | 13 | Essay | Postcyberpunk Manifesto Reaction | Nova Express, Winter/Spring 1998 |
| 1998 | Review | The Pure Product | Nova Express, Fall-Winter 1998 | |
| February 1998 | 57 | Review | The Pure Product | Interzone, February 1998 |
| February 1998 | 14 | Review | The Pure Product | Locus, #445 February 1998 |
| April 1998 | Review | Corrupting Dr. Nice | SF Site, April 1998 | |
| July 1998 | 116 | Essay | Who I'll Cast When They Let Me Direct ... | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 1998 |
| September 1998 | 27 | Review | Corrupting Dr. Nice | Vector 201 |
| October 1998 | 56 | Short Fiction | Every Angel Is Terrifying | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October-November 1998 |
| November 1998 | 56 | Short Fiction | The President's Channel | Science Fiction Age, November 1998 |
| May 1999 | 68 | Essay | Jim Turner: An Appreciation | Locus, #460 May 1999 |
| September 1999 | 37 | Short Fiction | Ninety Percent of Everything | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 1999 |
| November 1999 | 39 | Review | Corrupting Dr Nice | Vector 208 |
| 2000 | 45|45.5 | Review | Corrupting Dr. Nice | The Third Alternative, #23 |
| 2000 | 17|17.3 | Essay | Lists | Nova Express, Fall/Winter 2000 |
| January 2000 | 56 | Short Fiction | The Juniper Tree | Science Fiction Age, January 2000 |
| January 2000 | 25 | Review | The Pure Product | Vector 209 |
| November 2000 | 21 | Essay | Final Grade Report: Andy Duncan (Afterword to _Beluthahatchie and Other Stories_) | The New York Review of Science Fiction, November 2000 |
| June 2001 | 53 | Interview | An Alien in Raleigh | North Carolina Literary Review, 2001 |
| September 2001 | Interview | Interview: John Kessel | Strange Horizons, 3 September 2001 | |
| May 2002 | 67 | Essay | On Damon Knight | Locus, #496 May 2002 |
| October 2002 | 170 | Short Fiction | Stories for Men | Asimov's Science Fiction, October-November 2002 |
| January 2003 | 27 | Interview | Corrupting Dr. Kessel | Say ... #2, 2003 |
| June 2003 | 9 | Short Fiction | Of New Arrivals, Many Johns, and the Music of the Spheres | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 2003 |
| July 2003 | 16 | Short Fiction | Under the Lunchbox Tree | Asimov's Science Fiction, July 2003 |
| November 2003 | Short Fiction | It's All True | Sci Fiction, November 5, 2003 | |
| 2004 | 81 | Essay | Creating the Innocent Killer: Ender's Game, Intention, and Morality | Foundation, #90 Spring 2004 |
| March 2004 | Short Fiction | The Baum Plan for Financial Independence | Sci Fiction, March 24, 2004 | |
| April 2004 | 162 | Essay | Curiosities: Tom's A-Cold, by John Collier (1933) | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 2004 |
| April 2004 | 162 | Review | Tom's A-Cold | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 2004 |
| July 2005 | 36 | Short Fiction | The Red Phone | Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, July 2005 |
| July 2006 | 19 | Review | Feeling Very Strange: The Slipstream Anthology | Locus, #546 July 2006 |
| September 2006 | Review | Feeling Very Strange: The Slipstream Anthology | Strange Horizons, 4 September 2006 | |
| September 2006 | |8.2 | Review | Feeling Very Strange: The Slipstream Anthology | Ideomancer, September 2006 |
| September 2006 | 22 | Short Fiction | Sunlight or Rock | Asimov's Science Fiction, September 2006 |
| October 2006 | Review | Feeling Very Strange: The Slipstream Anthology | Realms of Fantasy, October 2006 | |
| November 2006 | 10 | Review | Feeling Very Strange: The Slipstream Anthology | The New York Review of Science Fiction, November 2006 |
| 2007 | 31 | Essay | James Gunn, Grandmaster | The SFWA Bulletin, Spring 2007 |
| 2007 | 73 | Short Fiction | The Last American | Foundation, #100 Summer 2007 |
| January 2007 | 42 | Essay | Books (F&SF, January 2007) | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 2007 |
| January 2007 | 45 | Review | In Persuasion Nation | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 2007 |
| January 2007 | 42 | Review | Paraspheres: Extending Beyond the Spheres of Literary and Genre Fiction | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 2007 |
| January 2007 | 48 | Review | Skinny Dipping in the Lake of the Dead: Stories | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 2007 |
| January 2007 | 48 | Review | Slipstreams | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 2007 |
| January 2007 | 47 | Review | The Nimrod Flipout | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 2007 |
| September 2007 | Short Fiction | Downtown | Flurb: A Webzine of Astonishing Tales, Issue #4, Fall-Winter, 2007 | |
| November 2007 | 57 | Review | Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology | Locus, #562 November 2007 |
| 2008 | 15 | Review | Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology | SFRA Review #284 |
| January 2008 | 55 | Short Fiction | Pride and Prometheus | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 2008 |
| March 2008 | Review | Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology | Strange Horizons, 24 March 2008 | |
| March 2008 | 25 | Review | The Baum Plan for Financial Independence and Other Stories | Locus, #566 March 2008 |
| April 2008 | 138 | Review | Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology | Analog Science Fiction and Fact, April 2008 |
| May 2008 | Review | The Baum Plan for Financial Independence and Other Stories | Strange Horizons, 19 May 2008 | |
| March 2009 | 7 | Essay | In the Penal Colony | The New York Review of Science Fiction, March 2009 |
| April 2009 | 23 | Essay | Letter (NYRSF, April 2009) | The New York Review of Science Fiction, April 2009 |
| June 2009 | Review | Pride and Prometheus | StarShipSofa, No 87 | |
| June 2009 | 17 | Essay | The Modest One | Asimov's Science Fiction, June 2009 |
| June 2009 | 33 | Short Fiction | The Motorman's Coat | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June-July 2009 |
| July 2009 | 30 | Essay | Encuentro Fractal '09 | Locus, #582 July 2009 |
| November 2009 | 16 | Review | The Secret History of Science Fiction | Locus, #586 November 2009 |
| November 2009 | 21 | Review | The Secret History of Science Fiction | Locus, #586 November 2009 |
| January 2010 | 48 | Review | The Secret History of Science Fiction | Interzone, January-February 2010 |
| March 2010 | Review | The Secret History of Science Fiction | Strange Horizons, 15 March 2010 | |
| April 2010 | Interview | StarShipSofa Interrogations: John Kessel | StarShipSofa, No 130 | |
| July 2010 | 43 | Essay | Imagining the Human Future: Up, Down, or Sideways | Bull Spec, Summer 2010 |
| July 2010 | 48 | Interview | John Kessel is at Work | Bull Spec, Summer 2010 |
| September 2010 | Short Fiction | Iteration | Strange Horizons, 13 September 2010 | |
| November 2010 | 190 | Short Fiction | The Closet | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November-December 2010 |
| December 2010 | 8 | Essay | The Care and Feeding of Authors | The New York Review of Science Fiction, December 2010 |
| March 2011 | 12 | Short Fiction | Clean | Asimov's Science Fiction, March 2011 |
| 2012 | 45 | Review | Nebula Awards Showcase 2012 | SFRA Review #301 |
| January 2012 | 48 | Review | Kafkaesque: Stories Inspired by Franz Kafka | Interzone, January-February 2012 |
| January 2012 | Review | Kafkaesque: Stories Inspired by Franz Kafka | Strange Horizons, 30 January 2012 | |
| September 2012 | 14 | Review | Digital Rapture: The Singularity Anthology | Locus, #620 September 2012 |
| September 2012 | 62 | Review | Digital Rapture: The Singularity Anthology | Locus, #620 September 2012 |
| October 2012 | 1 | Essay | Digital Rapture | The New York Review of Science Fiction, October 2012 |
| February 2013 | 59 | Review | The Collected Kessel | Locus, #625 February 2013 |
| February 2015 | |220 | Interview | Author Spotlight: John Kessel | Lightspeed, February 2015 |
| January 2017 | 84 | Short Fiction | Events Preceding the Helvetican Renaissance | Clarkesworld, January 2017 |
| April 2017 | 14 | Review | The Moon and the Other | Locus, #675 April 2017 |
| June 2017 | 10 | Interview | Over the Moon | Locus, #677 June 2017 |
| August 2017 | |3.1 | Review | The Moon and the Other | Strange Horizons, 14 August 2017 |
| February 2018 | |8 | Interview | Classics, Companionship, and a Creature: A Conversation with John Kessel | Clarkesworld, February 2018 |
| February 2018 | 16 | Review | Pride and Prometheus | Locus, #685 February 2018 |
| March 2018 | 14 | Review | Pride and prometheus | Locus, #686 March 2018 |
| March 2018 | 200 | Review | The Moon and the Other | Asimov's Science Fiction, March-April 2018 |
| June 2018 | 1 | Essay | When Jane Met Mary | The New York Review of Science Fiction, June 2018 |
| September 2018 | 20 | Essay | Gardner Dozois | The New York Review of Science Fiction, September 2018 |
| January 2019 | 196 | Review | Pride and the Prometheus | Asimov's Science Fiction, January-February 2019 |
| March 2019 | 200 | Review | Pride and Prometheus | Asimov's Science Fiction, March-April 2019 |
| March 2019 | 141 | Short Fiction | The Mark of Cain | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March/April 2019 |
| September 2019 | 1 | Essay | Editorial (Interzone #283) | Interzone, September-October 2019 |
| September 2019 | 58 | Short Fiction | Fix That House! | Interzone, September-October 2019 |
| February 2020 | Short Fiction | Consolation | Forever, February 2020 | |
| July 2020 | 52 | Short Fiction | Spirit Level | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July-August 2020 |
| January 2021 | 88 | Short Fiction | The Dark Ride | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January-February 2021 |
| March 2023 | 200 | Review | The Moon and the Other | Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March-April 2023 |
| September 2023 | |14 | Interview | Author Spotlight: John Kessel and Bruce Sterling | Lightspeed, September 2023 |
| September 2023 | |2 | Short Fiction | Money in the Bank | Lightspeed, September 2023 |
| September 2025 | 114 | Short Fiction | The Ghost | Asimov's Science Fiction, September-October 2025 |
21 English-language books
Author, editor & teacher at the North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, who is married to the author Therese Anne Fowler