List of Ender's Game series short stories

There are two sources for short stories set in the Ender's Game series

Ender's Game series

The Ender's Game series is a series of science fiction books by Orson Scott Card. The series started with the novelette "Ender's Game", which was later expanded into the novel Ender's Game. It currently consists of eleven novels and ten short stories...

. The first is the short story collection First Meetings
First Meetings
First Meetings is a collection of Orson Scott Card's short stories from the Ender's Game series. The 2003 edition published by Tor Books also includes the story "Teacher's Pest", about the first meeting of Ender's parents.- Story list :The stories in this book are:*...

by Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Card is an American author, critic, public speaker, essayist, columnist, and political activist. He writes in several genres, but is primarily known for his science fiction. His novel Ender's Game and its sequel Speaker for the Dead both won Hugo and Nebula Awards, making Card the...

. This collection contains the original novelette Ender's Game
Ender's Game
Ender's Game is a science fiction novel by American author Orson Scott Card. The book originated as the short story "Ender's Game", published in the August 1977 issue of Analog Science Fiction and Fact. Elaborating on characters and plot lines depicted in the novel, Card later wrote additional...

plus three other stories. The second source is Card’s webzine InterGalactic Medicine Show
Intergalactic Medicine Show
InterGalactic Medicine Show is an American online fantasy and science fiction magazine. It was founded by multiple award-winning author Orson Scott Card. An anthology also called Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show was published by Tor in August, 2008, featuring selected stories from...

. Starting with the first issue Card has published one new Ender story in each issue of IGMS
Intergalactic Medicine Show
InterGalactic Medicine Show is an American online fantasy and science fiction magazine. It was founded by multiple award-winning author Orson Scott Card. An anthology also called Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show was published by Tor in August, 2008, featuring selected stories from...

. The first four stories from Card's webzine: "Mazer in Prison," "Pretty Boy," "Cheater," and "A Young Man with Prospects," also appear in the paperback anthology Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show
Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show
Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show is an anthology edited by Edmund R. Schubert and Orson Scott Card.Originally published in paperback by Tor Books in August 2008 , It contains eighteen stories from Card's online magazine InterGalactic Medicine Show including four from Card set in his...

. There is also a forthcoming story named Shadows in Flight
Shadows in Flight
Shadows in Flight is a planned science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card in the Ender's Game series. This story should not be confused with Shadows Alive, the big wrap-up novel that brings Bean's children together with Peter and Valentine from Children of the Mind. It is about Bean and his...

, which will be the first short story in the Shadow Series.

First Meetings

"Ender's Game"

This story is the original novelette which Card published in the August 1977 issue of Analog Science Fiction and Fact
Analog Science Fiction and Fact
Analog Science Fiction and Fact is an American science fiction magazine. As of 2011, it is the longest running continuously published magazine of that genre...

.

"Investment Counselor"

This is the story of how Ender Wiggin

Ender Wiggin

Andrew "Ender" Wiggin is a fictional character from Orson Scott Card's science fiction story Ender's Game and its sequels , as well as in the first part of the spin-off series, Ender's Shadow...

first meets the AI Jane

Jane (Ender's Game)

Jane is a fictional character in Orson Scott Card's Ender series. She is an artificial sentience thought to exist within the ansible network by which spaceships and planets communicate instantly across galactic distances. She has appeared in the novels Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, and Children...

and decides to become a speaker for the dead.

"The Polish Boy"

This is the story of how John Paul Wiggin

John Paul Wiggin

John Paul Wiggin is a fictional character from Orson Scott Card's Ender's game series. He appeared in the original novel Ender's Game, and in several of its sequels: Shadow of the Hegemon, Shadow Puppets, and Ender in Exile. John Paul is a central character in two of the prequel short stories:...

(Ender's father) comes to the attention of the International Fleet as a child.

"Teacher's Pest"

This is the story of how John Paul Wiggin first meets and falls in love with his future wife Theresa Brown

Theresa Wiggin

Theresa Wiggin is a fictional character from the Ender's Game series of novels by Orson Scott Card.She is the mother of Peter, Valentine and Ender Wiggin, and the wife of John Paul Wiggin....

"Mazer in Prison"

This story centers around Mazer Rackham, a young Hyrum Graff, and the creation of Battle School.

"Pretty Boy"

This story tells how Bonzo Madrid decided to go to Battle School after discovering that his father was having an affair.

"Cheater"

This story tells how Han Tzu (Hot Soup) ends up getting selected to go to Battle School.

"A Young Man with Prospects"

This story tells how Alessandra and her mother become colonists on a new planet after the Formic

Formics

The Formics, also known as Buggers, are a fictional insectoid alien species from the Ender's Game series of science fiction novels by Orson Scott Card.The term "Formic" is derived from formica, the Latin word for ant...

War.

"The Gold Bug"

This story tells the story of how a former soldier steps aside to allow Ender to become the governor of his planet.

"Ender's Stocking"

This story is about Peter Wiggin

Peter Wiggin

Peter Wiggin is a fictional character in the science fiction novel Ender's Game and its sequels, written by Orson Scott Card. He has appeared in the novels Ender's Game, Shadow of the Hegemon, Shadow Puppets, Shadow of the Giant, Xenocide, and Children of the Mind and in an upcoming short story to...

and his family at Christmas time, while Ender is still in Battle School.

"Ender's Homecoming"

This story is about how Ender's parents and sister conspire to keep him from returning to Earth so he will be safe.

"Ender in Flight"

This story is about a power struggle between Ender and Admiral Morgan on the way to the colony where Ender is to become governor.

Future

The release schedule has been changed to the 15th of November, February, May, and August although there's still no word on any new Ender short stories.

Issue 9, 10. and 11 have been released, but as of March 4th, 2009 issues 9 and 10 say "coming soon" where there normally is an Enderverse story, and issue 11 doesn't say anything about a story for that issue.

Future Short Stories

There is a forthcoming short story entitled Shadows in Flight
Shadows in Flight
Shadows in Flight is a planned science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card in the Ender's Game series. This story should not be confused with Shadows Alive, the big wrap-up novel that brings Bean's children together with Peter and Valentine from Children of the Mind. It is about Bean and his...

, it will be the first short story in the Shadow Series. It is about Bean and his children discovering an ancient Formic "ark" during their journey.

Chronological order of stories

"Mazer in Prison
Mazer in Prison (short story)
"Mazer in Prison" is a story by Orson Scott Card set in his Ender's Game universe. It tells the story of how Mazer Rackham and Hyrum Graff started Battle School. It appears in Card's Webzine InterGalactic Medicine Show.-Plot summary:...

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"The Polish Boy
The Polish Boy (short story)
"The Polish Boy" is a story by Orson Scott Card set in his Ender's Game universe. It tells the story of how John Paul Wieczorek as a small child gets tested by the International Fleet and convinces them to get his family out of Poland...

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"Teacher's Pest
Teacher's Pest (short story)
"Teacher’s Pest" is a story by Orson Scott Card set in his Ender's Game universe. It tells the story of how John Paul Wiggin meets and falls in love with his future wife...

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"Pretty Boy
Pretty Boy (short story)
"Pretty Boy" is a story by Orson Scott Card set in his Ender's Game universe. It tells the story of how "Bonzo" Madrid got into Battle School. It appears in Card's Webzine InterGalactic Medicine Show.-Plot summary:...

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"Cheater
Cheater (short story)
"Cheater" is a story by Orson Scott Card set in his Ender's Game universe. It tells the story of how "Hot Soup" Han Tzu got into Battle School. It appears in Card's Webzine InterGalactic Medicine Show.-Plot summary:...

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"Ender's Stocking
Ender's Stocking (short story)
"Ender's Stocking" is a story by Orson Scott Card set in his Ender's Game universe. It tells the story of how Ender’s brother Peter figures out how he can get people to do what he wants. It appears in Card's Webzine InterGalactic Medicine Show....

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"Ender's Game
Ender's Game (short story)
"Ender's Game" is a story by Orson Scott Card. It first appeared in the August 1977 issue of Analog magazine and was later expanded into the novel Ender's Game...

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"Ender's Homecoming
Ender's Homecoming (short story)
"Ender's Homecoming" is a story by Orson Scott Card set in his Ender's Game universe. It tells the story of how Ender's parents and sister conspire to keep him from returning to Earth so he will be safe. It appears in Card's Webzine InterGalactic Medicine Show...

"
"A Young Man with Prospects
A Young Man with Prospects (short story)
"A Young Man with Prospects" is a story by Orson Scott Card set in his Ender's Game universe. It tells the story of how Alessandra and Dorabella Toscano end up colonizing one of the former formic worlds. It appears in Card's Webzine InterGalactic Medicine Show.-Plot summary:"A Young Man with...

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"Ender in Flight"
"The Gold Bug
The Gold Bug (short story)
"The Gold Bug" is a story by Orson Scott Card set in his Ender's Game universe. It tells the story of how Sel Menach steps aside as leader of a colony world to let Ender Wiggin take over as governor...

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"Shadows in Flight"
"Investment Counselor
Investment Counselor (short story)
"Investment Counselor" is a story by Orson Scott Card set in his Ender's Game universe. It tells the story of how Ender Wiggin first met the artificial intelligence Jane and became a speaker for the dead...

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