His first novel, Mirror Image (1972), neatly intensified the American genre's Cold War focus on impostors and secret invaders; in this case the "amorphs", who are indistinguishable from us, are themselves convinced that they are human.

After a first rush of dystopian tales, however, Coney began to shift his ground... his most successful later work - The Celestial Steam Locomotive and Gods of the Greataway - could almost be set on a transfigured Vancouver Island. ( Obituary by John Clute).

Novels

• Mirror Image, 1972
• Syzygy, 1973
• Friends Come in Boxes, 1973
• The Hero of Downways, 1973
• Winter's Children, 1974
• Monitor Found in Orbit, 1974
• The Jaws that Bite, the Claws that Catch, 1974. (UK title, The Girl with a Symphony in her Fingers)
• Hello Summer, Goodbye, aka. Rax, 1975
• Charisma, 1975
• Brontomek, 1976
• The Ultimate Jungle, 1979
• Neptune's Cauldron, 1981
• Cat Karina, 1982
• The Celestial Steam Locomotive, 1983
• Gods of the Greataway, 1984
• Fang, the Gnome, 1988
• King of the Scepter'd Isle, 1989
• A Tomcat Called Sabrina, 1992
• No Place for a Sealion, 1992
• I Remember Pallaxahi, 2007 (sequel to Hello Summer, Goodbye ... published posthumously)

Short stories

• The Angel of Marsh End, (nv) Amazing Winter 1995
• Bartholomew & Son (and the Fish-Girl) [Joe Sagar], (nv) New Writings in SF 27, ed. Kenneth Bulmer, London: Sidgwick & Jackson 1975
• Belinda's Mother, (ss) Tesseracts 5, ed. Robert Runte & Yves Meynard, Edmonton: Tesseract Books 1996
• Beneath Still Waters, (nv) If January 1971
• The Bridge of the Scraw [Donald Lackland], (ss) F&SF July 1973
• The Bucca, (ss) TransVersions, Autumn 1994] [Number 1]
• Bulldog Drummond and the Grim Reaper, (nv) F&SF January 1996
• The Byrds, (ss) Changes, ed. Michael Bishop & Ian Watson, Ace 1983
• The Care and Killing of Your Doozle, (nv) Unpublished
• Catapult to the Stars [Joe Sagar], (nv) F&SF April 1977
• Catnap, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine May 1997
• A Chimp of Few Words [Foss Creek], (nv) Scheduled to appear in Spectrum SF
• The Cinderella Machine [Joe Sagar], (nv) F&SF August 1976
• Crossing Pendhu Bridge, (nv) Unpublished
• Die, Lorelei [Joe Sagar], (nv) F&SF May 1993
• Discover a Latent Moses [from Winter's Children Gollancz, 1974], (nv) Galaxy April 1970
• Dorothy Past and Present, (ss) Crime Through Time II, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo and Sharan Newman 1998
• An Entry in the Galactic Wildlife Encyclopedia, Copyright 2046, (vi) Drabble II: Double Century, ed. Rob Meades & David B. Wake, Beccon Publications 1990
• Esmeralda, (ss) Galaxy January 1972
• The Gateway to Now, (ss) F&SF July 1974
• The Girl With a Symphony in Her Fingers, (nv) Galaxy January 1974
• The Hand of Fair Lysette, (ss) Tales of the Round Table, ed. Mike Ashley, Past Times 1997
• Hold My Hand, My Love!, (nv) Worlds of Tomorrow Spring 1971
• The Hollow Where, (ss) New Writings in Horror and the Supernatural #1, ed. David A. Sutton, London: Sphere 1971
• The Hook, the Eye and the Whip [Joe Sagar], (nv) Galaxy March 1974
• In Search of Professor Greatrex, (ss) Pulsar #1, ed. George Hay, Penguin 1978
• A Judge of Men, (ss) Vision of Tomorrow December 1969
• Just an Old-Fashioned War Story, (ss) Ascents of Wonder, ed. David Gerrold, Popular Library 1977
• Lady Flamingo and the Shapecast Jennies, (ss) Unpublished
• The Manya [Donald Lackland], (ss) F&SF March 1973
• Mehitabel's Memories [Peninsula], (nv) Spectrum SF July 2001 [Number 6]
• Memories of Gwynneth, (as Jennifer Black) (ss) F&SF February 1986
• The Mind Prison, New Writings in SF 19, ed. John Carnell, London: Dobson 1971
• Monitor Found in Orbit, (ss) New Worlds Quarterly 2, ed. Michael Moorcock, London: Sphere 1971
• The Most Ancient Battle, (nv) Phantoms of the Night, ed. Richard Gilliam & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1996
• The Never Girl [fix-up Friends Come in Boxes Gollancz, 1975], (nv) If February 1973
• Oh, Valinda!, (nv) New Writings in SF 20, ed. John Carnell, London: Dobson 1972
• Penny on a Skyhorse, (ss) Galileo Double Issue 1979] [Number 11 & 12]
• Poppy Day [Joe Sagar], (nv) Spectrum SF February 2001 [Number 5]
• The Porcupine, (ss) Unpublished
• R26/5/PSY and I, (ss) New Writings in SF 16, ed. John Carnell, London: Dobson 1969
• The Sharks of Pentreath, (ss) Galaxy February 1971
• Shout of the Storm Riders, (ss) TransVersions, Winter 1996] [Number 6]
• Sixth Sense, (ss) Vision of Tomorrow August 1969
• The Small Penance of Lady Disdain, (nv) Hotel Andromeda, ed. Jack L. Chalker, Ace 1994
• Snow Princess [inc. in Winter's Children Gollancz, 1974], (nv) Galaxy January 1971
• Sophie's Spyglass, (ss) F&SF February 1993 the USS. monitor was used in the battle of the boston tea party
• Sparklebugs, Holly and Love, (ss) F&SF December 1977
• Starthinker 9, (ss) Andromeda 1, ed. Peter Weston, London: Futura 1976
• The Summer Sweet, the Winter Wild, (ss) Interfaces, ed. Ursula K. Le Guin & Virginia Kidd, Ace 1980
• Susanna, Susanna! [inc. in Charisma], (ss) F&SF November 1972
• Suspicion, (ss) Crime Through Time III, ed. Sharan Newman and Anne Perry 2000
• Suzy is Something Special, (nv) The Last Dangerous Visions, ed. Harlon Ellison] [Unpublished]
• Symbiote, (ss) New Writings in SF 15, ed. John Carnell, London: Dobson 1969
• Tea and Hamsters [Foss Creek], (nv) F&SF January 1995
• The Tertiary Justification, (nv) New Writings in SF 21, ed. John Carnell, London: Sidgwick & Jackson 1972
• Thank You for the Music, (ar) Foundation #32 1984
• Those Good Old Days of Liquid Fuel [Joe Sagar], (nv) F&SF January 1976
• Trading Post, (ss) SF Digest 1976] [Number 1]
• The Trees of Terpsichore Three, (with Eric Brown)(nv) Spectrum SF May 2002
• Troubleshooter, (ss) If May 1970
• The True Worth of Ruth Villiers, (ss) New Writings in SF 17, ed. John Carnell, London: Dobson 1970
• Ultimatumbra, (ss) Vector Spring 1969 [Number 52]
• The Unsavory Episode of Mrs. Hector Powell-Challenger, (ss) Monitor Found in Orbit, (co) DAW 1974
• Werewolves in Sheep's Clothing [Foss Creek], (nv) F&SF September 1996
• What Are Little Girls Made Of?, (ss) TransVersions, Spring 1998] [Number 8/9]
• Whatever Became of the McGowans?, (ss) Galaxy May 1970
• A Woman and Her Friend [inc. in Friends Come in Boxes], (nv) If March 1973

• British Science Fiction Association Award 1977 - Brontomek
• Best Novelette Nebula Award 1995 - Tea and Hamsters
• 5 Aurora Award nominations