| 2017-02-17 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Long Wait |
Cécile Cristofari |
|
|
short short (1), lesbian (1), twist ending (1)
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| 2015-03-09 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A Death |
Stephen King |
|
|
Old west (1), murder (1), Hanging (1), twist ending (1), Evidence (1)
|
| 2015-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Thru the Cat Door |
Terry M. McLeod |
|
|
first person point of view (1), parallel worlds (1), contemporary (1), only humans (1), only Earth (1), twist ending (1)
|
| 2011-10-25 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Dune |
Stephen King |
|
|
precognition (1), judge (1), lawyer (1), old man (1), messages in the sand (1), last will and testament (1), twist ending (1), island (1), contemporary (1), only humans (1), canoe (1), kayak (1)
|
| 1997-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
L.T.'s Theory of Pets |
Stephen King |
|
|
twist ending (1), marital strife (1), pets (1), serial murderer (1), contemporary (1)
|
| 1997-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Navigational Error |
Steve Tymon |
|
|
twist ending (1), humor (1), intergalactic war (1), war with aliens (1), last man alive (1)
|
| 1995-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Goatgrass: The Tale of Ree-Yees |
Deborah J. Ross |
|
|
twist ending (1), betrayal (1), drunk (1), assassin (1), Jabba the Hutt (1), star wars (1), Ree-Yees (1)
|
| 1993-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Goddam Time |
Scott Fogel and J. N. Williamson |
|
|
contemporary (1), only human (1), gender identity (1), horror (1), domestic violence (1), twist ending (1), gender (1)
|
| 1993-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Heroes |
Richard Chizmar |
|
|
immortality (1), horror (1), filial devotion (1), first person point of view (1), twist ending (1), contemporary (1), implied vampirism (1), Alzheimer's (1)
|
| 1993-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Slit |
Richard Laymon |
|
|
knife wounds (1), librarians (1), twist ending (1), murder (1), sexual perversion (1), contemporary (1), Band-aids (1)
|
| 1993-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Calligraphy Lesson |
Joyce Harrington |
|
|
first person point of view (1), strong female character (1), contemporary (1), only humans (1), radio DJ (1), twist ending (1), crazy former spouse (1)
|
| 1993-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Rubber Smile |
John Shirley |
|
|
twist ending (1), sociologist (1), horror (1), horror movies (1), contemporary (1), just movies (1), slasher movie (1), movies (1)
|
| 1989-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Person to Person |
Richard Matheson |
|
|
psychology (1), telepathy (1), contacting the dead (1), twist ending (1), contemporary (1)
|
| 1989-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Slasher |
F. Paul Wilson |
|
|
first person point of view (1), vengeance (1), contemporary (1), child murder (1), twist ending (1), Suspense (1)
|
| 1988-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Vacuum States |
Geoffrey A. Landis |
|
|
twist ending (1), dilemma (1), second person point of view (1), risk (1), zero point energy (1), hard science (1), contemporary (1)
|
| 1987-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Near Departed |
Richard Matheson |
|
|
twist ending (1), mortician (1)
|
| 1977-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Extenuating Circumstances |
Ann Orhelein |
|
|
space travel (1), cyborg (1), murder (1), robots (1), twist ending (1)
|
| 1977-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Way It Was |
Frederik Pohl |
|
|
economic collapse (1), virtual reality (1), only humans (1), only Earth (1), near future (1), organ harvesting (1), betrayal (1), love (1), twist ending (1)
|
| 1977-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Tunnel |
Roger Aday |
|
|
only Earth (1), only humans (1), horror (1), contemporary (1), tunnel (1), twist ending (1)
|
| 1975-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Visible Man |
Gardner Dozois |
|
|
massachusetts (1), twist ending (1), near future (1), escaped criminal (1), punishment (1), only Earth (1), only humans (1), hunting (1), psychological blindness (1)
|
| 1974-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Enjoy, Enjoy |
Frederik Pohl |
|
|
near future (1), Earth (1), aliens (1), memory recording (1), purchased memories (1), twist ending (1), ennui (1)
|
| 1974-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Hardshell |
Dean R. Koontz |
|
|
horror (1), contemporary (1), shapeshifters (1), United States (1), urban (1), police chase (1), twist ending (1), murder (1), detective (1)
|
| 1974-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Replacement Part |
Greg Akers |
|
|
twist ending (1), space pirates (1), cybernetics (1), space battle (1)
|
| 1974-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Twice Removed |
R. Michael Rosen |
|
|
interstellar exploration (1), ancient past (1), first contact (1), only humans (1), twist ending (1)
|
| 1973-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
For the Good of Society |
Terri E. Pinckard |
|
|
social commentary (1), near future (1), only humans (1), only Earth (1), courtroom trial (1), twist ending (1)
|
| 1972-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Hung-Wu and the Witch's Daughter |
Robert Nye |
|
|
love (1), twist ending (1), Monkey King (1), China (1), three sons (1), daughter (1), trickery (1), evil witch (1), love's labors (1), sacrifice (1)
|
| 1969-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A Boy and His Dog |
Harlan Ellison |
|
|
alternate history (1), into-movie (1), hunger (1), sex (1), sterility (1), postapocalyptic (1), mutants (1), dogs (1), telepathy (1), underground cities (1), uplift (1), love (1), barbarism (1), satire (1), rape (1), Kansas (1), twist ending (1), genetic engineering (1)
|
| 1969-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Phoenix |
Harlan Ellison |
|
|
only humans (1), only Earth (1), first person point of view (1), desert (1), twist ending (1), Atlantis (1), New York City (1), expedition (1), lost continent (1), death (1), physical mass of time (1)
|
| 1967-12-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Quicksand |
John Brunner |
|
|
twist ending (1), explorer (1), time travel (1), parallel world (1), stranger from nowhere (1), bad marriage (1), mental hospital (1), psychiatry (1), only humans (1), contemporary (1), england (1), anomie (1), mental fantasy (1), low self-esteem (1), free love (1), jealousy (1), martial arts (1)
|
| 1964-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Dolphin's Way |
Gordon R. Dickson |
|
|
dolphin (1), twist ending (1), first contact (1), research station (1), dolphins (1), contemporary (1), aliens (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1963-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Rundown |
Robert Lory |
|
|
amnesia (1), lost protagonist (1), bar (1), begging (1), twist ending (1)
|
| 1961-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Punch |
Frederik Pohl |
|
|
benevolent aliens (1), twist ending (1), duck hunting (1)
|
| 1961-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Candidate |
Henry Slesar |
|
|
twist ending (1)
|
| 1958-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Big, Wide, Wonderful World |
Charles E. Fritch |
|
|
Merril04 (1), illusion (1), first person point of view (1), post-apocalyptic (1), twist ending (1)
|
| 1958-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Non-Stop |
Brian W. Aldiss |
|
|
generation starship (1), colonization (1), lost heritage (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), generation ship (1), science fiction (1), Les 100 principaux titres de la science-fiction (1), interstellar travel (1), twist ending (1)
|
| 1957-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
I'm in Marsport Without Hilda |
Isaac Asimov |
|
|
sexism (1), humor (1), detective story (1), only humans (1), interstellar travel (1), first person point of view (1), twist ending (1), tryst (1), drugs (1), science fiction (1), mystery (1), mars (1), artificial gravity (1)
|
| 1957-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
S.R.O. |
Harlan Ellison |
|
|
twist ending (1), contemporary (1), New York City (1), alien contact (1), show business (1), impresario (1), entrepreneur (1)
|
| 1957-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Small World |
William F. Nolan |
|
|
Librivox (1), twist ending (1), postapocalyptic (1), last human survivor (1), only Earth (1), alien attack (1), near future (1), post apocalypse (1)
|
| 1957-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Winthrop Was Stubborn |
William Tenn |
|
|
Merril03 (1), science fiction (1), time travel (1), hedonism (1), twist ending (1)
|
| 1956-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Ceramic Incident |
Theodore L. Thomas |
|
|
interstellar travel (1), space exporation (1), extinct alien society (1), twist ending (1)
|
| 1956-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Golden Pyramid |
Sam Moskowitz |
|
|
betrayal (1), alien artifact (1), human explorers (1), alien animal (1), mars (1), twist ending (1), alien animals (1)
|
| 1955-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Burnt Toast |
Mack Reynolds |
|
|
fantasy (1), horror (1), demon (1), contemporary (1), twist ending (1), ironic (1), deals with the devil (1)
|
| 1955-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Homecoming |
J. Harvey Haggard |
|
|
mutation (1), family (1), interstellar trade (1), polymorphism (1), twist ending (1)
|
| 1954-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Inferiority |
James Causey |
|
|
pacifism (1), human aggression (1), twist ending (1), social commentary (1), clash of civilizations (1), Martians (1), mars (1), inferiority complex (1)
|
| 1953-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Other Tiger |
Arthur C. Clarke |
|
|
england (1), infinite universe (1), coincidence (1), science fiction (1), twist ending (1)
|
| 1952-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Japanese Tea Set |
Francis J. O'Neil |
|
|
vengeance (1), blindness (1), twist ending (1), jilting (1), psychiatrist (1), Japan (1), tea set (1), haunting (1), American (1), japanese (1), Korean War (1), fantasy (1), suicide (1)
|
| 1951-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Special Aptitude |
Theodore Sturgeon |
|
|
first person point of view (1), interplanetary travel (1), venus (1), moral lesson (1), misfit (1), first contact (1), bullying (1), twist ending (1)
|
| 1951-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Biography Project |
H. L. Gold |
|
|
twist ending (1), viewing of past (1), Sir Isaac Newton (1), only humans (1), only Earth (1), paranoid psychosis (1)
|
| 1950-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A Martian Oddity |
Forrest J. Ackerman |
|
|
space exploration (1), Martians (1), contact with aliens (1), mars (1), humor (1), word play (1), alien point of view (1), twist ending (1), alien contact (1)
|
| 1950-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Last Man |
Seabury Quinn |
|
|
long-lost love (1), last survivor (1), voodoo (1), Haitian (1), New York (1), Spanish-American War veteran (1), seance (1), twist ending (1)
|
| 1950-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Swordsmen of Varnis |
Clive Jackson |
|
|
fantasy (1), humor (1), Barsoom (1), twist ending (1)
|
| 1950-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
To Serve Man |
Damon Knight |
|
|
into-tv (1), twist ending (1), science fiction (1), Twilight Zone (1), force fields (1), longevity (1), aliens (1), United Nations (1), translation (1), food (1)
|
| 1949-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Country House |
Ewen Whyte |
|
|
contemporary (1), country house (1), pursuit (1), murder (1), twist ending (1)
|
| 1949-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Murder Man |
Ewen Whyte |
|
|
murder (1), twist ending (1), psychopath (1), contemporary (1), straight razor (1)
|
| 1946-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Placet Is a Crazy Place |
Fredric Brown |
|
|
science fiction (1), humorous (1), word play (1), simplicity (1), dense matter (1), altered laws of physics (1), hallucinations (1), interstellar travel (1), first person point of view (1), twist ending (1), romance (1), double star system (1), antimatter (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
|
| 1945-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Mr. Lupescu |
Anthony Boucher |
|
|
horror (1), twist ending (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
|
| 1941-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Not Yet the End |
Fredric Brown |
|
|
science fiction (1), twist ending (1)
|
| 1941-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Door |
Oliver Saari |
|
|
European explorer (1), interdimensional portal (1), Berber legend (1), Arab sheik (1), desert (1), twist ending (1), irony (1)
|
| 1940-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Unveiling |
Alfred I. Tooke |
|
|
twist ending (1), Russian (1), painter (1), contemporary (1), emotional influence (1)
|
| 1937-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Masquerade |
Mearle Prout |
|
|
horror (1), fantasy (1), soul transfer (1), infatuation (1), masquerade (1), damsel in distress (1), twist ending (1)
|
| 1936-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
In the Dark |
Ronal Kayser |
|
|
Librivox (1), twist ending (1), infidelity (1), chemical industry (1), contemporary (1), horror (1), suicide (1), murder (1), blindness (1)
|
| 1935-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
One Chance |
Ethel Helene Coen |
|
|
ship (1), love (1), horror (1), twist ending (1), quarantine (1), plague (1), new orleans (1), casket (1)
|
| 1934-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Late Mourner |
Julius Long |
|
|
funeral (1), twist ending (1), contemporary (1)
|
| 1932-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
No Eye-Witnesses |
Henry S. Whitehead |
|
|
subway (1), fantasy (1), twist ending (1), vision of the past (1), woodsman (1), werewolf (1), 1930s (1), New York City (1), forest (1)
|
| 1932-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Death Mist |
Captain George H. Daugherty, Jr. |
|
|
fantasy (1), cowardice (1), American soldier (1), Argonne forest (1), WWI (1), twist ending (1)
|
| 1932-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Ring |
J. M. Fry |
|
|
first person point of view (1), Egyptian sarcophagus (1), ring (1), curse (1), twist ending (1), contemporary (1)
|
| 1928-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Justice of the Czar |
George Fielding Eliot |
|
|
torture (1), russia (1), Czar's family (1), retribution (1), twist ending (1), executioner (1)
|
| 1927-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Church Stove at Raebrudafisk |
G. Appleby Terrill |
|
|
European country (1), first person point of view (1), story within a story (1), horror (1), stove (1), blindness (1), contemporary (1), murder (1), revenge (1), twist ending (1)
|
| 1927-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Witch-Baiter |
Anthony M. Rud |
|
|
Spanish Netherlands (1), Inquisition (1), judge (1), witchcraft accusations (1), torture (1), executions (1), irony (1), revenge (1), justice (1), twist ending (1)
|
| 1926-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Step |
E. F. Benson |
|
|
twist ending (1), horror (1), Arabs (1), curse (1), eviction (1), colonialism (1), egypt (1)
|
| 1925-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Stranger from Kurdistan |
E. Hoffmann Price |
|
|
Black Sabbath (1), Satan (1), jesus (1), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), good vs evil (1), twist ending (1)
|
| 1919-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
French |
L'infirme |
Maurice Level |
|
|
disabled (1), twist ending (1), compensation (1), drowning (1), callous (1), contemporary (1)
|
| 1914-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Gipsy Prophecy |
Bram Stoker |
|
|
Librivox (1), fantasy (1), twist ending (1), murder (1), fortune tellers (1), gypsies (1), contemporary (1), Suspense (1)
|
| 1910-09-10 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The True History of the Hare and the Tortoise |
Lord Dunsany |
|
|
twist ending (1), social commentary (1), talking animals (1)
|
| 1904-08-14 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Furnished Room |
O. Henry |
|
|
horror (1), fantasy (1), ghosts (1), New York City (1), lower west side (1), 19th century (1), rooming house (1), fragrance (1), suicide (1), despair (1), twist ending (1), irony (1), supernatural manifestations (1)
|
| 1887-05-31 |
SHORTFICTION |
French |
La morte |
Guy de Maupassant |
|
|
Librivox (1), first person point of view (1), bereavement (1), social commentary (1), Paris (1), cemetery (1), supernatural vision (1), revenants (1), twist ending (1), irony (1), horror (1)
|
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