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Date Type Language Title Authors Parent Title Parent Authors Tags
2022-04-07 NOVEL English Amongst Our Weapons Ben Aaronovitch     london (1), wizards (1), urban fantasy (1), supernatural (1), Police Procedural (1), paranormal (1), mythology (1), mystery (1), mage (1), action (1), legends (1), humor (1), Folk Tales (1), fantasy (1), detective (1), crime (1), contemporary (1)
2022-06-03 SHORTFICTION English Walking Off Her Vanity Frank Sawielijew     female protagonist (1), fantasy (1), contemporary (1)
2021-10-26 NOVEL English Grave Reservations Cherie Priest     psychic (1), contemporary (1), detective (1), magical realism (1), mystery (1), Police Procedural (1), Women Sleuths (1)
2021-08-10 NOVEL English Paper & Blood Kevin Hearne     fantasy (2), action (1), adventure (1), Australia (1), contemporary (1), paranormal (1), urban fantasy (1)
2021-02-04 NOVEL English The Library of the Dead T. L. Huchu     alternate history (1), Amateur Sleuth (1), contemporary (1), crime (1), Edinburgh (1), fantasy (1), mystery (1), paranormal (1), urban fantasy (1)
2020-09-29 NOVEL English Battle Ground Jim Butcher     urban fantasy (2), action (1), Chicago (1), contemporary (1), detective (1), fantasy (1), vampires (1)
2020-11-15 SHORTFICTION English Did You Die At Home? Alexander Chee     contemporary (1), North Koreans (1), East Germany (1), spies (1), lovers (1), farewell (1), ghost (1)
2020-02-20 NOVEL English False Value Ben Aaronovitch     urban fantasy (2), action (1), contemporary (1), crime (1), detective (1), fantasy (1), london (1), mage (1), mystery (1), Police Procedural (1), supernatural (1), wizards (1)
2020-11-24 NOVEL English Forged Benedict Jacka     urban fantasy (2), action (1), adventure (1), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), london (1), Mages (1), magic (1), occult (1), paranormal (1), supernatural (1)
2020-07-12 SHORTFICTION English If Wishes Was Horses David Mitchell     first person point of view (1), contemporary (1), prison (1), illness (1), phantom (1)
2020-08-25 NOVEL English Ink & Sigil Kevin Hearne     urban fantasy (2), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), folklore (1), humour (1), murder (1), mystery (1), mythology (1)
2020-11-17 SHORTFICTION English Last Stand in Lychford Paul Cornell     urban fantasy (2), contemporary (1), fairy (1), witchcraft (1), witches (1)
2020-07-12 SHORTFICTION English Line 19 Woodstock / Glisan Karen Russell     Time (1), contemporary (1), Night (1), bus (1), female protagonist (1)
2020-07-12 SHORTFICTION English Recognition Victor LaValle     ghost (1), apartment building (1), first person point of view (1), Covid-19 (1), contemporary (1), New York City (1), death (1)
2020-07-31 COLLECTION English Tales from the Folly Ben Aaronovitch     collection (1), contemporary (1), detective (1), fantasy (1), london (1), mystery (1), police (1), urban fantasy (1)
2020-03-24 NOVEL English The City We Became N. K. Jemisin     fantasy (1), contemporary (1), magic (1), New York (1), supernatural (1), urban fantasy (1), Nomeados ao Hugo em Português (1), Lovecraftian (1)
2020-07-00 SHORTFICTION English The Inaccessibility of Heaven Aliette de Bodard     angels (1), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), Magazine (1), magic (1), myth (1)
2020-08-13 NOVEL English The Midnight Library Matt Haig     contemporary (1), fantasy (1), literary (1), science fiction (1), time travel (1), women (1), suicide (1)
2019-05-00 SHORTFICTION English Chasing Oumuamua Sean Monaghan     first person point of view (1), female protagonist (1), contemporary (1), only humans (1), only Earth (1), family (1), mental illness (1), NASA (1), Oumuamua (1), interstellar object (1), space probe (1), engineering (1)
2019-09-24 NOVEL English Fallen Benedict Jacka     urban fantasy (2), action (1), adventure (1), contemporary (1), london (1), Mages (1), magic (1), occult (1), paranormal (1), supernatural (1)
2019-02-12 SHORTFICTION English Horsepower & Medicine Charles de Lint     contemporary (1), fantasy (1), magic (1), urban fantasy (1)
2019-05-07 NOVEL English Middlegame Seanan McGuire     alchemy (2), fantasy (2), action (1), contemporary (1), dark fantasy (1), Nomeados ao Hugo em Português (1)
2019-10-00 NOVEL English Ninth House Leigh Bardugo     urban fantasy (1), thriller (1), supernatural (1), Privilege (1), occult (1), magic (1), fantasy (1), contemporary (1), alternate reality (1)
2019-02-26 NOVEL English Phoenix Falling Laura Bickle     urban fantasy (2), weird west (2), alchemy (1), contemporary (1), dark fantasy (1), fantasy (1), love (1), magic (1), mystery (1), United States (1)
2019-05-14 NOVEL English Sync K. P. Kyle     science fiction (1), parallel universe (1), thriller (1), contemporary (1)
2019-11-05 NOVEL English The Book of Lost Saints Daniel José Older     ghosts (2), contemporary (1), Cuba (1), Cuban Revolution (1), family life (1), fantasy (1), Hispanic (1), historical (1), Latino (1), magical realism (1), USA (1)
2019-02-28 SHORTFICTION English The Buzz Kill Kevin Hearne     Australia (1), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), humour (1), murder (1), urban fantasy (1)
2019-11-19 CHAPBOOK English The Lights Go Out in Lychford Paul Cornell     Apparitions (1), contemporary (1), faery (1), fantasy (1), magic (1), urban fantasy (1), witchcraft (1), witches (1)
2019-09-03 NOVEL English The Nightjar Deborah Hewitt     contemporary fantasy (1), contemporary (1), Fairy Tales (1), fantasy (1), Folk Tales (1), legends (1), london (1), mythology (1), paranormal (1), urban fantasy (1)
2019-05-31 SHORTFICTION English The October Man Ben Aaronovitch     urban fantasy (2), contemporary (1), crime (1), detective (1), fantasy (1), Germany (1), mage (1), mystery (1), Police Procedural (1), supernatural (1), Trier (1), Warlock (1), wizard (1)
2019-05-14 NOVEL English The Plague Stones James Brogden     horror (3), contemporary (1), london (1), occult (1), revenge (1), supernatural (1), thriller (1)
2019-11-05 NOVEL English The Starless Sea Erin Morgenstern     magical realism (2), Fairy Tales (2), contemporary (1), epic (1), fantasy (1), Folk Tales (1), legends (1), romance (1)
2018-11-11 SHORTFICTION English Alma and Esperanza's Tragic Quest: A Story in 10 Parts Diana Abu-Jaber and Jaquira Diaz and Sarah Gerhard and Lauren Groff and Andres Holleran and Lindsay Hunter and Alissa Nutting and Karen Russell and Laura van den Berg and Jeff VanderMeer     Florida (1), female protagonists (1), twins (1), Disney World (1), manatees (1), palmetto bug (1), mall (1), sinkhole (1), dead mother (1), quest (1), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), curse (1), blessing (1), future (1), dolphins (1)
2018-08-07 NOVEL English Alternate Routes Tim Powers     urban fantasy (2), action (1), adventure (1), America (1), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), paranormal (1), spies (1), supernatural (1)
2018-11-00 SHORTFICTION English Dead Lovers on Each Blade, Hung Usman T. Malik     contemporary (1), magic (1), Mythic (1), Pakistan (1), Lahore (1), horror (1)
2018-09-18 NOVEL English Hallowdene George Mann     contemporary (1), Detectve (1), supernatural (1), fantasy (1), Folk Tales (1), horror (1), legends (1), murder (1), mystery (1), mythology (1)
2018-11-15 NOVEL English Lies Sleeping Ben Aaronovitch     urban fantasy (2), wizard (1), Warlock (1), supernatural (1), Police Procedural (1), mystery (1), mage (1), london (1), fantasy (1), detective (1), crime (1), contemporary (1)
2018-07-03 NOVEL English Marked Benedict Jacka     urban fantasy (2), action (1), adventure (1), contemporary (1), london (1), Mages (1), magic (1), occult (1), paranormal (1), supernatural (1)
2018-11-11 SHORTFICTION English Muzik di Zumbi Akwaeke Emezi     music (1), freedom (1), price (1), memory (1), fantasy (1), child protagonist (1), female protagonist (1), death (1), Curacao (1), second person point of view (1), contemporary (1), dead protagonist (1)
2018-11-25 SHORTFICTION English Neid-Fire Caldon Mull     weird fantasy (1), magical reality (1), contemporary (1), African speculative fiction (1), paranormal mystery (1)
2018-04-03 NOVEL English Scourged Kevin Hearne     urban fantasy (2), action (1), adventure (1), contemporary (1), Druidism (1), druids (1), Fairy Tales (1), Folk Tales (1), humourous (1), legends (1), magic (1), mythology (1), paranormal (1)
2018-07-00 NOVEL English The Book of Hidden Things Francesco Dimitri     contemporary (1), fantasy (1), friendship (1), italy (1), mafia (1), mystery (1)
2018-03-17 NOVEL English The Green Man's Heir Juliet E. McKenna     urban fantasy (2), contemporary (1), england (1), fantasy (1), mystery (1), myth (1), mythical creatures (1), supernatural (1)
2018-01-16 NOVEL English The Myth Manifestation Lisa Shearin     urban fantasy (2), action (1), adventure (1), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), magic (1), paranormal (1), romance (1)
2018-04-16 COLLECTION English The Official Report on Human Activity Kim D. Hunter     surrealism (1), African American (1), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), surreal (1)
2018-05-22 NOVEL English The Outsider Stephen King     Suspense (1), horror (1), into-tv (1), smalltown (1), families (1), police (1), serial killer (1), contemporary (1), Oklahoma (1), ancient evil (1), doppelganger (1), strong female character (1)
2018-11-11 SHORTFICTION English The Three Women, the Bear and the Fox Peter Rock     traveler (1), death (1), memory (1), senile dementia (1), bear (1), fox (1), telephone (1), fantasy (1), contemporary (1), Montana (1)
2018-11-11 SHORTFICTION English What We Did for Love Michael Cunningham     fantasy (1), first person point of view (1), fairy (1), love (1), poet (1), dancer (1), Montreal (1), art (1), sacrifice (1), contemporary (1), poets (1)
2018-11-11 SHORTFICTION English Who Pays? Sarah Hall     forest (1), fantasy (1), women (1), men (1), magic well (1), Turkey (1), contemporary (1), celebration (1)
2018-02-27 NOVEL English Witch Creek Laura Bickle     weird west (2), urban fantasy (2), alchemy (2), contemporary (1), dark fantasy (1), fantasy (1), magic (1), mystery (1), United States (1)
2017-10-10 CHAPBOOK English A Long Day in Lychford Paul Cornell     Clergy (1), contemporary (1), faery (1), urban fantasy (1), witchcraft (1), witches (1)
2017-06-06 NOVEL English All Good Things Emma Newman     urban fantasy (2), contemporary (1), fae (1), faery (1), fairy (1), fantasy (1), Gargoyle (1), london (1), paranormal (1), romance (1)
2017-04-04 NOVEL English Bound Benedict Jacka     urban fantasy (2), contemporary (1), london (1), Mages (1), magic (1), psychics (1), fantasy (1)
2017-03-21 NOVEL English Chalk Paul Cornell     horror (2), dark fantasy (2), contemporary (1), fantasy (1)
2017-03-08 SHORTFICTION English Come See the Living Dryad Theodora Goss     contemporary (1), historical (1), mystery (1)
2017-06-06 CHAPBOOK English Dead Light March Daniel José Older     action (1), adventure (1), Brooklyn (1), contemporary (1), diversity (1), friendship (1), ghosts (1), Hispanic (1), Latino (1), magic (1), Multicultural (1), United States (1), urban fantasy (1)
2017-08-15 NOVEL English Ferocious Paula Stokes     young-adult sf (1), virtual reality (1), thriller (1), Suspense (1), action (1), science fiction (1), People Trafficking (1), contemporary (1), adventure (1)
2017-07-17 NOVEL English In Other Lands Sarah Rees Brennan     young-adult fantasy (1), contemporary (1), Fairy Tales (1), fantasy (1), folklore (1), Growth (1), humour (1), love (1), Romantic (1), mythical creatures (1)
2017-04-18 NOVEL English Legend Has It Elliott James     urban fantasy (2), action (1), adventure (1), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), paranormal (1), speculative fiction (1)
2017-03-21 NOVEL English Phantom Pains Mishell Baker     urban fantasy (2), contemporary (1), faery (1), Fairy Tales (1), fantasy (1), Folk Tales (1), Hard-Boiled (1), legends (1), Mental Health (1), mental illness (1), mystery (1), mythology (1), fae (1), detective (1)
2017-06-13 NOVEL English The Changeling Victor LaValle     horror (2), literary fantasy (1), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), speculative fiction (1), literary (1), Magic Realism (1), mystery (1), witches (1), magical realism (1)
2017-06-00 SHORTFICTION English The Furthest Station Ben Aaronovitch     urban fantasy (2), london (2), contemporary (1), detective (1), fantasy (1), magic (1), mystery (1), supernatural (1)
2017-08-15 CHAPBOOK English The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion Margaret Killjoy     Political (1), police (1), horror (1), fantasy (1), dark fantasy (1), contemporary (1), urban fantasy (1)
2017-07-25 SHORTFICTION English The Man in Room Eleven Michael Cunningham     New Haven (1), hotel (1), gothic (1), horror (1), contemporary (1)
2017-08-31 NOVEL English Tom and Lovey: Under the Moon Into the Wood G. R. Jerry     devil (1), first person point of view (1), human-animal hybrids (1), contemporary (1), United States (1), small town (1), multiple points of view (1), horror (1), native americans (1), christianity (1), human sacrifice (1), manichaeism (1), strong female characters (1)
2017-03-14 NOVEL English White Tears Hari Kunzru     ghosts (2), Black Culture (1), Blues (1), contemporary (1), horror (1), Legacy (1), literary (1), Magic Realism (1), memory (1), music (1), obsession (1), race (1), racism (1)
2017-09-12 NOVEL English Wychwood George Mann     horror (2), paranormal mystery (1), abandonment (1), contemporary (1), crime (1), england (1), fantasy (1), magic (1), murder (1), mystery (1), mythology (1), paganism (1), revenge (1), child abuse (1)
2016-10-04 NOVEL English A City Dreaming Daniel Polansky     urban fantasy (2), witches (1), paranormal (1), New York (1), magic (1), contemporary (1)
2016-08-02 NOVEL English A Little Knowledge Emma Newman     urban fantasy (2), contemporary (1), fae (1), faery (1), fairy (1), fantasy (1), Gargoyle (1), london (1), paranormal (1), romance (1)
2016-04-05 NOVEL English Burned Benedict Jacka     urban fantasy (1), precognition (1), contemporary (1), magic (1), occult (1), supernatural (1)
2016-06-30 CHAPBOOK English Down and Out in Purgatory Tim Powers     california (1), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), revenge (1), supernatural (1)
2016-07-05 SHORTFICTION English Fragments of Morning Caldon Mull     contemporary (1), African speculative fiction (1), surrealism (1), psychology (1)
2016-08-02 SHORTFICTION English Full of Briars Seanan McGuire     contemporary (1), fae (1), faery (1), fairies (1), Fairy Tales (1), fantasy (1), Folk Tales (1), magic (1), paranormal (1), urban fantasy (1)
2016-11-29 CHAPBOOK English Ghost Girl in the Corner Daniel José Older     action (1), Brooklyn (1), contemporary (1), diversity (1), fantasy (1), friendship (1), ghost (1), Hispanic (1), Latino (1), magic (1), Multicultural (1), murder (1), United States (1)
2016-12-01 NOVEL English Gilded Cage Vic James     alternate history (2), fantasy (2), dystopia (1), contemporary (1), dystopian (1), magic (1)
2016-04-26 NOVEL English In Shining Armor Elliott James     urban fantasy (2), werewolf (2), action (1), adventure (1), contemporary (1), fantasy (1)
2016-12-27 NOVEL English Nine of Stars Laura Bickle     urban fantasy (2), weird west (1), alchemy (1), contemporary (1), dark fantasy (1), Dine Mythology (1), Skinwalkers (1), United States (1)
2016-11-03 NOVEL English The Hanging Tree Ben Aaronovitch     urban fantasy (1), contemporary (1), detective (1), fantasy (1), london (1), magic (1), mystery (1), supernatural (1)
2016-11-01 CHAPBOOK English The Lost Child of Lychford Paul Cornell     ghost (1), fairy (1), contemporary (1), urban fantasy (1)
2016-06-01 SHORTFICTION English The Snow Train Ken Liu     fantasy (2), contemporary (1), racism (1), Refugees (1), Societal Breakdown (1)
2016-06-28 NOVEL English Wasteland King Lilith Saintcrow     urban fantasy (2), faery (1), contemporary (1), Dark (1), fae (1), mythology (1), supernatural (1)
2016-05-19 NOVEL English Who Killed Sherlock Holmes? Paul Cornell     urban fantasy (1), contemporary (1), crime (1), fantasy (1), ghosts (1), horror (1), mystery (1), police (1), Sherlock Holmes (1), supernatural (1), Suspense (1), thriller (1)
2015-11-10 NOVEL English Back Lash Devon Monk     urban fantasy (2), action (1), adventure (1), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), magic (1), occult (1), paranormal (1), supernatural (1)
2015-11-00 SHORTFICTION English Bad Little Kid Stephen King     story within a story (1), Death row (1), horror (1), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), evil spirit (1), vengeance (1)
2015-03-24 NOVEL English Dark Alchemy Laura Bickle     urban fantasy (2), weird west (2), alchemy (2), United States (1), mystery (1), magic (1), fantasy (1), dark fantasy (1), contemporary (1)
2015-06-30 SHORTFICTION English Drunken Fireworks Stephen King     humorous (1), Drinking alcohol (1), Trumpet (1), Fourth of July (1), Fireworks (1), Italians (1), contemporary (1), Vacationers (1), Local residents (1), Maine (1), Competition (1), Downeaster (1)
2015-10-27 NOVEL English Mercury Retrograde Laura Bickle     urban fantasy (2), weird west (2), alchemy (2), contemporary (1), dark fantasy (1), fantasy (1), magic (1), mystery (1), United States (1)
2015-11-00 SHORTFICTION English Mister Yummy Stephen King     encounter with Death (1), contemporary (1), Assisted living facility (1), Jigsaw puzzle (1), artist (1), Pocket watch (1), Premonition of mortality (1), Homosexual people (1), 1980s (1)
2015-11-00 SHORTFICTION English Obits Stephen King     Power to kill (1), fantasy (1), Internet journalism (1), contemporary (1), first person point of view (1), Obituaries (1)
2015-09-00 SHORTFICTION English Rubicon Megan Edwards     first person point of view (1), Caesar (1), time travel (1), contemporary (1), only humans (1), only Earth (1)
2015-07-00 SHORTFICTION English Taking My Time Eric M. Bosarge     first person point of view (1), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), father (1), amnesia (1), military veteran (1), domestic violence (1), love (1), only Earth (1)
2015-07-00 SHORTFICTION English The Water Cycle Matt Tompkins     contemporary (1), fantasy (1), only humans (1), only Earth (1), father (1), water cycle (1), first person point of view (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)
2014-10-27 SHORTFICTION English Alan Bean Plus Four Tom Hanks     SF (1), lunar mission (1), contemporary (1), amateur space exploration (1)
2014-08-05 NOVEL English Broken Souls Stephen Blackmoore     urban fantasy (2), noir (2), contemporary (1), crime (1), dark fantasy (1), fantasy (1), ghosts (1), magic (1), mythology (1), supernatural (1), Thrillers (1)
2014-06-03 NOVEL English Mr. Mercedes Stephen King     horror (1), Suspense (1), middle America (1), contemporary (1), mass murder (1), detective (1), neurosis (1), incest (1), computers (1), psychopath (1), hardboiled cop (1), into-tv (1)
2014-11-11 NOVEL English Revival Stephen King     horror (1), first person (1), rock and roll (1), "fifth business" (1), cosmic horror (1), afterlife (1), mad scientist (1), addiction (1), electricity (1), religion (1), carnies (1), USA (1), contemporary (1), Lovecraftian (1)
2014-04-01 NOVEL English Stone Cold Devon Monk     urban fantasy (2), action (1), adventure (1), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), magic (1), speculative fiction (1), supernatural (1), thriller (1)
2014-08-00 SHORTFICTION English That Bus Is Another World Stephen King     contemporary (1), morality (1), Glimpse (1), New York (1), Professional presentation (1), taxi (1), bus (1), murder (1)
2014-12-18 NOVEL English The Memoirs of a Faun Caldon Mull     contemporary (1), African speculative fiction (1), paranormal (1), angels (1), urban fantasy (1), alternate history (1)
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