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Date Type Language Title Authors Parent Title Parent Authors Tags
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)
2014-09-09 NOVEL English Caesarea Tony Burgess     Ontario, Canada (1), kafkaesque (1), contemporary (1)
2014-09-09 SHORTFICTION English Fall Tony Burgess     contemporary (1), Ontario, Canada (1), hallucinatory (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)
2014-09-00 NOVEL English The Winter Long Seanan McGuire     urban fantasy (2), contemporary (1), detective (1), fae (1), faery (1), fairies (1), Fairy Tales (1), fantasy (1), Folk Tales (1), legends (1), magic (1), mystery (1), mythology (1), paranormal (1)
2013-06-05 SHORTFICTION English A Window or a Small Box Jedediah Berry     absurdist (1), alternate history (1), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), speculative fiction (1), weird (1)
2013-06-11 SHORTFICTION English Afterlife Stephen King     afterlife (1), Wheel of karma (1), contemporary (1), choice (1), Purgatory (1), Triangle Shirtwaist Factory (1)
2013-02-12 SHORTFICTION English Age of Satan James Lovegrove     rational atheism (1), manichaeism (1), boarding school (1), england (1), contemporary (1), politics (1)
2013-09-24 NOVEL English All Is Fair Emma Newman     urban fantasy (2), paranormal (1), london (1), Gargoyle (1), fantasy (1), fairy (1), Faery, (1), fae (1), contemporary (1)
2013-05-28 NOVEL English Any Other Name Emma Newman     urban fantasy (2), contemporary (1), fae (1), faery (1), fairy (1), fantasy (1), Gargoyle (1), london (1), paranormal (1)
2013-09-00 SHORTFICTION English Apports Stephen Bacon     murder (1), contemporary (1), paranormal apports (1), revenge (1)
2013-02-26 NOVEL English Between Two Thorns Emma Newman     urban fantasy (2), women (1), Suppression (1), magic (1), faery (1), faeries (1), fae (1), contemporary (1), england (1), Disempowerment (1)
2013-05-21 NOVEL English Blood Politics Helen Harper     urban fantasy (2), contemporary (1), dragons (1), fantasy (1), magic (1), paranormal (1), romance (1), shapeshifters (1), UK (1)
2013-09-29 NOVEL English Bloodlust Helen Harper     contemporary (1), dragons (1), fantasy (1), magic (1), paranormal (1), romance (1), shapeshifters (1), UK (1), urban fantasy (1)
2013-01-00 SHORTFICTION English Call Out Steve Toase     contemporary (1), veterinarian (1), farm (1), demon (1), cow (1), horror (1), Yorkshire (1), survival (1)
2013-09-03 NOVEL English Chimes at Midnight Seanan McGuire     urban fantasy (2), contemporary (1), detective (1), fae (1), faery (1), fairies (1), fantasy (1), magic (1), mystery (1), paranormal (1)
2013-02-05 NOVEL English Dead Things Stephen Blackmoore     ghosts (2), urban fantasy (2), noir (2), contemporary (1), crime (1), fantasy (1), magic (1)
2013-03-22 SHORTFICTION English Down to a Sunless Sea Neil Gaiman     horror (2), second person point of view (1), story within a story (1), first person point of view (1), contemporary (1), London, England (1), sailors (1), mother (1), shipwreck (1), cannibalism (1), poetic justice (1)
2013-00-00 SHORTFICTION English Fine in the Fire Lee Thomas     steampunk (1), horror (1), first person point of view (1), brothers (1), tinkerer (1), guilt (1), father (1), sexuality (1), contemporary (1)
2013-09-00 SHORTFICTION English Halfway Home Linda Nagata     deserted island (1), courage (1), survival (1), female point of view (1), first person point of view (1), bioterrorism (1), airplane crash (1), strong female character (1), female protagonist (1), contemporary (1)
2013-11-05 NOVEL English Hell Bent Devon Monk     urban fantasy (2), thriller (1), supernatural (1), speculative fiction (1), magic (1), fantasy (1), adventure (1), action (1), contemporary (1)
2013-05-14 NOVEL English School Spirits Rachel Hawkins     young-adult fantasy (1), misfits (1), ghost hunter family (1), witches (1), ghosts (1), first romance (1), high school (1), mother and daughter (1), female point of view (1), strong female character (1), contemporary (1), first person point of view (1), Mississippi (1), paranormal powers (1)
2013-10-00 SHORTFICTION English Stemming the Tide Simon Strantzas     first person point of view (1), Bay of Fundy (1), contemporary (1), tourism (1), zombies (1), tidal bore (1)
2013-02-21 NOVEL English The 39 Deaths of Adam Strand Gregory Galloway     first person point of view (1), contemporary (1), Adolescent fantasy (1), high school (1), Adolescent love (1), friends (1), anomie (1), suicide (1), families (1), Mississippi River (1), US midwest (1)
2013-01-00 SHORTFICTION English The Anatomist's Mnemonic Priya Sharma     horror (2), romantic obsession (1), murder (1), model (1), artist (1), contemporary (1)
2013-10-00 SHORTFICTION English The Dog's Paw
Derek Künsken?Derek Kunsken
Derek Kuensken
     third world (1), diplomatic service (1), horror (1), curse (1), honor killings (1), contemporary (1), moral compromise (1)
2013-06-28 SHORTFICTION English The Good Husband Nathan Ballingrud     contemporary (1), horror (1), marriage (1), depression (1), suicide (1), love (1), undead (1), decay (1)
2013-06-00 SHORTFICTION English The House on Cobb Street Lynda E. Rucker     epistolary style (1), contemporary (1), Athens, Georgia (1), disappearance (1), haunted house (1), nature of reality (1), married couple (1), conflicting accounts (1), ouroboros (1), memory (1)
2013-07-00 SHORTFICTION English The Monster Makers Steve Rasnic Tem     horror (2), death (1), parents (1), grandfather (1), children (1), first person point of view (1), contemporary (1)
2013-06-18 NOVEL English The Ocean at the End of the Lane Neil Gaiman     fantasy (1), cats (1), sacrifice (1), summoning (1), suicide (1), farms (1), ocean (1), first person point of view (1), strong female characters (1), magical beings (1), contemporary (1), england (1), friendship (1), family (1), childhood (1), matriarchy (1)
2013-11-00 SHORTFICTION English The Same Deep Waters As You Brian Hodge     horror (1), female protagonist (1), US (1), contemporary (1), hominids (1), Department of Homeland Security (1), Lovecraftian (1), Innsmouth (1), communication (1)
2013-05-00 SHORTFICTION English The Tiger Nina Allan     murder (1), contemporary (1), photographer (1), wrongly convicted (1), horror (1), probation (1), england (1), child sacrifice (1), summoning demons (1)
2013-05-26 SHORTFICTION English The Tin House Simon Clark     vengeance (1), Slave trade (1), contemporary (1), inherited guilt (1)
2012-02-28 SHORTFICTION English Age of Anansi James Lovegrove     pranks (1), Susanoo-no-Mikoto (1), shapeshifter (1), london (1), Ashanti (1), Nevada (1), Veles (1), Juha (1), loki (1), Coyote (1), Anansi (1), Crow (1), possession (1), barrister (1), trickster gods (1), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), pantheon (1), mythology (1), demigods (1), first person point of view (1), avatars (1), Till Eulenspiegel (1), Askeladden (1), Păcală (1), San Martin Txiki (1), Gumiho (1), Hershele Ostropoler (1), Kaggen (1), Hitar Peter (1), Mullah Nasrudin (1), Puck (1), Uncle Tompa (1), Weather gods (1), Tikbalang (1), leprechaun (1), Reynard (1), Huehuecoyotl (1), Set (1), mischief (1), Eshu (1), Hermes (1), Gwydion (1), Sun Wukong the Monkey King (1)
2012-09-04 NOVEL English Ashes of Honor Seanan McGuire     urban fantasy (2), contemporary (1), detective (1), fae (1), faery (1), fairies (1), fantasy (1), magic (1), mystery (1), paranormal (1), romance (1)
2012-08-28 SHORTFICTION English Barrio Girls Charles de Lint     contemporary (1), Folk Tales (1), myth (1), urban legend (1), witches (1), YA (1)
2012-09-00 SHORTFICTION English Batman and Robin Have an Altercation Stephen King     Fender bender (1), father and son (1), Alzheimer’s disease (1), Thug (1), road rage (1), contemporary (1), Texas (1)
2012-11-06 NOVEL English Magic for a Price Devon Monk     urban fantasy (2), action (1), adventure (1), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), magic (1), occult (1), paranormal (1), romance (1), supernatural (1)
2012-04-03 NOVEL English Magic Without Mercy Devon Monk     urban fantasy (2), action (1), adventure (1), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), magic (1), occult (1), paranormal (1), romance (1), supernatural (1), thriller (1)
2012-01-00 NOVEL English The Invisible Tower Nils Johnson-Shelton     juvenile fantasy (1), King Arthur (1), video game (1), sorcery (1), quest (1), contemporary (1), siblings (1)
2012-08-07 NOVEL English The Pirate Planet Charles Willard Diffin     telepathy (2), war (1), atomics (1), Venus . (1), Thomas J. Winslow (1), spaceships (1), alien invasion (1), chemical warfare (1), interplanetary (1), contemporary (1), science fiction (1), aviation (1), military (1), aliens (1), antigravity (1), mind reading (1), Atlantis (1), romance (1), ballistics (1), mechanical thought reading (1), rat men (1), Venusian humans (1), force screen (1), true humans (1), crystal cities (1), venus (1)
2011-10-05 NOVEL English Black Light Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton and Stephen Romano     Bullet train (1), psychics (1), ghosts (1), contemporary (1), first person (1)
2011-07-26 NOVEL English Ghost Story Jim Butcher     urban fantasy (1), angels (1), sorceror (1), werewolves (1), magic (1), supernatural (1), first person point of view (1), detective (1), Chicago (1), contemporary (1), ghosts (1), noir (1), paranormal (1), psychics (1), vampires (1)
2011-05-00 SHORTFICTION English Herman Wouk Is Still Alive Stephen King     contemporary (1), crash (1), I-95 (1), Lottery (1), despair (1), poets (1), suicide (1), Maine (1)
2011-11-01 NOVEL English Magic on the Line Devon Monk     urban fantasy (2), supernatural (1), romance (1), paranormal (1), occult (1), magic (1), fantasy (1), contemporary (1), adventure (1), action (1)
2011-08-16 SHORTFICTION English Meg: Origins Steve Alten     thermocline (1), Mariana Trench (1), contemporary (1), 1874 (1), Challenger Deep (1), research vessel (1), cryptozoology (1), Megalodon (1), Deep Submergence Vehicle (1), bureaucratic cover-up (1), disaster (1)
2011-09-01 SHORTFICTION English Mile 81 Stephen King     contemporary (1), Maine (1), horror (1), children (1), adolescent protagonist (1), Disguised monster (1), Car (1), I-95 (1), Abandoned rest stop (1)
2011-09-06 NOVEL English One Salt Sea Seanan McGuire     urban fantasy (2), contemporary (1), detective (1), fae (1), faery (1), fairies (1), fantasy (1), magic (1), mystery (1), romance (1)
2011-10-27 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)
2011-09-29 SHORTFICTION English The Little Green God of Agony Stephen King     possession (1), fantasy (1), horror (1), Pain (1), wealth (1), exorcism (1), Nursing (1), physical therapy (1), contemporary (1)
2011-05-00 SHORTFICTION English Under the Weather Stephen King     Delusion (1), first person point of view (1), Invalid spouse (1), contemporary (1), apartment building (1), horror (1), Exterminators (1)
2010-11-09 SHORTFICTION English A Good Marriage Stephen King     marriage (1), female protagonist (1), serial murder (1), horror (1), contemporary (1), realism (1), secrets (1), into-movie (1)
2010-11-09 SHORTFICTION English Big Driver Stephen King     into-tv (1), contemporary (1), female protagonist (1), revenge (1), rape (1), detective writer (1), mystery (1), realism (1), connecticut (1), massachusetts (1), rural (1)
2010-11-30 NOVEL English Bone Gods Caitlin Kittredge     urban fantasy (2), contemporary (1), dark fantasy (1), demons (1), fantasy (1), london (1), magic (1), mystery (1), supernatural (1)
2010-11-09 SHORTFICTION English Fair Extension Stephen King     contemporary (1), curse (1), miraculous cure (1), terminal cancer (1), fantasy (1), envy (1), schadenfreude (1), bargain with the devil (1), deals with the devil (1)
2010-11-00 NOVEL English Magic at the Gate Devon Monk     urban fantasy (2), action (1), adventure (1), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), magic (1), paranormal (1), romance (1), science fiction (1), supernatural (1)
2010-05-04 NOVEL English Magic on the Storm Devon Monk     urban fantasy (2), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), magic (1), paranormal (1), romance (1), supernatural (1)
2010-05-01 SHORTFICTION English Mysterium Tremendum Laird Barron     horror (2), gay (1), first person point of view (1), contemporary (1), gay characters (1), Washington state (1), dolmen (1), guidebook (1), story within a story (1)
2010-05-01 SHORTFICTION English Six Six Six Laird Barron     contemporary (1), haunted house (1), married couple (1), evil family history (1)
2010-04-00 NOVEL English The Age of Zeus James Lovegrove     alternate history (1), gods (1), contemporary (1), hard sf (1), greek pantheon (1), rebellion (1)
2010-04-01 SHORTFICTION English The Broadsword Laird Barron     contemporary (1), apartment building (1), horror (1), ancient evils (1)
2010-11-11 NOVEL English The Painted Boy Charles de Lint     contemporary (1), Folk Tales (1), myth (1), urban legend (1), YA (1)
2010-05-01 SHORTFICTION English ——30—— Laird Barron     contemporary (1), research station (1), couple (1), paranoia (1), cult (1), ancient evils (1)
2009-09-00 SHORTFICTION English Catch Hell Laird Barron     contemporary (1), Washington state (1), loss of child (1), couple (1), resort (1), horror (1)
2009-08-04 SHORTFICTION English Deal or No Deal Erin McCarthy     female protagonist (1), necklace (1), romance (1), Las Vegas (1), vampires (1), Romanovs (1), Rasputin (1), contemporary (1), black jack dealer (1), Anastasia (1)
2009-05-05 NOVEL English Magic in the Blood Devon Monk     urban fantasy (2), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), magic (1), mystery (1), paranormal (1), romance (1), supernatural (1)
2009-10-14 NOVEL English Magic in the Shadows Devon Monk     urban fantasy (2), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), magic (1), mystery (1), paranormal (1), romance (1), supernatural (1)
2009-07-00 SHORTFICTION English Morality Stephen King     marriage (1), sin (1), contemporary (1), temptation (1)
2009-11-09 SHORTFICTION English Premium Harmony Stephen King     Convenience store (1), Jack Russell terrier (1), contemporary (1), marital strife (1), death (1), marriage (1), Maine (1)
2009-10-12 NOVEL Dutch Sint Els Ruiters     Saint Nicholas (1), fantasy (1), contemporary (1), historical (1)
2009-00-00 SHORTFICTION English Strappado Laird Barron     horror (2), gay (1), contemporary (1), underground art (1)
2009-02-10 COLLECTION English The Book of the Unknown: Tales of the Thirty-Six Jonathon Keats     contemporary (1), Jewish mythology (1), magical realism (1)
2009-03-17 NOVEL English The Mystery of Grace Charles de Lint     fantasy (1), afterlife (1), ghosts (1), Arizona (1), American Southwest (1), brujas (1), cars (1), contemporary (1), Folk Tales (1), myth (1), urban legend (1), YA (1)
2009-02-00 SHORTFICTION English The Sweet Smell of Cherries Devon Monk     action (1), adventure (1), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), magic (1), occult (1), paranormal (1), romance (1), supernatural (1), thriller (1), urban fantasy (1)
2009-08-04 SHORTFICTION English Total Control Lori Foster     romance (1), contemporary (1), mind control (1), vigilante (1)
2009-08-04 SHORTFICTION English Undead Man's Hand Erin McCarthy     serial killer (1), vampires (1), contemporary (1), Las Vegas (1), female protagonist (1), murder (1), mystery (1), romance (1), bodyguard (1)
2009-11-10 NOVEL English Under the Dome Stephen King     into-tv (1), Maine (1), contemporary (1), small town corruption (1), science fiction (1), bottle episode (1), methamphetine (1)
2008-05-28 SHORTFICTION English A Very Tight Place Stephen King     escape (1), porta-potty (1), attempted murder (1), Florida (1), revenge (1), contemporary (1), bankruptcy (1)
2008-12-16 NOVEL English Blood Sins Kay Hooper     paranormal powers (1), contemporary (1), United States (1), cult (1), secret agency (1)
2008-09-00 SHORTFICTION English Intersections Grace Seybold     fantasy (1), contemporary (1), romance (1), lesbians (1)
2008-11-04 NOVEL English Magic to the Bone Devon Monk     urban fantasy (2), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), magic (1), mystery (1), paranormal (1), supernatural (1)
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