| 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 |
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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)
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| 2018-03-10 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Curse of the Rose |
Marilee Brothers |
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curse (1), romance (1)
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| 2016-04-05 |
NOVEL |
English |
Gladly Beyond |
Nichole Van |
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fantasy (1), romance (1), curse (1)
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| 2013-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Dog's Paw |
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third world (1), diplomatic service (1), horror (1), curse (1), honor killings (1), contemporary (1), moral compromise (1)
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| 2010-11-09 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Fair Extension |
Stephen King |
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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)
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| 2007-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Suits at Auderlene |
Terry Dowling |
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supernatural (1), Australia (1), first person (1), curse (1), contemporary (1)
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| 2003-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
East |
Edith Pattou |
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young-adult fantasy (1), juvenile fantasy (1), Cupid and Psyche (1), retold fairy tales (1), East of the Sun, West of the Moon (1), trolls (1), curse (1), quest (1), bear (1)
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| 1997-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Guests |
Bentley Little |
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horror (1), grandmother (1), banya (1), household deity (1), Molokans (1), Arizona (1), Preteen protagonist (1), family (1), incest (1), demonic possession (1), Russian folklore (1), murder (1), native americans (1), curse (1), contemporary (1), cursed house (1)
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| 1995-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A Spell of Research |
Brad Strickland |
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Shakespeare (1), curse (1), Macbeth (1)
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| 1991-08-02 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Such Things Happen |
Alvin Schwartz |
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folklore (1), fantasy (1), horror (1), witch (1), curse (1)
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| 1990-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Pronounced Effect |
John Brunner |
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contemporary (1), academia (1), Miskatonic University (1), academic dispute (1), insecure protagonist (1), curse (1), romantic hero (1)
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| 1989-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Mummy |
Anne Rice |
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historical fantasy (1), horror (1), mummies (1), egypt (1), Archaeologists (1), curse (1), alcohol (1), london (1), poison (1), murder (1), enhanced intelligence (1), longevity (1), Cleopatra (1), tobacco (1), homoeroticism (1)
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| 1988-10-00 |
OMNIBUS |
English |
Cabal |
Clive Barker |
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secret lair (1), hidden society (1), into-movie (1), horror (1), psychopathy (1), monsters (1), murder (1), disease (1), curse (1), lycanthropy (1), Alberta (1)
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| 1988-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Magician in the Dark |
Robert Sampson |
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sword and sorcery (1), debunking of sorcery (1), curse (1), rational explanation of curse (1), first person point of view (1), twist ending (1)
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| 1985-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
How Spoilers Bleed |
Clive Barker |
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curse (1), disease (1), horror (1)
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| 1984-05-21 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Witches of Eastwick |
John Updike |
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into-movie (2), Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 1946-1987 (1), fantasy (1), witches (1), Rhode Island (1), seduction (1), cancer (1), curse (1), into-tv (1), into-play (1), into-music (1)
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| 1984-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Thinner |
Stephen King |
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horror (1), into-movie (1), gypsies (1), curse (1)
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| 1979-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Northern Chess |
Tanith Lee |
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magic (1), haunted castle (1), medieval (1), army (1), wandering adventurer (1), female protagonist (1), curse (1)
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| 1978-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A Malady of Magicks |
Craig Shaw Gardner |
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magicians’ competition (1), farmer’s daughter (1), plan backfires (1), romantic scheming (1), demon (1), magician’s apprentice (1), first person point of view (1), curse (1)
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| 1978-11-00 |
COLLECTION |
English |
Infinite Dreams |
Joe Haldeman |
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life cycle (1), colony (1), sub-light speed (1), mutandis (1), jealousy (1), delusions of grandeur (1), war (1), behavior change (1), revolution (1), curse (1), far future (1), time travel (1), blackmail (1), alternate history (1), moonshine (1), alien (1), puppeteer (1), alien world (1)
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| 1976-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Armaja Das |
Joe Haldeman |
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curse (1)
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| 1971-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Barnabas, Quentin and the Sea Ghost |
Marilyn Ross |
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vampire (1), ghost (1), curse (1), novelization (1)
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| 1968-11-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Barnabas Collins |
Marilyn Ross |
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vampire (1), novelization (1), curse (1), historical (1)
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| 1960-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
From Shadowed Places |
Richard Matheson |
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fantasy (1), juju (1), curse (1), female protagonist (1), contemporary (1), africa (1), USA (1), Ngombo (witch doctor) (1)
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| 1939-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Kaapi |
Marian Stearns Curry |
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action-adventure (1), drugs (1), female main character (1), curse (1)
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| 1939-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Frog |
Henry Kuttner |
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horror (1), curse (1)
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| 1938-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Teakwood Box |
Johns Harrington |
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fantasy (1), magical box (1), Shanghai (1), thief (1), contemporary (1), Los Angeles (1), widow (1), curse (1)
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| 1932-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Ring |
J. M. Fry |
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first person point of view (1), Egyptian sarcophagus (1), ring (1), curse (1), twist ending (1), contemporary (1)
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| 1932-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Shadow on the Sky |
August Derleth |
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fantasy (2), horror (2), curse (1)
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| 1931-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Kill |
Peter Fleming |
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fantasy (2), horror (1), werewolf (1), curse (1)
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| 1931-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Sweeper |
A. M. Burrage |
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beggar (1), england (1), curse (1), spinster (1)
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| 1926-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Step |
E. F. Benson |
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twist ending (1), horror (1), Arabs (1), curse (1), eviction (1), colonialism (1), egypt (1)
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| 1925-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
French |
Le tableau |
Jean Ray |
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fantasy (2), horror (2), revenge (1), curse (1), painting (1), moneylender (1), greed (1), first person point of view (1), contemporary (1)
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| 1925-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Lukundoo |
Edward Lucas White |
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horror (1), first person point of view (1), story within a story (1), africa (1), British (1), explorers (1), curse (1), shaman (1)
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| 1921-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Running Wolf |
Algernon Blackwood and Wilfred Wilson |
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fantasy (1), horror (1), werewolf (1), Canadian wilderness (1), contemporary (1), native americans (1), curse (1), redemption (1)
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| 1890-07-12 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Mark of the Beast |
Rudyard Kipling |
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Librivox (1), fantasy (1), werewolves (1), vampires (1), first person point of view (1), india (1), the British Raj (1), Hanuman (1), leper (1), offending a god (1), torture (1), curse (1), New Year's Eve (1), corruption of soul (1), horror (1), tibet (1)
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| 1887-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Goophered Grapevine |
Charles W. Chesnutt |
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sharp business dealings (1), dialect (1), magic (1), vineyard (1), slavery (1), african-american protagonist (1), story within a story (1), post-Civil War (1), North Carolina (1), curse (1)
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| date unknown |
SHORTFICTION |
Yiddish |
Di shvarts-khasene |
Isaac Bashevis Singer |
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horror (1), marriage (1), demon (1), curse (1), Hasidism (1), Judaism (1), demonic pregnancy (1)
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