| 2019-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Sacrificial Iron |
Ted Kosmatka |
|
|
psychology (1), murder (1), time dilation (1), cryosleep (1), interstellar colonization (1), history (1)
|
| 2017-07-25 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Spring Break |
John Crowley |
|
|
Edgar Allan Poe (1), library (1), Suspense (1), only humans (1), near future (1), Yale University (1), New Haven (1), first person point of view (1), gothic (1), murder (1)
|
| 2015-03-09 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A Death |
Stephen King |
|
|
Old west (1), murder (1), Hanging (1), twist ending (1), Evidence (1)
|
| 2014-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
2039 |
Martin Shapiro |
|
|
connecticut (1), 2039 (1), New Hampshire (1), Canada (1), first person point of view (1), multiple points of view (1), international intrigue (1), defection (1), murder (1), married couple (1), graphene (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)
|
| 2013-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Apports |
Stephen Bacon |
|
|
murder (1), contemporary (1), paranormal apports (1), revenge (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)
|
| 2013-05-00 |
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)
|
| 2013-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Withering |
Tim Casson |
|
|
reporter (1), murder (1), strong female character (1), 1891 (1), Wales (1), first person point of view (1), spirit messages (1), spiritual surrogate (1), detective (1), honor killing (1), starcrossed lovers (1), reanimation (1), horror (1)
|
| 2012-11-27 |
ESSAY |
English |
Afterword (The Professor's Assassin) |
Matthew Pearl |
|
|
University of Virginia (1), 1840 (1), murder (1), history (1)
|
| 2012-06-19 |
NOVEL |
English |
Wicked Business |
Janet Evanovich |
|
|
fantasy (1), romance (1), murder (1), quest (1), occult relic (1), boston (1), female protagonist (1)
|
| 2011-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Professor's Assassin |
Matthew Pearl |
|
|
murder (1), 1840 (1), slavery (1), fictionalized historical event (1), University of Virginia (1)
|
| 2010-11-09 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
1922 |
Stephen King |
|
|
matricide (1), first person point of view (1), farm (1), depression era (1), murder (1), son (1), Uxoricide (1), secrets (1), premarital pregnancy (1), ghosts (1), horror (1), rats (1), crime spree (1), into-movie (1)
|
| 2009-09-03 |
NOVEL |
English |
Transition |
Iain M. Banks |
|
|
time travel (1), science fiction (1), intrigue (1), paranormal talents (1), torture (1), murder (1), parallel earths (1), Multiple First person point of view (1), cabal (1), secret plots (1), strong female characters (1), betrayal (1), mind transfer (1), psychic drug (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)
|
| 2007-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Loss |
Tom Piccirilli |
|
|
missing person (1), trained chimp (1), author (1), rivalry (1), romance (1), apartment building (1), murder (1), contemporary (1), first person point of view (1), fantasy (1), author protagonist (1)
|
| 2006-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Tiger, Burning |
Alastair Reynolds |
|
|
parallel universes (2), alien artifact (1), parallel universe (1), branes (1), quickening (1), time travel (1), Fantastic Voyage (1), The Tempest (1), far future (1), murder (1), teleportation device (1)
|
| 2005-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Anansi Boys |
Neil Gaiman |
|
|
fantasy (1), 2-award-winner (1), police (1), Caribbean (1), embezzlement (1), murder (1), magic (1), engagements (1), karaoke (1), humor (1), father (1), brothers (1), Anansi (1), mythology (1), Florida (1), songs (1)
|
| 2003-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Jennifer Government |
Max Barry |
|
|
only Earth (1), kidnapping (1), assassination (1), london (1), near future (1), satire (1), corporate dystopia (1), murder (1), consumer loyalty programs (1), strong female characters (1), government (1), only humans (1), NRA (1), Nike (1), ExxonMobil (1), Australia (1), New Zealand (1), USA (1), police (1)
|
| 2001-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Kate Culhane: A Ghost Story |
Michael Hague |
|
|
female protagonist (1), strong female character (1), ireland (1), folktale (1), horror (1), fantasy (1), ghost (1), battle of wits (1), murder (1), treasure (1), happy ending (1)
|
| 2000-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Storm Front |
Jim Butcher |
|
|
dark fantasy (1), mystery (1), urban fantasy (1), into-tv (1), strong female character (1), contemporary (1), Chicago (1), private eye (1), first person point of view (1), mystical Underworld (1), illegal drugs (1), murder (1), vengeance (1), sorcery (1), vampires (1)
|
| 1999-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Ghostwritten |
David Mitchell |
|
|
murder (1), only Earth (1), Okinawa (1), Chinese Cultural Revolution (1), China (1), ghosts (1), Hong Kong (1), first person point of view (1), contemporary (1), Holy Mountain (1), london (1), Mongolia (1), Saint Petersburg (1), Mental symbiote (1), artificial intelligence (1), art forgery (1), Tokyo (1), cult (1), terrorism (1), Clear Island (1), ireland (1), quantum computing (1), Killer satellites (1), Advanced military technology (1), New York City (1), subway (1), Radio disk jockey (1), Japan (1)
|
| 1998-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Toxin (Condensed) |
Robin Cook and Editors of Reader's Digest |
|
|
United States (1), contemporary (1), Slaughterhouse (1), Regulatory violation (1), death (1), FDA (1), Food poisoning (1), Investigation (1), Surgeon (1), hospital (1), daughter (1), murder (1)
|
| 1997-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Guests |
Bentley Little |
|
|
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)
|
| 1996-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Taster's Choice: The Tale of Jabba's Chef |
Barbara Hambly |
|
|
murder (1), star wars (1), Jaba the Hutt (1), chef (1), poisoning (1), Porcellus (1), Phlegmin (1)
|
| 1994-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
At Diamond Lake |
William F. Nolan |
|
|
long forgotten crime (1), ghost (1), lake (1), cabin (1), married couple (1), contemporary (1), rape (1), murder (1), vengeance (1)
|
| 1993-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Life Near the Bone |
Billie Sue Mosiman |
|
|
simplifying life (1), Thoreau (1), contemporary (1), obsession (1), murder (1), Texas (1)
|
| 1993-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Mind Slash Matter |
Edward Wellen |
|
|
Alzheimer's (1), artificial intelligence (1), novelist (1), murder (1), Suspense (1), contemporary (1), Nazi (1), only human (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)
|
| 1993-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Society of the Scar |
Edward D. Hoch |
|
|
war criminals (1), author (1), museums (1), publisher (1), secret society (1), murder (1), istanbul (1), detective story (1), first person point of view (1), contemporary (1)
|
| 1993-03-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Throat |
Peter Straub |
|
|
murder (1), mystery (1), horror (1), detective (1)
|
| 1992-11-00 |
ESSAY |
English |
Postscript (The Recent "Witch Burning" at Clonmel) |
Richard Dalby |
|
|
Nineteenth century (1), ireland (1), murder (1), exorcism (1)
|
| 1991-08-02 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
It's Him! |
Alvin Schwartz |
|
|
folklore (1), horror (1), fantasy (1), murder (1), ghosts (1)
|
| 1988-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Cabal |
Clive Barker |
|
|
horror (1), hidden society (1), secret lair (1), into-movie (1), psychopath (1), monsters (1), murder (1), lycanthropy (1)
|
| 1988-10-00 |
OMNIBUS |
English |
Cabal |
Clive Barker |
|
|
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)
|
| 1988-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Dead Things Don't Move |
Lawrence Watt-Evans |
|
|
home invasion (1), murder (1), irony (1), justice (1), contemporary (1)
|
| 1987-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Hare's House |
Ruth Rendell |
|
|
cursed house (1), murder (1), Suspense (1), contemporary (1)
|
| 1985-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The New Girlfriend |
Ruth Rendell |
|
|
transvestitism (1), repressed sexuality (1), forbidden sexuality (1), female point of view (1), murder (1), contemporary (1)
|
| 1983-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Loopy |
Ruth Rendell |
|
|
horror (1), competition between fiance and mother (1), contemporary (1), oedipus complex (1), murder (1), Furries (1), first person point of view (1)
|
| 1981-11-23 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
With Thimbles, with Forks, and Hope |
Kate Wilhelm |
|
|
only Earth (1), malevolent humanoid (1), private eyes (1), contemporary (1), married couple (1), boat (1), Suspense (1), murder (1)
|
| 1980-04-00 |
INTERIORART |
English |
Cartoon: "... anyhow, if I were you. I'd take every precaution, Mr. Steele." |
Gahan Wilson |
|
|
cartoon (1), humor (1), murder (1), police (1)
|
| 1979-12-00 |
POEM |
English |
The Death of Augusta |
Emily Brontë and Joanna Russ |
|
|
vengeance (1), murder (1), regicide (1), female protasgonists (1), poem (1), epic (1)
|
| 1977-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Extenuating Circumstances |
Ann Orhelein |
|
|
space travel (1), cyborg (1), murder (1), robots (1), twist ending (1)
|
| 1976-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Night Chills |
Dean R. Koontz |
|
|
horror (1), mind control (1), psychopath (1), murder (1), rape (1)
|
| 1961-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Haunted Woodshed |
Harold R. Daniels |
|
|
murder (1), mystery (1), female protagonist (1), contemporary (1), haunting (1), new england (1), woodshed (1)
|
| 1954-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Fondly Fahrenheit |
Alfred Bester |
|
|
transference (1), android (1), horror (1), psychological (1), into-tv (1), interstellar travel (1), murder (1), first person point of view (1), androids (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1953-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Gloves |
Garnett Radcliffe |
|
|
horror (1), retribution (1), murder (1), secondhand store (1), gloves (1), contemporary (1), first person point of view (1)
|
| 1951-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Hungry House |
Robert Bloch |
|
|
haunted house (1), contemporary (1), murder (1), horror (1)
|
| 1950-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Illustrated Man |
Ray Bradbury |
|
|
murder (1), tattoos (1), carnies (1), contemporary (1), horror (1), fantasy (1), witchcraft (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)
|
| 1948-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl |
Ray Bradbury |
|
|
psychology (1), murder (1), contemporary (1), infidelity (1)
|
| 1946-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Threshold of Endurance |
Betsy Emmons |
|
|
fantasy (1), murder (1), contemporary (1), female protagonist (1), ghost (1), marital strife (1)
|
| 1939-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Secret of the Sun |
Ray Cummings |
|
|
contemporary (1), laboratory research (1), murder (1), greed (1), poetic justice (1), only humans (1), only Earth (1)
|
| 1939-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Fifth Candle |
George R. Hahn and Richard Levin |
|
|
vengeance (1), murder (1), contemporary (1), candelabrum (1), father and sons (1), first person point of view (1), Kirghiz (1), ghost (1), fantasy (1), fate (1)
|
| 1937-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Anton's Last Dream |
Edwin Baird |
|
|
science fiction (1), contemporary (1), murder (1), revenge (1), invisibility (1), adultery (1), suicide (1)
|
| 1937-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Eric Martin's Nemesis |
J. Wilmer Benjamin |
|
|
prison escape (1), murder (1), guilty conscience (1), ironic justice (1), contemporary (1)
|
| 1937-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Murder Mask |
Edgar Daniel Kramer |
|
|
murder (1), mask (1), magic (1), greed (1), justice (1), horror (1), fantasy (1), sibling rivalry (1), irony (1), contemporary (1)
|
| 1937-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Man in the Taxi |
Leslie Gordon Barnard |
|
|
contemporary (1), murder (1), guilt (1), taxi (1), ghost (1), fantasy (1), horror (1)
|
| 1937-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Seeds from Outside |
Edmond Hamilton |
|
|
panspermia (1), contemporary (1), plant people (1), jealousy (1), murder (1)
|
| 1936-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A Dream of Death |
Andrew Daw |
|
|
contemporary (1), vengeance (1), murder (1), orphan (1), recurring dream (1), uncle (1)
|
| 1936-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A Visitor from Far Away |
Loretta Burrough |
|
|
wife (1), ghost (1), solitude (1), vengeance (1), infidelity (1), murder (1), blizzard (1), fantasy (1), connecticut (1), contemporary (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)
|
| 1935-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Fiend |
F. Scott Fitzgerald |
|
|
prison (1), murder (1), punishment (1), contemporary (1)
|
| 1935-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
What Waits in Darkness |
Loretta Burrough |
|
|
dead fiance (1), murder (1), female protagonist (1), recurring dreams (1), marriage (1), contemporary (1), Maine (1)
|
| 1934-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Dance |
E. F. Benson |
|
|
wasp (1), spider (1), murder (1), love triangle (1), retribution (1), ghost (1), horror (1), playing cat and mouse (1)
|
| 1933-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
On Top |
Ralph Allen Lang |
|
|
burial (1), self-defense (1), revenge (1), murder (1), claim jumping (1), irony (1), US Old West (1)
|
| 1933-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Closed Door |
Harold Ward |
|
|
room (1), murder (1), unhappy marriage (1), contemporary (1), irony (1), justice (1), fantasy (1)
|
| 1931-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
His Brother's Keeper |
George Fielding Eliot |
|
|
Iron Maiden (1), murder (1), sibling rivalry (1), horror (1), gothic (1), contemporary (1)
|
| 1930-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
James Lamp |
E. F. Benson |
|
|
retribution (1), murder (1), horror (1), ghost (1), england (1), first person point of view (1), housekeepers (1)
|
| 1930-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Haunted Wood of Adoure |
Elliott O'Donnell |
|
|
first person storyteller (1), 1900 (1), France (1), bicycle accident (1), executioner (1), haunted woods (1), New Year's Eve (1), murder (1), prophetic dreams (1), fantasy (1), house in the woods (1), May-December marriage (1), prophetic dream (1)
|
| 1930-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Murderer |
Murray Leinster |
|
|
gothic (1), murder (1), cat (1), nephew (1), contemporary (1), cigarette case (1), horror (1), cats (1)
|
| 1929-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Bed by the Window |
E. F. Benson |
|
|
first person point of view (1), Time (1), Norfolk (1), precognition (1), murder (1)
|
| 1928-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Black Madonna |
A. W. Wyville |
|
|
justice (1), irony (1), chemists (1), contemporary (1), murder (1), sibling rivalry (1), spider (1), first person storyteller (1)
|
| 1928-12-21 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Hanging of Alfred Wadham |
E. F. Benson |
|
|
faith (1), first person point of view (1), seance (1), Catholic confession (1), murder (1), wrongful conviction (1), story within a story (1), ghost (1), retribution (1)
|
| 1928-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Witch-Ball |
E. F. Benson |
|
|
first person point of view (1), crystal ball (1), ghost (1), murder (1), house (1), fantasy (1)
|
| 1927-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Home, Sweet Home |
E. F. Benson |
|
|
first person point of view (1), horror (1), haunted house (1), piano (1), murder (1), storm (1), gardener (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)
|
| 1926-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Corner House |
E. F. Benson |
|
|
first person point of view (1), Norfolk (1), murder (1), suicide (1), ghost (1), unhappy marriage (1)
|
| 1925-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A Tale of an Empty House |
E. F. Benson |
|
|
lameness (1), murder (1), ghost (1), English village (1), first person point of view (1), horror (1)
|
| 1925-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Dream of Death |
Elwood F. Pierce |
|
|
mind control (1), mentally handicapped (1), psychologist (1), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), dream (1), murder (1)
|
| 1924-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Spinach |
E. F. Benson |
|
|
seance (1), england (1), automatic writing (1), spirit photography (1), murder (1), body (1)
|
| 1923-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
At the Farmhouse |
E. F. Benson |
|
|
ipulpfiction (1), fire (1), murder (1), vengeance (1), marriage (1)
|
| 1922-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Gardener |
E. F. Benson |
|
|
remorse (1), domestic violence (1), haunting (1), murder (1), first person point of view (1), suicide (1), england (1), early twentieth century (1), gardener's cottage (1)
|
| 1922-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Outcast |
E. F. Benson |
|
|
weird (1), first person point of view (1), restless ghosts (1), horror (1), disinterment (1), england (1), murder (1)
|
| 1921-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Villa Désirée |
May Sinclair |
|
|
fantasy (1), ghosts (1), haunted house (1), murder (1), female protagonist (1), French Riviera (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)
|
| 1913-01-11 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Fishhead |
Irvin S. Cobb |
|
|
weird (1), horror (1), appalachia (1), swamp (1), murder (1), racism (1), mutant (1), catfish (1), retribution (1)
|
| 1902-07-21 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Moon-Face |
Jack London |
|
|
first person point of view (1), irrational hatred (1), murder (1), trained dog (1), fishing (1), contemporary (1)
|
| 1901-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Purple Cloud |
M. P. Shiel |
|
|
weird (1), Librivox (1), religious faith (1), feral child (1), love (1), last man on Earth (1), postapocalyptic (1), first person point of view (1), story within a story (1), manichean (1), Arctic exploration (1), near future (1), poison (1), murder (1), horror (1), morals (1)
|
| 1895-06-00 |
ESSAY |
English |
The Recent "Witch-Burning" at Clonmel |
E. F. Benson |
|
|
Nineteenth century (1), exorcism (1), religion (1), possession (1), murder (1), anthropology (1), ireland (1)
|
| 1891-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Recrudescence of Imray |
Rudyard Kipling |
|
|
Librivox (1), snakes (1), superstitious native race (1), first person point of view (1), realism (1), the British Raj (1), murder (1), dog (1)
|
| 1885-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Markheim |
Robert Louis Stevenson |
|
|
horror (1), fantasy (1), Christmas (1), murder (1), supernatural (1), into-radio (1), contemporary (1), devil (1), repentance (1), into-tv (1)
|
| 1826-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
French |
La maison du silence |
Pierre Courtois |
|
|
first person point of view (1), female point of view (1), married couple (1), murder (1), casino (1), guilt (1)
|
| 1387-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
from: The Nun's Priest's Tale (excerpt) |
Geoffrey Chaucer |
|
|
prophetic dream (1), inn (1), medieval (1), murder (1)
|
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