| 2018-04-10 |
NOVEL |
English |
Space Opera |
Catherynne M. Valente |
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proving humanity shouldn’t be destroyed (1), into-movie (1), minorities (1), immigrants (1), Eurovision Contest (1), Glam Rock (1), satire (1), irony (1), tongue in cheek (1), Multiple Alien Species (1), winning admission to the galactic species club (1), first contact (1), lost love (1), second chances (1), england (1), cats (1), devious plots (1), interspecies mating (1), near future (1), sentience (1), science fiction (1), aliens (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)
|
| 2013-06-18 |
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)
|
| 2013-05-00 |
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)
|
| 2007-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Ack-Ack Macaque |
Gareth L. Powell |
|
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authorship (1), first person point of view (1), romance (1), suicide (1), manga (1), WWI aerial combat (1), macaque (1), mass marketing (1), anime (1), chatbot (1), AI breaking out (1), Red Baron (1), england (1)
|
| 2007-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Behind the Clouds: In Front of the Sun |
Christopher Harman |
|
|
evil spirits (1), breakdown (1), antiques (1), contemporary (1), england (1), globe (1), horror (1), fantasy (1)
|
| 2007-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Lancashire |
Nicholas Royle |
|
|
contemporary (1), england (1), family (1), witchcraft (1)
|
| 2007-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Still Water |
Joel Lane |
|
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paranormal parasite (1), paranormal romantic obsession (1), police (1), jewel thieves (1), england (1), first person point of view (1), 1970s (1)
|
| 2007-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Fisherman |
David Sutton |
|
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widower (1), sea creature (1), drowning (1), england (1), vacation (1), bayside (1), contemporary (1), female protagonist (1)
|
| 2007-05-01 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Witch's Headstone |
Neil Gaiman |
|
|
juvenile fantasy (1), boy protagonist (1), witch (1), contemporary (1), england (1), graveyard (1), Potter's Field (1), vampire (1), serpent (1), ancient artifact (1), jewelry (1), fence (1), theft (1), invisibility (1), generosity (1)
|
| 2007-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Tight Wrappers |
Conrad Williams |
|
|
book dealers (1), contemporary (1), england (1), horror (1)
|
| 2004-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Concrete Jungle |
Charles Stross |
|
|
first person point of view (1), contemporary (1), personal digital technology (1), england (1), national security (1), surveillance cameras (1), basilisk myth (1), treachery (1), bureaucratic power struggle (1)
|
| 2001-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Atrocity Archive |
Charles Stross |
|
|
secret history (1), fantasy (1), personal digital technology (1), espionage (1), england (1), multiverse (1), magic as technology (1), contemporary (1), first person point of view (1), bureaucracy (1)
|
| 2000-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Seventy-Two Letters |
Ted Chiang |
|
|
steampunk (1), homunculus (1), Animation (1), Holy Name (1), Golem (1), Kabbala (1), fantasy (1), england (1)
|
| 1999-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban |
J. K. Rowling |
|
|
into-movie (1), fantasy (1), young-adult fantasy (1), magic school (1), orphan (1), hidden society (1), modern fantasy (1), Young Adult (1), time travel (1), wizards (1), england (1), into-video game (1)
|
| 1996-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Dial a Ghost |
Eva Ibbotson |
|
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young-adult fantasy (1), juvenile fantasy (1), ghosts (1), orphans (1), england (1)
|
| 1992-10-31 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Chivalry |
Neil Gaiman |
|
|
quest (1), Apple of Life (1), Egg of the Phoenix (1), Philosopher’s Stone (1), Holy Grail (1), england (1), Sir Galaad (1), female protagonist (1), contemporary (1), fantasy (1)
|
| 1990-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
1/72nd Scale |
Ian R. MacLeod |
|
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eerie (1), plastic model airplane kit (1), england (1), contemporary (1), dead older brother (1), family (1), animated inanimate object (1)
|
| 1988-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The War of the Worlds (excerpt) |
H. G. Wells |
|
|
mass destruction (1), Martians (1), heat ray (1), alien invasion of earth (1), england (1), first person point of view (1)
|
| 1985-12-15 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Lord Kelvin's Machine |
James P. Blaylock |
|
|
steampunk (1), mad scientist (1), comet (1), england (1), Doomsday device (1)
|
| 1985-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Boys' Toilets |
Robert Westall |
|
|
horror (1), ghosts (1), england (1), boarding school (1), adolescent protagonists (1), female protagonists (1), vengeance (1)
|
| 1985-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Forbidden |
Clive Barker |
|
|
into-movie (1), horror (1), contemporary (1), female protagonist (1), housing projects (1), england (1), urban horror myths (1)
|
| 1984-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Left in the Dark |
John Gordon |
|
|
england (1), WWII (1), child protagonists (1), ghosts (1), cruel widow (1), benevolent ghost (1)
|
| 1983-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Width of the World |
Ian Watson |
|
|
consciousness creating reality (1), distances (1), england (1), contemporary (1), first person point of view (1)
|
| 1983-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Woman in Black |
Susan Hill |
|
|
ghosts (1), winter (1), Christmas (1), england (1), into-movie (1), Horror: Another 100 Best Books (1), horror (1)
|
| 1981-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Green Road to Quephanda |
Ruth Rendell |
|
|
england (1), contemporary (1), first person point of view (1), mythology (1), suicide (1)
|
| 1981-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Stonewalkers |
Vivien Alcock |
|
|
Young Adult (1), horror (1), england (1), statues (1)
|
| 1980-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Day of the Trifles |
Jon L. Breen |
|
|
first person point of view (1), england (1), english trifle (1), parody (1), contemporary (1), only Earth (1), war with aliens (1)
|
| 1973-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Dark Is Rising |
Susan Cooper |
|
|
young-adult fantasy (1), juvenile fantasy (1), teen fantasy (1), teen urban fantasy (1), england (1), Christmas (1)
|
| 1972-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A Legion Marching By |
John Kippax |
|
|
Roman Empire (1), time travel (1), first person point of view (1), england (1), contemporary (1), Roman legions (1)
|
| 1967-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
An Age |
Brian W. Aldiss |
|
|
time travel (1), surprise ending (1), metaphysics (1), anomie (1), england (1), Jurassic era (1), Victorian era (1), social commentary (1), coup (1), cryptozoic era (1), near future (1), only humans (1), distant future (1), military dictatorship (1), science fiction (1), dystopia (1)
|
| 1967-12-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Quicksand |
John Brunner |
|
|
only humans (1), martial arts (1), jealousy (1), free love (1), low self-esteem (1), mental fantasy (1), anomie (1), england (1), contemporary (1), twist ending (1), psychiatry (1), mental hospital (1), bad marriage (1), stranger from nowhere (1), parallel world (1), time travel (1), explorer (1)
|
| 1961-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Sardonicus |
Ray Russell |
|
|
Merril07 (1), 1800s (1), wealth (1), risus sardonicus (1), horror (1), lottery ticket (1), exhumation (1), disinterment (1), ironic justice (1), childhood sweethearts (1), hysterical paralysis (1), doctor (1), first person point of view (1), england (1), Bohemia (1)
|
| 1955-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Ringing the Changes |
Robert Aickman |
|
|
married couple (1), horror (1), contemporary (1), resurrection (1), church bells (1), vacation (1), england (1), ghosts (1)
|
| 1955-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Telephone |
Mary Treadgold |
|
|
messages from beyond the grave (1), infidelity (1), england (1), female protagonist (1), ghost (1), contemporary (1), first person point of view (1)
|
| 1954-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Off the Map |
Rex Dolphin |
|
|
first person point of view (1), england (1), map (1), village (1), hiking (1), contemporary (1), legend (1), plague (1), fantasy (1)
|
| 1952-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
W. S. |
L. P. Hartley |
|
|
author (1), contemporary (1), england (1), horror (1), ghosts (1), fantasy (1), doubles (1)
|
| 1947-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Extra Passenger |
August Derleth |
|
|
england (1), mage (1), retribution (1), contemporary (1), witness (1), alibi (1), train (1), perfect murder (1), fantasy (1), nephew (1), reanimated corpse (1), reanimation (1)
|
| 1934-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Christopher Comes Back |
E. F. Benson |
|
|
euthanasia (1), england (1), ghost (1), retribution (1)
|
| 1934-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Bath-Chair |
E. F. Benson |
|
|
horror (1), england (1), brother and sister (1), ghost (1)
|
| 1933-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Monkeys |
E. F. Benson |
|
|
mummies (1), horror (1), tomb desecration (1), Egyptology (1), apes and monkeys (1), spinal surgery (1), england (1)
|
| 1931-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Sweeper |
A. M. Burrage |
|
|
beggar (1), england (1), curse (1), spinster (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)
|
| 1929-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Wishing-Well |
E. F. Benson |
|
|
england (1), witches (1), curses (1), wishing wells (1)
|
| 1927-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Playmates |
A. M. Burrage |
|
|
fantasy (1), ghosts (1), child protagonist (1), england (1), first person point of view (1), haunted building (1), imaginary playmates (1), contemporary (1), loneliness (1)
|
| 1926-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Corner Shop |
Cynthia Asquith |
|
|
epistolary (1), first person point of view (1), antique shop (1), ghosts (1), redemption (1), posthumous letter (1), contemporary (1), horror (1), england (1)
|
| 1924-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Reconciliation |
E. F. Benson |
|
|
family mansion (1), haunting (1), england (1), first person point of view (1)
|
| 1924-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Spinach |
E. F. Benson |
|
|
seance (1), england (1), automatic writing (1), spirit photography (1), murder (1), body (1)
|
| 1924-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Face |
E. F. Benson |
|
|
vampires (1), fantasy (1), ghosts (1), nightmare (1), england (1), horror (1)
|
| 1923-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Machaon |
E. F. Benson |
|
|
spirit writing (1), early twentieth century (1), first person point of view (1), fantasy (1), cancer (1), greek mythology (1), england (1), X rays (1), X-rays (1)
|
| 1923-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Naboth's Vineyard |
E. F. Benson |
|
|
england (1), horror (1), Lawyers (1), blackmail (1), vengeance (1)
|
| 1923-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Roderick's Story |
E. F. Benson |
|
|
first person point of view (1), england (1), fatal illness (1), old flame (1), ghost (1)
|
| 1922-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Mrs. Amworth |
E. F. Benson |
|
|
ipulpfiction (1), vampires (1), first person point of view (1), england (1), india (1), horror (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)
|
| 1921-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Psychical Mallards |
E. F. Benson |
|
|
satire (1), levitation (1), marriage (1), telekinesis (1), england (1), Clairvoyance (1), precognition (1), humor (1)
|
| 1920-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Thursday Evenings |
E. F. Benson |
|
|
haunted house (1), ghost (1), The Lost Chord (1), Victorian soirees (1), first person point of view (1), england (1)
|
| 1912-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Between the Lights |
E. F. Benson |
|
|
first person point of view (1), story within a story (1), Christmas (1), england (1), nonhumans (1)
|
| 1912-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
On the Brighton Road |
Richard Middleton |
|
|
eternity (1), contemporary (1), vagrancy (1), Destiny (1), england (1), horror (1), ghosts (1)
|
| 1912-01-13 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Confession of Charles Linkworth |
E. F. Benson |
|
|
occult (1), early twentieth century (1), execution (1), confession (1), ghost (1), england (1), murderer (1), horror (1)
|
| 1912-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Room in the Tower |
E. F. Benson |
|
|
horror (2), Librivox (1), vampires (1), fantasy (1), first person point of view (1), undead (1), dreams (1), precognition (1), england (1), early twentieth century (1), painting (1), ghosts (1)
|
| 1911-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery |
E. F. Benson |
|
|
first person point of view (1), twins (1), ghosts (1), haunted house (1), england (1), infanticide (1), redemption (1)
|
| 1910-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Afterward |
Edith Wharton |
|
|
Librivox (1), business (1), ghost (1), Americans (1), england (1), contemporary (1), justice (1)
|
| 1906-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Dust-Cloud |
E. F. Benson |
|
|
first person point of view (1), early twentieth century (1), england (1), road rage (1), ghosts (1)
|
| 1901-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Last Man Alive |
M. P. Shiel |
|
|
postapocalyptic (1), contemporary (1), first person point of view (1), last man on Earth (1), england (1)
|
| 1898-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A Pair of Hands |
Arthur Quiller-Couch |
|
|
child ghost (1), friendly ghost (1), first person point of view (1), haunted house (1), contemporary (1), england (1)
|
| 1894-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Great God Pan |
Arthur Machen |
|
|
horror (2), Librivox (1), experimental brain surgery (1), multiple points of view (1), beautiful evil woman (1), england (1), serial victims (1)
|
| 1863-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Ghost of a Hand |
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu |
|
|
fantasy (1), haunted house (1), ghost (1), 18th century (1), story in a letter (1), first person point of view (1), england (1)
|
| 1837-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Bagman's Story |
Charles Dickens |
|
|
con man (1), rich widow (1), chair (1), inn (1), england (1), 19th century (1), epistolary (1), fantasy (1)
|
| 1835-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Witch of Roseberry Topping, or the Haunted Ring |
Anonymous |
|
|
folklore (1), witch (1), england (1), sixteenth century (1)
|
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