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Titles marked by user Gzuckier with tag contemporary

Date Type Language Title Authors Parent Title Parent Authors Tags
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)
2020-07-12 SHORTFICTION English If Wishes Was Horses David Mitchell     first person point of view (1), contemporary (1), prison (1), illness (1), phantom (1)
2020-07-12 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)
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)
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)
2018-11-11 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)
2018-05-22 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)
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)
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)
2015-06-30 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)
2015-11-00 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)
2014-06-03 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)
2014-08-00 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)
2013-06-11 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)
2013-09-00 SHORTFICTION English Apports Stephen Bacon     murder (1), contemporary (1), paranormal apports (1), revenge (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)
2013-03-22 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)
2013-05-14 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)
2012-09-00 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)
2012-01-00 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)
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)
2011-09-01 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)
2011-10-25 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)
2010-11-09 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)
2010-05-01 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)
2010-05-01 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)
2009-07-00 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)
2009-08-04 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)
2008-12-16 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)
2008-09-00 SHORTFICTION English Ringing the Changes in Okotoks Alberta Randy McCharles     Alberta (1), paganism (1), fantasy (1), contemporary (1)
2008-05-06 NOVEL English The Host Stephenie Meyer     science fiction (1), horror (1), into-movie (1), contemporary (1), alien invasion (1), Spirit Possession (1), cross-species romance (1), first person (1)
2008-05-00 SHORTFICTION English The Lagerstätte Laird Barron     contemporary (1), death of husband (1), death of child (1), california (1), ghosts (1), guilt (1), psychotherapy (1)
2008-07-00 SHORTFICTION English The Occultation Laird Barron     contemporary (1), motel (1), horror (1), parasitew (1)
2008-09-00 SHORTFICTION English The Story of the Woman and Her Dog E. L. Chen     mythology (1), teller of tales (1), fantasy (1), contemporary (1)
2007-12-00 SHORTFICTION English 13 O'Clock Mike O'Driscoll     horror (1), contemporary (1), family (1), nightmares (1)
2007-00-00 SHORTFICTION English A Gentleman from Mexico Mark Samuels     occultists (1), possession (1), literary agent (1), H. P. Lovecraft (1), contemporary (1), Mexico City (1), fantasy (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)
2007-06-00 NOVEL English Blaze Stephen King     horror (1), communicating with dead (1), Suspense (1), contemporary (1), cognitive impairment (1), baby (1), kidnapping (1), ransom (1)
2007-11-16 SHORTFICTION English Calico Black, Calico Blue Joel Knight     Estonians (1), USA (1), horror (1), dolls (1), contemporary (1), neighbor (1), fantasy (1)
2007-05-00 SHORTFICTION English From Around Here Tim Pratt     Oakland, CA (1), first person point of view (1), dislocated deity (1), home (1), evil spirit (1), contemporary (1), romance (1), shape-shifter (1), serial killer (1)
2007-12-00 SHORTFICTION English Ghorla Mark Samuels     horror (1), contemporary (1), possession (1), bibliophiles (1)
2007-12-00 SHORTFICTION English Hushabye Simon Bestwick     horror (1), first person (1), contemporary (1), monster (1)
2007-12-00 SHORTFICTION English Inelastic Collisions Elizabeth Bear     horror (1), contemporary (1), nonhumans (1), female protagonists (1)
2007-12-00 ANTHOLOGY English Inferno: New Tales of Terror and the Supernatural Ellen Datlow     USA (1), horror (1), UK (1), contemporary (1)
2007-03-00 SHORTFICTION English Lancashire Nicholas Royle     contemporary (1), england (1), family (1), witchcraft (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)
2007-04-00 SHORTFICTION English Man, You Gotta See This! Tony Richards     contemporary (1), first person point of view (1), burglary (1), art (1), possession (1)
2007-12-00 SHORTFICTION English Misadventure Stephen Gallagher     horror (1), contemporary (1), seeing dead people (1), first person (1)
2007-00-00 SHORTFICTION English Miss Ill-Kept Runt Glen Hirshberg     family (1), 5 year old girl point of view (1), car trip (1), contemporary (1), USA (1), horror (1), pact with evil (1)
2007-03-00 SHORTFICTION English Peep Ramsey Campbell     first person point of view (1), grandfather (1), grandchildren (1), parents (1), horror (1), ghost (1), surveillance (1), aunt (1), contemporary (1)
2007-12-00 SHORTFICTION English Perhaps the Last Conrad Williams     horror (1), contemporary (1), museum (1)
2007-10-00 SHORTFICTION English Pumpkin Night Gary McMahon     horror (1), halloween (1), contemporary (1), reanimation (1), serial child murder (1)
2007-12-00 SHORTFICTION English Riding Bitch K. W. Jeter     horror (1), contemporary (1), motorcycle (1), halloween (1)
2007-12-00 SHORTFICTION English Stilled Life Pat Cadigan     first person (1), horror (1), london (1), contemporary (1), living statues (1), female protagonist (1)
2007-07-00 NOVEL English The Accidental Time Machine Joe Haldeman     science fiction (1), time travel (1), near future (1), contemporary (1), massachusetts institute of technology (1), far future (1), machine intelligence (1), terraforming (1), theocracy (1)
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