Contemporary Fantasy | Genres

Crispin’s Model

Max Gladstone

Wed Oct 4, 2017 9:00am

Original Fiction

Edited by: Marco Palmieri

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Contemporary Fantasy, Dark Fantasy || A contemporary Lovecraftian tale of art, obsession, and elder gods.

Red

Ramsey Shehadeh

Wed May 24, 2017 9:00am

Original Fiction

Edited by: Ann VanderMeer

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Contemporary Fantasy, Fantasy || A young man grieving for his lost sister steps into the world of their favorite board game, in a desperate attempt to find her.

Dune Time

Jack Nicholls

Tue Apr 19, 2016 9:00am

Original Fiction

Edited by: David Hartwell

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Contemporary Fantasy, Magical Realism || Isolated in the desert with his brother, Hasan learns that there is more to the legends of the dunes than he initially believed.

Freedom is Space for the Spirit

Glen Hirshberg

Wed Apr 6, 2016 9:00am

Original Fiction

Edited by: Ellen Datlow

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Contemporary Fantasy || "Freedom is Space for the Spirit" by Glen Hirshberg is a fantasy about a middle-aged German, drawn back to Russia by a mysterious invitation from a friend he knew during the wild, exuberant period in the midst of the break-up of the Soviet Union. Upon his arrival in St. Petersburg, he begins to see bears, wandering and seemingly lost.

Your Orisons May Be Recorded

Laurie Penny

Tue Mar 15, 2016 9:00am

Original Fiction

Edited by: Patrick Nielsen Hayden

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A Fist of Permutations in Lightning and Wildflowers

Alyssa Wong

Wed Mar 2, 2016 9:00am

Original Fiction

Edited by: Miriam Weinberg

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Contemporary Fantasy, Fantasy, Magical Realism || Hannah and Melanie: sisters, apart and together. Weather workers. Time benders. When two people so determined have opposing desires, it's hard to say who will win—or even what victory might look like. This stunning, haunting short story from rising star Alyssa Wong explores the depth and fierceness of love and the trauma of family.

Please Undo This Hurt

Seth Dickinson

Wed Sep 16, 2015 9:00am

Original Fiction

Edited by: Marco Palmieri

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Contemporary Fantasy, Fantasy || Ever feel like you care too much? After a breakup, after the funeral…it feels like the way to win at life is to care the least. That's not an option for Dominga, an EMT who cares too much, or her drinking buddy Nico, who just lost his poor cat. Life hurts. They drink. They talk: Nico's tired of hurting people. He wants out. Not suicide, not that — he'd just hurt everyone who loves him. But what if he could erase his whole life? Undo the fact of his birth? Wouldn't Dominga be having a better night, right now, if she didn't have to take care of him? And when Dominga finds a way to do just that, when she is gifted or armed with a terrible cosmic mercy, she still cares enough to say: I am not letting him have this. I am not letting Nico go without a fight.

All the Birds in the Sky, Chapter 3

Charlie Jane Anders

Thu Jul 23, 2015 10:00am

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Contemporary Fantasy || Childhood friends Patricia Delfine and Laurence Armstead didn't expect to see each other again, after parting ways under mysterious circumstances during high school. But now they're both adults, living in the hipster mecca San Francisco, and the planet is falling apart around them.

Read Chapters 1-4 of Two Serpents Rise

Max Gladstone

Wed Jul 22, 2015 2:30pm

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Contemporary Fantasy || Shadow demons plague the city reservoir, and Red King Consolidated has sent in Caleb Altemoc—casual gambler and professional risk manager—to cleanse the water for the sixteen million people of Dresediel Lex. At the scene of the crime, Caleb finds an alluring and clever cliff runner, Crazy Mal, who easily outpaces him.

All the Birds in the Sky, Chapter 2

Charlie Jane Anders

Wed Jul 22, 2015 11:00am

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Contemporary Fantasy || Childhood friends Patricia Delfine and Laurence Armstead didn't expect to see each other again, after parting ways under mysterious circumstances during high school. But now they're both adults, living in the hipster mecca San Francisco, and the planet is falling apart around them.

All the Birds in the Sky, Chapter 1

Charlie Jane Anders

Tue Jul 21, 2015 10:00am

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Contemporary Fantasy || Childhood friends Patricia Delfine and Laurence Armstead didn't expect to see each other again, after parting ways under mysterious circumstances during high school. But now they're both adults, living in the hipster mecca San Francisco, and the planet is falling apart around them.

The Entropy of Bones

Ayize Jama-Everett

Wed Jul 15, 2015 4:00pm

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The Divine

Boaz Lavie

Thu Jul 9, 2015 10:00am

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Contemporary Fantasy, Graphic Novel || From world-renowned artists Asaf and Tomer Hanuka and Boaz Lavie, The Divine is a fast-paced, brutal, and breathlessly beautiful portrait of a world where ancient powers vie with modern warfare, and nobody escapes unscathed.

Islands off the Coast of Capitola, 1978

David Herter

Wed Jul 8, 2015 9:00am

Original Fiction

Edited by: David Hartwell

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Contemporary Fantasy, Fantasy || David Herter creates a modern reimagining Gene Wolfe’s "Island of Doctor Death". Young Ballou lives alone with his mother in an old house on the shore. When the mysterious Wilson arrives, Ballou’s reality tips into a world populated with characters from his pulp comic books as he struggles to understand the adults around him.