Contemporary Fantasy

Little Free Library

Naomi Kritzer

Wed Apr 8, 2020 9:00am

Original Fiction

Edited by: Patrick Nielsen Hayden

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Upon setting up her Little Free Library, Meigan develops an unexpected friendship with a mysterious book borrower.

This Is How You Write a Horse: Dun Lady’s Jess

Judith Tarr

Mon Aug 27, 2018 2:00pm

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N. K. Jemisin’s New Contemporary Fantasy Trilogy Will “Mess with the Lovecraft Legacy”

Stubby the Rocket

Fri Aug 18, 2017 12:46pm

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Orbit Acquires Three Books by N. K. Jemisin Including a Contemporary Fantasy

Natalie Zutter

Tue Jan 10, 2017 1:46pm

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All the Birds in the Sky, Chapter 4

Charlie Jane Anders

Fri Jul 24, 2015 10:00am

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Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic || 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 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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Civics Class Has Never Been Better: Last First Snow by Max Gladstone

Liz Bourke

Tue Jul 14, 2015 9:00am

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Last First Snow

Max Gladstone

Wed Jun 24, 2015 11:00am

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The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn

Usman Malik

Wed Apr 22, 2015 9:00am

Original Fiction

Edited by: Ellen Datlow

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Contemporary Fantasy, Fantasy || A fantasy novella about a disenchanted young Pakistani professor who grew up and lives in the United States, but is haunted by the magical, mystical tales his grandfather told him of a princess and a Jinn who lived in Lahore when the grandfather was a boy.