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Found 22 works tagged 'contemporary'.
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Tulgey Wood
Published Nov 2, 2020 · 2,014 words (8 minutes) · 161 views
Horror contemporary dark fiction Basement monsters
Dark fantasy, influenced by the poem “Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll, and inspired by the basement lights flickering when I was doing laundry.
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Deputy Death
Published Mar 21, 2020 · 5,881 words (22 minutes) · 409 views
Fantasy Horror Humor powers Death Personified contemporary magic young adult teen
When a strange man comes to her family's suburban door, Liz was intrigued. She didn't expect him to know far more about her and her not-so-secret mystical power than a stranger had any right.
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Always Let Your Dragon Fly First Class
Published Mar 19, 2020 · 1,706 words (7 minutes) · 336 views
Fantasy Humor contemporary dragon Travel fun contemporary fantasy
It isn’t easy taking a dragon on vacation…
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Old Souls
Published Mar 17, 2020 · 9,014 words (33 minutes) · 8 likes · 1340 views
Fantasy contemporary reincarnation
Claire Leung-Hartley has the rare ability to see others’ previous lives with the touch of her hand. But all she really wants is to find a way to break the pattern of her own previous lives and live past twenty.
Fonda Lee is the multitalented Aurora and World Fantasy Award-winning author of the Green Bone Saga. She’s also written comics for Marvel and penned the YA novels Zeroboxer, Exo, and Cross Fire.
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The Happiest Place
Published Feb 19, 2020 · 4,396 words (16 minutes) · 10 likes · 883 views
Fantasy contemporary magic princess Wishes
Maddie makes ends meet playing a princess in a theme park. It’s an easy enough gig—except when she’s trying to put on a happy face for a terminally ill kid and her family. But when a mysterious tiara turns up, she learns wishes may actually come true... at a very steep price.
Carrie Vaughn is the author of several bestselling fantasy and science fiction novels and more than 80 short stories. Her work has won the Philip K. Dick Award and been nominated for two Hugo Awards. After a nomadic childhood, she put down roots in Boulder, Colorado.
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A Vaguely Familiar Holiday
Published Dec 20, 2019 · 967 words (4 minutes) · 398 views
Fantasy Witchcraft contemporary young adult teen urban fantasy Paris Young Adult Fantasy
A companion to Something Familiar, this gives us a peek into Hēi Māo's first holiday with his new witch and family.
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Small Town News
Published Dec 18, 2019 · 4,958 words (19 minutes) · 427 views
Fantasy Romance Journalism contemporary christmas dragon magical places Newspaper
There are many stories about mythical, impossible places, like Brigadoon or Narnia. When you find a magical locale like that, you want to stay. Such is Downey, Colorado. Hard to find. Easy to lose. But if you do discover that you've made it there, you know that you should never leave, which is exactly what Brant, a small-town journalist discovers in this Christmas tale.
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Something Familiar - Chapter 8-34
Updated Sep 14, 2019 · 43,414 words (158 minutes)
Fantasy Witchcraft contemporary Shape-shifter magic young adult teen urban fantasy Paris
The continued adventure of a runaway shape-shifter’s quest for a safe home and a teen witch’s search for a familiar. Chapters 1-7 are available for free - https://curiousfictions.com/stories/2151-s-n-arly-something-familiar-chapters-1-7 Chapters 8-34 are available for purchase or free for subscribers.
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Something Familiar - Chapters 1-7
Updated Sep 14, 2019 · 9,498 words (35 minutes) · 3442 views
Fantasy Witchcraft contemporary Shape-shifter magic young adult teen urban fantasy Paris
Follow a runaway shape-shifter’s quest for a safe home and a teen witch’s search for a familiar. These are the first few chapters of a novella that came out in late May 2019. If you enjoy these chapters and want to read the rest, you can find it here: https://curiousfictions.com/stories/2533-s-n-arly-something-familiar-chapter-8-34 , free to subscribers and $3.00 for everyone else.
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Plain Jane Learns to Knit Wormholes
Published May 31, 2019 · 786 words (3 minutes) · 488 views
Humor Science Fiction time travel contemporary
A group of church ladies has a tough decision to make when they accidentally open a portal through time.
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