| 2025-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Your Entry to Paradise™ Memorial Experience |
Robert Morrell, Jr. |
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science fiction (1), grief (1)
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| 2023-01-14 |
NOVEL |
English |
How to Sell a Haunted House |
Grady Hendrix |
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horror (1), haunted house (1), grief (1)
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| 2020-05-26 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Bone Thief |
Breeana Shields |
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young-adult fantasy (1), grief (1), oracles (1), apprentices (1)
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| 2020-04-29 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Cloud Heart |
Jeremy Szal |
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personal copy (1), family life (1), grief (1), science fiction (1)
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| 2020-10-15 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Rat |
Yohanca Delgado |
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fantasy (1), female protagonist (1), contemporary (1), first person point of view (1), grief (1), rat (1)
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| 2020-06-17 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Two Truths and a Lie |
Sarah Pinsker |
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horror (1), unreliable narrator (1), siblings (1), grief (1), confabulation (1), fantasy (1), female protagonist (1), kids' TV show (1), weird TV show (1)
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| 2018-09-10 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Mountaineering |
Leah Bobet |
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fantasy (1), grief (1)
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| 2018-04-17 |
CHAPBOOK |
English |
The Atrocities |
Jeremy C. Shipp |
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dark fantasy (1), fantasy (1), ghosts (1), gothic (1), grief (1), horror (1), loss (1), surreal (1)
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| 2017-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Everything You Left Behind |
Wen Ma |
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time stands still (1), Hong Kong (1), grief (1), gay (1)
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| 2017-10-10 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Her Father's Sword |
Robin Hobb |
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fantasy (1), horror (1), loss (1), grief (1), war (1), family (1), magic (1), zombies (1)
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| 2017-10-10 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Hrunting |
C. J. Cherryh |
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honor (1), norse mythology (1), mythology (1), fantasy (1), historical fantasy (1), death (1), grief (1)
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| 2015-10-21 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Tear Tracks |
Malka Older |
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Alien Communication (1), aliens (1), first contact (1), Growth (1), science fiction (1), diplomacy (1), grief (1)
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| 2014-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Jackalope Wives |
Ursula Vernon |
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witches (1), animal wife (1), grief (1), loss (1), magic (1), paranormal romance (1), urban fantasy (1), fantasy (1), Native american mythology (1), mythology (1), Spirit Tales (1), supernatural (1), parenthood (1), nonhuman protagonist (1)
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| 2014-01-28 |
NOVEL |
English |
Ophelia and the Marvellous Boy |
Karen Foxlee |
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juvenile fantasy (1), death (1), grief (1), museum (1), captives (1)
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| 2014-08-21 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Mouth of God |
Ramsey Shehadeh |
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religion (1), parenthood (1), grief (1), loss (1), addiction (1), cosmic horror (1), horror (1), Strange fiction (1)
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| 2013-07-04 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Dear Tomorrow |
Simon Clark |
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reality tv (1), time capsule (1), grief (1), marriage (1), time travel (1), science fiction (1), ambiguous ending (1)
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| 2013-06-25 |
NOVEL |
English |
Ink |
Amanda Sun |
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young-adult fantasy (1), grief (1), gods (1), paranormal (1), teenagers (1)
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| 2013-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Paprika |
Jason Sanford |
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artificial intelligence (1), near future (1), loss (1), grief (1), death (1), memory (1), cyberpunk (1), science fiction (1), nonhuman protagonist (1)
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| 2011-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Ghostweight |
Yoon Ha Lee |
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space opera (2), science fiction (2), Spirit companion (1), ghosts (1), grief (1), war (1), Spacefaring (1), Starfaring (1), far future (1)
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| 2011-10-06 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Last Ride of the Glory Girls |
Libba Bray |
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faith (1), steampunk (1), drugs (1), religion (1), western (1), outlaws (1), Time (1), belief (1), grief (1), weird west (1), atheism (1)
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| 2011-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Paper Menagerie |
Ken Liu |
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urban fantasy (2), fantasy (2), magical realism (2), Origami (1), young-adult fantasy (1), China (1), grief (1), mail-order brides (1), parenthood (1), family (1), loss (1), magic (1), Chinese mythology (1)
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| 2010-05-11 |
NOVEL |
English |
Kerka's Book |
Jan Bozarth |
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juvenile fantasy (1), fairies (1), grief (1), botany (1), folklore (1)
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| 2010-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Laying the Ghost |
Eric Brown |
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science fiction (1), loss (1), grief (1), Starfaring (1), Spacefaring (1), artificial intelligence (1), far future (1), memory (1), religion (1), death (1), planetary colonization (1), colonization (1)
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| 2010-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Messenger |
J. M. Sidorova |
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supernatural (1), loss (1), historical fiction (1), grief (1), angels (1), christianity (1), mythology (1), religion (1), historical fantasy (1), fantasy (1), nonhuman protagonist (1)
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| 2010-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Paper Cradle |
Stephen Gaskell |
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science fiction (1), near future (1), Spacefaring (1), family (1), loss (1), grief (1)
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| 2010-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Emperor of Mars |
Allen Steele |
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science fiction (1), mars (1), colonization (1), grief (1), depression (1), Delusion (1), Barsoom (1), Edgar Rice Burroughs (1), psychology (1), mental illness (1)
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| 2010-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Thirteen Ways of Looking at Space/Time |
Catherynne M. Valente |
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greek mythology (1), parable (1), grief (1), loss (1), christianity (1), mythology (1), religion (1), science fiction (1), Native american mythology (1), Mesoamerican mythology (1), Aztec Mythology (1), norse mythology (1), Japanese mythology (1), Apache Mythology (1)
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| 2010-06-01 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Weights and Measures |
Jodi Picoult |
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grief (1)
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| 2008-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss |
Kij Johnson |
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urban fantasy (1), fantasy (1), magic (1), magicians (1), monkeys (1), grief (1), loss (1)
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| 2007-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Morris and the Machine |
Tim Pratt |
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grief (1), loss (1), time travel (1), marriage (1)
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| 2006-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Dawn, and Sunset, and the Colours of the Earth |
Michael F. Flynn |
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unresolved mystery (1), science fiction (1), unexplained phenomenon (1), multiple points-of-view (1), disaster (1), disappearance (1), loss (1), grief (1), ferries (1), Seattle (1), wormholes (1), present day (1)
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| 2004-00-00 |
NOVEL |
Hebrew |
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afterlife (2), fantasy (1), death (1), grief (1), interpersonal relations (1), marriage (1), quest (1)
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| 2004-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A Princess of Earth |
Mike Resnick |
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science fiction (1), marriage (1), grief (1), death (1), John Carter (1), Edgar Rice Burroughs (1), Barsoom (1)
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| 2003-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread |
Kate DiCamillo |
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juvenile fantasy (1), love (1), mice (1), friendship (1), rats (1), grief (1)
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| 2002-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Devlin's Luck |
Patricia Bray |
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grief (1), fantasy (1)
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| 2002-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Indigo |
Alice Hoffman |
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young-adult fantasy (1), mermaids (1), merfolk (1), friendship (1), grief (1), mermen (1)
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| 2002-02-04 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Little Gods |
Tim Pratt |
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fantasy (1), marriage (1), death (1), grief (1), gods (1), recovery (1)
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| 2001-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Creature |
Carol Emshwiller |
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science fiction (1), war (1), grief (1), pets (1), dinosaurs (1), post-war (1), post-apocalyptic (1)
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| 2000-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Look to Windward |
Iain M. Banks |
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space opera (2), artificial intelligence (2), science fiction (2), caste structure (1), civil war (1), religion (1), terrorism (1), soul recording (1), immortality (1), musical composer (1), secret mission (1), ancient alien cosmic builders (1), artificial space habitats (1), guilt (1), grief (1), far future (1), first person point of view (1), alien points of view (1), multiple points of view (1), alien species (1), faster than light travel (1), extragalactic travel (1), assassination (1), post-scarcity culture (1), gas giant planet (1), ai citizens (1), mega-engineering (1), nanotechnology (1)
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| 1998-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Divided by Infinity |
Robert Charles Wilson |
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science fiction (1), apocalypse (1), plot twist (1), aliens (1), many-worlds interpretation (1), grief (1), bookstores (1), metafiction (1), depression (1), suicide (1), immortality (1), near future (1), gamma ray bursts (1)
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| 1998-07-13 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Marzipan |
Aimee Bender |
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magical realism (1), surrealism (1), death (1), grief (1), Death of a Parent (1)
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| 1997-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Lethe |
Walter Jon Williams |
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science fiction (1), terraforming (1), Clones (1), personality upload (1), personality backup (1), immortality (1), life extension (1), grief (1), memory (1)
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| 1997-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Like the Gentle Rain |
Lewis Shiner |
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grief (1), cybernetics (1)
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| 1995-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Fault Lines |
Nancy Kress |
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science fiction (1), antidepressants (1), pharmaceuticals (1), teaching (1), religion (1), police (1), New York (1), isolation (1), grief (1), Hard-Boiled (1), Police Procedural (1)
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| 1995-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Rider at the Gate |
C. J. Cherryh |
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fantasy (1), aliens (1), grief (1), horses (1), telepathy (1), murder (1), psychic ability (1), revenge (1)
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| 1995-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Resurrection Man's Legacy |
Dale Bailey |
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science fiction (1), alternate history (1), baseball (1), fatherhood (1), robots (1), grief (1)
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| 1995-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
We Don't Know Why |
Nancy Springer |
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faith (1), grief (1)
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| 1993-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Room Where Love Lives |
Grant Morrison |
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grief (1), cosmic horror (1), into-comics (1), occult detective (1), horror (1), sex (1), love (1), Verotika (1)
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| 1991-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Tyger |
Jack McDevitt |
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science fiction (1), astronomy (1), cosmology (1), big bang (1), theodicy (1), creationism (1), grief (1)
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| 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), science fiction (1), grief (1), modeling (1), models (1), horror (1), not science fiction (1), death (1)
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| 1990-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
City of Truth |
James Morrow |
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science fiction (1), psychology (1), truth (1), dystopia (1), Utopia (1), humor (1), lies (1), lying (1), grief (1), disease (1), death (1), satire (1)
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| 1988-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Function of Dream Sleep |
Harlan Ellison |
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fantasy (2), horror (2), dreams (1), grief (1)
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| 1986-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Tight Little Stitches in a Dead Man's Back |
Joe R. Lansdale |
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fantasy (1), nuclear armageddon (1), horror (1), guilt (1), post-apocalyptic (1), strange vegetation (1), tattoos (1), grief (1)
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| 1984-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Gift Giving |
Joan Aiken |
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grief (1), fantasy (1), juvenile fantasy (1), music (1), family (1), uncle (1), grandmother (1), young-adult fantasy (1), sight (1), blindness (1)
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| 1983-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Seaward |
Susan Cooper |
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juvenile fantasy (1), teen fantasy (1), young-adult fantasy (1), grief (1), survival (1), interpersonal relations (1), trust (1), voyages and travels (1)
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| 1978-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
1985 |
Anthony Burgess |
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alternate history (1), dystopia (1), satire (1), British dystopia (1), set in 1980s (1), england (1), immigration (1), religion (1), grief (1), history (1), suicide (1)
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| 1976-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Beard's Roman Women |
Anthony Burgess |
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ghosts (1), Rome (1), grief (1), disease (1)
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| 1974-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Day Before the Revolution |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
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revolution (1), science fiction (1), anarchism (1), old age (1), death (1), grief (1), sexuality (1)
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| 1969-03-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Slaughterhouse-Five or the Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death |
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. |
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world war ii (2), into-movie (1), Dresden (1), kidnapping (1), zoo (1), into-radio (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1), into-play (1), Trauma (1), grief (1), war (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), free will (1), time travel (1), science fiction (1), Germany (1), aliens (1), interstellar travel (1), New York State (1), murder (1)
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| 1963-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Deluge |
Zenna Henderson |
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Merril09 (1), Utopia (1), telepathy (1), telekinesis (1), Clairvoyance (1), space travel (1), paranormal powers (1), science fiction (1), end of the world (1), female protagonist (1), interstellar travel (1), prophecy (1), love (1), grief (1)
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| 1962-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Paulie Charmed the Sleeping Woman |
Harlan Ellison |
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first person point of view (1), jazz trumpet (1), love (1), resurrection (1), contemporary (1), only humans (1), ghosts (1), jazz (1), music (1), grief (1)
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| 1962-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Wanting Seed |
Anthony Burgess |
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dystopia (1), overpopulation (1), grief (1), religion (1), blight (1), england (1), social collapse (1), social criticism (1), cannibalism (1), LGBTQ+ (1), war (1), ireland (1), homosexuality (1), science fiction (1), history (1)
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| 1956-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Dead Past |
Isaac Asimov |
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Merril02 (1), near future (1), only Earth (1), only humans (1), academia (1), research (1), time viewing (1), government regulation (1), into-tv (1), espionage (1), Carthage (1), grief (1), science fiction (1), past time viewer (1)
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| 1914-12-00 |
POEM |
English |
"Deep in Earth" |
Edgar Allan Poe |
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grief (1)
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| 1889-07-14 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Boarded Window |
Ambrose Bierce |
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horror (1), Librivox (1), cats (1), first person point of view (1), Ohio (1), pioneer (1), recluse (1), log cabin (1), death (1), gothic (1), panther (1), wife (1), story within a story (1), grief (1), burial preparations (1), twist ending (1)
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| 1845-01-29 |
POEM |
English |
The Raven |
Edgar Allan Poe |
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Librivox (1), prophecy (1), first person point of view (1), birds (1), grief (1), into-movie (1), into-tv (1), into-music (1), into-video game (1), first person point of view, death of a beautiful woman, bird as revelation (1)
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