| 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 |
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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)
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| 2013-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Dog's Paw |
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third world (1), diplomatic service (1), horror (1), curse (1), honor killings (1), contemporary (1), moral compromise (1)
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| 2010-11-09 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Fair Extension |
Stephen King |
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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)
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| 2007-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Suits at Auderlene |
Terry Dowling |
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supernatural (1), Australia (1), first person (1), curse (1), contemporary (1), fantasy (1)
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| 1997-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Guests |
Bentley Little |
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horror (2), grandmother (1), banya (1), household deity (1), Molokans (1), Arizona (1), Preteen protagonist (1), family (1), incest (1), demonic possession (1), Russian folklore (1), murder (1), native americans (1), curse (1), contemporary (1), cursed house (1)
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| 1991-08-02 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Such Things Happen |
Alvin Schwartz |
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folklore (1), fantasy (1), horror (1), witch (1), curse (1)
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| 1990-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Pronounced Effect |
John Brunner |
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contemporary (1), academia (1), Miskatonic University (1), academic dispute (1), insecure protagonist (1), curse (1), romantic hero (1)
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| 1988-10-00 |
OMNIBUS |
English |
Cabal |
Clive Barker |
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secret lair (1), hidden society (1), into-movie (1), horror (1), psychopathy (1), monsters (1), murder (1), disease (1), curse (1), lycanthropy (1), Alberta (1)
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| 1988-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Magician in the Dark |
Robert Sampson |
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sword and sorcery (1), debunking of sorcery (1), curse (1), rational explanation of curse (1), first person point of view (1), twist ending (1)
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| 1985-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
How Spoilers Bleed |
Clive Barker |
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curse (1), disease (1), horror (1)
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| 1981-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands |
Stephen King |
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first person point of view (1), contemporary (1), story within a story (1), curse (1), private club (1), india (1), horror (1)
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| 1979-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Northern Chess |
Tanith Lee |
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magic (1), haunted castle (1), medieval (1), army (1), wandering adventurer (1), female protagonist (1), curse (1)
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| 1978-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A Malady of Magicks |
Craig Shaw Gardner |
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magicians’ competition (1), farmer’s daughter (1), plan backfires (1), romantic scheming (1), demon (1), magician’s apprentice (1), first person point of view (1), curse (1)
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| 1976-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A Tale of a Prince |
Rabbi Nakhman of Bratslev |
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magical realism (1), Folktale style (1), Royal family (1), Leprosy (1), Jews (1), Holy man (1), curse (1), diamonds (1)
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| 1960-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
From Shadowed Places |
Richard Matheson |
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fantasy (1), juju (1), curse (1), female protagonist (1), contemporary (1), africa (1), USA (1), Ngombo (witch doctor) (1)
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| 1938-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Teakwood Box |
Johns Harrington |
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fantasy (1), magical box (1), Shanghai (1), thief (1), contemporary (1), Los Angeles (1), widow (1), curse (1)
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| 1932-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Ring |
J. M. Fry |
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first person point of view (1), Egyptian sarcophagus (1), ring (1), curse (1), twist ending (1), contemporary (1)
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| 1931-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Step |
E. F. Benson |
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twist ending (1), horror (1), Arabs (1), curse (1), eviction (1), colonialism (1), egypt (1)
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| 1931-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Sweeper |
A. M. Burrage |
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beggar (1), england (1), curse (1), spinster (1)
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| 1925-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
French |
Le tableau |
Jean Ray |
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fantasy (2), horror (2), revenge (1), curse (1), painting (1), moneylender (1), greed (1), first person point of view (1), contemporary (1)
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| 1925-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Lukundoo |
Edward Lucas White |
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horror (1), first person point of view (1), story within a story (1), africa (1), British (1), explorers (1), curse (1), shaman (1)
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| 1921-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Running Wolf |
Algernon Blackwood and Wilfred Wilson |
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fantasy (1), horror (1), werewolf (1), Canadian wilderness (1), contemporary (1), native americans (1), curse (1), redemption (1)
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| 1890-07-12 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Mark of the Beast |
Rudyard Kipling |
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Librivox (1), fantasy (1), werewolves (1), vampires (1), first person point of view (1), india (1), the British Raj (1), Hanuman (1), leper (1), offending a god (1), torture (1), curse (1), New Year's Eve (1), corruption of soul (1), horror (1), tibet (1)
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| 1887-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Goophered Grapevine |
Charles W. Chesnutt |
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sharp business dealings (1), dialect (1), magic (1), vineyard (1), slavery (1), african-american protagonist (1), story within a story (1), post-Civil War (1), North Carolina (1), curse (1)
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| date unknown |
SHORTFICTION |
Yiddish |
Di shvarts-khasene |
Isaac Bashevis Singer |
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horror (1), marriage (1), demon (1), curse (1), Hasidism (1), Judaism (1), demonic pregnancy (1)
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