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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2018-03-10 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Curse of the Rose |
Marilee Brothers |
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curse (1), romance (1)
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2016-04-05 |
NOVEL |
English |
Gladly Beyond |
Nichole Van |
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fantasy (1), romance (1), curse (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)
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2003-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
East |
Edith Pattou |
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young-adult fantasy (1), juvenile fantasy (1), Cupid and Psyche (1), retold fairy tales (1), East of the Sun, West of the Moon (1), trolls (1), curse (1), quest (1), bear (1)
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1997-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Guests |
Bentley Little |
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horror (1), 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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1995-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A Spell of Research |
Brad Strickland |
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Shakespeare (1), curse (1), Macbeth (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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1990-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Night, Winter, and Death |
Marc Eliot |
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horror (1), werewolf (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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1989-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Mummy |
Anne Rice |
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historical fantasy (1), horror (1), mummies (1), egypt (1), Archaeologists (1), curse (1), alcohol (1), london (1), poison (1), murder (1), enhanced intelligence (1), longevity (1), Cleopatra (1), tobacco (1), homoeroticism (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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1984-05-21 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Witches of Eastwick |
John Updike |
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into-movie (2), Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 1946-1987 (1), fantasy (1), witches (1), Rhode Island (1), seduction (1), cancer (1), curse (1), into-tv (1), into-play (1), into-music (1)
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1984-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Thinner |
Stephen King |
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horror (1), into-movie (1), gypsies (1), curse (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)
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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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1978-11-00 |
COLLECTION |
English |
Infinite Dreams |
Joe Haldeman |
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curse (1), alien world (1), puppeteer (1), alien (1), moonshine (1), alternate history (1), blackmail (1), time travel (1), far future (1), life cycle (1), revolution (1), behavior change (1), war (1), delusions of grandeur (1), jealousy (1), mutandis (1), sub-light speed (1), colony (1)
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1976-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Armaja Das |
Joe Haldeman |
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curse (1)
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1971-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Barnabas, Quentin and the Sea Ghost |
Marilyn Ross |
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vampire (1), ghost (1), curse (1), novelization (1)
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1971-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Eyes of Mme. Dupree |
P. H. Booth |
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evil eye (1), theft (1), witch (1), curse (1)
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1968-11-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Barnabas Collins |
Marilyn Ross |
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vampire (1), novelization (1), curse (1), historical (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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1939-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Kaapi |
Marian Stearns Curry |
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action-adventure (1), drugs (1), female main character (1), curse (1)
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1939-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Frog |
Henry Kuttner |
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horror (1), curse (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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1932-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Shadow on the Sky |
August Derleth |
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fantasy (2), horror (2), curse (1)
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1931-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Kill |
Peter Fleming |
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fantasy (2), horror (1), werewolf (1), curse (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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1926-12-00 |
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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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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1923-09-26 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb |
Agatha Christie |
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curse (1), egypt (1), mystery (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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1895-05-23 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Pollock and the Porroh Man |
H. G. Wells |
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horror (2), Google Books (1), magic (1), noir (1), Escape (Radio) (1), secret societies (1), witchcraft (1), madness (1), insanity (1), decapitation (1), curse (1), West Africa, suicide (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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1888-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Withered Arm |
Thomas Hardy |
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Librivox (1), fantasy (1), curse (1), witchcraft (1), horror (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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