| 2018-04-10 |
NOVEL |
English |
Space Opera |
Catherynne M. Valente |
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first contact (1), aliens (1), science fiction (1), sentience (1), near future (1), interspecies mating (1), devious plots (1), cats (1), england (1), second chances (1), lost love (1), proving humanity shouldn’t be destroyed (1), winning admission to the galactic species club (1), Multiple Alien Species (1), tongue in cheek (1), irony (1), satire (1), Glam Rock (1), Eurovision Contest (1), immigrants (1), minorities (1), into-movie (1)
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| 2007-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Twilight Express |
Christopher Fowler |
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trapped (1), domesticity (1), contemporary (1), carnival (1), America (1), small town (1), irony (1), pregnancy (1)
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| 1993-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Dark Backward |
Gregory Benford |
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only Earth (1), only humans (1), female protagonist (1), time travel (1), irony (1), Shakespeare (1), Hemingway (1)
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| 1988-12-15 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Christmas Without Rodney |
Isaac Asimov |
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humour (1), science fiction (1), irony (1), home automation (1), Christmas (1)
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| 1988-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Dead Things Don't Move |
Lawrence Watt-Evans |
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home invasion (1), murder (1), irony (1), justice (1), contemporary (1)
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| 1982-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
In the Lost Lands |
George R. R. Martin |
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female protagonist (1), werewolf (1), sorceress (1), shapeshifter (1), greed (1), irony (1), terrible wish fulfillment (1), into-movie (1)
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| 1976-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Final Victory |
Jill Taggart |
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postapocalyptic (1), irony (1), only humans (1), only Earth (1), social commentary (1), post apocalypse (1)
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| 1974-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
We Purchased People |
Frederik Pohl |
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aliens (1), faster than light communications (1), remote control of humans (1), crime (1), love (1), irony (1), punishment (1), mind control (1)
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| 1969-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A Relic of War |
Keith Laumer |
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military sf (1), artificial intelligence (1), war with aliens (1), irony (1)
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| 1968-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Backtracked |
Burt K. Filer |
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science fiction (1), polio (1), time travel (1), irony (1)
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| 1967-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream |
Harlan Ellison |
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science fiction (3), postapocalyptic (2), horror (2), artificial intelligence (1), time perception (1), first person point of view (1), into-radio (1), Body modification (1), longevity (1), survival (1), revenge (1), LGBTQ+ (1), cold (1), insanity (1), last man on Earth (1), into-video game (1), self-sacrifice (1), mental torture (1), irony (1), roc (1), physical torture (1), fantastical realism (1), military AI (1), Malevolent AI (1), cold war (1)
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| 1963-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Pleiades |
Otis Kidwell Burger |
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Merril09 (1), female protagonists (1), aging (1), death (1), carnival midway show (1), eternal youth (1), irony (1), immortality (1), circus (1)
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| 1959-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
No Fire Burns |
Avram Davidson |
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science fiction (1), near future (1), Psychopaths (1), psychological testing (1), Corporations (1), criminal organizations (1), irony (1), cosmic justice (1)
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| 1958-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Unhuman Sacrifice |
Katherine MacLean |
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Merril04 (1), religion (1), human alien contact (1), metamorphosis (1), evolution (1), good intentions, bad outcomes (1), irony (1)
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| 1953-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Punishment Fit the Crime |
Lyn Venable |
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robots (1), only Earth (1), fire (1), babysitting (1), irony (1)
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| 1948-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Hidden Talent of Artist Bates |
Snowden T. Herrick |
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disgruntled employee (1), irony (1), magic (1), fantasy (1), contemporary (1), commercial artist (1)
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| 1942-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Messenger to Infinity |
J. Harvey Haggard |
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interstellar travel (1), robot (1), far future (1), human extinction (1), human species revival (1), irony (1)
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| 1941-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Door |
Oliver Saari |
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European explorer (1), interdimensional portal (1), Berber legend (1), Arab sheik (1), desert (1), twist ending (1), irony (1)
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| 1937-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Murder Mask |
Edgar Daniel Kramer |
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murder (1), mask (1), magic (1), greed (1), justice (1), horror (1), fantasy (1), sibling rivalry (1), irony (1), contemporary (1)
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| 1933-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
On Top |
Ralph Allen Lang |
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burial (1), self-defense (1), revenge (1), murder (1), claim jumping (1), irony (1), US Old West (1)
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| 1933-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Closed Door |
Harold Ward |
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room (1), murder (1), unhappy marriage (1), contemporary (1), irony (1), justice (1), fantasy (1)
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| 1928-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Black Madonna |
A. W. Wyville |
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justice (1), irony (1), chemists (1), contemporary (1), murder (1), sibling rivalry (1), spider (1), first person storyteller (1)
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| 1927-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Soul-Catcher |
Robert S. Carr |
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hospital (1), souls (1), doctor (1), death (1), first person point of view (1), astral travel (1), contemporary (1), irony (1)
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| 1927-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Witch-Baiter |
Anthony M. Rud |
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Spanish Netherlands (1), Inquisition (1), judge (1), witchcraft accusations (1), torture (1), executions (1), irony (1), revenge (1), justice (1), twist ending (1)
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| 1926-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Man Who Was Saved |
B. W. Sliney |
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horror (1), first person point of view (1), story within a story (1), shipwreck (1), contemporary (1), sea monster (1), irony (1), Pacific Ocean (1)
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| 1922-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
"And the Dead Spake..." |
E. F. Benson |
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first person point of view (1), medical experimentation (1), reading the brain post mortem (1), murderer (1), irony (1)
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| 1915-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
Yiddish |
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suicide (1), irony (1), Yom Kippur (1), Satan (1), cantor (1), vengeance (1), Hell (1), Judaism (1), fantasy (1), 19th century (1), Poland (1)
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| 1904-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
Yiddish |
Revelation; or, the Story of the Billy Goat |
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story within a story (1), fantasy (1), billy goat (1), holy site (1), touching Heaven (1), Jews (1), 18th century (1), Ukraine (1), compassion (1), sustenance (1), snuffboxes (1), tragedy of the commons (1), irony (1)
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| 1904-08-14 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Furnished Room |
O. Henry |
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horror (1), fantasy (1), ghosts (1), New York City (1), lower west side (1), 19th century (1), rooming house (1), fragrance (1), suicide (1), despair (1), twist ending (1), irony (1), supernatural manifestations (1)
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| 1904-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
Yiddish |
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virtues (1), afterlife (1), irony (1), Judaism (1), fantasy (1), Poland (1), 19th century (1), sacrifice (1), martyrdom (1)
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| 1894-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
Yiddish |
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fantasy (1), Judaism (1), Poland (1), 19th century (1), divine justice (1), irony (1)
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| 1893-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
Yiddish |
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irony (1), piousness (1), Judaism (1), canaries (1), cats (1), fantasy (1)
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| 1891-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
Hebrew |
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mysticism (1), Poland (1), Jews (1), irony (1), fantasy (1), 19th century (1)
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| 1887-05-31 |
SHORTFICTION |
French |
La morte |
Guy de Maupassant |
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Librivox (1), first person point of view (1), bereavement (1), social commentary (1), Paris (1), cemetery (1), supernatural vision (1), revenants (1), twist ending (1), irony (1), horror (1)
|
| date unknown |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Bird's Wisdom |
Peninnah Schram |
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Judaic (1), folktale (1), prince (1), Bird (1), Wise advice (1), irony (1), Barter for life (1)
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