Contemporary Fantasy

Contemporary fantasy takes place in a world familiar to us. Generally there are no elves or dwarves, but magic that happens in our world - or a world like ours.

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The House of Us, by Marisca Pichette

The House of Us

Tkikko by Edward Ahern

Tjikko

The Fine Art of Faking It by Miranda Jubb

The Fine Art of Faking It

Don't Look Back, by John Jos. Miller

Don’t Look Back

An Infinite Number by David Amburgy

An Infinite Number

Sid by By Andrew Jensen

Sid

I Will Never Fly Again by Jonathon Mast

I Will Never Fly Again

The Old Man Who Hid Music by Tom Sheehan

The Old Man Who Hid Music

The All-Night Bookstore by Grant Carrington

The All-Night Bookstore

Thread by Bret Nelson

Thread

The Neighborly Thing to Do, by Scott Edelman

The Neighborly Thing to Do

Home by Alyssa Eckles

Home

Kill Your Darlings, by A.J. Mietke

Kill Your Darlings

Pour One Out by Shannon Fox

Pour One Out

Saving the Future with a Sharpie by Bo Balder

Shape the Future with a Sharpie

In the Form of a Question by Beth Goder

In the Form of a Question

Threshold, by Mara Buck

Threshold

Vern Fronk Returns to Our Neighborhood by Margaret Balch-Gonzalez

Vern Fronk Returns to Our Neighborhood

I Am Not As Young As I Was by Jean Martin

I Am Not As Young As I Was

The Dryad's Smile by H. Orion Kim

The Dryad’s Smile

Mermaids in the Garden, by Elaine Cunningham

Mermaids in the Garden

Revolutions Per Minute by Josh Rountree

Revolutions Per Minute

The Hole in the Hedge, by Tammy Komoff

The Hole in the Hedge

The Park by Teresa Milbrodt

The Park

Fire in the Sky by Scott Hallam

Fire in the Sky

The Easy Song by Colm O'Shea

The Easy Song

Ava Paints the Horses by Ville-Merilanen

Ava Paints the Horses

Flashes of You, by J.M. Rhineheart

Flashes of You

Never the Twain by Ronald Ferguson

Never the Twain

I Don’t Know Where Magic Is, By Margaret Kingsbury

I Don’t Know Where Magic Is