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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Our Kind, by Crystal Crawford

Our Kind

Born from Memory by Jane Lindskold

Born from Memory

I Am Not As Young As I Was by Jean Martin

I Am Not As Young As I Was

Eat and Be Eaten, by J.L. Akagi

Eat and Be Eaten

The All-Night Bookstore by Grant Carrington

The All-Night Bookstore

One Shot at Aeden, by Crystal Crawford

One Shot at Aeden

The Old Man Who Hid Music by Tom Sheehan

The Old Man Who Hid Music

Threshold, by Mara Buck

Threshold

The Desire Broker

The Desire Broker

Vern Fronk Returns to Our Neighborhood by Margaret Balch-Gonzalez

Vern Fronk Returns to Our Neighborhood

In the Form of a Question by Beth Goder

In the Form of a Question

Flashes of You, by J.M. Rhineheart

Flashes of You

Harbinie of Death, by J.J. Litke

Harbinie of Death

Ava Paints the Horses by Ville-Merilanen

Ava Paints the Horses

No Real Evidence by Jean Martin

No Real Evidence

The House of Us, by Marisca Pichette

The House of Us

Love Me Do, Played on Concrete Instruments by Douglas Kolacki

Love Me Do, Played on Concrete Instruments

Sid by By Andrew Jensen

Sid

Mr. Gibson Goes to Work, by Timons Esaias

Mr. Gibson Goes to Work

The Art of Unpicking Stitches by Jennifer Hudak

The Art of Unpicking Stitches

The Fine Art of Faking It by Miranda Jubb

The Fine Art of Faking It

An Infinite Number by David Amburgy

An Infinite Number

Counterclockwise by Jamie D. Munroe

Counterclockwise

What Tomorrow Has to Say, by Scott Edelman

What Tomorrow Has to Say

Glass Roses by Terra LeMay

Glass Roses

Saving the Future with a Sharpie by Bo Balder

Shape the Future with a Sharpie

Never the Twain by Ronald Ferguson

Never the Twain

Count It An Anchor by Taffy Lamba

Count It An Anchor

Ties That Bind by Mark English

Ties that Bind

Kutulu in the Desert, by Angelique Fawns

Kutulu in the Desert