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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I Am Not As Young As I Was
By: Jean Martin
Illustrated by: Cassandre Bolan

The Art of Unpicking Stitches
By: Jennifer Hudak

The Old Man Who Hid Music
By: Tom Sheehan

The Desire Broker
By: Jonathan G. Chew and Mandy D. Chew
Illustrated by: Mandy D. Chew and Jonathan G. Chew

It’s What’s Inside that Counts
By: Warren Benedetto

The All-Night Bookstore
By: Grant Carrington

Glass Roses
By: Terra LeMay

The Neighborly Thing to Do
By: Scott Edelman

Love Me Do, Played on Concrete Instruments
By: Douglas Kolacki

Counterclockwise
By: Jamie D. Munro

Eat and Be Eaten
By: J.L. Akagi

Kutulu in the Desert
By: Angelique Fawns

The Teeny-Tiny Scotsman Who Lives on my Dresser
By: W.T. Paterson

Shape the Future with a Sharpie
By: Bo Balder

The House of Us
By: Marisca Pichette

The Wishbone
By: Nemma Wollenfang

Threshold
By: Mara Buck

Body Count
By: Angelique Fawns

Guidelines for Leading Tours of Supernatural Grottoes, Shrines, and Assorted Holy Places
By: Teresa Milbrodt

Born from Memory
By: Jane Lindskold
Illustrated by: Hugh Ebdy

Fire in the Sky
By: Scott Paul Hallam
Illustrated by: Quinnzel Kills

Mermaids in the Garden
By: Elaine Cunningham

Never the Twain
By: Ronald Ferguson
Illustrated by: Frank Schurter

The Lost Village
By: E.E. King

Hope Carried on an Ancient, Isolated Back
By: Ash Vale

Little Things Nobody Remembers
By: Matt McHugh

Mr. Gibson Goes to Work
By: Timons Esaias

Kill Your Darlings
By: A.J. Mietke

What Tomorrow Has to Say
By: Scott Edelman

Sid
By: Andrew Jensen
Illustrated by: Mark Zingarelli
