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

I Am Not As Young As I Was

The Art of Unpicking Stitches by Jennifer Hudak

The Art of Unpicking Stitches

The Old Man Who Hid Music by Tom Sheehan

The Old Man Who Hid Music

The Desire Broker

The Desire Broker

It’s What’s Inside that Counts, by Warren Benedetto

It’s What’s Inside that Counts

The All-Night Bookstore by Grant Carrington

The All-Night Bookstore

Glass Roses by Terra LeMay

Glass Roses

The Neighborly Thing to Do, by Scott Edelman

The Neighborly Thing to Do

Love Me Do, Played on Concrete Instruments by Douglas Kolacki

Love Me Do, Played on Concrete Instruments

Counterclockwise by Jamie D. Munroe

Counterclockwise

Eat and Be Eaten, by J.L. Akagi

Eat and Be Eaten

Kutulu in the Desert, by Angelique Fawns

Kutulu in the Desert

The Teeny-Tiny Scotsman Who Lives on my Dresser, by W.T. Paterson

The Teeny-Tiny Scotsman Who Lives on my Dresser

Saving the Future with a Sharpie by Bo Balder

Shape the Future with a Sharpie

The House of Us, by Marisca Pichette

The House of Us

The Wishbone, By Nemma Wollenfang

The Wishbone

Threshold, by Mara Buck

Threshold

Body Count by Angelique Fawns

Body Count

Guidelines for Tours by Teresa Milbrodt

Guidelines for Leading Tours of Supernatural Grottoes, Shrines, and Assorted Holy Places

Born from Memory by Jane Lindskold

Born from Memory

Fire in the Sky by Scott Hallam

Fire in the Sky

Mermaids in the Garden, by Elaine Cunningham

Mermaids in the Garden

Never the Twain by Ronald Ferguson

Never the Twain

The Lost Village by E.E. King

The Lost Village

Hope Carried on an Ancient, Isolated Back by Ash Vale

Hope Carried on an Ancient, Isolated Back

Little Things Nobody Remembers, by Matt McHugh

Little Things Nobody Remembers

Mr. Gibson Goes to Work, by Timons Esaias

Mr. Gibson Goes to Work

Kill Your Darlings, by A.J. Mietke

Kill Your Darlings

What Tomorrow Has to Say, by Scott Edelman

What Tomorrow Has to Say

Sid by By Andrew Jensen

Sid