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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Ava Paints the Horses by Ville-Merilanen

Ava Paints the Horses

The Art of Unpicking Stitches by Jennifer Hudak

The Art of Unpicking Stitches

Guidelines for Tours by Teresa Milbrodt

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

One Shot at Aeden, by Crystal Crawford

One Shot at Aeden

Mr. Gibson Goes to Work, by Timons Esaias

Mr. Gibson Goes to Work

The Back Room, by Alica Adams

The Back Room

Vern Fronk Returns to Our Neighborhood by Margaret Balch-Gonzalez

Vern Fronk Returns to Our Neighborhood

The Dryad's Smile by H. Orion Kim

The Dryad’s Smile

Our Kind, by Crystal Crawford

Our Kind

Threshold, by Mara Buck

Threshold

Kutulu in the Desert, by Angelique Fawns

Kutulu in the Desert

Love Me Do, Played on Concrete Instruments by Douglas Kolacki

Love Me Do, Played on Concrete Instruments

Ghosts of the Ogygopsis by Scot Noel

Ghosts of the Ogygopsis

Door to Portal: A Salesman's Story by Adam Jarvis

Door to Portal: A Salesman’s Story

Don't Look Back, by John Jos. Miller

Don’t Look Back

Never the Twain by Ronald Ferguson

Never the Twain

No Real Evidence by Jean Martin

No Real Evidence

The Neighborly Thing to Do, by Scott Edelman

The Neighborly Thing to Do

Revolutions Per Minute by Josh Rountree

Revolutions Per Minute

The Easy Song by Colm O'Shea

The Easy Song

Thread by Bret Nelson

Thread

The Specular Boy by Hal Y Zhang

The Specular Boy

In the Form of a Question by Beth Goder

In the Form of a Question

Mermaids in the Garden, by Elaine Cunningham

Mermaids in the Garden

Kill Your Darlings, by A.J. Mietke

Kill Your Darlings

Sid by By Andrew Jensen

Sid

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

The Teeny-Tiny Scotsman Who Lives on my Dresser

The House of Us, by Marisca Pichette

The House of Us

The Park by Teresa Milbrodt

The Park

The Lost Village by E.E. King

The Lost Village