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.

You can browse all fantasy stories or classic fantasy by using the buttons on this page.

The Riddle by Bruce McAllister

The Riddle

Ava Paints the Horses by Ville-Merilanen

Ava Paints the Horses

Eat and Be Eaten, by J.L. Akagi

Eat and Be Eaten

Counterclockwise by Jamie D. Munroe

Counterclockwise

Fire in the Sky by Scott Hallam

Fire in the Sky

The Old Man Who Hid Music by Tom Sheehan

The Old Man Who Hid Music

Love Me Do, Played on Concrete Instruments by Douglas Kolacki

Love Me Do, Played on Concrete Instruments

Never the Twain by Ronald Ferguson

Never the Twain

Count It An Anchor by Taffy Lamba

Count It An Anchor

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

Door to Portal: A Salesman’s Story

Thread by Bret Nelson

Thread

Little Things Nobody Remembers, by Matt McHugh

Little Things Nobody Remembers

The Wishbone, By Nemma Wollenfang

The Wishbone

The Dryad's Smile by H. Orion Kim

The Dryad’s Smile

The Park by Teresa Milbrodt

The Park

Tkikko by Edward Ahern

Tjikko

In the Form of a Question by Beth Goder

In the Form of a Question

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

The Teeny-Tiny Scotsman Who Lives on my Dresser

Our Kind, by Crystal Crawford

Our Kind

What Tomorrow Has to Say, by Scott Edelman

What Tomorrow Has to Say

Born from Memory by Jane Lindskold

Born from Memory

Harbinie of Death, by J.J. Litke

Harbinie of Death

The All-Night Bookstore by Grant Carrington

The All-Night Bookstore

The Lost Village by E.E. King

The Lost Village

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

It’s What’s Inside that Counts

Hope Carried on an Ancient, Isolated Back by Ash Vale

Hope Carried on an Ancient, Isolated Back

Revolutions Per Minute by Josh Rountree

Revolutions Per Minute

The Specular Boy by Hal Y Zhang

The Specular Boy

The Fine Art of Faking It by Miranda Jubb

The Fine Art of Faking It

The Hole in the Hedge, by Tammy Komoff

The Hole in the Hedge