| 1990-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Sun Dog |
Stephen King |
|
|
juvenile protagonist (1), Maine (1), contemporary (1), only human (1), Polaroid camera (1), Suspense (1), paranormal artifact (1), con game (1), monster from beyond (1), antiques (1), castle rock (1)
|
| 1989-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
At First Just Ghostly |
Karl Edward Wagner |
|
|
contemporary (1), london (1), SF authors (1), publishing business (1), magic (1), Harmonic Convergence (1), serendipity (1), drinking (1), fighting evil (1)
|
| 1989-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Courting Disasters |
Nina Kiriki Hoffman |
|
|
contemporary (1), car wreck (1), dysfunctional relationship (1), internal dialogue (1), spirits of inanimate objects (1)
|
| 1989-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
In Another Country |
Robert Silverberg |
|
|
contemporary (1), meteor strike (1), disaster tourism (1), time travel (1), romance (1), only humans (1), USA (1)
|
| 1989-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Keeping House |
Michael Blumlein |
|
|
first person (1), contemporary (1), horror (1), realism (1)
|
| 1989-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Midnight |
Dean R. Koontz |
|
|
SF (1), contemporary (1), nanotechnology (1), shapeshifting (1), only humans (1), service dogs (1), horror (1)
|
| 1989-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Person to Person |
Richard Matheson |
|
|
psychology (1), telepathy (1), contacting the dead (1), twist ending (1), contemporary (1)
|
| 1989-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Shed His Grace |
Michael Blumlein |
|
|
realism (1), contemporary (1), horror (1), Olympics (1)
|
| 1989-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Slasher |
F. Paul Wilson |
|
|
first person point of view (1), vengeance (1), contemporary (1), child murder (1), twist ending (1), Suspense (1)
|
| 1989-10-00 |
COLLECTION |
English |
The Brains of Rats |
Michael Blumlein |
|
|
horror (1), SF (1), contemporary (1), near future (1), medical (1)
|
| 1989-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Wet Suit |
Michael Blumlein |
|
|
contemporary (1), fetish (1)
|
| 1988-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Dead Things Don't Move |
Lawrence Watt-Evans |
|
|
home invasion (1), murder (1), irony (1), justice (1), contemporary (1)
|
| 1988-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Emma's Daughter |
Alan Rodgers |
|
|
horror (1), zombies (1), witches (1), visceral horror (1), contemporary (1), voodoo (1)
|
| 1988-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Fruiting Bodies |
Brian Lumley |
|
|
Northeast English coast (1), contemporary (1), first person point of view (1), rot (1), deserted town (1), coastal subsidence (1), horror (1)
|
| 1988-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Knox's 'Nga |
Avram Davidson |
|
|
contemporary (1), family (1), child (1), eerie (1), transitional object (1)
|
| 1988-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Lightning |
Dean R. Koontz |
|
|
time travel (1), female protagonist (1), contemporary (1), science fiction (1), humans only (1)
|
| 1988-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Little Once |
Nina Kiriki Hoffman |
|
|
single mother (1), contemporary (1), unwanted child (1)
|
| 1988-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Silver Tower |
Dale Brown |
|
|
naval battle (1), daughter (1), father (1), Iran (1), USSR (1), US Space Station (1), US Navy (1), space battle (1), contemporary (1), space plane (1), space laser weapon (1), strong female character (1), romance (1)
|
| 1988-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Domino Master |
Michael Blumlein |
|
|
fantasy (1), magic (1), contemporary (1), first person (1)
|
| 1988-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Promise of Warmth |
Michael Blumlein |
|
|
fantasy (1), contemporary (1), Latin America (1), horror (1)
|
| 1988-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Yellow Hands |
T. H. White |
|
|
horror (1), contemporary (1), children protagonists (1)
|
| 1988-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Vacuum States |
Geoffrey A. Landis |
|
|
twist ending (1), dilemma (1), second person point of view (1), risk (1), zero point energy (1), hard science (1), contemporary (1)
|
| 1987-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Buried Talents |
Richard Matheson |
|
|
luck (1), game (1), midway (1), carnie (1), contemporary (1)
|
| 1987-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Hare's House |
Ruth Rendell |
|
|
cursed house (1), murder (1), Suspense (1), contemporary (1)
|
| 1987-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Well-Connected |
T. E. D. Klein |
|
|
contemporary (1), married couple (1), vacation (1), woods (1)
|
| 1986-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Bride of Satan |
William Schoell |
|
|
slasher movie (1), demonic possession (1), serial killings (1), murder mystery (1), nuns (1), hollywood (1), contemporary (1), demons (1), ghosts (1), female protagonist (1), horror (1)
|
| 1986-10-00 |
INTERIORART |
English |
Cartoon: "Hi There! I'd like to grant you three wishes with the exception of any in the areas of politics, ecology and state and local lotteries." |
Henry Martin |
|
|
fairy (1), city (1), contemporary (1), humor (1), typical businessman type (1)
|
| 1986-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Fill It with Regular |
Michael Shea |
|
|
humor (1), apocalypse (1), spores (1), contemporary (1), automobiles (1)
|
| 1986-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Saucery |
Frederik Pohl |
|
|
humor (1), Ufology (1), contemporary (1), Martians (1), satire (1), Manhattan (1), public sentiment (1)
|
| 1986-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Brains of Rats |
Michael Blumlein |
|
|
horror (1), biology (1), contemporary (1), first person (1)
|
| 1986-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Lost Art of Twilight |
Thomas Ligotti |
|
|
America (1), family (1), vampires (1), contemporary (1), first person point of view (1), Aix en Provence (1)
|
| 1985-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Footfall |
Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle |
|
|
generation ship (2), military (1), kinetic weapons (1), nuclear war (1), suspended animation (1), Kansas (1), Alpha Centauri (1), lasers (1), Kremlin (1), alien psychology (1), contemporary (1), war in space (1), White House (1), first contact (1), Project Orion (1), Bussard ramjet (1), alien point of view (1), survivalists (1), SF fandom (1), SF authors (1), United States (1), africa (1), killer asteroid (1), alien invasion (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1985-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Not at Home |
Jean Richardson |
|
|
contemporary (1), bicycle (1), girl protagonist (1), ghost (1)
|
| 1985-05-00 |
POEM |
English |
The Dragon Over Hackensack |
Richard L. Wexelblat |
|
|
destruction (1), battle (1), jet fighters (1), Hackensack (1), dragon (1), contemporary (1)
|
| 1985-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Forbidden |
Clive Barker |
|
|
into-movie (1), horror (1), contemporary (1), female protagonist (1), housing projects (1), england (1), urban horror myths (1)
|
| 1985-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The New Girlfriend |
Ruth Rendell |
|
|
transvestitism (1), repressed sexuality (1), forbidden sexuality (1), female point of view (1), murder (1), contemporary (1)
|
| 1984-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Cube Root |
Jack C. Haldeman, II |
|
|
first person point of view (1), contemporary (1), fads (1), fantasy (1), tongue in cheek (1)
|
| 1984-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Steam Bird |
Hilbert Schenck |
|
|
model trains (1), steam power (1), contemporary (1), international relations (1), nuclear power (1), Maine (1), US politics (1), satire (1), airplane (1)
|
| 1984-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Grass of Remembrance |
John DeChancie |
|
|
United States (1), contemporary (1), pollution (1), lawn (1), veteran (1), nazis (1), mental disintegration (1)
|
| 1984-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Lilies |
Alison Prince |
|
|
first person point of view (1), flowers (1), burial (1), female point of view (1), child point of view (1), contemporary (1), fantasy (1)
|
| 1983-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Amanda and the Alien |
Robert Silverberg |
|
|
into-movie (1), adolescent girls (1), horror (1), humor (1), contemporary (1), first contact (1), shapeshifting alien (1)
|
| 1983-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Legion |
William Peter Blatty |
|
|
devil (1), horror (1), possession (1), theological problem of evil (1), Lucifer (1), murder mystery (1), fantasy (1), contemporary (1), Jewish protagonist (1), police detective (1), medical psychology (1), serial killer (1), Catholicism (1), senile dementia (1), hospital (1)
|
| 1983-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Loopy |
Ruth Rendell |
|
|
horror (1), competition between fiance and mother (1), contemporary (1), oedipus complex (1), murder (1), Furries (1), first person point of view (1)
|
| 1983-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
On a Pale Horse |
Piers Anthony |
|
|
parallel earth (1), fantasy (1), magic (1), contemporary (1), fate (1), love (1), Satan (1), death (1), Purgatory (1), social satire (1), magical gems (1)
|
| 1983-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Second Coming |
Frederik Pohl |
|
|
first person point of view (1), aliens (1), jesus (1), first contact (1), contemporary (1), humor (1)
|
| 1983-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Width of the World |
Ian Watson |
|
|
consciousness creating reality (1), distances (1), england (1), contemporary (1), first person point of view (1)
|
| 1982-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Apt Pupil |
Stephen King |
|
|
into-movie (1), contemporary (1), high school student (1), Nazi war criminal (1), serial murder (1), psychopathology (1), blackmail (1)
|
| 1982-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Leechcraft |
Susan C. Petrey |
|
|
contemporary (1), Caucasian War (1), time travel (1), fantasy (1), vampires (1)
|
| 1982-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Nursery Tale |
T. M. Wright |
|
|
horror (1), suburbs (1), housing development (1), contemporary (1), ghosts (1), earth spirits (1)
|
| 1982-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Playing for Keeps |
Jack C. Haldeman, II |
|
|
first contact (1), eight year old (1), Play (1), alien invasion (1), contemporary (1)
|
| 1982-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption |
Stephen King |
|
|
into-movie (1), contemporary (1), prison (1), Maine (1), first person point of view (1)
|
| 1982-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Body |
Stephen King |
|
|
young-adult horror (1), into-movie (1), contemporary (1), boys (1), Maine (1), first person point of view (1), family (1), quest (1), reminiscence (1)
|
| 1982-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Breathing Method |
Stephen King |
|
|
horror (1), Christmas (1), contemporary (1), only humans (1), only Earth (1), story within a story (1), first person point of view (1), unwed pregnancy (1), strong female character (1), social club (1), uncanny setting (1)
|
| 1982-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Dim Rumble |
Isaac Asimov |
|
|
first person point of view (1), contemporary (1), only Earth (1), spelunking (1), seismology (1), story within a story (1), memory erasure (1), alien as demon (1)
|
| 1982-01-18 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Invisible Foe |
Garry Kilworth |
|
|
first person point of view (1), Thailand (1), contemporary (1), supernatural beings (1), only Earth (1), conflict (1), Singapore (1)
|
| 1981-01-19 |
POEM |
English |
Headlines by the Dozens (Right in My Own Kitchen) |
David R. Bunch |
|
|
contemporary (1), only Earth (1), insects (1), kitchen (1)
|
| 1981-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Kaeti's Nights |
Keith Roberts |
|
|
humans only (1), contemporary (1), family (1), vampire (1), first person point of view (1), fantasy (1)
|
| 1981-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Anatomy Lesson |
Scott Russell Sanders |
|
|
horror (1), evolution (1), first person point of view (1), skeletons (1), contemporary (1), college (1), only Earth (1), weird (1)
|
| 1981-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Green Road to Quephanda |
Ruth Rendell |
|
|
england (1), contemporary (1), first person point of view (1), mythology (1), suicide (1)
|
| 1981-11-23 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
With Thimbles, with Forks, and Hope |
Kate Wilhelm |
|
|
only Earth (1), malevolent humanoid (1), private eyes (1), contemporary (1), married couple (1), boat (1), Suspense (1), murder (1)
|
| 1980-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A Spaceship Built of Stone |
Lisa Tuttle |
|
|
first person point of view (1), aliens on Earth (1), contemporary (1), only Earth (1), dreams (1), Anasazi (1)
|
| 1980-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Alien Lover |
Ted Reynolds and William F. Wu |
|
|
only Earth (1), college (1), interspecies romance (1), humanoid alien (1), roommates (1), contemporary (1), female protagonist (1), first person point of view (1), intergalactic travel (1), first contact (1)
|
| 1980-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Grotto of the Dancing Deer |
Clifford D. Simak |
|
|
immortality (1), Basque (1), cave paintings (1), paleontology (1), bone flute (1), loneliness (1), contemporary (1), only Earth (1), only humans (1)
|
| 1980-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Secrets of the Heart |
Charles L. Grant |
|
|
horror (1), contemporary (1), first person point of view (1), child protagonist (1), female protagonist (1), only Earth (1), only humans (1), psychic powers (1)
|
| 1980-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Day of the Trifles |
Jon L. Breen |
|
|
first person point of view (1), england (1), english trifle (1), parody (1), contemporary (1), only Earth (1), war with aliens (1)
|
| 1980-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Ugly Chickens |
Howard Waldrop |
|
|
only humans (1), only Earth (1), appalachia (1), dodos (1), contemporary (1), first person point of view (1), graduate student (1), ornithologist (1), Texas (1), birds (1), Mississippi (1), extinction (1)
|
| 1980-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Unicorn Tapestry |
Suzy McKee Charnas |
|
|
strong female character (1), female protagonist (1), vampire (1), psychoanalyst (1), predator (1), contemporary (1), only Earth (1)
|
| 1979-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Fleas |
Dean Ing |
|
|
contemporary (1), vampire (1), fantasy (1)
|
| 1979-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Ghost Story |
Peter Straub |
|
|
shapechangers (1), Horror: 100 Best Books (1), Christmas (1), horror (1), evil spirits (1), guilt (1), succubus (1), contemporary (1), families (1), senior citizens (1), small town (1), Upstate New York (1), stories within story (1), snowstorm (1)
|
| 1979-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Rape Patrol |
Michele Belling |
|
|
female protagonists (1), contemporary (1), voodoo (1), rape (1), vengeance (1), vigilantes (1)
|
| 1979-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Specimen |
Tim Stout |
|
|
kidnapping (1), alien zoo (1), alien contact (1), contemporary (1), teenage protagonist (1)
|
| 1978-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A House Divided |
Lee Killough |
|
|
contemporary (1), multiple personality (1), psychology (1), multiple personalities (1)
|
| 1978-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Born Again |
Sharon N. Farber |
|
|
microbiology (1), female protagonist (1), first person point of view (1), humans only (1), contemporary (1), science fiction (1), vampire (1)
|
| 1978-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Mister Magister |
Thomas F. Monteleone |
|
|
child protagonist (1), contemporary (1), moral lesson (1), killing (1), alien (1), carnival game (1), aliens among us (1), female protagonist (1)
|
| 1977-12-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
Steven Spielberg and Leslie Waller |
|
|
novelization (1), technology tycoon (1), infectious dementia (1), White Sands (1), Nevada heritage (1), contemporary (1), desert (1), horses (1), genetic modification (1), biological warfare (1), influenza (1)
|
| 1977-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
In the Ocean of Night |
Gregory Benford |
|
|
lupus erythematosus (1), Earth (1), Fermi paradox (1), alien artifacts (1), disease (1), nuclear weapons (1), genetic engineering (1), SETI (1), lunar exploration (1), war with machines (1), asteroid impact (1), bigfoot (1), alien probe (1), contemporary (1), only Earth (1), ship AI (1), first contact (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1977-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes |
James Quinn |
|
|
contemporary (1), championship (1), humor (1), smoke rings (1), Insecurity (1), gamesmanship (1), first person point of view (1)
|
| 1977-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Detweiler Boy |
Tom Reamy |
|
|
SF (1), contemporary (1), detective (1), vampire (1), Los Angeles (1)
|
| 1977-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The House Sitters |
Raylyn Moore |
|
|
horror (1), contemporary (1), house sitters (1), plant breeding (1)
|
| 1977-05-02 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Kugelmass Episode |
Woody Allen |
|
|
fantasy (1), contemporary (1), New York City (1), Emma Bovary (1), magic (1), extramarital affairs (1), humor (1), be careful what you wish for (1)
|
| 1977-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Tunnel |
Roger Aday |
|
|
only Earth (1), only humans (1), horror (1), contemporary (1), tunnel (1), twist ending (1)
|
| 1977-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
United Imp |
L. Sprague de Camp |
|
|
first person point of view (1), business loan (1), ironmongery (1), fantasy (1), contemporary (1), unionization (1), Atlanta, Georgia (1), The Faerie Queene (1), gnomes (1)
|
| 1977-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Zorphwar! |
Stan Dryer |
|
|
contemporary (1), humor (1), corporate memos (1), computer games (1)
|
| 1976-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A Day in the Life of Able Charlie |
Frederik Pohl |
|
|
artificial intelligence (1), marketing (1), contemporary (1), only Earth (1)
|
| 1976-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Starburst |
Robert Lulyk |
|
|
alien point of view (1), contemporary (1), deep space life form (1), pure energy life form (1), social commentary (1)
|
| 1976-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Little Yellow Dog |
Mary Williams |
|
|
ghosts (1), dogs (1), first person point of view (1), contemporary (1), shore (1), child point of view (1)
|
| 1975-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
'Salem's Lot |
Stephen King |
|
|
vampires (4), horror (3), into-tv (1), contemporary (1), Maine (1), small town (1), evil house (1), Horror: 100 Best Books (1), Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 1946-1987 (1), fantasy (1)
|
| 1975-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Sign of the Unicorn |
Roger Zelazny |
|
|
unreliable narrator (1), palace intrigue (1), sibling rivalry (1), swordplay (1), parallel worlds (1), first person point of view (1), medieval society (1), contemporary (1), science fiction (1), fantasy (1), classical mythology (1)
|
| 1975-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Hospice |
Robert Aickman |
|
|
eerie (1), contemporary (1), Britain (1), travel (1), hotel (1)
|
| 1975-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Mother Trip |
Frederik Pohl |
|
|
alien point of view (1), multiple variations (1), aliens observe earth (1), contemporary (1)
|
| 1974-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Alien Catastrophe |
Henry Melton |
|
|
contemporary (1), alien physiology (1), alien on earth (1), pun (1), no humans (1), alien point of view (1)
|
| 1974-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Hardshell |
Dean R. Koontz |
|
|
horror (1), contemporary (1), shapeshifters (1), United States (1), urban (1), police chase (1), twist ending (1), murder (1), detective (1)
|
| 1974-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Rings of Ice |
Piers Anthony |
|
|
LGBTQ (1), only Earth (1), only humans (1), climate disaster (1), female protagonist (1), contemporary (1), science fiction (1), climate engineering (1), climate change (1), LGBTQ+ (1)
|
| 1974-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Stormy Weather |
Daniel P. Dern |
|
|
female protagonist (1), alien contact (1), introversion (1), love (1), contemporary (1), psychology (1)
|
| 1974-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Boy, the Dog and the Spaceship |
Nicholas Fisk |
|
|
alien point of view (1), contemporary (1), alien invasion of earth (1), spaceship crash (1), schoolboy (1), dog (1), mind control (1), child protagonist (1)
|
| 1974-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Descent of Man |
J. A. Lawrence |
|
|
evolution (1), love (1), brain stimulation (1), contemporary (1), tongue in cheek (1)
|
| 1974-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Memoirs of a Survivor |
Doris Lessing |
|
|
SF (1), postapocalyptic (1), contemporary (1), Britain (1), social commentary (1), cosy catastrophe (1), post apocalypse (1)
|
| 1974-03-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Swarm |
Arthur Herzog |
|
|
biological warfare (1), SF (1), contemporary (1), insect fear (1), African killer bees (1), into-movie (1)
|
| 1973-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
A Wind in the Door |
Madeleine L'Engle |
|
|
young-adult fantasy (1), female protagonist (1), humanoids (1), good and evil (1), child prodigy (1), telepathy (1), disease (1), cherubim (1), mitochondria (1), love (1), teachers (1), strong female character (1), adolescent protagonists (1), contemporary (1), family (1)
|
| 1973-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Black Sheep Astray |
Mack Reynolds |
|
|
alternate history (1), contemporary (1), politics (1)
|
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