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by Clark, P. Djèlí

Book - 2021

The Master of Djinn is a book like no other I've read. It's a paranormal police procedural. It has a tough Carienes heroine, Fatma el-Sha’arawi, who wears...Show more The Master of Djinn is a book like no other I've read. It's a paranormal police procedural. It has a tough Carienes heroine, Fatma el-Sha’arawi, who wears bespoke suits and takes no guff from her male colleagues at the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities. It's set in 1920s Egypt, but one filled with magic and the supernatural -- including Angels. Show less

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Follow Me to Ground

A Novel

by Rainsford, Sue

Book - 2020

Fantasy, horror, humanity, healing. Ada and her father break bodies open and use birdsong and other techniques to lure sickness out and into bowls or onto...Show more Fantasy, horror, humanity, healing. Ada and her father break bodies open and use birdsong and other techniques to lure sickness out and into bowls or onto walls -- and when the work is most delicate, they bury the Cures in the hungry, and dangerous, magical Ground in their backyard... When Ada falls in love with a local, a moment of betrayal upends our understanding of power, predation, and agency. Show less

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Pet

by Emezi, Akwaeke

Book - 2019

In a near-future society that claims to have gotten rid of all monstrous people, a creature emerges from a painting seventeen-year-old Jam's mother created, a hunter from another world seeking a real-life monster. In a near-future society that claims to have gotten rid of all monstrous people, a creature emerges from a painting seventeen-year-old Jam's mother created, a hunter from another world seeking a real-life monster. Show less

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The City We Became

by Jemisin, N. K.

Book - 2020

Can the newly sentient boroughs of New York City come together to defeat a tentacled horror? Takes a while to get to the monsters, but this is just the first volume... Can the newly sentient boroughs of New York City come together to defeat a tentacled horror? Takes a while to get to the monsters, but this is just the first volume... Show less

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Trail of Lightning

by Roanhorse, Rebecca

Book - 2018

When a small town needs her help in finding a missing girl, Maggie Hoskie, a Dinetah monster hunter, reluctantly enlists the help of an unconventional medicine man to uncover the terrifying truth behind the disappearance and her own past. When a small town needs her help in finding a missing girl, Maggie Hoskie, a Dinetah monster hunter, reluctantly enlists the help of an unconventional medicine man to uncover the terrifying truth behind the disappearance and her own past. Show less

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Ring Shout

by Clark, P. Djèlí

Book - 2020

What if White supremacy was not only a monstrous philosophy, but was enabled by actual horrific monsters? In 1920s Georgia a group of Black women slay extradimensional demons known as Ku Kluxes. What if White supremacy was not only a monstrous philosophy, but was enabled by actual horrific monsters? In 1920s Georgia a group of Black women slay extradimensional demons known as Ku Kluxes. Show less

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River of Teeth

by Gailey, Sarah

Book - 2017

In an alternate 1890s America, feral hippos have overrun the Mississippi bayou and it is up to Winslow Houndstooth and his motley crew to hunt them down and bring them under control. In an alternate 1890s America, feral hippos have overrun the Mississippi bayou and it is up to Winslow Houndstooth and his motley crew to hunt them down and bring them under control. Show less

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Station Eleven

A Novel

by Mandel, Emily St. John

Book - 2015

An actor playing King Lear dies onstage, just before a pandemic sweeps the world and wipes out all but a few pockets of civilization. What will be valued ...Show more An actor playing King Lear dies onstage, just before a pandemic sweeps the world and wipes out all but a few pockets of civilization. What will be valued and what will be discarded? Will art have a place in a world that has lost so much? What will make life worth living? A theater troupe known as the Traveling Symphony roams the wasteland of what remains. Show less

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