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The Waking Engine

David Edison2014

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  • The Warrior Who Carried Life

    Geoff Ryman1985

    A woman magically transforms into a man to seek revenge and find a way to bring the dead back to life. It is a surreal quest through a mythic land.

    Same dreamlike register, still weird fiction

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Denser prose

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  • Ficciones

    Jorge Luis Borges1945

    A collection of short stories exploring philosophical paradoxes, infinite libraries, and imaginary encyclopedias.

    dreamlike → meditative

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  • Endless Things

    John Crowley2007

    A scholar travels to Europe to find a secret history of magic hidden within real-world myths. This is the conclusion of a four-book cycle.

    dreamlike → meditative

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  • The Light and the Dark

    Mikhail Shishkin2013

    Two lovers exchange letters that transcend time and space. One writes from a domestic life while the other writes from the front lines of a war.

    dreamlike → elegiac

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To recover

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  • The Mane Event

    Shelly Laurenston2007

    A female cop reunites with a childhood friend who is now a lion-shifter. They navigate a romantic attraction while he pursues her in New York.

    dreamlike → playful

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  • Mile High

    Liz Tomforde2023

    A professional hockey player and a flight attendant clash on the team's private plane during a season-long road trip.

    dreamlike → playful

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  • Behind the Net

    Stephanie Archer2024

    A former musician becomes the live-in assistant for a professional hockey goalie she knew in high school.

    dreamlike → playful

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Faster

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  • Mind's Eye

    Douglas E. Richards2014

    A man discovers he has the ability to access the internet and process data directly with his mind. He is hunted by a secret organization.

    dreamlike → propulsive

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  • The Atlantis Gene

    A.G. Riddle2013

    A geneticist and a counter-terrorism agent uncover a global conspiracy involving human evolution and an ancient Antarctic discovery.

    dreamlike → propulsive

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  • Monster Hunter International

    Larry Correia2007

    An accountant kills his boss, who has become a werewolf, and is recruited by a private company that hunts monsters for government bounties.

    dreamlike → propulsive

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Slower

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  • The Habitation of the Blessed

    Catherynne M. Valente2010

    A priest finds the lost kingdom of Prester John. The story is told through three nested layers of journals, myths, and historical accounts.

    Same dreamlike register

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  • The Centaur

    Algernon Blackwood1911

    A traveler on a ship becomes obsessed with a man and his son who seem to be remnants of an older, non-human world.

    Same dreamlike register, still weird fiction

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  • Among Others

    Jo Walton2011

    A teenage girl at a 1970s boarding school copes with her twin's death through books and subtle magic. It is written as a series of diary entries.

    dreamlike → tender

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Heavier

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  • The Unconquered Country: A Life History

    Geoff Ryman1986

    A woman lives through the colonization and industrial destruction of her country by magical invaders. It mirrors the history of the Vietnam War.

    dreamlike → elegiac, still science fantasy

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  • Blade of Tyshalle

    Matthew Woodring Stover2001

    A retired assassin returns to a parallel fantasy world to save his wife from corporate and divine enemies. He navigates two realities.

    dreamlike → sardonic, still science fantasy

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  • Pet Sematary

    Stephen King1983

    A family moves to Maine and discovers a burial ground that can return the dead to life. They use it, and the consequences are absolute.

    dreamlike → tense

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