Books tagged: urban contemporary fantasy

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Has the World Ended Yet? (story)    by Peter Darbyshire
Price: $0.99 USD. 3110 words. Published on January 11, 2011. .

A short story about what happens when the angels come but don't do a damned thing. From the author of the critically acclaimed novels The Warhol Gang and Please, which won Canada's ReLit award for best alternative novel.
Deja Yu Makes the Pain Go Away (story)    by Peter Darbyshire
Price: $0.99 USD. 4320 words. Published on January 11, 2011. .

Zombies meets Mad Men meets Raymond Carver. What more do you need to know? From the author of the critically acclaimed novels The Warhol Gang and Please, which won Canada's ReLit award for best alternative novel.
Merger    by Jacquelyn Wheeler
Price: $2.99 USD. 71550 words. Published on April 3, 2011. .

In the second installment in The Soterians series, when Ashlyn and the other Soterians discover that a new factory in Mexico holds the key to a dangerous secret, Ashlyn is reminded that nothing is as important as the ever-present threat of Deimos, the ultimate source of evil, who knows much more about Ashlyn and her loved ones than she had ever feared.
Tales for the Sugar Cat    by Lyn Thorne-Alder
Price: $1.99 USD. 18220 words. Published on April 22, 2011. .

This collection of short, flash, and micro stories span genres and universes, from scifi to fantasy to romance. In this book, you can explore new planets and find hidden corners of earth, meet strange creatures and stranger humans; the twenty-five stories here consist of a sampler pack of Lyn's fiction.
Tribalism!    by Clarence Mason
Price: $4.95 USD. 94930 words. Published on May 23, 2011. .

A Black Gang member robs a store and is shot in this mysterious field call The Pass. He wakes up to find himself 150 years back in history during slavery. He has been shot by slavehunters escaping the plantation. He remembers the future and realized how much he has lost. He is now a slave and helpless. He has no control and no hope. The lessons Jordan learns could lead him back to freedom.
A Most Helpful Text    by Michael Angel
Price: Free! 16790 words. Published by Banty Hen Publishing on May 29, 2011. .

Journalist Madeline Ferrero's ability to spot patterns in online text leads her on a chase: to find the ‘Helpful Gremlin’ who’s been predicting disasters in the Chicago area without fail for over a decade. The hunt takes an unexpected twist when she starts getting texts from the mysterious Gremlin. But are they thinly veiled threats from someone with the talent to predict the future?
Battlesongs of Hope    by Evan Couzens
Price: $2.99 USD. 98770 words. Published on September 2, 2011. .

Jacob Vogel is one of the few decent men in the world, but he couldn’t prevent his family’s murder during the riots after the ruling Wizards’ downfall. He flees to the hinterlands, but when the Wizards’ legacy returns to enslave humanity, Jacob must face his past, discover the power of redemption, and wield the human spirit as the only hope against tyranny.
Fey Girl    by Kevin Newman
Price: $4.99 USD. 64610 words. Published on September 17, 2011. .

Jude Pender has troubles managing his emotions. Case in point: Cecile. He thinks he can bury his thoughts and that the rest of his neurons will naturally grow around them, leaving an obelisk that he can visit as if in a dream. And since he doesn't know when to give up, the result will be an explosive release after a series of betrayals.
Inescapable (The Premonition Series, Volume 1)    by Amy A. Bartol
Price: $2.99 USD. 137530 words. Published on December 19, 2011. .

I'm Evie and this was to be the making of me-my first year of college. I'd hoped that once I'd arrived at Crestwood, the nightmare that I've been having would go away. It hasn't. At 17, I may be inexperienced, but I'm sane. When Reed is near, however, nothing makes any sense. He's not what he seems to be...and neither am I. I'm afraid that the nightmare my dream is foretelling is...inescapable.
Fable of the Swan    by Jenna Katerin Moran
Price: $2.99 USD. 95860 words. Published on March 20, 2012. .

Right now, my friend Kseniya is fighting Death. Right now, my friend Giselle is skidding across the floor of the labyrinth under Principal Entropy’s School with somebody else’s heart inside her chest. Sometimes before turning into a brass war machine and moving forward with your life, you’ve got to take a moment to reflect on where you’ve been. A young adult urban fantasy w/ Surrealist overtones.