Books like 'Uncanny Magazine Issue 21: March/April 2018'
Readers who enjoyed Uncanny Magazine Issue 21: March/April 2018 by Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Sarah Pinsker, A.T. Greenblatt, Emma Törzs, Sarah Monette, Vina Jie-Min Prasad, Brandon O'Brien, Nalo Hopkinson, R.F. Kuang, Neile Graham, Marissa Lingen, Karlyn Ruth Meyer, Fran Wilde, Cassandra Khaw, Beth Cato, Sonya Taaffe, Hal Y. Zhang, Caroline M. Yoachim & Andrea Tang also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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The Hanged Man by K.D. Edwards
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe last member of a murdered House tries to protect his ward from forced marriage to a monster while uncovering clues to his own tortured past. The Tarot Sequence imagines a modern-day Atlantis off the coast of Massachusetts, governed by powerful Courts based on the traditional Tarot deck... -
![Lost in the Moment and Found by Seanan McGuire]()
Lost in the Moment and Found by Seanan McGuire
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWelcome to the Shop Where the Lost Things Go.If you ever lost a sock, you’ll find it here.If you ever wondered about favorite toy from childhood... it’s probably sitting on a shelf in the back.And the headphones that you swore that this time you’d keep safe? You guessed it….Antoinette has lost her father. Metaphorically. He’s not in the shop, and she’ll never see him again... -
![GhosTV by Jordan Castillo Price]()
GhosTV by Jordan Castillo Price
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsFor the past dozen years, Victor Bayne has solved numerous murders by interrogating witnesses only he can see—dead witnesses. But when his best friend Lisa goes missing from the sunny California campus of PsyTrain, the last thing he wants to find there is her spirit.Disappearing without a trace in a school full of psychics? That’s some trick... -
![Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater]()
Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsThe dreamers walk among us . . . and so do the dreamed. Those who dream cannot stop dreaming – they can only try to control it. Those who are dreamed cannot have their own lives – they will sleep forever if their dreamers die.And then there are those who are drawn to the dreamers. To use them. To trap them. To kill them before their dreams destroy us all.Ronan Lynch is a dreamer... -
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![Mob Sorcery 5 by K.D. Robertson]()
Mob Sorcery 5 by K.D. Robertson
Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Yakuza demigod lurks in the city, wounded but not defeated, and Vince needs to bring her down for good. He needs a team fit for slaying a god, even if he has to ask for favors from old bosses and cross boundaries to build it.Aulfair's powerful conglomerates prepare for the implosion of one of their own... -
![Awakening The Forgotten Goddess: An Urban Fantasy, Greek Mythology Reimagining by Rebekah Sinclair]()
Awakening The Forgotten Goddess: An Urban Fantasy, Greek Mythology Reimagining by Rebekah Sinclair
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the Underworld, lies become truth, villains become heroes. Trust nothing, and trust no one. Especially yourself.In this sequel to the urban fantasy Greek mythology series, "The Forgotten Goddess," the stakes soar to new heights... -
![Spook Squad by Jordan Castillo Price]()
Spook Squad by Jordan Castillo Price
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsEveryone enjoys peace and tranquility, and Victor Bayne is no exception. He goes to great lengths to maintain a harmonious home with his partner, Jacob. Although the cannery is huge, it’s grown difficult to avoid the elephant in the room…the elephant with the letters FPMP scrawled on its hide.Once Jacob surrendered his PsyCop badge, he infiltrated the Federal Psychic Monitoring Program... -
![Ascension by Nicholas Bella]()
Ascension by Nicholas Bella
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThéoden: Tonight, I have to make one of the hardest decisions of my life. I have to choose which two on my children to send off with my Sire, my King, Ara. As you know, I don't like to share what belongs to me, but I can't deny my King what he's commanded of me. The highlight of my evening, however, will be my ascension to Prince of the City... -
![The Ghost of Ellwood by Jaclyn Osborn]()
The Ghost of Ellwood by Jaclyn Osborn
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratings“I didn't believe in ghosts. Until I met him.”As a horror novelist, Ben makes a living telling scary stories. However, he's struggling in his career and fears he's lost his touch. Not only is there a disconnect in his writing, but in his personal life as well. After his relationship goes south, he decides to start over and moves to Ivy Grove, a small town with a lot of history... -
![Don't Let Go by Harper Fox]()
Don't Let Go by Harper Fox
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWhat’s haunting Lee Tyack? He’s moved in with Gideon Frayne, and they’re both loving their new lives. But the shadow is still there – a voice from hell that torments clairvoyant Lee, and which even the pragmatic copper Gideon can hear. Gideon’s determined to protect his lover. But after a serious injury on duty, Gideon finds out the hard way that he needs protection too... -
![Page of Tricks by Amelia Faulkner, A.K. Faulkner]()
Page of Tricks by Amelia Faulkner, A.K. Faulkner
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere’s nowhere left to run. Quentin d’Arcy has escaped his father’s clutches for six years, but the life he has built in San Diego is about to come crashing down. The skeletons in his closet won’t stay hidden. The Duke of Oxford’s pawns are all in place... -
![Night Trials by Richard Amos]()
Night Trials by Richard Amos
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSecrets are like hot coals—you can’t hold onto them for long. And my big secret just burned right through my hands.Damn.Things have really turned sour. I’d been looking for answers, but then along came the biggest plot twist of my life, with me as the star. Core-shaking stuff, details I would’ve been happy to never know.Sometimes it’s good to be left in the dark.Damn... -
![Night Tremors by Richard Amos]()
Night Tremors by Richard Amos
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs soon as the universe offers you something good, it really likes to throw you a curveball. You know, for balance.Man, when were things going to calm down?Ha! Wishful thinking at its finest.After one of our many enemies makes a life-shattering move against us, Tae and I are running for our lives again. The witches are hot on our heels, adding to our myriad of problems... -
![The Lamb by Lucy Rose]()
The Lamb by Lucy Rose
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMargot and Mama have lived by the forest ever since Margot can remember. When Margot is not at school they spend quiet days together in their cottage, waiting for strangers to knock on their door—"strays," Mama calls them, people who have strayed too far from the road. Mama loves the strays. She feeds them wine, keeps them warm... -
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![The Curse of Redwood by Jaclyn Osborn]()
The Curse of Redwood by Jaclyn Osborn
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSecrets lie within the walls of Redwood Manor.The murders, alleged curse, and ghost stories have fascinated Carter ever since he moved to Ivy Grove. After attending a Halloween ball at the mansion and meeting a man almost too beautiful to be real, Carter is captivated even more.But the man disappears after that, leaving Carter with nothing but the memory of a kiss... -
![On The Use Of Shape-Shifters In Warfare by Marko Kloos]()
On The Use Of Shape-Shifters In Warfare by Marko Kloos
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe 300th Special Operations Company is the Army's only segregated lycanthrope unit. Forbidden by international accords to engage in combat, the "dog soldiers" lend their skills to the regular Army units, sniffing out IEDs and guarding the troops against things that go bump in the night... -
![Slashback by Rob Thurman]()
Slashback by Rob Thurman
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsI stopped and let them circle me, first because it was intriguing and, second, because, honestly, what could they do? Only knives, but all armed, and that made them even more interesting. Interesting. Fun.Playtime…Taking on bloodthirsty supernatural monsters is how Caliban and Niko Leandros make a living... -
![Duck Duck Ghost by Rhys Ford]()
Duck Duck Ghost by Rhys Ford
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSequel to Fish and GhostsHellsinger: Book Two Paranormal investigator Wolf Kincaid knows what his foot tastes like.Mostly because he stuck it firmly in his mouth when his lover, Tristan Pryce, accidentally drugged him with a batch of psychotropic baklava... -
![The Lord of the Sabbath by Mariana Palova]()
The Lord of the Sabbath by Mariana Palova
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe abyss watches him. Nightmares hunt him. And now, a battle begins.Terrifying creatures, unseen to all around him, have tormented Elisse since he was a little boy. These “night terrors” and the cruel life as a young Westerner in a refugee camp have left him isolated and alone... -
![Secrets by Jordan Castillo Price]()
Secrets by Jordan Castillo Price
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsVictor Bayne’s job as a PsyCop involves tracking down dead people and getting them to spill their guts about their final moments. It's never been fun, per se. But it's not usually this annoying. Vic has just moved in with his boyfriend Jacob, he can’t figure out where anything’s packed, and his co-worker is pressuring him to have a housewarming party... -
![Downfall by Rob Thurman]()
Downfall by Rob Thurman
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsI let it go—all of it. Everything I’d been saving up all my life, building and growing inside me, too much to hold in one half-human body. It pushed and fought to be free with a force that turned me into a bomb with a timer vibrating on zero. I was free... -
![Engines of Desire: Tales of Love & Other Horrors by Livia Llewellyn, Laird Barron]()
Engines of Desire: Tales of Love & Other Horrors by Livia Llewellyn, Laird Barron
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDeath and pleasure. Freud's Todestrieb, his statement that ''libido has the task of making the destroying instinct innocuous, and it fulfils the task by diverting that instinct to a great extent outwards....The instinct is then called the destructive instinct, the instinct for mastery, or the will to power... -
![Foreshadow: Stories to Celebrate The Magic of Reading & Writing YA by Emily X.R. Pan, Nova Ren Suma]()
Foreshadow: Stories to Celebrate The Magic of Reading & Writing YA by Emily X.R. Pan, Nova Ren Suma
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThirteen Short Stories from Bold New YA Voices & Writing Advice from YA IconsCreated by New York Times bestselling authors Emily X. R. Pan and Nova Ren Suma, Foreshadow is so much more than a short story collection...Categorized as:
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![Taste of Wrath by Matt Wallace]()
Taste of Wrath by Matt Wallace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith seven books for seven sins, Taste of Wrath is the adrenaline-fuelled finalé to the Sin du Jour series, which Chuck Wendig calls “a raucous, riotous tale of culinary madness”!Bronko and his team of crack chefs and kitchen staff have been serving the New York supernatural community for decades. But all that could be about to change... -
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![Promised at the Moon by Rebekah R. Ganiere]()
Promised at the Moon by Rebekah R. Ganiere
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIf he can save her from her past, she could be his future.Natasha Moon is running for her life. Through the help of the Night Shift Natasha managed to evade a forced mating, and arrives at a safe house in Malibu, California with no idea whether her parents are alive or dead.Liam Grey avoids attachments at all costs... -
![Weremage by Garrett Robinson]()
Weremage by Garrett Robinson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLoren searches across Underrealm for the merchant traitor Damaris, under the orders of the High King herself. But even with a party of Mystics now under her command, the search proves fruitless, for the merchant is crafty and knows her life is forfeit.But even as she tracks Damaris into the Yerrin’s homeland of Feldemar, Loren becomes aware of someone dogging her heels... -
![Cemetery Tours by Jacqueline E. Smith]()
Cemetery Tours by Jacqueline E. Smith
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSome secrets are best kept laid to rest.At least, that's as far as Michael Sinclair is concerned. At twenty-seven, he has spent his entire life pretending that the ghosts he encounters on a daily basis do not exist. Now, if only the dead would let him rest in peace.Unfortunately, that doesn't seem likely, especially after Kate Avery and her ailing brother, Gavin, move in next door... -
![Creature Feature 2 by Rhys Ford, Poppy Dennison]()
Creature Feature 2 by Rhys Ford, Poppy Dennison
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCreature Feature: Volume Two Two Men. One Apocalypse. Rise of the Revenants by Poppy Dennison Vampyres are on the loose in Detroit, and novice hunter Taz Cohen is on the job. The mission seems simple: stop the vamps. But Taz knows nothing about the mythical creatures, so he’s in for the fight of his life... -
![Joyride by John Passarella]()
Joyride by John Passarella
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA brand new Supernatural novel inspired by the record-breaking show starring Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles.Sam and Dean Winchester have spent their lives on the road, battling every kind of supernatural threat... -
![Depart, Depart! by Sim Kern]()
Depart, Depart! by Sim Kern
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen an unprecedented hurricane devastates the city of Houston, Noah Mishner finds shelter in the Dallas Mavericks’ basketball arena. Though he finds community among other queer refugees, Noah fears his trans and Jewish identities put him at risk with certain "capital-T" Texans. His fears take form when he starts seeing visions of his great- grandfather Abe, who fled Nazi Germany as a boy... -
![Fluid by Jordan Castillo Price]()
Fluid by Jordan Castillo Price
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt's been a couple of decades since Wild Bill has been able to savor the bite of an ice-cold, freshly tapped keg. Twenty-odd years since the shivery pucker of a cheap, boxed wine has assaulted his palate. But that doesn't mean Bill's forgotten how to party... -
![Swarm by Jordan Castillo Price]()
Swarm by Jordan Castillo Price
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor some time, Michael has suspected that Wild Bill's done more than just dabble in art. As with every other piece of his personal history, Bill plays his cards close to his chest. But when he lets on that a mural he painted before his change might still exist, Michael's dying to see it -- and Bill's never been good at saying no... -
![Snare by Jordan Castillo Price]()
Snare by Jordan Castillo Price
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith summer ending and temperatures dipping low at night, Michael's eager to get his leather jacket back, and although Wild Bill could easily vamp any sales clerk into giving Michael some new duds, it wouldn't be quite the same as the jacket he left at his parents' house. Not unless the malls have begun selling clothing with Rohypnol and ketamine sewn into the seams... -
![We So Seldom Look on Love by Barbara Gowdy]()
We So Seldom Look on Love by Barbara Gowdy
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNow in paperback, this masterfully crafted story collection by the author of the internationally best-selling novel Mister Sandman is a haunting book that is certain to both disturb and entertain... -
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![The Boy in the Smoke by Maureen Johnson]()
The Boy in the Smoke by Maureen Johnson
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOn a cold night, Stephen Dene went to the Eton boathouse to perform a desperate act. But someone stopped him along the way, sending his life in a new and decidedly strange direction–leading him to London, to two new friends, and to a world of shadows and mystery... -
![The Evil We Love by Cassandra Clare, Robin Wasserman]()
The Evil We Love by Cassandra Clare, Robin Wasserman
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsAll evil starts somewhere, and Simon Lewis learns how The Circle—led by Valentine Morgenstern—began. One of ten adventures in Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy.The Shadowhunter Academy has only just reopened following the disastrous rise of the Circle. Now the faculty can finally admit to what happened when Valentine was a student...Categorized as:
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![Body and Soul by Jordan Castillo Price]()
Body and Soul by Jordan Castillo Price
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsThanksgiving can't end too soon for Victor Bayne, who's finding Jacob's family hard to swallow. Luckily, he's called back to work to track down a high-profile missing person.Meanwhile, Jacob tries to find a home they can move into that's not infested--with either cockroaches, or ghosts... -
![Kaleidoscope of Death Vol. 1 by Xi Zi Xu]()
Kaleidoscope of Death Vol. 1 by Xi Zi Xu
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOpen the wrong door… and you may never return.One ordinary day, Lin Qiushi discovers a black door in the corridor outside his flat—a door that shouldn’t exist. When he steps through, he finds himself in a world governed by a deadly set of rules, where cryptic villagers speak in riddles, and the only way out is to take their obscure “tests”. The reward for passing: a key... -
![The Unforgotten Flame by Rebekah Sinclair]()
The Unforgotten Flame by Rebekah Sinclair
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"We should have seen this coming.I should have seen this coming."Calypso, a resilient Wind Siren, grapples with the aftermath of a devastating battle that thrusts her best friend, Rhea, into the clutches of their greatest enemy, Ares, the God of War... -
![I'm a Therapist, and My Patient is a Vegan Terrorist: 6 Deadly Social Media Influencers by Dr. Harper]()
I'm a Therapist, and My Patient is a Vegan Terrorist: 6 Deadly Social Media Influencers by Dr. Harper
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Explosive Conclusion to the Dr. Harper Therapy seriesI'm a therapist, and I've worked with the wildest internet celebrities… A vigilante who treated humans as factory farm animals. A germaphobe who warned of the next major plague. My own best friend. A rapist who got cancelled online — and in real life. A psychic medium with a disturbing prediction... -
![Spirit by John Inman]()
Spirit by John Inman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJason Day, brilliant designer of video games, is not only a confirmed bachelor, but he’s as gay as a maypole. One wouldn’t think being saddled with his precocious four-year-old nephew for four weeks would be enough to throw him off-kilter. Wrong. Timmy, Jason’s nephew, is a true handful... -
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Passenger by Andrew Smith
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBest friends Jack and Conner can’t stay away from Marbury. It’s partly because of their obsession with this alternate world and the unresolved war that still wages there. But it’s also because forces in Marbury—including the darkest of the dark, who were not revealed in The Marbury Lens—are beckoning the boys back in order to save their friends . . . and themselves... -
![Dead Man Stalking by T.A. Moore]()
Dead Man Stalking by T.A. Moore
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA Blood and Bone Novel Agent Luke Bennett proved that humans could rise just as high in the ranks as their vampire colleagues—until a kidnapper held him captive for a year and turned him without his consent. Now he’s Took: a reluctant monster afraid to bite anyone, broke, and about to be discharged from his elite BITERs unit... -
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Half Lost by Sally Green
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsThis is the final battle.The Alliance is losing the war, and their most critical weapon, seventeen-year-old witch Nathan Byrn, is losing his mind. Nathan’s tally of kills is rising, and yet he’s no closer to ending the tyrannical rule of the Council of White Witches in England... -
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![School's Out by Jamie Thomson]()
School's Out by Jamie Thomson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter acclimating to the inane customs of the blathering human fools, Dirk Lloyd has managed to make contact with his home in the Darklands. Unfortunately, his powers have betrayed him yet again. His new, and dare he say it, good friend Sooz has been transported to his Iron Tower of Despair, where she awaits what is sure to be a slow and painful end...Categorized as:
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![Death & Honey by Kevin Hearne, Delilah S. Dawson]()
Death & Honey by Kevin Hearne, Delilah S. Dawson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDeath & Honey contains three novellas by New York Times bestsellers Delilah S. Dawson (as Lila Bowen), Kevin Hearne, and Chuck Wendig. Each of the stories features a full-color, full-page illustration by Galen Dara, who also contributed the cover and a full-color frontispiece... -
![The Transition by Logan-Ashley Kisner]()
The Transition by Logan-Ashley Kisner
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA transgender teen’s post-op recovery is derailed when he is bitten by a werewolf and his body begins to change. A thought-provoking page-turner that will haunt you for days!Hunter’s life is at a turning point: After years of fighting his father for it, he’s gotten top surgery. He’s finally starting to feel comfortable in his own skin . . -
![Antediluvian Tales by Poppy Z. Brite]()
Antediluvian Tales by Poppy Z. Brite
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe work of almost every New Orleans writer has been irrevocably split into two periods: pre-Katrina and post-Katrina. As Poppy Z. Brite writes in the foreword to this new mini-collection, "After the events of 2005, I couldn't see pairing stories I'd written before the flood with those I'd written after; for better or worse, my life, my outlook, and, necessarily, my work has changed forever .. -
![Blood Rain by William Massa]()
Blood Rain by William Massa
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy name is Mike Raven. I've always hunted monsters. But now one of them is the woman I love. I tried to save Detective Jane Archer’s life. Instead I turned her into a creature of the night. I know she's out there. Hunting. Killing. It’s only a matter of time before our paths cross... -
![Baby Teeth by Meg Grehan]()
Baby Teeth by Meg Grehan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA unique verse novel of queer love, lust, and vampires. From the award-winning author of The Deepest Breath and The Space Between.The bloodFeeds the hungerThat threatens everythingIt starts when Claudia offers her a yellow rose.Immy has been in love before – many times, across many lifetimes. But never as deeply, as intensely as this.Claudia has never been in love this before either...
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