6 must-read speculative fiction books like Small Monsters by E. Lily Yu

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Small Monsters

By: E. Lily Yu

3.91

Format: 37 pages, ebook

All it’s life, a small monster with emerald scales has been source of never-ending food to larger a…

If you liked the speculative fiction plot in Small Monsters by E. Lily Yu , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. Burning Girls

By: Veronica Schanoes

3.89

Format: 61 pages, Kindle Edition

Burning Girls, by Veronica Schanoes, is a fascinating dark fantasy novella about a Jewish girl educ… read more

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  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • horror
"Learning and skill are things to be proud of; they are the stars that light the sky of one’s lifetime."

-Veronica Schanoes, Burning Girls

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2. The City Born Great

By: N.K. Jemisin

4.49

Format: 288 pages, ebook

In this standalone short story by N. K. Jemisin, author of The Fifth Season, the winner of this yea… read more

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  • short stories
  • fantasy

3. Brimstone and Marmalade

By: Aaron Corwin

3.77

Format: 300 pages, ebook

Just in time for Halloween, we have a funny, sweet, and slightly skewed short story by Aaron Corwin… read more

Similar categories in Aaron Corwin's Brimstone and Marmalade book and E. Lily Yu's Small Monsters

  • short stories
  • fantasy

4. The Hanging Game

By: Helen Marshall

4.31

Format: 1056 pages, ebook

Sometimes a game, even a sacred game, can have far-reaching consequences. In bear country young Sky… read more

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5. The Devil in America

By: Kai Ashante Wilson

4.50

Format: 142 pages, ebook

Scant years after the Civil War, a mysterious family confronts the legacy that has pursued them acr… read more

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6. These Deathless Bones: A Tor.com Original

By: Cassandra Khaw

2.82

Format: 3 pages,

A horror tale about the Witch Bride, second wife of a King, and the discord between her and her you… read more

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7. Tear Tracks

By: Malka Ann Older

3.89

Format: None pages, ebook

Flur traveled across the stars to make first contact with the Cyclopes, hoping to forge a peace tre… read more

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8. This World is Full of Monsters

By: Jeff VanderMeer

3.38

Format: 38 pages, ebook

An alien invasion comes to one man’s doorstep in the form of a story-creature, followed by death an… read more

Similar categories in Jeff VanderMeer's This World is Full of Monsters book and E. Lily Yu's Small Monsters

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • horror
"I read the booklet from cover to cover like it was a wonderful meal and I was a starving man. I devoured every word."

-Jeff VanderMeer, This World is Full of Monsters

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9. L'Esprit de L'Escalier

By: Catherynne M. Valente

3.97

Format: 47 pages, Kindle Edition

L’Esprit de L’Escalier by Catherynne M. Valente is a provocative retelling of the Greek myth, in wh… read more

Similar categories in Catherynne M. Valente's L'Esprit de L'Escalier book and E. Lily Yu's Small Monsters

  • speculative fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • horror
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10. Small Monsters

By: E. Lily Yu

3.91

Format: 37 pages, ebook

All it’s life, a small monster with emerald scales has been source of never-ending food to larger a… read more

Similar categories in E. Lily Yu's Small Monsters book and E. Lily Yu's Small Monsters

  • monsters
  • short stories
  • horror
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
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11. Blood in the Thread

By: Cheri Kamei

3.86

Format: 17 pages, Kindle Edition

Content warning: This story contains fictional depictions of domestic violence.Nothing tears two wo… read more

Similar categories in Cheri Kamei's Blood in the Thread book and E. Lily Yu's Small Monsters

  • short stories
  • fantasy
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12. Some Ways to Retell a Fairy Tale

By: Kathleen Jennings

3.00

Format: 4 pages, Kindle Edition

Delicately balancing between poetry and prose, award-winning author and illustrator Kathleen Jennin… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Jennings's Some Ways to Retell a Fairy Tale book and E. Lily Yu's Small Monsters

  • short stories
  • fantasy
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13. After the Animal Flesh Beings

By: Brian Evenson

3.85

Format: 23 pages, ebook

A post-human civilization of synthetic beings, fixated on the concept of children, grapples with th… read more

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  • speculative fiction
  • short stories
  • horror
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14. How to Cook and Eat the Rich

By: Sunyi Dean

3.78

Format: 9 pages, ebook

A man is offered the opportunity to partake in an exclusive, subscription-based eating club for tho… read more

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  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • horror
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15. Nine Last Days on Planet Earth

By: Daryl Gregory

3.91

Format: 42 pages, ebook

When the seeds rained down from deep space, it may have been the first stage of an alien invasion--… read more

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  • short stories
  • fantasy
"He could talk at length about the known invasive species, and why there were so many different ones: the weblike filaments choking the trees in New Orleans, the flame-colored poppies erupting on Mexi…"

-Daryl Gregory, Nine Last Days on Planet Earth

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16. The Future Library

By: Peng Shepherd

4.12

Format: 32 pages, ebook

More than a hundred years from now, an arborist fighting to save the last remaining forest on Earth… read more

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  • speculative fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
"Love is not something that happens to a person, but something a person does for another person, every day, every moment."

-Peng Shepherd, The Future Library

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17. Two Truths and a Lie

By: Sarah Pinsker

3.79

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

Stella thought she’d made up a lie on the spot, asking her childhood friend if he remembered the st… read more

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  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • horror
"In that moment, she remembered Chris Bethel, pre-transition, playing Viola in Twelfth Night like a person who knew what it was to be shipwrecked on a strange shore. Good for him."

-Sarah Pinsker, Two Truths and a Lie

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18. The Tinder Box

By: Kate Elliott

3.66

Format: 26 pages, ebook

A reimagining of Hans Christian Anderson’s original fairytale, Kate Elliott's “The Tinder Box” tell… read more

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  • speculative fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
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19. Blood Is Another Word for Hunger

By: Rivers Solomon

3.67

Format: 25 pages, ebook

Anger is an energy. A young girl, a slave in the South, is presented with a moment where she can gr… read more

Similar categories in Rivers Solomon's Blood Is Another Word for Hunger book and E. Lily Yu's Small Monsters

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • horror
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20. The Tale of Ak and Humanity

By: Yefim Zozulya

3.39

Format: 25 pages, ebook

"The Tale of Ak and Humanity" is a Tor.com Original from sci-fi author Yefim Zozula.Citizens are di… read more

Similar categories in Yefim Zozulya's The Tale of Ak and Humanity book and E. Lily Yu's Small Monsters

  • speculative fiction
  • short stories
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21. Some of the Best from Tor.com: 15th Anniversary Edition

By: Charlie Jane Anders

3.78

Format: 719 pages, ebook

This year on July 20th, Tor dot com turned 15! Since that long-ago year of 2008, we’ve published mo… read more

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  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • horror

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