8 Top magic books like The Tinder Box by Kate Elliott

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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…

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1. Red as Blood and White as Bone

By: Theodora Goss

3.54

Format: 337 pages, ebook

Red as Blood and White as Boneby Theodora Goss is a dark fantasy about a kitchen girl obsessed with… read more

Similar categories in Theodora Goss's Red as Blood and White as Bone book and Kate Elliott's The Tinder Box

  • fairy tales
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction

2. 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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3. Skeleton Song (Wayward Children, #7.7)

By: Seanan McGuire

4.03

Format: 32 pages, ebook

Children have always disappeared under the right conditions—slipping through the shadows under a be… read more

Similar categories in Seanan McGuire's Skeleton Song (Wayward Children, #7.7) book and Kate Elliott's The Tinder Box

  • fantasy
  • short stories
  • magic
  • fiction
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4. Judge Dee and the Limits of the Law (Judge Dee, #1)

By: Lavie Tidhar

4.02

Format: 32 pages, ebook

No vampire is ever innocent… The wandering Judge Dee serves as judge, jury, and executioner for … read more

Similar categories in Lavie Tidhar's Judge Dee and the Limits of the Law (Judge Dee, #1) book and Kate Elliott's The Tinder Box

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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5. The Little Witch

By: M. Rickert

3.59

Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition

Every Halloween, an elderly woman hands out candy to a young trick-or-treater who's dressed as a wi… read more

Similar categories in M. Rickert's The Little Witch book and Kate Elliott's The Tinder Box

  • fantasy
  • short stories
  • magic
  • fiction
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6. 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 Kate Elliott's The Tinder Box

  • retellings
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
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7. 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 Kate Elliott's The Tinder Box

  • speculative fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
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8. The River and the World Remade

By: E. Lily Yu

3.47

Format: 13 pages, ebook

When the waters rose, the people who stayed on the River learned they weathered the storms best tog… read more

Similar categories in E. Lily Yu's The River and the World Remade book and Kate Elliott's The Tinder Box

  • fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • short stories
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9. 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 Kate Elliott's The Tinder Box

  • fairy tales
  • lesbian
  • retellings
  • lgbt
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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10. Salt Water

By: Eugenia Triantafyllou

3.62

Format: 18 pages, ebook

While all her friends’ fish are changing into mermaids, is 12-year-old Anissa's fish becoming somet… read more

Similar categories in Eugenia Triantafyllou's Salt Water book and Kate Elliott's The Tinder Box

  • short stories
  • fantasy
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11. Judge Dee and the Three Deaths of Count Werdenfels (Judge Dee, #2)

By: Lavie Tidhar

3.89

Format: 32 pages, ebook

Judge Dee is back to solve a brand-new case involving the mysterious death of the vampire Count Wer… read more

Similar categories in Lavie Tidhar's Judge Dee and the Three Deaths of Count Werdenfels (Judge Dee, #2) book and Kate Elliott's The Tinder Box

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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12. Judge Dee and the Poisoner of Montmartre (Judge Dee, #3)

By: Lavie Tidhar

3.97

Format: 32 pages, ebook

Judge Dee returns to solve a new case involving a Parisian party gone wrong. But this time? Everyon… read more

Similar categories in Lavie Tidhar's Judge Dee and the Poisoner of Montmartre (Judge Dee, #3) book and Kate Elliott's The Tinder Box

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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13. St. Valentine, St. Abigail, St. Brigid

By: C.L. Polk

3.86

Format: 21 pages, ebook

All magical requests comes with a price. A girl with witchcraft, no friends, and only her mother’s … read more

Similar categories in C.L. Polk's St. Valentine, St. Abigail, St. Brigid book and Kate Elliott's The Tinder Box

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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14. Little Free Library

By: Naomi Kritzer

4.03

Format: 12 pages, ebook

Sharing stories we love with one another is one of the most magical forms of connection there is. T… read more

Similar categories in Naomi Kritzer's Little Free Library book and Kate Elliott's The Tinder Box

  • magic
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of How to Cook and Eat the Rich by Sunyi Dean

15. 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

Similar categories in Sunyi Dean's How to Cook and Eat the Rich book and Kate Elliott's The Tinder Box

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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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

Similar categories in Peng Shepherd's The Future Library book and Kate Elliott's The Tinder Box

  • lgbt
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • 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. As Yet Unsent (The Locked Tomb, #2.5)

By: Tamsyn Muir

4.37

Format: 24 pages, ebook

Culled from Judith Deuteros’ secret report on Blood of Eden activities. This story was originall… read more

Similar categories in Tamsyn Muir's As Yet Unsent (The Locked Tomb, #2.5) book and Kate Elliott's The Tinder Box

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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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

Similar categories in Kate Elliott's The Tinder Box book and Kate Elliott's The Tinder Box

  • fairy tales
  • lesbian
  • retellings
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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19. The Wonderful Stag, or The Courtship of Red Elsie

By: Kathleen Jennings

3.47

Format: 32 pages, ebook

In a fairy tale equal parts gorgeous and gruesome, village couples seek approval for marriage from … read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Jennings's The Wonderful Stag, or The Courtship of Red Elsie book and Kate Elliott's The Tinder Box

  • fairy tales
  • retellings
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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20. The Lay of Lilyfinger

By: G.V. Anderson

3.82

Format: 32 pages, ebook

A fantasy adventure story from G.V. Anderson "The Lay of Lilyfinger" is a Tor.com OriginalAn acclai… read more

Similar categories in G.V. Anderson's The Lay of Lilyfinger book and Kate Elliott's The Tinder Box

  • fantasy
  • short stories
  • magic
  • fiction
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21. A Better Way of Saying

By: Sarah Pinsker

3.35

Format: 26 pages, ebook

A Better Way of Saying by Sarah Pinsker is a fantasy about a young man, who in 1915, is hired to sh… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Pinsker's A Better Way of Saying book and Kate Elliott's The Tinder Box

  • fantasy
  • short stories
  • magic
  • fiction
Cover of Seven Vampires: A Judge Dee Mystery (Judge Dee, #4) by Lavie Tidhar

22. Seven Vampires: A Judge Dee Mystery (Judge Dee, #4)

By: Lavie Tidhar

3.83

Format: 32 pages, ebook

Paris is burning and Judge Dee and Jonathan are on the run. To guarantee their safety, they join a … read more

Similar categories in Lavie Tidhar's Seven Vampires: A Judge Dee Mystery (Judge Dee, #4) book and Kate Elliott's The Tinder Box

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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23. 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 Kate Elliott's The Tinder Box

  • speculative fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
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24. For He Can Creep

By: Siobhan Carroll

4.22

Format: 30 pages, ebook

Nineteenth century poet Christopher Smart has been committed to St. Luke's Hospital for Lunatics be… read more

Similar categories in Siobhan Carroll's For He Can Creep book and Kate Elliott's The Tinder Box

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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25. Men, Women, and Chainsaws

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.94

Format: 37 pages, ebook

It's been two years since Jenna's ex-boyfriend left her alone in East Texas heartbroken. Now he's b… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's Men, Women, and Chainsaws book and Kate Elliott's The Tinder Box

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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26. The Thief of Memory

By: Sunyi Dean

3.75

Format: 26 pages, ebook

The Hero must journey across the desert to capture The Thief Of Memory and retrieve her stolen memo… read more

Similar categories in Sunyi Dean's The Thief of Memory book and Kate Elliott's The Tinder Box

  • speculative fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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27. Fruiting Bodies

By: Kemi Ashing-Giwa

3.31

Format: 16 pages, ebook

An alien fungal infection has ravaged a faraway planet, turning all but six of the colonists into r… read more

Similar categories in Kemi Ashing-Giwa's Fruiting Bodies book and Kate Elliott's The Tinder Box

  • lgbt
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • queer
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28. Sand

By: Jasmin Kirkbride

3.84

Format: 25 pages, ebook

"Sand" is a heart-wrenching tale about generational trauma and healing from Jasmin Kirkbride. When… read more

Similar categories in Jasmin Kirkbride's Sand book and Kate Elliott's The Tinder Box

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"There are things about parenthood you can’t really know until you’re a parent yourself – not because they put you on a higher plane of existence, just because they’re too weird or difficult to explai…"

-Jasmin Kirkbride, Sand

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29. Baby Teeth

By: Daniel Polansky

3.47

Format: 49 pages, Kindle Edition

In Daniel Polansky's latest Tor.com Original short story "Baby Teeth," a forlorn teenager's monoton… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Polansky's Baby Teeth book and Kate Elliott's The Tinder Box

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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30. The Red Mother

By: Elizabeth Bear

4.12

Format: 32 pages, Kindle Edition

The Red Mother is a fantasy novella by Hugo Award-winning author Elizabeth Bear.Auga, a wandering s… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Bear's The Red Mother book and Kate Elliott's The Tinder Box

  • lgbt
  • magic
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Dragons, it seemed, knew about death and war. But not so much about baking"

-Elizabeth Bear, The Red Mother

"For nothing on the waters and the wide wide world is fiercer than a mother."

-Elizabeth Bear, The Red Mother

"Dragons, it seemed, knew about death and war. But not so much about baking."

-Elizabeth Bear, The Red Mother

"How odd it is that a small, frail, temporary person like yourself should make me feel so clearly seen."

-Elizabeth Bear, The Red Mother

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31. The Far Side of the Universe

By: Noc

3.08

Format: 14 pages, ebook

A space opera short story from sci-fi author noc, "The Far Side of the Universe," a Tor.com Origina… read more

Similar categories in Noc's The Far Side of the Universe book and Kate Elliott's The Tinder Box

  • speculative fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction

26 Top fantasy books like The Tinder Box by Kate Elliott

Transform Your Habits

Red as Blood and White as Bone

Theodora Goss

3.54

Transform Your Habits

Skeleton Song (Wayward Children, #7.7)

Seanan McGuire

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Judge Dee and the Limits of the Law (Judge Dee, #1)

Lavie Tidhar

4.02

Transform Your Habits

The Little Witch

M. Rickert

3.59

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21 must-read fiction books like How to Cook and Eat the Rich by Sunyi Dean

Transform Your Habits

On the Fox Roads

Nghi Vo

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Judge Dee and the Limits of the Law (Judge Dee, #1)

Lavie Tidhar

4.02

Transform Your Habits

The River and the World Remade

E. Lily Yu

3.47

Transform Your Habits

Some Ways to Retell a Fairy Tale

Kathleen Jennings

3.00

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