25 must-read fantasy books like The Wonderful Stag, or The Courtship of Red Elsie by Kathleen Jennings

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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 …

If you liked the fantasy plot in The Wonderful Stag, or The Courtship of Red Elsie by Kathleen Jennings , here is a list of 25 books like this:

1. The Jewel and Her Lapidary

By: Fran Wilde

3.87

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

From Fran Wilde, the Andre Norton and Compton Crook Award-winning author of Updraft. The kingdom in… read more

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2. A Cup of Salt Tears

By: Isabel Yap

3.71

Format: 234 pages,

Makino's mother taught her caution, showed her how to carve her name into cucumbers, and insisted t… read more

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3. Autobiography of a Traitor and a Half-Savage

By: Alix E. Harrow

4.42

Format: None pages, ebook

Original Fiction, Fantasy, Historical, Novelette || Oona's blood is a river delta blending east and… read more

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4. Lullaby for a Lost World

By: Aliette de Bodard

3.68

Format: 330 pages, ebook

Charlotte died to shore up her master's house. Her bones grew into the foundation and pushed up thr… read more

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5. On the Fox Roads

By: Nghi Vo

4.04

Format: 29 pages, ebook

While learning the ropes from a crafty Jazz Age bank robber, a young stowaway discovers their authe… read more

Similar categories in Nghi Vo's On the Fox Roads book and Kathleen Jennings's The Wonderful Stag, or The Courtship of Red Elsie

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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6. 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 Kathleen Jennings's The Wonderful Stag, or The Courtship of Red Elsie

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
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7. 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 Kathleen Jennings's The Wonderful Stag, or The Courtship of Red Elsie

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
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8. 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 Kathleen Jennings's The Wonderful Stag, or The Courtship of Red Elsie

  • retellings
  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
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9. 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 Kathleen Jennings's The Wonderful Stag, or The Courtship of Red Elsie

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • horror
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10. 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 Kathleen Jennings's The Wonderful Stag, or The Courtship of Red Elsie

  • fairy tales
  • retellings
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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11. 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 Kathleen Jennings's The Wonderful Stag, or The Courtship of Red Elsie

  • short stories
  • fantasy
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12. 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 Kathleen Jennings's The Wonderful Stag, or The Courtship of Red Elsie

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
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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 Kathleen Jennings's The Wonderful Stag, or The Courtship of Red Elsie

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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14. Masquerade Season

By: Pemi Aguda

3.94

Format: 19 pages, Kindle Edition

From Nigerian author Pemi Aguda comes "Masquerade Season," a Tor.com Original short story Pauly is … read more

Similar categories in Pemi Aguda's Masquerade Season book and Kathleen Jennings's The Wonderful Stag, or The Courtship of Red Elsie

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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15. 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 Kathleen Jennings's The Wonderful Stag, or The Courtship of Red Elsie

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"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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16. 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 Kathleen Jennings's The Wonderful Stag, or The Courtship of Red Elsie

  • fairy tales
  • retellings
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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17. The Long View

By: Susan Palwick

3.20

Format: 31 pages, ebook

A university student seeks special accommodations for her new support animal, causing havoc all aro… read more

Similar categories in Susan Palwick's The Long View book and Kathleen Jennings's The Wonderful Stag, or The Courtship of Red Elsie

  • short stories
  • fantasy
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18. 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 Kathleen Jennings's The Wonderful Stag, or The Courtship of Red Elsie

  • fairy tales
  • retellings
  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • dark
  • adult
  • fantasy
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19. 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 Kathleen Jennings's The Wonderful Stag, or The Courtship of Red Elsie

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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20. Sword & Spore

By: Dominica Phetteplace

3.58

Format: 32 pages, ebook

This is how magic left the Kingdom and made room for democracy. Three supernatural beings created b… read more

Similar categories in Dominica Phetteplace's Sword & Spore book and Kathleen Jennings's The Wonderful Stag, or The Courtship of Red Elsie

  • short stories
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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21. 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 Kathleen Jennings's The Wonderful Stag, or The Courtship of Red Elsie

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
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22. An Easy Job

By: Carrie Vaughn

3.99

Format: 30 pages, Kindle Edition

An Easy Job is a short story from Carrie Vaughn, the New York Times bestselling author of the Kitty… read more

Similar categories in Carrie Vaughn's An Easy Job book and Kathleen Jennings's The Wonderful Stag, or The Courtship of Red Elsie

  • short stories
  • fiction
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23. Wait for Night

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.90

Format: 30 pages, ebook

Wait for Night by Stephen Graham Jones is horror story about a day laborer hired to help clean up a… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's Wait for Night book and Kathleen Jennings's The Wonderful Stag, or The Courtship of Red Elsie

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
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24. #Selfcare

By: Annalee Newitz

3.54

Format: 30 pages, ebook

From the Lambda award-winning author of Autonomous comes Annalee Newitz's Tor.com Original short st… read more

Similar categories in Annalee Newitz's #Selfcare book and Kathleen Jennings's The Wonderful Stag, or The Courtship of Red Elsie

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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25. Beyond the Dragon's Gate

By: Yoon Ha Lee

3.73

Format: 20 pages, ebook

Former Academician Anna Kim’s research into AI cost her everything. Now, years later, the military … read more

Similar categories in Yoon Ha Lee's Beyond the Dragon's Gate book and Kathleen Jennings's The Wonderful Stag, or The Courtship of Red Elsie

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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26. The Dominion of Leviathan

By: Manish Melwani

3.84

Format: 48 pages, ebook

A thrilling space opera short story from Singaporean writer Manish Melwani, "The Dominion of Leviat… read more

Similar categories in Manish Melwani's The Dominion of Leviathan book and Kathleen Jennings's The Wonderful Stag, or The Courtship of Red Elsie

  • short stories
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27. Questions Asked in the Belly of the World

By: A.T. Greenblatt

3.55

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

For the residents of this mycological ecosystem, creating art feeds the World around you and requir… read more

Similar categories in A.T. Greenblatt's Questions Asked in the Belly of the World book and Kathleen Jennings's The Wonderful Stag, or The Courtship of Red Elsie

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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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 Kathleen Jennings's The Wonderful Stag, or The Courtship of Red Elsie

  • short stories
  • adult
  • 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. 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 Kathleen Jennings's The Wonderful Stag, or The Courtship of Red Elsie

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"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

Cover of Murder in the Spook House (The Mongolian Wizard, #8) by Michael Swanwick

30. Murder in the Spook House (The Mongolian Wizard, #8)

By: Michael Swanwick

3.53

Format: 21 pages, Kindle Edition

Murder in the Spook House is eighth story in the Mongolian Wizard universe. Hugo and Nebula Award-w… read more

Similar categories in Michael Swanwick's Murder in the Spook House (The Mongolian Wizard, #8) book and Kathleen Jennings's The Wonderful Stag, or The Courtship of Red Elsie

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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31. Aptitude

By: Cooper Shrivastava

3.68

Format: 32 pages, ebook

Alena has momentarily escaped her world and its imminent gravitational collapse by cheating her way… read more

Similar categories in Cooper Shrivastava's Aptitude book and Kathleen Jennings's The Wonderful Stag, or The Courtship of Red Elsie

  • short stories
  • fantasy

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Nghi Vo

4.04

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Lavie Tidhar

4.02

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M. Rickert

3.59

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L'Esprit de L'Escalier

Catherynne M. Valente

3.97

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Red as Blood and White as Bone

Theodora Goss

3.54

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

Lavie Tidhar

4.02

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Judge Dee and the Three Deaths of Count Werdenfels (Judge Dee, #2)

Lavie Tidhar

3.89

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C.L. Polk

3.86

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