22 must-read fiction books like Of Roses and Kings by Melissa Marr

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Of Roses and Kings

By: Melissa Marr

3.33

Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition

In this dark, skewed take on Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Alice is now the Red Queen, and her …

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1. 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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2. Waiting on a Bright Moon: A Tor.com Original

By: J.Y. Yang

3.84

Format: None pages,

Xin is an ansible, using her song magic to connect the originworld of the Imperial Authority and it… read more

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3. The Murders of Molly Southbourne

By: Tade Thompson

4.19

Format: 45 pages, Kindle Edition

Every time she bleeds a murderer is born. Experience the horror of Tade Thompson's The Murders of M… read more

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4. Hearts in the Hard Ground

By: G.V. Anderson

3.54

Format: 44 pages, ebook

Following the death of her mother, Fiona buys a new house in order to start a new chapter of her li… read more

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  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • short stories
  • adult
  • fantasy
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5. 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

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  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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6. 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

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  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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7. 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

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  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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8. 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

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  • short stories
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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9. Of All the New Yorks in All the Worlds

By: Indrapramit Das

3.29

Format: 32 pages, ebook

A student of multiversal time travel slips from one version of New York to another, discovering th… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
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10. Ceffo

By: Jonathan Carroll

3.69

Format: 33 pages, Kindle Edition

On a trip to Italy, a woman stuck in a crumbling relationship discovers the city she loves holds a … read more

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  • short stories
  • fantasy
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11. 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
  • fiction
"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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12. Solution

By: Brian Evenson

3.62

Format: 20 pages, Kindle Edition

As climate change wreaks havoc on the earth and the fate of humanity grows dire, a scientist makes … read more

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  • short stories
  • adult
  • fiction
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13. The Night Sun

By: Zin E. Rocklyn

3.40

Format: 32 pages, Kindle Edition

Zin E. Rocklyn's "The Night Sun" speaks to the darkness that manifests around us and in ourselves —… read more

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  • short stories
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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14. Any Way the Wind Blows

By: Seanan McGuire

3.70

Format: 19 pages, Kindle Edition

In the original Tor.com story Any Way the Wind Blows, New York Times bestselling author Seanan McGu… read more

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  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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15. Of Roses and Kings

By: Melissa Marr

3.33

Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition

In this dark, skewed take on Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Alice is now the Red Queen, and her … read more

Similar categories in Melissa Marr's Of Roses and Kings book and Melissa Marr's Of Roses and Kings

  • romance
  • fairy tales
  • retellings
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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16. Seonag and the Seawolves

By: M. Evan MacGriogair

3.72

Format: 33 pages, ebook

Seonag is born on a day where the clouds race each other across the sky. A clan storyteller unfo… read more

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  • fairy tales
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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17. As the Last I May Know

By: S.L. Huang

4.06

Format: 32 pages, Kindle Edition

An alternate history short story looking at decisions and consequences, and what it takes to pull t… read more

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  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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18. 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

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  • short stories
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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19. 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

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  • lgbt
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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20. Everything's Fine

By: Matthew Pridham

4.01

Format: 21 pages, Kindle Edition

Matthew Pridham's dark fantasy tale "Everything's Fine," a Tor.com Original Eric’s day is off to a … read more

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  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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21. Anything Resembling Love

By: S. Qiouyi Lu

3.84

Format: 23 pages, ebook

All her life Sylvia has made sure to never let anyone see the centipedes that emerge from her body.… read more

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  • lgbt
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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22. The Girlfriend's Guide to Gods

By: Maria Dahvana Headley

3.76

Format: 16 pages, ebook

Gods won’t save you. Gods will break you. Nevertheless, you will persist. And become anew. At th… read more

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  • romance
  • retellings
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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23. Yellow and the Perception of Reality

By: Maureen F. McHugh

3.75

Format: 32 pages, Kindle Edition

"Yellow and the Perception of Reality" by Maureen McHugh is a science fiction story about a woman w… read more

Similar categories in Maureen F. McHugh's Yellow and the Perception of Reality book and Melissa Marr's Of Roses and Kings

  • short stories
  • fiction
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24. The Night Soil Salvagers

By: Gregory Norman Bossert

2.61

Format: 30 pages, Kindle Edition

A Tor.com original story from World Fantasy Award-winning author Gregory Norman Bossert. The Nig… read more

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  • short stories
  • fantasy
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25. The Vetting

By: Michael Cassutt

3.14

Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition

A suspenseful near-future story from Michael Cassutt about what happens during the vetting process … read more

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  • short stories
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26. Painless

By: Rich Larson

4.06

Format: 23 pages, Kindle Edition

A man who can't feel pain has been bio-engineered to be a killing machine, but he refuses to give i… read more

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  • short stories
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27. The New Prometheus (The Mongolian Wizard, #9)

By: Michael Swanwick

3.81

Format: 32 pages, Kindle Edition

The New Prometheus is the ninth story in the Mongolian Wizard universe. Hugo and Nebula Award-winni… read more

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  • short stories
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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28. The Ashes of Around Twenty-Three Strangers

By: Jeremy Packert Burke

3.05

Format: 26 pages, Kindle Edition

The Ashes of Around Twenty-Three Strangers is a Tor.com original science fiction story from Jeremy … read more

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  • short stories
  • adult
  • fantasy
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29. We're Here, We're Here

By: K.M. Szpara

3.64

Format: 32 pages, Kindle Edition

Joining a boyband gave Tyler everything he ever dreamed of. A close-knit group of friends, the chan… read more

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  • romance
  • lgbt
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • queer
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30. The Hundredth House Had No Walls

By: Laurie Penny

3.58

Format: 22 pages, Kindle Edition

Laurie Penny is an award-winning author, journalist, screenwriter, essayist, public speaker and act… read more

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  • romance
  • fairy tales
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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31. Placed into Abyss (Mise en Abyse)

By: Rachel Swirsky

2.83

Format: 26 pages, Kindle Edition

From Nebula Award-winning author Rachel Swirsky comes a time traveling adventure Placed into Abyss … read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction

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