25 best-selling short stories books like The Days of Flaming Motorcycles by Catherynne M. Valente

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The Days of Flaming Motorcycles

By: Catherynne M. Valente

3.91

Format: 1 pages, Audiobook

Death changes a person, of course. But some habits will never be broken. "The Days of Flaming Mo…

If you liked the short stories plot in The Days of Flaming Motorcycles by Catherynne M. Valente , here is a list of 25 books like this:

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1. Things We Lost in the Fire

By: Mariana Enríquez , Megan McDowell

4.06

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

In these wildly imaginative, devilishly daring tales of the macabre, internationally bestselling au… read more

Similar categories in Mariana Enríquez's Things We Lost in the Fire book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Days of Flaming Motorcycles

  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
"El problema es que no nos creen."

-Mariana Enríquez, Things We Lost in the Fire

"Hace años que Lala decidió ser mujer y brasileña, pero había nacido varón y uruguayo."

-Mariana Enríquez, Things We Lost in the Fire

"Me acuerdo de la risa de mi madre, de lo joven que era esa tarde de verano, del olor a champú de limón de su pelo y de la carcajada de chicle de menta."

-Mariana Enríquez, Things We Lost in the Fire

"Apagábamos las luces y jugábamos en la oscuridad con inciensos encendidos; parecían luciérnagas y a mí me hacían llorar, me hacían acordar a una casa de tejas con parque lejos de la ciudad, una casa …"

-Mariana Enríquez, Things We Lost in the Fire

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2. Ankle Snatcher

By: Grady Hendrix

3.74

Format: 29 pages, Kindle Edition

Obey the rules. It’s the only way to survive the night in a short story about what hides in the dar… read more

Similar categories in Grady Hendrix's Ankle Snatcher book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Days of Flaming Motorcycles

  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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3. Nestlings

By: Nat Cassidy

3.86

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

Nat Cassidy is at his razor-sharp best again with his horror novel Nestlings, which harnesses the c… read more

Similar categories in Nat Cassidy's Nestlings book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Days of Flaming Motorcycles

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • horror
"Grief is the space between two states of being: who you were and who you are. It’s an excruciatingly long, unlit hallway. A staircase you have to crawl down, one interminable flight at a time."

-Nat Cassidy, Nestlings

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4. Bloody Summer

By: Carmen Maria Machado

3.70

Format: 28 pages, Kindle Edition

What do children know that adults can’t begin to believe? The answer is hidden in plain sight in th… read more

Similar categories in Carmen Maria Machado's Bloody Summer book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Days of Flaming Motorcycles

  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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5. It Waits in the Woods

By: Josh Malerman

3.72

Format: 52 pages, Kindle Edition

Some chilling campfire tales ring too true to ignore. For one young woman, an urban legend calls he… read more

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  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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6. Full Throttle

By: Joe Hill

4.00

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

A little door that opens to a world of fairy tale wonders becomes the blood-drenched stomping groun… read more

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  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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7. The Tiger Came to the Mountains

By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia

3.83

Format: 28 pages, Kindle Edition

Mexico, 1917. On a farm during the violent tumult of revolution, a more immediate threat prowls in … read more

Similar categories in Silvia Moreno-Garcia's The Tiger Came to the Mountains book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Days of Flaming Motorcycles

  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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8. Hotel Magnifique

By: Emily J. Taylor

3.77

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Caraval and The Night Circus, this decadent and darkly enchanting YA fantasy, set again… read more

Similar categories in Emily J. Taylor's Hotel Magnifique book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Days of Flaming Motorcycles

  • fiction
  • audiobook
"You're not nothing to me," he said, almost to himself. "That's precisely the problem."

-Emily J. Taylor, Hotel Magnifique

"Produce an invitation and I'll eat that ruffled atrocity of a hat." "Then get a fork and give me five minutes."

-Emily J. Taylor, Hotel Magnifique

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9. The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror

By: Tori Bovalino

3.58

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A cemetery full of the restless dead. A town so wicked it has already burned twice, with the breath… read more

Similar categories in Tori Bovalino's The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Days of Flaming Motorcycles

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
"It seemed to me that a soul that preferred a cold grave to the white light of Heaven was suspect."

-Tori Bovalino, The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror

"She could weave between peace and poison fluid as a silver fish, and both of them were true. There wasn't a fake bone in her body, but that almost made it worse."

-Tori Bovalino, The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror

"me standing there- just standing there- looking around and thinking, God, I'm not supposed to be here, I'm supposed to be somewhere else, this is wrong, this is *wrong*."

-Tori Bovalino, The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror

"I don't like the way he say you. Like I different. Like I didn't just see one-of-me-like-me beat until she fall. [...] But my boy doesn't see. He can't see. Can't hear, either. He never tried to mimi…"

-Tori Bovalino, The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror

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10. Slow Burner

By: Laura Lippman

3.86

Format: 38 pages, Kindle Edition

A woman watches her marriage implode over text message and decides that ignorance is not bliss in t… read more

Similar categories in Laura Lippman's Slow Burner book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Days of Flaming Motorcycles

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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11. Fall: Scheherazade Retold

By: Demelza Carlton

3.90

Format: 44 pages, ebook

A tale in the Romance a Medieval Fairy Tale series   When young fairy godmother Zoraida finds her… read more

Similar categories in Demelza Carlton's Fall: Scheherazade Retold book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Days of Flaming Motorcycles

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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12. The Specialist's Hat

By: Kelly Link

3.52

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Winner of the 1999 World Fantasy Award for best short story. Something is creeping up the stair… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Link's The Specialist's Hat book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Days of Flaming Motorcycles

  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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13. Some Breakable Things

By: Cassandra Khaw

3.35

Format: None pages, None

As though to make up for his absence in life, your father’s ghost follows you everywhere. He is hun… read more

Similar categories in Cassandra Khaw's Some Breakable Things book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Days of Flaming Motorcycles

  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • horror
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14. Boken - It's All About Me! (The Adventures of Boken, #1)

By: Boken The Dog

3.24

Format: 47 pages, Kindle Edition

Boken - It´s All About Me! is a book that encapsulates fun, excitement, adventure and education. Bo… read more

Similar categories in Boken The Dog's Boken - It's All About Me! (The Adventures of Boken, #1) book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Days of Flaming Motorcycles

  • audiobook
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15. Mama Tulu

By: Jessica Guess

3.76

Format: None pages, Audiobook

A young Jamaican girl’s wish is granted by the town Obeah, but the cost is unimaginably high. "M… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Guess's Mama Tulu book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Days of Flaming Motorcycles

  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • horror
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16. The Quiet Boy

By: Nick Antosca

4.17

Format: 32 pages, None

But there was no Goldilocks in his story. There were only the Wolfs, who lived together in a cave a… read more

Similar categories in Nick Antosca's The Quiet Boy book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Days of Flaming Motorcycles

  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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17. Origin Story

By: T. Kingfisher

3.66

Format: None pages, Audiobook

"Origin Story" by T. Kingfisher is one of 27 short horror stories in Nightfire's audio anthology. … read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's Origin Story book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Days of Flaming Motorcycles

  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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18. Daddy

By: Victor LaValle

3.58

Format: 1 pages, Audiobook

A father vows to protect his son from the unknown intruder on the roof... read more

Similar categories in Victor LaValle's Daddy book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Days of Flaming Motorcycles

  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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19. The Changeling

By: Sarah Langan

3.53

Format: None pages, Audiobook

She can no longer remember her name. She only remembers the faces of the children she stole. "Th… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Langan's The Changeling book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Days of Flaming Motorcycles

  • audiobook
  • horror

20. Emergency Landing

By: Seanan McGuire

4.08

Format: None pages, None

None read more

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  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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21. The Sound of Footsteps

By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia

3.15

Format: None pages, Audiobook

An abandoned record store, a Ouija board, and an unexpected reunion. "The Sound of Footsteps" by… read more

Similar categories in Silvia Moreno-Garcia's The Sound of Footsteps book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Days of Flaming Motorcycles

  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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22. When the Zombies Win

By: Karina Sumner-Smith

3.22

Format: 1 pages, Audiobook

To the victor, the spoils. Time: 8 minutes read more

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  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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23. The Krakatoan

By: Maria Dahvana Headley

3.09

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Beneath the Earth's crust, beneath what our eyes can see, mothers and other monsters reveal a horri… read more

Similar categories in Maria Dahvana Headley's The Krakatoan book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Days of Flaming Motorcycles

  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • horror
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24. Tooth, Tongue, and Claw

By: Damien Angelica Walters

3.27

Format: None pages, Audiobook

"Once upon a time there was a monster." This is how they tell you the story of Beauty and the Beast… read more

Similar categories in Damien Angelica Walters's Tooth, Tongue, and Claw book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Days of Flaming Motorcycles

  • audiobook
  • horror
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25. Things Boys Do

By: Pemi Aguda

3.32

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Children can be cruel -- evil, even. Three Nigerian men discover this the hard way. "Things Boys… read more

Similar categories in Pemi Aguda's Things Boys Do book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Days of Flaming Motorcycles

  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • horror
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26. The Days of Flaming Motorcycles

By: Catherynne M. Valente

3.91

Format: 1 pages, Audiobook

Death changes a person, of course. But some habits will never be broken. "The Days of Flaming Mo… read more

Similar categories in Catherynne M. Valente's The Days of Flaming Motorcycles book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Days of Flaming Motorcycles

  • post apocalyptic
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • audiobook
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27. Blood Daughter

By: Matthew Lyons

3.20

Format: None pages, Audiobook

A father at the end of his rope finds a disturbing way to keep custody of his child. "Blood Dau… read more

Similar categories in Matthew Lyons's Blood Daughter book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Days of Flaming Motorcycles

  • audiobook
  • horror
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28. Standing Water

By: Caitlín R. Kiernan

3.00

Format: None pages, Audiobook

An impossible puddle holds unfathomable secrets. "Standing Water" by Caitlín R. Kiernan is o… read more

Similar categories in Caitlín R. Kiernan's Standing Water book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Days of Flaming Motorcycles

  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • horror
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29. Bone

By: Tade Thompson

3.31

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Revenge is a dish best served with clean, sharp knives. "Bone" by Tade Thompson is one of 27 s… read more

Similar categories in Tade Thompson's Bone book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Days of Flaming Motorcycles

  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • horror
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30. The Fireplace

By: Clay McLeod Chapman

3.69

Format: 1 pages, Audiobook

The thought of tossing our baby in the fireplace first popped into my head a month or so ago. Ru… read more

Similar categories in Clay McLeod Chapman's The Fireplace book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Days of Flaming Motorcycles

  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • horror
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31. Pigeons

By: Nibedita Sen

2.66

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Kat practices on pigeons so she can raise bigger things from the dead. But that comes with bigger c… read more

Similar categories in Nibedita Sen's Pigeons book and Catherynne M. Valente's The Days of Flaming Motorcycles

  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • horror

19 must-read fiction books like The Days of Flaming Motorcycles by Catherynne M. Valente

Transform Your Habits

Things We Lost in the Fire

Mariana Enríquez , Megan McDowell

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Ankle Snatcher

Grady Hendrix

3.74

Transform Your Habits

Nestlings

Nat Cassidy

3.86

Transform Your Habits

Bloody Summer

Carmen Maria Machado

3.70

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20 must-read fiction books like The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror by Tori Bovalino

Transform Your Habits

Where Echoes Die

Courtney Gould

3.60

Transform Your Habits

Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

Shane Hawk

3.98

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What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

T. Kingfisher

3.89

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T. Kingfisher

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