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The Ghost Variations by Kevin Brockmeier

The Ghost Variations: One Hundred Stories by Kevin Brockmeier

A spirit who is fated to spend eternity reliving the exact moment she lost her chance at love, ghostly trees that haunt the occupant of a wooden house, spectres that snatch anyone who steps into the shadows, and parakeets that serve as mouthpieces for the dead: these are just a few of the characters in this extraordinary compendium of one hundred ghost stories. Kevin Brockmeier’s fiction has always explored the space between the fantastical and the every day with profundity and poignancy.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Physical & emotional child abuse
Death of a child
Death of a parent
Animal death

Beauty and the Beast by KM Shea

Beauty and the Beast by K.M. Shea

Once upon a time, Elle made a mistake. A small miscalculation sends her through the roof of an enchanted chateau. Stranded until her broken leg mends, Elle is forced to rely on the goodwill of the sour chateau owner —the cursed Prince Severin. Prince Severin—the commanding general and staunch supporter of his brother the crown prince—is cursed to look like a beast until a maiden falls in love with him. However, he has given up all hope of shattering the curse after several painful and failed… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Body shaming
Murder & attempted murder
Conscription
Poverty

Nightmares! by Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller

Nightmares! by Jason Segel & Kirsten Miller and illustrated by Karl Kwasny

Charlie Laird has several problems: 1. His dad married a woman he is sure moonlights as a witch. 2. He had to move into her purple mansion, which is not a place you want to find yourself after dark. 3. He can’t remember the last time sleeping wasn’t a nightmarish prospect. Like even a nap. What Charlie doesn’t know is that his problems are about to get a whole lot more real. Nightmares can ruin a good night’s sleep, but when they start slipping out… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Parent with depression
Death of a mother recounted
Bullying

Soulless by Gail Carriger

Soulless by Gail Carriger

Fourteen-year-old Sophronia is a great trial to her poor mother. Sophronia is more interested in dismantling clocks and climbing trees than proper manners, and the family can only hope that company never sees her atrocious curtsy. Mrs Temminnick is desperate for her daughter to become a proper lady. So she enrols Sophronia in Mademoiselle Geraldine’s Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality. But Sophronia soon realises the school is not quite what her mother might have hoped. At Mademoiselle Gera… Read more.

Goodreads • The Story Graph

Trigger & Content Warnings

Drugging
Blood & gore depiction
Torture
Kidnapping

The Fifth Gender by Gail Carriger

The 5th Gender by Gail Carriger

Tristol lives in exile. But he’s built a life for himself aboard a human space station. He’s even begun to understand the complex nuances of human courting rituals. Detective Hastion is finally flirting back! Except that Tristol’s beloved space station is unexpectedly contacted by the galoi – a xenophobic species with five genders, purple skin, and serious attitude. They need the help of a human detective because there’s a murderer aboard their spaceship. Murder is so rare, the galoi don’t even have a word for it… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Suicide
Forced pregnancy*
Exile

* Note : Unwanted pregnancy due to a medical professional tampering with birth control; also deals with denial of reproductive autonomy.

The Enforcer Enigma by Gail Carriger

The Enforcer Enigma by Gail Carriger

Judd has wandered from pack to pack his whole life, searching for wolves who will accept him for who he is and who he loves. Now he believes that he’s finally found the right pack and the right man. Rejected by his family for being gay and geeky, Colin has never fit in with werewolves, yet now he is one. He doesn’t know how to react when Judd starts courting him. He’s even more lost when a famous singer, the selkie mob, and the feds also start chasing him. Can Judd protect Colin and still prove his love and figure out why enemy shifters are invading his favourite cafe?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism mentioned
Child abandonment
Child abuse & neglect
Bullying mentioned

The Sumage Solution by Gail Carriger

The Omega Objection by Gail Carriger

Tank is working as a bouncer when he notices something odd about the new sexy-as-sin bartender. He’s odourless, he’s amazingly popular with shifters, and he’s terrified. Isaac is trying to escape his past. He hides in San Francisco because everyone knows that there are no werewolves in the Bay Area. Until one walks into his bar. Can Tank figure out Isaac’s secrets in time to save him? And can Isaac forgive Tank for being a wolf in time to learn how to love?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Sexual harassment
Suicide cult
Alcohol consumption
Kidnapping mentioned

The Sumage Solution by Gail Carriger

The Sumage Solution by Gail Carriger

Max fails at magic, relationships, and life. So he works as a sumage, cleaning up other mages’ messes. The job sucks and he’s in no mood to cope with redneck biker werewolves. Unfortunately, there’s something irresistible about the sexy muscled Beta visiting his office for processing. Bryan is gay but he’s not out. There’s a good chance Max might be reason enough to leave the closet, if he can only get the man to go on a date. Bryan is gay but he’s not out. There’s a good chance Max might be reason enough to leave the closet, if he can only get the man to go on a date.

Goodreads • The Story Graph

Trigger & Content Warnings

Homomisia
Racism
Child abuse mentioned

Marine Biology by Gail Carriger

Marine Biology by Gail Carriger

Alex is a werewolf with problems – he’s unexpectedly alive, he’s quite definitely gay, and he’s been ordered into a partnership with one very flirty merman.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Homomisia

Ambush or Adore by Gail Carriger

Ambush or Adore by Gail Carriger

Agatha Woosmoss, the Wallflower, is the greatest intelligencer of her generation. And no one knows she exists. She has been invisible, capable, and cunning for well over four decades. Her greatest skill is in her ability to go forever unnoticed. Except by one man. Pillover Plumleigh-Teignmott is a professor of ancient languages at Oxford University. He’s tried to ignore his training as an Evil Genius and live a quiet life away from politics and intrigue. When an assignment goes horribly wrong, Agatha must hide and heal. So she… Read more.

Goodreads • The Story Graph

Trigger & Content Warnings

Disappearance of a loved one