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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

Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian

Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian

Meet Chloe Sevre. She’s a freshman honour student, a leggings-wearing hot girl next door, who also happens to be a psychopath. Her hobbies include yogalates, frat parties, and plotting to kill Will Bachman, a childhood friend who grievously wronged her. Chloe is one of seven students at her DC-based college who are part of an unusual clinical study for psychopaths—students like herself who lack empathy and can’t comprehend emotions like fear or guilt. The study, led by a renowned psychologist, requires them to wear smart watches that track their moods and movements… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape of a minor mentioned
Adult-minor relationship
Suicide
Murder
Stalking

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

Bad Company by KA Mitchell

Bad Company by K.A. Mitchell

I need a boyfriend. Hearing those words from his very straight, very ex-best friend doesn’t put Nate in a helpful mood. Not only did Kellan Brooks’s father destroy Nate’s family in his quest for power, but Kellan broke Nate’s heart back in high school. Nate thought he could trust his best friend with the revelation that he might be gay, only to find out he was horribly wrong and become the laughingstock of the whole school. Kellan must be truly desperate if he’s turning to Nate now. Kellan’s through letting his… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Homomisia
Outing
Rape recounted

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

Otherworld by Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller

Otherworld by Jason Segel & Kirsten Miller

The company says Otherworld is amazing — like nothing you’ve ever seen before. They say it’s addictive — that you’ll want to stay forever. They promise Otherworld will make all your dreams come true. Simon thought Otherworld was a game. Turns out he knew nothing. Otherworld is the next phase of reality. It’s everything you’ve ever wanted. And it’s about to change humanity forever. Welcome to the Otherworld. No one could have seen it coming.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Murder

Otherearth by Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller

Otherearth by Jason Segel & Kirsten Miller

Simon saved his best friend, Kat, from the clutches of the Company and their high-tech VR gaming experience, Otherworld. But it was at a steep price. Now he, Kat, and their friend Busara are on the run. They know too much. About the Company’s dark secrets. About the real-life consequences of playing Otherworld. And about Kat’s stepfather’s involvement in everything. The group is headed to New Mexico to find Simon’s old roommate, who is a tech genius and possibly the only person who can help them reveal the truth… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Murder
Gun violence

Ruins by Dan Wells

Ruins by Dan Wells

There is no avoiding it—the war to decide the fate of both humans and Partials is at hand. Both sides hold in their possession a weapon that could destroy the other, and Kira Walker has precious little time to prevent that from happening. She has one chance to save both species and the world with them, but it will only come at great personal cost.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Gun violence
Physical assault
Nuclear warfare

Partials by Dan Wells

Partials by Dan Wells

Humanity is all but extinguished after a war with Partials—engineered organic beings identical to humans—has decimated the population. Reduced to only tens of thousands by a weaponized virus to which only a fraction of humanity is immune, the survivors in North America have huddled together on Long Island. But sixteen-year-old Kira is determined to find a solution. As she tries desperately to save what is left of her race, she discovers that the survival of both humans and Partials rests in her attempts to answer questions about the war’s origin that she never knew to… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Forced impregnation of teenagers
Medical human experimentation
Death of a baby
Electrocution
Torture, off-page
Riots

Fragments by Dan Wells

Fragments by Dan Wells

After discovering the cure for RM, Kira Walker sets off on a terrifying journey into the ruins of postapocalyptic America and the darkest desires of her heart in order to uncover the means—and a reason—for humanity’s survival.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Ableism
Fatmisia
Gun violence
Acid rain
Animal attack