Fiction - Magical Realism

From New York Times bestselling author Rachel Vincent comes a richly imagined, provocative new series set in the dark mythology of the Menagerie... When Delilah Marlow visits a famous traveling carnival, Metzger's Menagerie, she is an ordinary woman in a not-quite-ordinary world. But under...

Embark on a thrilling maritime adventure with Moby Dick by Herman Melville. Join Captain Ahab on his relentless quest for the elusive white whale, as this epic tale explores themes of obsession, fate, and the unfathomable power of nature. A whaling adventure of epic...

The follow-up to the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling modern classic The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, Familiaris is the stirring origin story of the Sawtelle family and the remarkable dogs that carry the Sawtelle name.It is spring 1919, and John Sawtelle's imagination has...

There are few people who has Aske's trust, and most of them have long since died. Whoever is left are very far away, so far off into the horizon he has not seen them in at least a century. And he's believed for a...

No one else sees the monsters that I do. And now three of them want to marry me. Monster-slaying doesn't pay the bills. No one knows I protect them from the things that go bump in the night. So after dark, I hunt. During...

"The Awakening of My Healing Powers" is more than just a book - it's a part of my soul, my journey, and my understanding of our incredible innate powers. Through each chapter, I hope to guide you along a path of self-discovery, personal wellness,...

He loved her enough to build her a baseball stadium.With a tip of the cap to the works of W.P. Kinsella, A Diamond for Her is a historical and magical story of love between two people - Raymond & Rochelle - and two grand...

Unexpected twists and turns keep the reader guessing about what will happen next. Throughout this entertaining novel is weaved a one-way dialogue between a dying prisoner who tells repeatedly his sad story to a hungry jailhouse rat, which only lives to eat. The story...

A little novel set in black and white like one of those old European movies about death and life. This book stars Rudolph and his opposite Simone who circle a small lake, observing the blue glows that wander the woods, the shores and the...

What if everything you believed was a lie? After the battle aboard the Diagon ship, things have taken an unexpected turn for Sabeara and her friends. Having finally found the king's compass, and taken Obsidian captive, Sabeara must now retrieve the last two tokens...

Shadows in the Fog is a love story in which a thousand year old curse interferes with one man's hope of staying with the woman he loves. They met and fell in love. Their connection felt timeless. That's how Lewis Meyer reacted upon meeting...

A world where nature has claimed the streets of London... where ageless people are perilously addicted to sucking marbles... and where the deaths of three men from another world threatens the order of the universe... In this, his debut novel, Julian Shaw has created...

God can use ordinary people in extraordinary ways.A TV news producer., a housewife and mother of two, an ex-governor, and a struggling writer. Four ordinary people with little in common other than a vague dissatisfaction with their lives, and an unpretentious invitation that seems...

Beneath the sea, over millennia, sentient beings await our final mistakes: soon they will make their move.Manfred, an amateur seaweed collector, is convinced that algae are taking over the human race. Haunted by his past, Manfred falls in love with Nora, who has her...

"A pure delight from start to finish!"--Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Diamond EyeAcclaimed author Trisha R. Thomas delivers a masterful new tale of scandal and intuition. In 1950s oil-rich Oklahoma, Bailey Dowery, a dressmaker with the gift of "second sight,"...

"Suffused with the mystical charm of New Orleans and the Louisiana bayou, Leganski's lyrical debut novel conjures dreams of voodoo, the power of healing, and the distinction between hearing and listening. This extraordinary, evocative novel will cast a spell over fans of magical realism...

"Bianca Marais is a genius" -- Ann Patchett, #1 New York Times bestselling authorA coven of modern-day witches. A magical heist-gone-wrong. A looming threat.Five octogenarian witches gather as an angry mob threatens to demolish Moonshyne Manor. All eyes turn to the witch in charge,...

Asmoday is part lust demon, part elf. Everybody wants a piece of him, but no one takes him seriously. He's mostly okay with that. Until he meets her.Now, Daruka and Asmoday are about to take on Satan himself, and Asmoday still isn't even sure...

Remone is a realtor who is struggling with his career. Maybe he is lazy, or maybe he is disillusioned by the tactics used at his office--business practices that are based more on greed than helping clients. A camping trip in the extreme cold of...

On the day her mother dies, Brynn discovers she has a power. Supernatural, sentient hair! Brynn is a selfless optimist who copes with her trauma by saving the world. But she's unable to save her best friend the night the police murder him. Something...

An Amazon Charts, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post bestseller.In an unforgettable love story, a woman's impossible journey through the ages could change everything...Anne Gallagher grew up enchanted by her grandfather's stories of Ireland. Heartbroken at his death, she travels to his childhood home...

Ella Janssen, spunky, physics major, and soon-to-be college grad, is looking forward to a summer of relaxation before her future unfolds.Instead, she finds herself reluctantly agreeing to fill in for her mom while she went on an extended honeymoon with her new husband, and...

Assassination. War. A nineteen-year-old girl who must save a nation.When she finds out she is the sole heir to the throneof Highacre, Lily thinks she's dreaming. After all, other dimensions aren'treal, right? But as she discovers the royal family has been assassinated andnefarious forces...

Something had to be done. The specter of incorrigible keyboard anonymity had become a virus.Online trolls were sapping the world of basic human courtesy, and their sentiment was spilling over into society at large.Enter the cure, Daniel Navarro, a man who knew a little...

Longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award Gritty and unflinching, yet also tender, fantastical, and funny, a trans woman's tale about finding a community on the margins. In Sarmiento Park, the green heart of Cdoba, a group of trans sex workers make their nightly rounds....

From the North rides the brutal and menacing knight known as Ulric. His true past and intentions are unknown save the thinly veiled fact that they both involve violence and blood. In his wake many things follow, of which, death and destruction are near...

Welcome to the magical world of love, where you'll meet a very bright child named Meadow! Meadow wants to design, but not just anything dresses made with flowers and leaves, my what joy that would bring! But when she realizes she doesn't know how...

suffused is a blend of diary, antipoetry, musings, and flash fiction that come together as a speculative work of autofiction that touches upon the romantic, the personal, and the political.Author: Kenning Jp GarciaISBN-10: 838769357XISBN-13: 9798387693571Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/25/2023Pages: 110Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.38lbsSize: 9.00h x...

"With creeping claustrophobia and a filter of the surreal over lushly detailed lives, The Pecan Children captures both the magic and despair of trying to hold onto home when the world is determined to take it away from you." -- Kiersten White, #1 New...

The daughter of the Last American Cowboy is tasked with putting her late-father's ashes to rest, but has plans of her own. A woman wakes up after the first night with her lover to discover she's birthed a pile of maggots. The ghost of...

Martina, a Latina student from Queens, becomes entwined with Ellis, a hockey player from New Jersey, at a predominantly White university, against the backdrop of the early 21st century. As their connection grows, Martina encounters Ellis's inner demon, embodied by the enigmatic entity known...

Debilitating stress causes even psychics to make catastrophic decisions.At least that's my excuse.The snooty call from my future employer put a crimp in my plans. I can be frugal, but waiting seven weeks for my first payday is a lot to ask of a...

"This summer's sweetest confection is J.C. Cervantes's The Enchanted Hacienda. This book is like dipping your brain into a jar of serotonin." --New York Times Book Review"This is a contemporary coming-of-age story, with a sprinkling of magic, that's one of my most anticipated reads...

For lovers of Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, Berserk, and the Mistborn series.The world of Eriand prospers at the dusk of an age. Rig, a young man from the snowy northern country of Nordfold is freshly released from his conscription to the...

From acclaimed novelist John Vercher, a profoundly moving novel of what it means to be a father, a son, a writer, and a biracial American fighting to reconcile the past Reeling from the sudden death of his teenage son, our narrator receives a letter...

A searingly original debut about two sisters and their flight from genocide--which takes them from Hollywood to Paris to San Francisco's Cannery Row--each haunted along the way by the ghosts of their murdered friends, who are not yet done telling their stories El Salvador,...

Maximus Karlson the Third, A.K.A. Max, is an average eighteen-year-old who recently graduated high school and sold his soul to a multinational corporation called Idolon. He inherited two things from his late father; an old wristwatch and an unwanted legacy. Max's father and grandfather...

In this lyrical novel, Julie Martin and Rachel Hardy both have an attachment to Meadowbrook Acres, and both try to reinvent their lives in its ghostly, antique embrace. Julie struggles to define herself in an adult role, bucking against demons until an encounter with...

Jade has spent her life fighting boredom in the terminally ill ward. Surfing the net or reading, she always envied the ability of others to go out and experience the world. She knew her wish to live a normal life was far beyond her...

By Way of The Sea a Novel by Julian Bound One monk's journey of discovery Struggling with his beliefs, Tenzin, a Tibetan Buddhist monk, begins a journey to see the sea he has always imagined. Travelling on foot through Tibet, Nepal and India to...

Welcome to "Secret Homes of Tea Pot Fairies", a whimsical coloring book that invites you to embark on a magical journey into the enchanting world of fairy homes nestled within delightful tea pots. Unleash your creativity as you explore a realm where tea and...

"In the Hour of Crows enthralls like a delicious dark spell."--Glendy Vanderah, bestselling author of Where the Forest Meets the StarsIn a small town in Appalachia, people paint their doorways blue to keep spirits away. Black ferns grow where death will follow. And Weatherly...

Lina Karpenter expected changes after the death of her mother. What she couldn't foresee was the entrance of a father she thought was dead, and a new life centered in the southern world of gun-toting fifteen-year-olds who drive dinghies and pickup trucks. Navigating her...

Lina Karpenter expected changes after the death of her mother. What she couldn't foresee was the entrance of a father she thought was dead, and a new life centered in the southern world of gun-toting fifteen-year-olds who drive dinghies and pickup trucks. Navigating her...

FOLLOWING AN UNEXPECTED DEMISE, Clayton "Clay" Mitchell is thrust into the labyrinthine confines of Purgatory. With a heart fueled by twin desires-to find his treasured fiancé, Ava, who preceded him in death, and to escape the spectral chains binding him-Clay embarks on an odyssey...

A surreal exploration of one woman's life and death against a landscape of meat, office desks, and bad men The Book of X tells the tale of Cassie, a girl born with her stomach twisted in the shape of a knot. From childhood with...

Memories are open to interpretation, just like the best stories...From eastern Europe to the Pacific Northwest, this collection explores the complicated and often contradictory dreams and desires of women of all ages and the role that memory plays throughout our lives. A daughter returns...

Book 1 of a series... Consumed by darkness. Determined to live. A struggle to survive.As you pass through the pages of this magical portal of a book containing a cross-genre of many fictional stories, each one will take you on a unique journey. You...

Sexy beach book? Adventure sports enchiridion? Guide to opening your 7 chakras?This is the story of Blaze, former bartender and current hang gliding instructor, whose developing psychic abilities and obsession with past love complicates his present romance and his quest for peace of mind.So,...

Aus dem Buch: "Unz hlige Sterne gl nzen aus dem tiefblauen Himmel auf Bagdad hinab; sie spiegeln sich in den lauen Fluten des Tigris, und an den bunten Kacheln der Minaretts, der Palast- und Moscheekuppeln werden auch die Glanzlichter der Sternenwelt glitzernd umhergestrahlt. Die...