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Setting labels used: Middle Eastern settings, Islamic world, Arabian-nights inspired, alternate caliphate, Baghdad Caliphate, Dhamsawaat, post-apocalyptic future, modern America, post-9/11 America, Wild West, modern Hollywood, secondary world fantasy, near-future dystopia
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In a collapsing near-future America, a flashback-addicted ex-cop is hired to reopen a long-unsolved murder.
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Setting labels: near future · future United States · dystopian future · post-apocalyptic future · collapsed America · Denver · Los Angeles · Japanese-dominated world order · global caliphate · alternative future
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Distance: 0.1665
A fractured future America careens toward war and apocalypse as Death hunts his missing son amid shifting factions.
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Setting labels: alternate history · futuristic America · post-apocalyptic world · western sci-fi setting · dystopian future · divided nations · apocalypse-adjacent
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Distance: 0.1665
In a collapsing alternate America, rival powers converge as Death closes in on his son and the apocalypse escalates.
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Setting labels: alternate history · post-Civil War America · apocalyptic future · dystopian world · mythic reality · western setting
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Distance: 0.1693
Nine idea-driven SF stories probe time, memory, AI, faith, and free will through inventive speculative scenarios.
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Setting labels: near future · historical past · alternate reality · medieval Islamic world · ancient Baghdad · robot society · colonial-era Africa · alternate Earth · speculative worlds
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Distance: 0.1763
A refugee teen who survives a deadly magic virus gains tech powers and is pulled into a government power game.
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Setting labels: alternate United States · post-apocalyptic · post-war · dystopian future · refugee camps · quarantine zones · splintered nation · scientific magic system · magic-ravaged world · futuristic America
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Distance: 0.1848
A reluctant cop in a futuristic Arab underworld is pulled into a deadly power struggle that threatens his city and his freedom.
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Setting labels: near-future Earth · future Middle East · North African setting · Arabic setting · Islamic setting · crime-ridden district · dystopian urban underworld · post-balkanized future
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Distance: 0.1858
A military prodigy and a wanted slum criminal are forced into a deadly pursuit that exposes their nation’s darkest secrets.
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Setting labels: dystopian future · future America · western United States · Los Angeles · military state · wartime setting · slums and elite districts · quarantined plague zones · alternate reality
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Distance: 0.1907
An anthology of original speculative stories by writers of color, spanning sci-fi, fantasy, horror, satire, and myth.
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Setting labels: near future · far future · alternate history · secondary world · post-apocalyptic · dystopian · alien world · urban future · Caribbean setting · African setting · mythic setting
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Distance: 0.1912
Three rival teens enter a brutal phoenix-horse race where alchemy, class conflict, and rebellion can change everything.
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Setting labels: empire · desert setting · fantasy world · dystopian world · caste system · televised spectacle · modern-future blend · Wild West vibes · political empire · social hierarchy
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Distance: 0.1930
Three years after a mysterious catastrophe empties North America, rival forces clash over New York, Texas, and the new order.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic America · New York City · Texas · England · Seattle · Washington, DC · Middle East · global collapse · urban battlefield · recolonized frontier · alternate future · near-future · wasteland
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Distance: 0.1935
A second-chance couple must bend time and reality to save both their relationship and a collapsing world.
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Setting labels: dystopian future · post-apocalyptic world · present day · near future · alternate universe · parallel world · Denver · tropical beach · mountain cabin · secret underground facility · hidden city · burned-out city · modern world · global collapse
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Distance: 0.1936
A teen fleeing abuse joins an elite monster-fighting squad and discovers the human threats may be deadlier than the scrabs.
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Setting labels: alternate present · alternate timeline · Texas · Europe · worldwide monster attacks · earth-dwelling monsters · contemporary setting · dystopian-leaning
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1937
