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Setting labels used: contemporary America, near future, dystopian America, retail world, shopping mall, school, hospital, amusement park, alternate reality
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A debut collection of darkly comic near-future stories about workers, outsiders, and survival in a collapsing America.
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Setting labels: near future · alternate present · dystopian America · run-down theme park · amusement park · workplace settings · corporate setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1194
In a world where two souls share one body, a hidden girl must risk everything for a chance to move and live openly.
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Setting labels: alternate reality · dystopian future · government clinic · hospital setting · school setting · institutional setting · near-future America
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1257
A short story collection using surreal satire to probe consumerism, media, fear, and fragile humanity in American life.
Why this is here
Setting labels: American settings · suburban America · urban America · near future · alternative reality · consumerist dystopia · media-saturated world · late-capitalist world · contemporary America
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Distance: 0.1262
A debt-burdened mall worker and two coworkers plot a heist to erase their student loans after violent Debt Police target them.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · alternate reality · Los Angeles · Southern California · Glendale mall · retail workplace · mall culture · contemporary America · student debt crisis
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Distance: 0.1366
A father is involuntarily thrust forward through time in ever-longer leaps, as his son races to bring him back.
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Setting labels: contemporary America · near future · far future · post-apocalyptic future · utopian future · dystopian future · deep time · Earth
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1478
A closeted president’s son is caught between a rogue AI attack and a new boy at school who may not be human.
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Setting labels: near future · futuristic America · boarding school · elite prep school · presidential household · high surveillance · internet-connected world · dystopian future · alternative future
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Distance: 0.1503
A wealthy American family is forced to survive after the dollar collapses and the economy unravels.
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Setting labels: near future · United States · New York City · Washington, D.C. · Paris · Nevada · economic dystopia · post-collapse society · alternate future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1505
A teen who sees impossible things fears she's losing her mind, until a secretive boy suggests the danger is real.
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Setting labels: near future · future America · dystopian society · parallel reality · high school setting · mental institution · government-controlled society · anti-religion setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1525
In a future America that controls girls through chaperones, one teen starts questioning everything after a sudden death.
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Setting labels: New America · near future · dystopian future · alternate America · post-secession America · patriarchal society · gender-segregated society · high school setting · library setting · road trip setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1565
A terminally ill teen wakes five years later in a new body and must face the life, love, and friends that moved on without him.
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Setting labels: contemporary United States · high school · hospital · family home · post-teen transition · near-future science
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1572
A hidden third child in a two-child society risks discovery when he meets another child living in secret next door.
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Setting labels: future America · dystopian society · controlled society · farmland · housing development · attic hiding place · neighboring house · regulated future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1572
Twin fugitives return from Canada to challenge a brutal one-child regime and rally a growing rebellion.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · future America · future United States · Texas · Canada · Dallas · dystopian future · authoritarian state · near-future America
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1585
