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Sister, Maiden, Monster

Lucy A. Snyder

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Premise labels used: viral outbreak, pandemic aftermath, body mutation, apocalypse, survival, queer awakening, brain hunger, murder compulsion, chronic illness, eldritch influence, world collapse

Setting labels used: near future, post-COVID, pandemic world, dystopian world, global collapse, medical institutions, psychiatric ward, workplace setting, brothel setting, apocalyptic reality

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All Better Now

Neal Shusterman · 2025 · Crown Royale

A near-future pandemic makes survivors blissfully content, sparking a battle over happiness, power, and control.

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Premise labels: contagious happiness · pandemic outbreak · virus with consequences · virus as social threat · public health conflict · truth versus propaganda · power versus empathy · economy disrupted · anti-consumerism

Setting labels: near future · post-covid world · global pandemic · contemporary world · worldwide crisis

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Unlocked: An Oral History of Haden's Syndrome

John Scalzi · 2014 · Lock In

An oral-history prequel charts the outbreak of Haden's Syndrome and the world-changing response that follows.

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Premise labels: viral outbreak · global pandemic · medical crisis · post-pandemic society · disabled future · technology response · public policy · civil rights · social change · worldbuilding prelude

Setting labels: near future · global setting · United States · pandemic era · post-outbreak society · virtual worlds · robotic avatars · speculative future

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End of Summer

S.M. Anderson · 2019 · Seasons of Man

A viral apocalypse leaves 3% alive, forcing a hardened survivor and other stragglers to fight for humanity.

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Premise labels: viral apocalypse · pandemic collapse · survival struggle · found family · post-collapse conflict · human predators

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · global pandemic aftermath · collapsed civilization · hospitality/safe-haven facade · military/urban survival

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Distance: 0.1251

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The Tiger Flu

Larissa Lai · 2018

In a devastated future, two women from opposing communities race to save their people amid plague, biotech, and power struggles.

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Premise labels: pandemic apocalypse · genetic engineering · parthenogenetic society · clone community · body regeneration · organ harvesting · mind-body separation · corporate power · technocratic control

Setting labels: future Earth · post-apocalyptic world · post-oil world · climate-changed world · pandemic world · dystopian future · ruined city · quarantine rings · isolated commune · post-Canada

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The Violence

Delilah S. Dawson · 2022

A post-COVID rage plague gives an abused mother a dangerous chance to free herself and protect her daughters.

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Premise labels: pandemic outbreak · rage plague · viral violence · abuse escape · women under threat · family crisis · post-pandemic society · survival under duress

Setting labels: post-COVID world · near future · 2025 · Florida · United States · pandemic world · quarantine · warm climates · suburban home · gated community · big box store

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We Hear Voices

Evie Green · 2020

In a near-future pandemic-stricken London, a mother must protect her son after his recovery brings back something unseen and dangerous.

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Premise labels: mysterious pandemic · imaginary friend · children hearing voices · violent influence · family under strain · post-illness aftermath · secret research facility · space program · dystopian collapse · near-future crisis

Setting labels: near future · future London · dystopian society · apocalyptic world · post-pandemic · global pandemic · collapsed Earth · spacefaring future · underground facility · communal living

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Distance: 0.1367

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Lock In

John Scalzi · 2014 · Lock In

A rookie FBI agent in a near-future post-pandemic world investigates a murder tied to a new society of locked-in people.

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Premise labels: pandemic aftermath · disability technology · mind-body split · robot bodies · virtual society · murder investigation · federal investigation · identity crisis · post-plague society

Setting labels: near future · Earth · United States · futuristic society · post-pandemic world · virtual world · shared virtual space · corporate world · law enforcement setting

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Distance: 0.1433

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Child Zero

Chris Holm · 2022

In a near-future New York ravaged by antibiotic resistance, a detective hunts a mystery tied to a boy everyone wants.

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Premise labels: antibiotic resistance · bioterrorism · pandemic collapse · medical crisis · missing child · quarantine zone · manhunt · government overreach · scientific plausibility · public health crisis

Setting labels: near future · dystopian New York City · Central Park quarantine zone · post-pandemic world · surveillance state · urban collapse · futuristic cityscape

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Distance: 0.1451

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And Then I Woke Up

Malcolm Devlin · 2022

A cured survivor in a rehab facility recounts a plague that may have turned perception itself into a deadly weapon.

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Premise labels: virus outbreak · perception distortion · false reality · zombie apocalypse twist · cured survivor · rehabilitation facility · guilt and redemption · narrative control · social division · truth vs lies

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic · rehabilitation facility · institutional setting · ravaged world · countryside · city streets · worldwide outbreak · uncertain reality · pandemic-era resonance

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Distance: 0.1467

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The Fireman

Joe Hill · 2017

A pregnant nurse infected by a combustible plague fights to survive a collapsing world with help from a mysterious Fireman.

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Premise labels: pandemic outbreak · spontaneous combustion · infected survivors · plague survival · post-collapse community · protective outsider · pregnant protagonist · mysterious guardian · contagious disease

Setting labels: apocalyptic America · New Hampshire · New England · hospital setting · camp setting · collapsed civilization · small town · post-pandemic world

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After the Cure

Deirdre Gould · 2013 · After the Cure

A court psychologist and defense lawyer investigate a cured zombie plague—and a possible second outbreak.

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Premise labels: zombie cure · post-apocalypse aftermath · trial of creators · survival society · infected reintegration · psychological aftermath · legal accountability · second outbreak threat

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · walled city · rebuilding society · post-pandemic · fragile civilization · scarcity setting

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Reverence

Raena Rood · 2022 · Reverence

A volunteer advocate in a sealed, resource-starved city is pulled beyond the wall and into a dangerous truth.

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Premise labels: Pandemic aftermath · Walled city · Resource scarcity · Population control · Euthanasia system · Voluntary sacrifice · Secret truth · Forbidden outside world · Love under pressure · Dystopian rebellion

Setting labels: Post apocalyptic · Walled city · Locked-down city · Overcrowded city · Wasteland outside · Pandemic world · Near future · Dystopian society · Isolated enclave

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Distance: 0.1507

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