The Shutouts
In a climate-ravaged future, separated women and families race across the U.S., uncovering the costs of survival and control.
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Plot structure labels used: multiple POVs, fragmented narrative, story within story, nested narratives, interlinked sections, episodic structure, nonlinear chronology, shifted perspectives, letters, journals, epistolary sections, part-based structure, interstitial excerpts, ambiguous ending
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The Separation
Twin brothers on opposite sides of WWII become entangled in an alternate-history puzzle of war, memory, and identity.
Lagoon
In Lagos, an alien arrival sparks chaos, myth, and change as three strangers become the bridge between worlds.
Mad Sisters of Esi
A restless sister leaves a world-whale behind, uncovering myths, memory, and a centuries-old mystery about two mad sisters.
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Same Bed Different Dreams
A tech worker uncovers a manuscript that opens into an alternate Korean history, secret governments, and tangled truths.
The Carpet Makers
A mysterious hair-carpet tradition on a backwater world gradually exposes a vast empire, hidden history, and a shocking truth.
Goliath
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Little Eyes
A global craze for camera-eyed toy pets links strangers in invasive, unsettling ways, exposing loneliness and hidden impulses.
Cloud Cuckoo Land
A book-linked, multi-timeline novel follows outsiders across centuries as one ancient story binds their lives together.
Mood Swings
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The Regional Office is Under Attack!
A secret world-saving agency is attacked from within, forcing two young women on opposite sides into collision.
Pedro the Vast
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