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Cover of The End and Other Beginnings: Stories from the Future – A Masterful Illustrated Sci-Fi Anthology for Teens about Friendship, Hope, and Technology by Veronica Roth

The End and Other Beginnings: Stories from the Future – A Masterful Illustrated Sci-Fi Anthology for Teens about Friendship, Hope, and Technology

Veronica Roth · 2019 · Carve the Mark

Six illustrated YA sci-fi novellas explore future worlds where love, grief, and hope collide with strange technologies.

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Plot structure labels: short-form collection · episodic · standalone stories · mixed continuity · two linked stories · abrupt endings · open endings · slice of larger world

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Distance: 0.1129

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Cover of The Starlit Wood by Dominik Parisien

The Starlit Wood

Dominik Parisien, Margo Lanagan, Marjorie M. Liu, Seanan McGuire, Garth Nix, Naomi Novik, Sofia Samatar, Karin Tidbeck, Catherynne M. Valente, Genevieve Valentine, Amal El-Mohtar, Charlie Jane Anders, Aliette de Bodard, Jeffrey Ford, Max Gladstone, Theodora Goss, Daryl Gregory, Kat Howard, Stephen Graham Jones · 2016 · The Universe of Xuya

An anthology of fairy tale retellings that reworks familiar and obscure tales across fantasy, SF, horror, and western modes.

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Plot structure labels: anthology structure · standalone stories · varied endings · multiple retellings · author notes · mixed lengths · riff on source tales

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Distance: 0.1048

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Cover of L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future, Volume 40 by Jody Lynn Nye

L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future, Volume 40

Jody Lynn Nye, Rosalyn Robilliard · 2024

An illustrated anthology of new sci-fi and fantasy voices, pairing contest-winning stories with bonus art, essays, and tips.

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Plot structure labels: standalone stories · episodic structure · short-form arcs · multiple endings · cohesive anthology arc · varied pacing · bite-sized chunks

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Distance: 0.1051

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Cover of Strange Highways by Dean Koontz

Strange Highways

Dean Koontz · 2002

A haunted man returns home and gets a second chance, in a collection of dark, twisty short fiction.

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Plot structure labels: anthology structure · standalone stories · opening novella · closing novella · mixed-length pieces · revised reprints · collection of earlier work · replay/reset device · reveals withheld gradually · twist endings · episodic progression · varied story outcomes

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Distance: 0.1060

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Cover of The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth by Roger Zelazny

The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth

Roger Zelazny · 2005 · Pulphouse Short Story Paperbacks

A classic short-fiction collection of poetic SF tales spanning alien oceans, terraformers, sentient cars, and doomed romance.

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Plot structure labels: story collection · episodic · varied lengths · novelette-length pieces · short vignette pieces · mixed tonal register · twist endings · bittersweet endings · frame-like self-contained stories · idea-driven

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Distance: 0.1081

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Cover of She Said Destroy by Nadia Bulkin

She Said Destroy

Nadia Bulkin · 2017

A debut horror collection blending ghosts, folklore, and politics across Indonesia and America, with strange, violent, unforgettable stories.

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Plot structure labels: single-story collection · varied stories · standalone stories · twists · open-ended endings · non-standard endings · multiple levels of meaning · slow reveal · ambiguous worldbuilding

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Distance: 0.1093

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Cover of Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction by Joshua Whitehead

Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction

Joshua Whitehead · 2019

An Indigenous queer anthology of nine speculative stories imagining post-apocalyptic futures shaped by love, land, and survival.

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Plot structure labels: short story collection · varied standalone stories · anthology arc · linked thematic unity · open endings · mixed-length pieces · snapshot storytelling

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Distance: 0.1097

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Cover of Engraved on the Eye by Saladin Ahmed

Engraved on the Eye

Saladin Ahmed · 2012

Eight genre-bending stories weave Middle Eastern, Muslim, and speculative worlds across fantasy, SF, horror, and weird west.

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Plot structure labels: varied settings · episodic structure · standalone stories · prequel story · tie-in stories · open endings · twist endings · moral dilemma structure · variety collection

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Distance: 0.1098

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Cover of I Sing the Body Electric! & Other Stories by Ray Bradbury

I Sing the Body Electric! & Other Stories

Ray Bradbury · 1998

A mixed-genre Bradbury story collection where robots, memory, Mars, and literary ghosts probe love, loss, and being human.

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Plot structure labels: episodic · standalone stories · mixed quality arc · varied endings · short-form vignettes · surreal turns · twist endings · poem coda · anthology pacing

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1124

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