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The V*mpire

P.H. Lee Reactor 2024 ShortStory Horror 5,442 words

The vampires aren’t even the worst part about being a teenage trans girl on tumblr.

Fairy Tale RetellingTrans IdentityIntertextual

Content warnings 9

abusechild-abusedeath-of-a-loved-onegoremisogynysexual-violencesubstance-usetransphobiaviolence

Frost's Boy

P.H. Lee Lightspeed 2021 Novelette Fantasy 7,961 words

"Once upon a time, in that place right near to us, there lived a man and a woman, together as man and wife, though, like most peasants, no one had married them nor given them any word. It was simply that their love for each other was stronger even than...

Fairy Tale RetellingFatherhoodAmbiguous Ending

Content warnings 3

abusechild-abuseviolence

Distant Stars

P.H. Lee Clarkesworld 2020 ShortStory SF Drama 3,267 words

Even as a grad student, Sarah Levy focused on her research to the detriment of her family, and things only get worse when she makes a breakthrough discovery.

Near FutureDiasporaAmbiguous Ending

Content warnings 1

death-of-a-loved-one

Just Enough Rain

P.H. Lee Giganotosaurus 2021 Novelette 9,628 words

Not reviewed by Rocket Stack Rank.

The Garden Where No One Ever Goes

P.H. Lee BCS 2020 ShortStory Fantasy 1,519 words

"Now, dry and dead, the gardens sulk in the center of the city; not our pride, but our shame. Now the beds and planters are dry with dust, the carvings are chipped away for lime, the paths are run only by rats and ragged dogs. Now it is a place where no...

Historical FantasyQueer IdentitySecond Person

Content warnings 2

death-of-a-loved-oneviolence

The Turnip, or, How the Whole World Was Brought to Peace

P.H. Lee Lightspeed 2022 ShortStory Fantasy 6,845 words

"I have heard it on the rumors that when the tale-spinner’s guild gathers in their secret places, a full half of them are sworn to never tell the truth, and the other half to never tell a lie, even if it mean their life. Being one of that trade myself, I...

Fairy Tale RetellingFriendshipHistorical Europe

Content warnings 1

violence

The Ash-Girl and the Salmon Prince

P.H. Lee & Rachel Swirsky Lightspeed 2021 Novelette Fairy Tale 12,100 words

"I have heard it on the rumors that when the tale-spinner’s guild gathers in their secret places, a full half of them are sworn to never tell the truth, and the other half to never tell a lie, even if it mean their life. Being one of that trade myself, I...

Fairy Tale RetellingMotherhoodIntertextual

Content warnings 1

abuse

Ann-of-Rags

P.H. Lee Lightspeed 2020 ShortStory Fantasy 3,264 words

"I have heard it on the rumors that when the tale-spinner’s guild gathers in their secret places, a full half of them are sworn to never tell the truth, and the other half to never tell a lie, even if it mean their life. Being one of that trade myself, I...

Fairy Tale RetellingMotherhoodIntertextual

Content warnings 1

violence

A House by the Sea

P.H. Lee Uncanny 2018 ShortStory Pastiche 1,394 words

We know about the ones who walked away from Omelas, but what the heck happened to the kid in the basement?

SlipstreamGuiltSecond Person

Content warnings 2

child-abusedeath