Read The World – Map

Kev Harrison

Book
Dalyan
Turkey
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Why's it here?
  • Set here
Notes:

The story begins in Dalyan, Turkey, before going on across several locations in North Africa, including Istanbul, Turkey
Tunis, Tunisia
Sousse, Tunisia
Kairouan, Tunisia
Cairo, Egypt
Fes, Morocco

It's a Djinn curse-based adventure horror novel

Xan van Rooyen

Book
Finland
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  • Set here
Notes:

This adult aetherpunk novel is set in a futuristic version of Helsinki that blends Finnish mythology with dystopia.

Koji A. Dae

Short Story
Gabrovo
Bulgaria
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  • Written here

György Dragomán

Book
Transylvania
Romania
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  • Set here

L.N. Hunter

Short Story
52.320278, -0.065611
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Why's it here?
  • Inspired by this location
Notes:

This is the stop where I caught the bus for my daily commute for many years. The enormous cobwebs on the ticket machines, sited at the righthand end of the shelter, were the inspiration for my comic story about spiders taking over the world, which appeared in the anthology 'Laughs in Space' in 2024.

L.N. Hunter

Short Story
The Broads
Norfolk
England
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  • Set here
Notes:

The Broads (also known as the Norfolk Broads) is a wide, flat, somewhat desolate and haunting part of East Anglia, just right as a setting for this quiet horror story.

It can be found in the anthology 'Noncorporeal II.'

Kyrgyzstan
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  • Set here

L.N. Hunter

Book
Huntingdon
England
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  • Written here
Notes:

This comic fantasy is my first novel, and was written in Huntingdon over many, many, many evenings and weekends.

Andrus Kivirähk

Book
Estonia
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Notes:

A bestseller in Estonia, where the book is so well known that a popular board game has been created based on it, The Man Who Spoke Snakish is the imaginative and moving story of a boy who is tasked with preserving ancient traditions in the face of modernity.

Xan van Rooyen

Book
Johannesburg
South Africa
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  • Inspired by this location
Notes:

This story is inspired by the author's own experiences growing up in South Africa and attending a single sex, religious school in Johannesburg.

Koji A. Dae

Poem
Volterra PI
Italy
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  • Written here

Caroline Hung

Short Story
Dajia Jenn Lann Temple, No. 158號, Shuntian Rd, Dajia District
Taichung City 437
Taiwan
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  • Set here

Liam Hogan

Short Story
53.409689, -2.949660
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  • Inspired by this location
Notes:

Terraced houses, abandoned streets, unfriendly pubs, Victorian parks... Very much inspired by Liverpool, though I can't vouch for this journey as it nears the outskirts!

Caroline Hung

Poem
Lapulapu Monument
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  • Inspired by this location

Caroline Hung

Poem
Manila
Philippines
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Notes:

She's out there somewhere. Will you join me in searching?

Alex Woodroe

Book
45.662314, 23.990086
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Notes:

Whisperwood is set in a fictional village inspired by the wooded regions of central Romania, and at one point mentions an old name for the city Sibiu as being the largest nearby hub.
I (the author) am from not far from that region, and live even closer.

John W. Campbell

Short Story
-68.946278, 143.198889
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