Theme & Character Lists: I n c * s t

Key

Con: c0nsensual
Semi: semi-c0nsensual
Non: n0nc0nsensual

A: adu1t
J: juveni1e

Br: br0ther
Si: s1ster
Sib: sib1ing
Fa: f@ther
Mo: m0ther
So: s0n
Da: d@ughter
Pt: p@rent
Ch: ch1ld
GF: gr@ndf@ther
GM: gr@ndm0ther
GS: gr@nds0n
GD: gr@ndd@ughter
Au: @unt
Un: uncl1
Ni: n1ece
Ne: n*phew
Co: c0usin SS: steps0n
SD: stepd@ughter
SF: stepf@ther
SM: stepm0ther

• Antieau, Kim. Jigsaw Woman (1996) (con br-si, non J fa-ch, semi br-si)

• Bradley, Marion Zimmer. The Mists of Avalon (semi A br-si)

• Constantine, Storm. Sea Dragon Heir (2000) (con A br-si)

• Dorsey, Candas Jane. Black Wine (1997)

• Griffith, Nicola. Slow River (1995) (non mo-da)
• Guess, Carol. Switch (1998) (con A br-si)

• Hegland, Jean. Into the Forest (one-time con A si-si) sensual, usually A, inc*st and inc*st-like situations occur throughout his many novels, especially fa-da.)
• Hopkinson, Nalo. Midnight Robber (non J fa-da)

• Jones, Gwyneth. Divine Endurance (1984) (semi ritualized breeding; specifically GF-GD is mentioned but presumably other types occurred)

• Kerr, Katharine. Daggerspell (1986) (con A br-si twists fate, and leads to characters' future lives having to work out their debts to each other; one future life has suggestion of a fa's too-strong affection for his da)
• Killough, Lee. A Voice Out of Ramah (1979) (strongly implied con br-si)

• Lee, Rand B. "Full Fathom Five My Father Lies" Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Feb. 1981; reprinted in Worlds Apart, ed. by Decarnin, Garber & Paleo (1986). [fa-so]
• Lee, Tanith. Anackire (1983) [br-si]
• Leiber, Fritz. "Dark Wings" in Heroes and Horrors, ed. by Stewart Schiff (1978) [si-si]
• Lynn, Elizabeth. The Dancers of Arun (1979) [br in love with br]
  --. The Sardonyx Net (1981) [a br-si attachment / emotional love affair]

• Moorcock, Michael. The Cornelius Chronicles [br-si]
• Mootoo, Shani. Cereus Blooms at Night (1996) (non fa-da)

• Pollack, Rachel. Godmother Night (non father-in-common-law / daughter-in-common-law)

• Rice, Anne. The Witching Hour and sequelae. (inc*st as breeding; con & non). Other Anne Rice has inc*stual implications.
• Rosenberg, Joel. The Silver Stone [Keepers of the Hidden Ways series] [suggested con fa-da]
• Roszak, Theodore. The Memoirs of Elizabeth Frankenstein (1996) (con A adoptive br-si)

• Sargent, Pamela. Cloned Lives (con A br-si clones)
• Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus (1818) (con adoptive A br-si)
• Sturgeon, Theodore. "If All Men Were Brothers, Would You Let One Marry Your Sister" (review) (con fa-da, but "inc*st" in general is implied)

• Vonarburg, Elisabeth. The Silent City (attempted non fa-figure/da)

• Wells, Jesse. "Succubus" in The Dress / The Sharda Stories. San Francisco: Library B Productions, 1986.
• Wilhelm, Kate. Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang (1976) (con co relationships; con clonal sib sex)
• Willis, Connie. "All My Darling Daughters" (implied fa-da)

  Anthologies

• The Armless Maiden and Other Stories for Childhood's Survivors, edited by Terri Windling (Tor, 1995) (many stories about various kinds of child abuse, including inc*st)

Also See:

• Nature's Ban: Women's Inc*st Literature edited by Karen Jacobsen McLennan. 1996. (not sf/fantasy, but important nonetheless)