Urban Fantasy Books
Star-studded and comprehensive, this imaginative anthology brings a myriad of modern fantasy voices under one roof. Previously difficult for readers to ...
Featuring innovative authors, such as Robert Holdstock, Stephen King, Gregory Maguire, Francesca Lia Block, Steven Millhauser, and Jeffrey Ford, this volume ...
Mercy Thompson's life is not exactly normal. Her next-door neighbor is a werewolf. Her former boss is a gremlin. And she's fixing a VW bus for a vampire. But ...
DELUXE EDITION-a beautiful hardcover edition featuring sprayed edges, a designed case stamp, and fully illustrated color endpapers. From New York Times ...
Turning 50 is supposed to be a milestone, but for Katie Beaumont, it's the beginning of a supernatural adventure that will change her life ...
A lawyer embroiled in a floundering murder case is distracted by another person's dreams of a beautiful woman. Even as he finds himself falling for the dream ...
After Paige Winterbourne is ousted as leader of the American Coven of Witches, all she wants to do is hide under her duvet for a few months. Let the ...
"Armstrong has created a persuasive, finely detailed other-worldly cosmology - featuring sorcery, astral projection, spells, telepathy and ...
Forget nude-dancing Wiccans, forget Samantha from 'Bewitched', forget the cackling green hag in the Wizard of Oz. Real witches are nothing, NOTHING like ...
"When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth!" From White Zombie to Dawn of the Dead, Resident Evil to World War Z, zombies have invaded ...
This is a short novel, about 60,000 words. On the outside, Dina Demille is the epitome of normal. She runs a quaint Victorian Bed and Breakfast in a small ...
My name is Peter Grant and until January I was just probationary constable in that mighty army for justice known to all right-thinking people as the ...
The seventh book of the bestselling Rivers of London series returns to the adventures of Peter Grant, detective and apprentice wizard, as he solves magical ...
Ben Aaronovitch's bestselling Rivers of London urban fantasy series • ‘The perfect blend of CSI and Harry Potter.’ -io9 • 2015 Locus Recommended Reading for ...
Ben Aaronovitch's bestselling Rivers of London urban fantasy series • ‘The perfect blend of CSI and Harry Potter.’ -io9 A mutilated body in Crawley. A ...
"The fate of an entire people rests on my shoulders. I am heir to a dying throne, daughter of a dead city. I have made hard choices to get this ...
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Description
Urban fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy where the narrative incorporates supernatural elements within a 19th- to 21st-century (or equivalent) urban society. It typically takes place in the present day (or its equivalent).
Urban fantasy works may be set in an approximation of our world where the fantastic exists secretly, or in a world (such as an alternate history) where it occurs openly, or a blend of both. Elements like magic, paranormal beings, other worlds, and so forth may exist. Common themes include coexistence or conflict between humans and other beings, with the changes brought by such characters and events to local life serving as the main driving force.
Many authors, publishers, and readers distinguish urban fantasy from paranormal romance, which uses similar characters and settings but focuses on romantic relationships between characters.