Category Archives: Urban Fantasy
A Series of Ordinary Adventures by Stevie Carroll
They are the people you pass on the street, sit next to on the bus. They are the heroes of personal triumphs, victims of personal tragedy. This is a book of little things- small casts, snippets of lives- but the … Continue reading
Filed under fantasy, Literary Fantasy, Urban Fantasy
Vodnik by Bryce Moore
Ten years ago, something bad happened to Tomas in Slovakia. Something he doesn’t quite remember, but that left horrible burns on his body and prompted his parents to move the family to America. But a house fire leaves the family … Continue reading
Filed under Urban Fantasy, YA
Discount Armageddon by Seanan McGuire
Verity Price is a Cryptozoologist, someone who studies Cryptids (the things that science has yet to put a finger on), who moonlights in her cover identity as a competitive dancer. Her family broke away from the Covenant, and organization bent on … Continue reading
Filed under Urban Fantasy
What Sweet Music They Make by Nerine Dorman
Terisa is a talented musician with the misfortune of having walked in on her boyfriend and best friend enjoying each other behind her back. She also has the misfortune of attracting the attention of some powerful vampire Lords due to … Continue reading
Filed under Romance, Urban Fantasy
Guest Post- Nerine Dorman
With her new book, What Sweet Music They Make, coming out from Lyrical Press January 23rd, I invited Nerine to introduce herself and her work. “The Children of the Night… One of the most common questions an author is asked … Continue reading
Filed under Romance, Urban Fantasy
Matchbox Girls by Chrysoula Tzavelas
It starts out mundane enough- a call from the children of an acquaintance asking Marley to come over, that their uncle is missing and they were told to call her should anything happen. The mundane ends there, shifting seamlessly into a … Continue reading
Filed under Urban Fantasy
Somewhere Beneath Those Waves by Sarah Monette
“On the landing, the roses of the Queen of Elfland, as clamorous as trumpets, continued to shout their glory to the uncomprehending house.” (‘Sarah Monette, Somewhere Beneath Those Waves, pg 185) Like the Queen of Elfland’s roses, the stories contained … Continue reading
Filed under fantasy, Horror, Scifi, Urban Fantasy
Obsidian Moon, Obsidian Eye by J. Damask
“I wanted my land back. It was deep in my blood. It sang in my bones. It demanded action.” -J. Damask, Obsidian Moon, Obsidian Eye, pg 100 A black drake coils through Jan Xu’s days and dreams, threatening her family, … Continue reading
Filed under fantasy, Urban Fantasy
Hammered by Kevin Hearne
A Druid, a Werewolf, and a Vampire walk into a bar… That is not exactly how the story goes- it is more of a meeting around a campfire, but the intent is the same. Men coming together with a purpose, … Continue reading
Filed under fantasy, Urban Fantasy
