“Dear Prospective Student, Congratulations on your acceptance to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As you might be well aware, we live in strange and unusual times, and those times are growing ever more so. As such, we wish to … Continue reading
Category Archives: Urban Fantasy
For over thirty years, DAW Books have been releasing some of the best science fiction and fantasy books in the field, a tradition of consistency and excellence that has given them a well-deserved reputation. To celebrate their thirty years in … Continue reading
Originally released in 1998, Dreaming Down-Under is one of those ambitious volumes which attempts to not just expand the limits and boundaries of the speculative fiction range of genres, but to shatter them altogether, much like Dangerous Visions did in … Continue reading
Borderland, edited by Terri Windling and Mark Alan Arnold (Tor, 1986) Bordertown, edited by Terri Windling and Mark Alan Arnold (Tor, 1986) Life On The Border, edited by Terri Windling (Tor, 1991) Finder, by Emma Bull (Tor, 1994) Elsewhere, by … Continue reading
I’m of two minds regarding this interesting anthology. The first thought is that it really is quite lovely, and the editor does a splendid job of collecting the old and unusual for the lineup of “stories of mischief, magic, and … Continue reading
“Eddi McCandry, the Seelie Court goes to war, and needs the presence of mortal blood to bring death to its enemies.” –From War For The Oaks, The Phouka summing up why they need Eddi McCandry, unemployed musician-at-large. In 1987, Emma … Continue reading
“They have dungeons in the Summer Country. They have slaves in the Summer Country. Camelot is dead. Arthur is dead. Law is dead. Power rules.” When two worlds collide, lives are thrown into turmoil. People will live, people will die, … Continue reading
The classic tale of Sleeping Beauty is reimagined and retold with a Victorian flavor in this new offering by Mercedes Lackey. Like her previous book in the Elemental Masters series, The Serpent’s Shadow, this one brings the sensibilities and customs … Continue reading
Enter a world where things are very, very different. Where in 1985, Britain is a virtual police state, engaged in border wars with the People’s Republic of Wales, and well into the 131st year of the Crimean War. Where all … Continue reading
Hidden away on a small island somewhere off the coast of Florida, near Miami, is a deadly, dangerous secret. The island is called Caya DelaSangre, the Blood Key, and for over four centuries it has been the home of a … Continue reading