The Fight Comes Home for Mercy Thompson in Storm Cursed
In an urban fantasy series as long-lived as Patricia Brigg’s Mercy Thompson—which began with Moon Called in 2006, and recently reached…
Urban Fantasy
Sequel Storm of Locusts Is Even Better Than the Hugo-Nominated Trail of Lightning
In concrete action, Rebecca Roanhorse’s Storm of Locusts begins similarly to its Hugo- and Nebula-nominated predecessor Trail of Lighting: with a knock…
Blogging the Nebulas: Trail of Lightning Shocks Urban Fantasy Back to Life
Editor’s note: The Nebula Awards are often described as the Academy Awards of SFF literature. Like the Oscar, the Nebula…
Building a Community from the Ashes: Wild Country by Anne Bishop
Anne Bishop returns to the fascinating world of the Others in Wild Country, a largely standalone outing set within the…
One Last, Wild Ride with Miriam Black: Chuck Wendig’s Vultures
If you recognize Chuck Wendig’s name, there’s a good chance it’s because of his bestselling Star Wars tie-in novels, or…
Rebecca Roanhorse Talks Mythology, Alternate Endings, and the Future of the Sixth World
Navajo mythology drives the intense post-apocalyptic fantasy thriller Trail of Lightning, one of the best debut novels of 2018. Mags Hoskie…
Rebecca Roanhorse’s Trail of Lightning: A Splendid Mirror for Indigenous Readers
Today we are joined by Dr. Debbie Reese, founder and editor of American Indians in Children’s Literature, which since 2006…
Ranking The Dresden Files
Ever since he blew onto the scene in 2000, Jim Butcher’s Harry Dresden has helped to redefine what we think…
Christopher Moore Goes Noir in His Latest Smart Genre Satire
My first exposure to Christopher Moore was his supremely absurd 2002 novel Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood…
Sinned His Last: Matt Wallace Talks the Plating the Final Course of the Sin Du Jour Series
Matt Wallace is a man for all seasons. Half of the incendiary publishing industry podcast Ditch Diggers, a truly memorable tweeter, and,…
Anne Bishop’s Lake Silence Is an Urban Fantasy About Strong Women and Good Men
Anne Bishop blazed onto the genre scene in the late 1990s with the Black Jewels Trilogy, a fantasy epic filled…
Impostor Syndrome Is a Fittingly Complicated End to a Game-Changing Urban Fantasy Series
In every way imaginable, Millicent Roper is a complicated protagonist. Over the course of the first two novels in Mishell…
With Burn Bright, Patricia Briggs Upends Two Urban Fantasy Series at Once
Burn Bright is marked as the fifth book in Patricia Briggs’ Alpha and Omega series, but I’d wager most of its readers…
How a Career as a Stuntwoman Spawned a Killer Urban Fantasy
Dana Fredsti’s (Plague Town) latest novel is Spawn of Lilith, a contemporary fantasy about a tough-as-nails woman who’s a stunt…
Ilona Andrews’ Hidden Legacy Trilogy Brings the PNR Heat
Absolutely ages ago—2014 to be precise—the husband and wife writing team that publishes the bestselling Kate Daniels series under the…
Borrowed Souls Spares the Snark with a Vulnerable Urban Fantasy Heroine
Kickass female leads have been a defining feature of urban fantasy since the arrival of Mercedes Lackey’s first Diana Tregarde book in…
Mishell Baker on Writing Disability in Fantasy—and Getting it Right
Failure to include positive portrayals of physical disability and mental health issues in our fiction erases a large portion of society—and…
Feeling Series Fatigue? Here Are 10 Standalone Urban Fantasy Novels
There is a certain kind of dread that comes from learning that book you were jazzed to read is actually…
Phantom Pains Pushes the Boundaries of What Urban Fantasy Can Do
Last year I read Borderline, Mishell Baker’s debut novel, and knew it was a game changer for urban fantasy. And sure enough,…