It’s been a phenomenally good summer for paranormal fantasy fans. Several major series have blockbuster installments hitting the shelves, including Kat Richardson’s Greywalker, Richard Kadrey’s Sandman Slim, and Jennifer Estep’s Elemental Assassin. But perhaps the summer’s biggest paranormal fantasy release, at least for me, was totally unexpected. It was the glorious resurrection of one of […]
We are in the midst of a glorious Golden Age of paranormal fantasy—the last ten years, specifically, in genre fiction have been nothing short of landscape-changing. The days of rigidly defined categories (romance, fantasy, horror, etc.) are long gone. Today, genre-blending novels reign supreme: narratives with virtually limitless potential that freely utilize elements of fantasy, […]
I’m a fiend for crime fiction: the twisted plots, the dangerous characters, the desperate situations…it provides a rush few other genres can match. I especially love it when crime writers aren’t afraid to let their stories get weird—some of them border on horror or fantasy already, with enough elements of the real and the human to keep them […]
Kim Harrison’s beloved Hollows series is drawing to a close, with just one installment to go since the recent release of penultimate volume The Undead Pool. Our vicarious sojourn in the Hollows of Cincinnati, among all of its supernatural creatures, is coming to an end. Debuting in 2004 with the release of Dead Witch Walking, Harrison’s […]
It’s an interesting time to be a paranormal fantasy fan. Over the last few years, some hugely popular series have ended—Nicole Peeler’s Jane True saga, Charlaine Harris’s Southern Vampire sequence, the Sabina Kane series from Jaye Wells—and Kim Harrison’s phenomenally successful Hollows saga, featuring Rachel Morgan and crew, will soon reach its own highly anticipated […]