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Urban Fantasy

Magic and technology mix in this fantasy subgenre. Elves become expert race car drivers, police hunt for trolls and vampires, and faeries trade and do favors for slices of pepperoni pizza.

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  • Driven underground in the 17th century, Magic is now returning to the land. But all it bring salvation or apocalypse?
    BookNew York : Tor, c2009. — SCIENCE FICTION DELLAMONICA
  • A late-night radio show in Denver that ends up focused on the problems of the paranormal community. (The vampires and werewolves that are pretending very hard they don't exist. They're not happy with Kitty.)
    eBookNew York : Hachette Book Group, 2008. — XX(59672.1)
  • An atmospheric and lyrical story. Invited to a beautiful--if mysterious--city where she can put her painful past behind her, Jilly realizes she has a decision to make.
    BookBurton, MI : Subterranean Press, c2007. — SCIENCE FICTION DE LINT
  • Sarah Beauhall is busy. Blacksmith, props master and semi closeted ex-Christian lesbian Sarah unexpectedly finds herself defending the Pacific Northwest from an actual dragon.
    BookNew York : Tor, c2010. — SCIENCE FICTION PITTS
  • Meet Harry Dresden. The only person listed under "Wizards" in the Chicago phone book.
    PaperbackNew York : ROC : New American Library, 2000. — PBRACK SCIENCE FICTION
  • When Owen wakes up in the hospital after killing his boss he's offered a job as a monster hunter.
    PaperbackNew York : Baen, c2009. — PBRACK SCIENCE FICTION
  • A supernatural thriller with cozy, sexually explicit scenes and personal growth as Opal--an artist capable of transforming actors into strange beings using her magic--deals with the possession of an actor.
    BookNew York : Ace Books, c2009. — SCIENCE FICTION HOFFMAN
  • Raised by werewolves, shapeshifter Mercy wants a 'normal life', enjoys working at her auto shop fixing a vampire's van and annoying her (werewolf) neighbor. Of course, things don't stay that quiet. . .
    PaperbackNew York : Ace Books, c2006. — PBRACK SCIENCE FICTION
  • Darkly humorous and offbeat. A sheriff, The Walking Man, is stalking the streets of the Nightside preying on evildoers and indulgent party-goers alike.
    BookNew York : Ace Books, c2009. — SCIENCE FICTION GREEN
  • After 20 years as a personal clerk, Unwin is confused when he's promoted to Detective to replace his boss who has gone missing. An intricately plotted and offbeat mystery.
    BookNew York : Penguin Press, 2009. — MYSTERY BERRY
  • Alysha thought she was taking over her late grandmother's junk shop in Alberta, Canada. When she arrives she finds a homeless leprechaun, her grandmother is only presumed dead, and Alysha is expected to serve as an information exchange for…
    BookNew York : DAW Books, c2009. — SCIENCE FICTION HUFF
  • Spider's Bite

    An Elemental Assassin Book

    Estep, Jennifer
    Compelling and gritty account as assassin Gin vows revenge after her mentor is murdered as part of a double-cross.
    BookNew York : Pocket Books, 2010. — PBRACK FICTION.
  • Hot rods. High Magic. Elves. Kiddie Porn. Go!
    BookRiverdale, N.Y. : Baen Pub., 1999. — SCIENCE FICTION LACKEY
  • Necromancer-for-hire Dante Valentine may be in over her head. (She's been hired by the devil to take out a renegade demon.)
    PaperbackNew York : Orbit, 2007. — PBRACK FICTION
  • Rosemary and Rue

    An October Daye Novel

    McGuire, Seanan
    A gritty and darkly humorous story of how half-human, half-faerie October Daye is pulled back into dealing with the world of Faerie. (Her last case ended up with her as a carp in the Japanese Tea Gardens for 14 years.)
    PaperbackNew York : DAW Books : Distributed by Penguin Group (USA), c2009. — PBRACK SCIENCE FICTION
  • Being the ultimate skeptic Seattle cop Joanne Walker has a *little* trouble when she's brought face to face with an ancient Celtic god who leads the Wild Hunt.
    BookNew York : Luna, c2005. — SCIENCE FICTION MURPHY
  • The King Arthur myth retold as King attempts to unite the monsters, gangbangers and crack dealers of Indianapolis, Indiana.
    BookLondon : Angry Robot, 2010. — PBRACK SCIENCE FICTION
  • Jeremiah Hunt has dedicated himself to finding his vanished daughter. Sacrificing his sight so he can see ghosts, spirits and darker entities he acts as a freelance exorcist, but he still seeks his daughter. . .
    BookNew York : Tor Books, 2011. — FICTION NASSISE
  • Formerly a Fae prince, now Mick Oberon works as a P.I. in 1930s Chicago.
    BookLondon : Titan Books, 2014. — SCIENCE FICTION MARMELL
  • Kate Daniels, mercenary, cleans up urban problems of the paranormal kind.
    PaperbackNew York : Ace Books, 2007. — PBRACK SCIENCE FICTION