Still Dead, Still Working: Urban Fantasy Where the Protagonist Maintains a Failing Body
Vampires get the good end of undeath. They stay handsome, they keep their faculties, and the maintenance requirement is framed […]
Not a Curse, an Outbreak: Urban Fantasy That Treats Monsters as Biology
Strip the curse out of a monster and something useful happens. It stops being a moral event and becomes a
The Villain Has an HR Department: Urban Fantasy From Inside the Evil Organisation
The chosen-one story has a moral problem it rarely admits: it lets the protagonist be good by accident. He is
He Just Wanted the Diner: Urban Fantasy Where the Apex Predator Is Trying to Retire
The coming-of-age wizard story has a structural problem: the first third is homework. Someone has to learn the rules, fail
Cut Off From the Council: Urban Fantasy Where the Magic Community Threw the Protagonist Out
Every magical community in this genre eventually produces the same structure: a council, an accord, an old family with money,
The Thing in the Passenger Seat: Urban Fantasy Where Something Else Lives in Your Body
A protagonist alone in a room is a protagonist with nothing to do but think. Put something else inside them
Holy Power, No Faith: Urban Fantasy’s Disgraced Exorcists and Faithless Angels
There is a specific engine that only runs on one fuel: a character who wields divine power and does not
Spells That Run on Hardware: Technomancy and the Magic System With a Root Password
Most urban fantasy quietly assumes magic and technology dislike each other. Phones die near wizards. Engines stall. It is a
Romantasy Books: Where to Start and What Each One Actually Delivers
Romantasy got its name recently and its readership did not wait for permission. The label covers fantasy where the romance
The Best Vampire Books, Sorted by the Kind of Vampire You Want
Every list of vampire books runs into the same problem on the first line, which is that “vampire book” describes