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Supernaturally tinged comics like Sandman, Hellblazer, and Lucifer have long been staples of Vertigo's roster. Next month, the publisher will debut their newest ghostly series, Dominique Laveau: Voodoo Child by author Selwyn Seyfu Hinds and artists Denys Cowan and John Floyd. More »
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We really dug the debut of Chris Roberson (iZombie) and Rich Ellis' Memorial, a promising new series about an amnesiac young woman who suddenly becomes embroiled in magical weirdness. Courtesy of IDW Publishing, here's an exclusive seven-page sneak peek at the upcoming second issue. More »
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Urban fantasy is famous for taking real cities and recreating them as paranormal landscapes. At the New York Comic Con panel "Demonic Hotspots, Infernal Pit Stops and the Badlands," six writers explained why and how. More »
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Bob is homeless man living in San Francisco's Tenderloin District who regularly converses with monsters that only he can see. Is he crazy? Or is he the only person who stands between the human race and total destruction? More »
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Jim Butcher's latest entry in the Dresden Files series, Ghost Story, feels like the gutsiest of his popular paranormal detective novels so far. Like its immediate predecessor, Changes, Ghost Story showcases Butcher's willingness to enact huge, sweeping changes to the status quo that he's established. More »
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Soon enough we'll get to see how legendary director Bill Condon brings to life the incredibly messed-up conclusion to Stephenie Meyer's Twilight saga. Chances are, we're in for one of the all-time great "did I just see that?" scenes. More »
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The world is full of retellings of the Brothers Grimm lately, but Lisa Goldstein's new novel The Uncertain Places makes the world of fairy tales feel like a living place, with a long history that intersects with our own world. More »
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After getting expelled from their school for teenaged monsters, a trio of witches enrolls in an all-girl academy for monster hunters. To fit in, they'll have to hide their witchy natures and contend with a telekinetic queen bee. More »
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When you're in the city that never sleeps, you might want to keep one eye open at all times. Many of the best futuristic cities and urban fantasy stories take place in dark, dystopian cities. More »
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Remember when every paranormal adventure novel had to have a woman with a tramp stamp, with her back to the reader? Preferably wearing tight leather pants and holding a crossbow? Those days are over. More »
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Like Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, the webcomic Love Me Nice is set in a world where Toons live among us as a separate race. But it focuses more on the emotional consequences of a culture so focused on making cartoons. More »
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Kim Harrison, author of the Rachel Morgan novels, created a fantastical road trip for the latest book, Pale Demon. And to research her story, she actually traveled across the country. Here's her story of a fantasy roadtrip gone wrong... in a good way. More »
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Every television network is looking at doing a police procedural with fairies, monsters or magicians, and there's one book they should all take a look at: Ben Aaronovitch, who wrote for classic Doctor Who during its waning years in the late 1980s, has created the perfect blend of CSI and Harry Potter, with his new book series about a London cop who investigates supernatural mysteries. More »
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What's better than a witch on a road trip? How about a witch on a road trip with a host of supernatural creatures? Kim Harrison's Pale Demon takes her witch hero Rachel Morgan on a cross-country drive to the annual witch convention in San Francisco, to get her shunning revoked. Here's an exclusive look at chapter 12, where our heroes visit Las Vegas! More »
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Anybody who cares about noir fiction should read Domenic Stansberry's scathing rebuke to the calcification of the genre. (And since noir is the fundamental inspiration for a ton of urban fantasy right now, as well as much of the cyberpunk genre, pretty much anybody who's interested in well-written science fiction and fantasy should care about noir.) More »
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A night nurse goes to work at a secret ward, where she treats supernatural creatures, and gets involved in a 300-year vampire feud. Cassie Alexander's Nightshifted has an intriguing premise... and the story of its road to publication is inspirational. More »
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Danny Gunn, the chain-smoking star of Kel MacDonald's Sorcery 101, takes magic lessons from a vampire, lives with a werewolf, and finds himself pulled into all manner of supernatural intrigue, all in a world that doesn't believe in magic. More »
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Sometimes the best short stories are the ones which hint at a much larger picture, almost as if they're a window onto one person's experience of a grand saga. That's what Sigrid Ellis' "No Return Address" is like. More »
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Where would science fiction and fantasy be without their awesome visuals? Orbit Books Creative Director Lauren Panepinto gives us a crash course in appreciating speculative artwork, and reveals the two unshakable rules of science fiction and fantasy art. More »
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In Darwin Carmichael is Going to Hell, hipsters rub elbows with minor deities, angels spend their downtime getting stoned, and followers of Richard Dawkins are seen as irrational loonies. It's also a world where bad karma has very real consequences. More »
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Lucid, an urban fantasy miniseries from writer Michael McMillian (True Blood) and editor Zachary Quinto, is an enjoyable yarn about a covert agency of magicians employed by Uncle Sam. Lucid contains some savvy worldbuilding, but its generic protagonist isn't that magical. More »
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Internecine politics, clan rivalries, and werewolf-posturing serve as the backdrop for World Fantasy Award winner Martin Millar's novel Lonely Werewolf Girl, a story about anxiety and the slow agony of making friends. More »
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Your writing reflects your unique — and sometimes messy — vision of the world. But how much should you compromise or censor yourself to get published? Urban fantasy author Stacia Kane delves into tricky questions of art and commerce. More »
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The Gates, ABC's entry into the fast-growing world of vampire television, was sorta fun. A few moments stood out, however: the whole "smelling Rhona Mitra's mouth" scene, and the naked werewolf action. Clips and spoilers below. More »
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If I've learned anything from Alternate History fiction, it's that in 90% of all alternate universes are timelines where A.) Hitler won WWII; or B.) people fly zeppelins instead of planes. Today we'll explore the latter. More »
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The Roman Empire has given speculative fiction authors plenty of fodder for alternate history tales. There are dozens of stories in which the fall of Rome is delayed or prevented, and technology advances at an alarming pace. More »
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A crazy-looking full moon rises over the angel statue atop the Alexander Column in the Palace Square of St. Petersburg, Russia. Photo by AP/Dmitry Lovetsky. More »
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Alternate history occurs when somebody makes a slightly different decision or a key event just gets lost in the shuffle. But sometimes history changes when time-travelers drop by! Here's what AH literature teaches us to do (should we ever time-travel). More »
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WWI fought with dragons? England as the land of Faerie? A space flight that runs on mummy dust? It was only a matter of time until fantasy figured out that everything's better with a little bit of magic, even history. More »
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Orbit Books Creative Director Lauren Panepinto has posted a high speed video showcasing her cover for Gail Carriger's upcoming urban fantasy novel Blameless. Gander at six hours of rapid-fire Photoshopping condensed into a mere 115 seconds! More »
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Terry Brooks has sold three new installments of his best-selling Shannara series to Del Rey Books. These new books in Brooks' post-apocalyptic swords and sorcery series will pick up where his High Druid of Shannara trilogy left off. More »
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Long before "urban fantasy" became a thriving subgenre, Greek artist Yannis Tsarouchis was painting faeries of the modern world. They may be fey, but they're also wearing 1960s-style sneakers and boxer shorts. More »
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We won't get any new Supernatural until Jan. 21 — but luckily, there's an awesome substitute. Longtime Vertigo Comics superstar Mike Carey has been writing supernatural thrillers that are every bit as addictive and tangled, featuring a wise-ass exorcist. Spoilers? More »
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In April of '08 Disney announced plans to animate Philip K. Dick's story The King of the Elves. Since then, there's been very little news about the urban fantasy endeavor. Did Disney kill off their paranoid, twisted elf tale? More »
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Editor Diana Gill calls urban fantasy a "gateway drug" to regular fantasy, because it takes place in the world we know, except that it's laced with magic. This started us wondering: What's the equivalent "gateway drug" for science fiction? More »
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Forthcoming urban fantasy Unleashed (Ace) by John Levitt is the sequel to Dog Days and New Tricks. It follows the exploits of a spell-casting jazz guitarist and his magic doggie. Well, sort of a doggie. More »
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Your urban fantasy automatically takes place in an alternate universe, because the existence of supernatural and magical items would alter society fundamentally. At least, that's what Bill Willingham, Jon Courtenay Grimwood and other panelists at World Fantasy 2009 claimed. More »
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The brilliant and prolific Jay Lake returns to the City Imperishable, with a Madness of Flowers. This is a decadent, surreal urban fantasy in the New Weird vein. Sex Dwarfs, spoilers, and a Polar Bear await. More »
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As much as I love the hand-drawn beauty that is classic Disney story-telling, it's hard not to let certain Princess And The Frog plot points fog up the animation. But you be the judge: here are the first few minutes. More »
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