Category: contemporary fantasy
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The Watchmen
By Alan Moore Illustrated by Dave Gibbons Place: Publisher & Year: New York: DC Comics, 1995 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, dark fantasy, adventure Format: graphic novel ISBN: 9780930289232 Intended audience: adult Number of pages: 413 Settings: New York City, Antarctica, and Mars Time period: late 1930s through mid 1980’s (The Cold War) Plot…
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The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes
By Neil Gaiman Illustrators: Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg, Malcolm Jones III, artists; Todd Klein, letterer; Robbie Busch, colorist; selected recoloring by Daniel Vozzo; Dave McKean, covers. Place: Publisher & Year: New York: DC Comics, 1995, 1991 Genres: Fantasy, dark fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, mythic fiction, adventure, horror Format: Graphic novel Series: The Sandman series;…
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A Lick of Frost: a novel
By Laurell K. Hamilton Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ballantine Books, 2007 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, dark fantasy, paranormal romance, romantic suspense, horror, mystery, occult fiction, erotic fiction Series: Meredith Gentry series; 6 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 274 Setting: Los Angeles, CA and the Seelie Court Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: The…
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Mistral’s Kiss: a novel
By Laurell K. Hamilton Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ballantine Books, 2007 Genre: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, dark fantasy, paranormal romance, romantic suspense, horror, mystery, occult fiction, erotic fiction Series: Meredith Gentry series; 5 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 326 – includes an excerpt from the next series novel A Lick of Frost. Mistral’s…
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A Stroke of Midnight
By Laurell K. Hamilton Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ballantine Books, c2005 Genre(s): Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, dark fantasy, paranormal romance, romantic suspense, horror, mystery, occult fiction, erotic fiction Series: Meredith Gentry series; 4 Intended audience (Age range): Adult Number of pages: 366 Setting: The Unseelie court at Cahokia, IL Time period: Contemporary Plot summary:…
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Three Days To Never
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By Tim Powers Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Harper, 2007, c2006 Genres:Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, suspense, thriller, mystery ISBN:9780380798377, 0380798379 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 405 Setting: Mainly Southern CA, but also Israel, various Europeans locations, Mt. Shasta, and NJ. Time period: Most of the story takes place immediately following the Hamornic…
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Bone Dance: a Fantasy for Technophiles
By Emma Bull Place: Publisher & Year: Orb Books: New York, 2009, c1991 Genres: Fantasy, urban fantasy, science fiction, mythic fiction ISBN: 9780765321732 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 315 Setting: The City (formerly the Twin Cities, MN) Time period: A post- Armageddon future Plot summary: In the post-Bang world, Sparrow makes a living by…
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Neverwhere
By Neil Gaiman Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Avon Books, 1998, c1997 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, dark fantasy, mythic fiction, horror ISBN: 9780380789016 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 370 Setting: London, England Time period: mid 1990s Plot summary: When Richard Mayhew stops to help a bleeding girl one night, his life…
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Seduced by Moonlight
By Laurell K. Hamilton Place: Publisher, Year: New York: Ballantine Books, 2004 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, dark fantasy, paranormal romance, romantic suspense, horror, mystery, occult fiction, erotic fiction Series: Meredith Gentry series ; 3 ISBN: 034544356X Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 372 Setting: Los Angeles, CA and the Unseelie Court at Cahokia Time period:…
Ra's Spiral Path 