While science fiction often deals with the world of tomorrow and fantasy often illuminates worlds that never were, paranormal romance and urban fantasy are—mostly—set in the world we live in. Sort of. I mean, as far as we know, our world isn’t actually populated by vampires, witches, elves, demons, or the other creatures that inhabit urban fantasy and paranormal romance novels. Paranormal romance and urban fantasy have roots in horror fiction and magical realism, in mystery and suspense, and in romance and pulp fiction. Accustomed to crossing boundaries, these paranormal romance and urban fantasy can be found in a number of sections in the bookstore, including romance, sf/f, general fiction, mystery, and on the teen/young reader shelves. Not to mention in film, on television, and in comics and graphic novels.
To showcase this diversity, we’ve rounded up half a dozen original pieces of short fiction, including the charming tale of an infant werewolf by A.M. Dellamonica and the investigation of theft and double-murder by a trio of magic-workers who don’t all trust or like each other, from C.T. Adams.
Among the awesome stuff in the queue for this month:
And including blog posts and more from:
Plus an editors’ roundtable featuring Alicia Condon from Kensington, Chris Keesler from Dorchester, Heather Osborn from Tor Books, Monique Patterson from St. Martin’s Press, and Deb Werksman from SourceBooks.
PR/UF month fiction:
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07/06: Olga by C.T. Adams |
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07/12 The Ghost of Leadville by Jeanne C. Stein |
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07/15 Fare Thee Well by Cathy Clamp |
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07/19 A Stroke of Dumb Luck by Shiloh Walker |
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07/21 Bogieman by Carole Nelson Douglas |
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07/22 Eve of Sin City by S. J. Day |
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07/26 Fangs for Hire by Jenna Black |
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07/28 The Cage by A.M. Dellamonica |
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08/04 What Makes a River by Deborah Coates |
Here’s what’s been posted so far:
This isn’t the first time Tor.com has covered paranormal romance and urban fantasy. Check it out:
Enjoy!
Melissa Ann Singer is guest editor for Paranormal Fantasy and Urban Romance month on Tor.com. She is also an editor at Tor Books, and some other things too.
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VIEW ALL BY · Tuesday July 06, 2010 10:28am EDT
However, many, many people are on deadline, so a number of the writers we've approached haven't been able to commit to appearing here.
Whether or not someone is a Tor author has nothing to do with whether they've been asked or whether they've agreed to play.
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Tuesday July 06, 2010 01:24pm EDT
I'll be dropping by often to read what is posted this month.
And if anyone wants more PNR and UF they can drop by www.fang-tasticbooks.blogspot.com
VIEW ALL BY · Wednesday July 07, 2010 12:14am EDT
Awesome! Looking forward to all of it...
By the way, I wonder if you might find this helpful: Dead and Doing It?
Roxanne Rhoads @ 5
Wow, great site! I direct your attention to the above link, as well.
VIEW ALL BY · Wednesday July 07, 2010 10:47am EDT
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VIEW ALL BY · Wednesday July 07, 2010 12:28pm EDT
Woah! I have no words. Except, no, I do, I have lots of words.
Here's a question: if you don't like paranormal romance and urban fantasy, or the discussions thereof, they why on Earth would you read the above post? What did hot vampires and seductive werewolves ever do to you? They deserve love too! And if you don't want to read about it, then, y'know, don't. As far as I'm aware, Congress hasn't suddenly enacted a new Bill that requires all tax-paying citizens to read the collected works of Stephenie Meyer, Laurell K. Hamilton and Charlaine Harris. So what's with all the hate?
It's like, I don't really understand the lure of Westerns, or True Crime, or those weird Manga comics where everyone looks about 12 and seems really depressed all the time. As a result? Don't read 'em. And don't read or respond to posts from people who do.
I'm just sayin'.
Thursday July 08, 2010 02:53pm EDT
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