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Bordertown

Mark Alan Arnold, Emma Bull, Midori Snyder, Ellen Kushner · 256 pages

Punk SubcultureElvesAnthologyShort Stories
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The Essential Bordertown

Charles de Lint, Steven Brust, Patricia A. McKillip, Ellen Kushner · 386 pages

Punk SubcultureElvesAnthologyUrban Fantasy
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Elsewhere

Will Shetterly · 248 pages

Ron, a teenage runaway, comes of age among the punk elves and humans of Bordertown, a run-down city on the border between the real world and the magic world of Faerie.

ElvesPunk SubcultureUrban FantasyLeaving Home
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Borderland

Charles de Lint, Ellen Kushner, Mark Alan Arnold · 252 pages

Punk SubcultureAnthologyUrban FantasyShort Stories
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Finder

Emma Bull · 317 pages

ElvesPunk SubcultureUrban FantasyFantasy
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Bedlam's Edge

Mercedes Lackey, Rosemary Edghill · 292 pages

ElvesAnthologyUrban FantasyFantasy
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Bedlam Boyz

Ellen Guon · 304 pages

ElvesUrban FantasyBig CityFantasy
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The Blood of Ten Chiefs

Richard Pini, Lynn Abbey, Robert Lynn Asprin · 314 pages

ElvesAnthologyShort StoriesFantasy
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Project Elfhome

Wen Spencer · 672 pages

ElvesUrban FantasyShort StoriesFantasy
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Naked City: Tales of Urban Fantasy

Ellen Datlow · 539 pages

An anthology of gritty supernatural tales of magic and mischief by leading genre authors includes an original "Harry Dresden" by Jim Butcher, Patricia Briggs' story about a vampire who must save the Fae who lifted his curse, and Holly Black's short pieceabout a rock star who discovers a young woman's unnatural appetites.

AnthologyShort StoriesUrban FantasyBig City
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Realms of the Underdark

J. Robert King · 345 pages

AnthologyElvesShort StoriesFantasy
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The War of the Lance

Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman, Richard A. Knaak, Michael Williams · 331 pages

The War of the Lance is an era in which ancient legends come to life, when ordinary people become heroes during extraordinary times, and when dragons battle for control of the world. Ancient ruins and mighty cities may hold the answers to thwart the will of Takhisis, the Queen of Darkness. War of the Lance brings the world of Krynn to life as described in the best-selling Dragonlance Chronicles

AnthologyElvesShort StoriesFantasy
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The Bane Chronicles

Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson · 520 pages

A collection of eleven short stories, previously published online, that illuminate the life of the enigmatic, flashy, and flamboyant High Warlock of Brooklyn, Magnus Bane, a character in The Mortal Instruments series.

AnthologyUrban FantasyShort StoriesFantasy
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Bedlam's Bard

Mercedes Lackey, Ellen Guon · 617 pages

The start of the series with Bard Eric Banyon and friends. Magic, dragons, night flyers, elves, the feds, crazy scientist, friends, healing and so much more. What are you waiting for, this is well worth the reading!

ElvesUrban FantasyFantasyFae/Faeries
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Out of Tune: Book 2

Allison Pang, Nik Vincent-Abnett, Rachel Caine, James A. Moore, Eric J. Guignard, David J. Schow, J.C. Koch, Cherie Priest, Rachel Aukes, Dan Abnett, David Mack, Deborah Grabien, Delilah S. Dawson, Josh Malerman, Laura Anne Gilman · 294 pages

AnthologyShort StoriesUrban FantasyFantasy
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A Fantasy Medley 2

Tanya Huff, Amanda Downum, Jasper Kent, Seanan McGuire · 160 pages

Four original stories from some of fantasy's most exciting authors, featuring assassins, faerie, hauntings, and more.

AnthologyShort StoriesUrban FantasyFantasy
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Hex Appeal

Jim Butcher, Carrie Vaughn, Ilona Andrews, Erica Hayes, Rachel Caine, Carole Nelson Douglas, Simon R. Green, Lori Handeland · 368 pages

An anthology of stories edited by P N Elrod. Fall under the intoxicating spell of their hex appeal… In the magical world that lies hidden beneath our own, witches and conjurers play deadly games. They know just the right spell to kill a man with one kiss -- or raise him back again. And they’re not afraid to exact sweet revenge on those who dare to cross them. But what if you’re the unlucky soul

AnthologyUrban FantasyShort StoriesFantasy
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Tithe

Holly Black · 320 pages

Young adult fantasy novel about a young girl who discovers she's not human, but a faerie. Trouble follows.

Punk SubcultureUrban FantasySeriesFantasy
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Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy

Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson, Robin Wasserman · 673 pages

Urban FantasyAnthologyShort StoriesFantasy
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Tales of the Slayer, Vol. 2

Scott Allie, Laura J. Burns, Rebecca Rand Kirshner, Todd McIntosh, Michael Reaves, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Melinda Metz, Max Allan Collins, Matthew V. Clemens, Greg Cox, Kara Dalky, Jane Espenson · 368 pages

AnthologyShort StoriesUrban FantasyFantasy
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The Fair Folk

Marvin Kaye, Tanith Lee, Megan Lindholm, Kim Newman, Patricia A. McKillip, Craig Shaw Gardner, Jane Yolen, Midori Snyder · 441 pages

Why elves? On the other hand, why not elves? The Science Fiction Book Club wanted to do a new anthology, and elves are a nice broad subject that lets the authors stretch out. So we asked a half-dozen of our favorites to each tell us a story about that old, powerful and eternally fasinating species. There were only two requirements: each tale had to be novella-length, and there had to be at least o

ElvesAnthologyFantasyFae/Faeries
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Thieves' World: First Blood

Lynn Abbey, Robert Lynn Asprin · 460 pages

AnthologyBig CityShort StoriesFantasy
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The Lost Herondale

Cassandra Clare, Robin Wasserman

Urban FantasyAnthologyShort StoriesFantasy
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Tales of the Slayer, Vol. 1

Doranna Durgin, Christie Golden, Yvonne Navarro, Nancy Holder, Greg Rucka, Mel Odom · 320 pages

AnthologyShort StoriesUrban FantasyFantasy

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