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The Essential Bordertown

Charles de Lint, Steven Brust, Patricia A. McKillip, Ellen Kushner · back to the book

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Welcome to Bordertown

Holly Black, Ellen Kushner · 517 pages

Bordertown: a city on the border between our human world and the elfin realm. Runaway teens come from both sides of the border to find adventure, and to find themselves. Elves play in rock bands and race down the street on spell-powered motorbikes. Human kids recreate themselves in squats and clubs and artist's studios of Soho. Authors including Holly Black, Cassandra Clare, Cory Doctorow, Neil Ga

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Bordertown

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

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Borderland

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

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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.

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Finder

Emma Bull · 317 pages

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Bedlam's Edge

Mercedes Lackey, Rosemary Edghill · 292 pages

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The Blood of Ten Chiefs

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

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Realms of the Underdark

J. Robert King · 345 pages

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Project Elfhome

Wen Spencer · 672 pages

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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The Lost Herondale

Cassandra Clare, Robin Wasserman

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After hours

Patricia Bray, Joshua Palmatier · 310 pages

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Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy

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

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Carniepunk

Rachel Caine, Rob Thurman, Delilah S. Dawson, Kevin Hearne, Mark Henry, Jaye Wells, Allison Pang, Hillary Jacques, Jennifer Estep, Kelly Meding, Nicole Peeler, Jackie Kessler, Kelly Gay, Seanan McGuire · 440 pages

A collection of urban fantasy stories that take place at carnivals. From vampires and creepy clowns to mermaids, Druids, and wisecracking Irish wolfhounds, you'll find out that carnivals aren't the healthiest types of places to hang out at....

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Urban Enemies

Jim Butcher, Kevin Hearne, Seanan McGuire, Kelley Armstrong, Jonathan Maberry, Jeff Somers, Steven Savile, Caitlin Kittredge, Sam Witt, Craig Schaefer, Jon F. Merz, Faith Hunter, Diana Pharaoh Francis, Lilith Saintcrow, Carrie Vaughn, Domino Finn · 449 pages

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Shadowed Souls

Jim Butcher, Kerrie L. Hughes · 338 pages

"In this dark and gritty collection--featuring short stories from Jim Butcher, Seanan McGuire, Kevin J. Anderson, and Rob Thurman--nothing is as simple as black and white, light and dark, good and evil ... Unfortunately, that's exactly what makes it so easy to cross the line. In #1 New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher's Cold Case, Molly Carpenter--Harry Dresden's apprentice-turned-Winter

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Tales of the Slayer, Vol. 1

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

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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.

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Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions

Neil Gaiman · 352 pages

"En las manos maestras de Neil Gaiman, la magia es mucho más que un mero juego de engaños. La destreza y el poder de invención de este gran fabulador transforman el entorno cotidiano en un mundo hechizado por sucesos sombríos y extraños, en el que una anciana puede comprar el Santo Grial en una tienda de segunda mano, unos asesinos se anuncian en los clasificados de un periódico bajo la rúbrica ±C

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