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Bordertown

Mark Alan Arnold, Emma Bull, Midori Snyder, 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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The Essential Bordertown

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

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Borderland

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

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Finder

Emma Bull · 317 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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Bedlam's Edge

Mercedes Lackey, Rosemary Edghill · 292 pages

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Nevernever

Will Shetterly · 226 pages

Seventeen-year-old Ron, now turned into a wolfboy by a spell, finds Bordertown filled with kidnapping, murder, and magic, as gangs of elves continue to search for the heir of Faerie.

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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.

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Nothing but Shadows

Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan

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The Blue Girl

Charles de Lint · 384 pages

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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.

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Bedlam Boyz

Ellen Guon · 304 pages

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Wicked Lovely

Melissa Marr · 336 pages

Rule #3: Don't stare at invisible faeries.Aislinn has always seen faeries. Powerful and dangerous, they walk hidden in mortal world. Aislinn fears their cruelty — especially if they learn of her Sight — and wishes she were as blind to their presence as other teens.Rule #2: Don't speak to invisible faeries.Now faeries are stalking her. One of them, Keenan, who is equal parts terrifying and alluring

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The Good Fairies of New York

Martin Millar · 224 pages

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The Lost Herondale

Cassandra Clare, Robin Wasserman

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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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Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy

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

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Never After

Laurell K. Hamilton, Yasmine Galenorn, Marjorie M. Liu, Sharon Shinn · 393 pages

The bonds of love... The bonds of matrimony... The bonds between husband and wife... Let's face it-some bonds are made to be broken. Here, for the first time ever, are four stories from today's most provocative authors that take the classic idea of the "faerie tale wedding" and give it a swift kick in the bustle. “Can He Bake a Cherry Pie?” by Laurell K. Hamilton. “The Shadow of Mi

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Once Upon A Curse: 17 Dark Faerie Tales

Yasmine Galenorn, Alethea Kontis, Annie Bellet, Anthea Sharp, Phaedra Weldon, Christine Pope, Jennifer Blackstream, Donna Augustine, C. Gockel, Audrey Faye, Jenna Elizabeth Johnson · 414 pages

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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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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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Dream Country

Neil Gaiman · 160 pages

Presents four Sandman stories, including "A Midsummer Night's Dream," in which Shakespeare's company, at the instigation of the Lord of Dreams, gives an open-air performance of the play to an audience of fairies.

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Twist of Fae

Tom Keller · 140 pages

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Undone Deeds

Mark Del Franco · 336 pages

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