Urban fantasy

Key indicator is mix of fairy tale elements (often seen in pastoral or rural settings) with specifically urban elements; a recognizable city, skyscrapers, public transit, congestion, large populations, urban blight, etc.

Works of Urban Fantasy

• War for the Oaks and Finder, by Emma Bull
• Rachel Caine, Weather Warden series; Glass Houses
• The Kingdom of Kevin Malone & the Sorcery Hall Trilogy by Suzy McKee Charnas
• Steel Rose & Crystal Sage, by Kara Dalkey
• Tam Lin & Juniper, Gentian and Rosemary, by Pamela Dean
• many works by Charles de Lint
• Neverwhere and other books by Neil Gaiman
• Laura Ann Gilman, Retrievers series (Staying Dead, Curse of the Dark, Bring It On)
• The Dream Years and Tourists, by Lisa Goldstein
• Brown Girl in the Ring, by Nalo Hopkinson
• many works by Diana Wynne Jones
• several works by Mercedes Lackey
• Changer and Legends Walking, by Jane Lindskold
• Tea with the Black Dragon, by R.A. MacAvoy
• C. E. Murphy, Urban Shaman series
• Kat Richardson, Greywalker
• Carrie Vaughn
• the Borderland and Bordertown anthologies edited by Terri Windling & Mark Alan Arnold