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