Today I’m thrilled to welcome urban fantasy author Kit Campbell to Paranormal Unbound! Kit is interested in all sorts of mythology, and she’s here today to talk about the wealth of stories in Biblical literature. Welcome, Kit! In the beginning, God created Heaven and earth. -Genesis 1:1 Now, the Bible isn’t a source that people automatically … Continue reading
Author Archives: AJ Larrieu
Loneliness, Awe, and the Primal Appeal of Doctor Who
I finally started watching Doctor Who. Hey—wait! Don’t take away my Nerd Card! I’ve been busy. And I didn’t have cable or Netflix or anything for a while. And then I had a baby. And…yeah, I know. There really isn’t any good excuse. You can give me that Nerd Card back, though, because I freely admit … Continue reading
An Interview with Jeffe Kennedy
If you’ve met Jeffe Kennedy in person at a convention, you might know her as the woman with all the fabulous hats. If you’ve read her books, you know she specializes in devastatingly sexy romance and top-knotch writing. I’m completely hooked on Jeffe’s fantasy romance series, A Covenant of Thorns. It’s sexy, unusual and full of … Continue reading
Putting the Urban in Urban Fantasy: A Madness of Angels by Kate Griffin
Urban fantasy’s genre boundaries have grown a bit muddy. The label has become a catch-all for modern paranormal fiction–anything that doesn’t fit the happily-ever-after mold of paranormal romance or the elves-and-dwarves conventions of high fantasy. Sometimes, I forget the “urban” part entirely, but there are a few books that exemplify it, making their metropolitan settings … Continue reading
Hunting for Book Buddies among Biologists
It’s not always easy for me to find book buddies in my “offline” life. Maybe that’s why the ones I do find turn out to be such good friends. There’s something about finding a fellow urban fantasy or paranormal romance fan that makes me want to turn cartwheels. (If I could turn cartwheels, which I … Continue reading
Quirky is an Endangered Species: Lamenting Cancelled TV Shows
I have a problem. I love cancelled TV shows. The quickest way to get me to watch a show is to tell me it was cancelled after only one season. Better yet — midway through the first season. Sure, sometimes the show is a bomb, but sometimes, the target audience was just too niche. And whatever that … Continue reading
What We’re Reading: Blood Rights by Kristen Painter
Blood Rights by Kristen Painter is one of those books I’ve been meaning to pick up for ages. The first time I ran across it was in a post on unusual urban fantasy by Chelsea Mueller over at Heroes & Heartbreakers. Putting “Unusual” and “Urban Fantasy” in the same sentence is a sure way to … Continue reading
AJ & Suzanne talk Southern paranormal with RT Book Reviews
AJ & Suzanne talk Southern paranormal with RT Book Reviews Unbounders Suzanne Johnson and AJ Larrieu (plus fantastic UF author Faith Hunter) chatted with Romantic Times Book Reviews about what it means to write stories set in the South. Check it out! Continue reading
The Awesomeness of Genre Fiction Communities: A Conversation with DaVinciKittie of GraveTells
Today, I’m thrilled to welcome DaViniciKittie (aka DVK), the proprietress of GraveTells News & Reviews, to Paranormal Unbound! GraveTells is a review site for the sorts of books we love at Paranormal Unbound. Paranormal romance (PNR) and urban fantasy (UF) feature large, but DVK and her team review all sorts of genre fiction. The site … Continue reading
Trickster by Jeff Somers
It’s the mark of a good fantasy when whatever powers the characters have–whether it’s magic or shape-shifting or eternal life–there’s a price. There’s no free lunch. I lose interest pretty quickly if things come too easily for the hero, even if he has superpowers. That’s why I loved Jeff Somers’ recent addition to the urban … Continue reading