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‘Blood and Other Cravings’ author roundtable (& Giveaway!)

We may talk about the sexy vampires here quite a bit at VBC, but sometimes you long for the vicious, the horror-style vampires. Ellen Datlow has put together a collection of short stories focused on the predatory side of vampires, as well as those being that feed off souls and leech life. The authors in Blood and Other Cravings (pre-order, releases Sept. 13) are some great names in horror, and we couldn’t...

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September book releases: Archangel’s Blade, If I Die, Darkest Surrender, more

In an effort to help you keep that to-read list updated, we’ve compiled the hot urban fantasy and paranormal romance releases for September. All dates are U.S. and tentative. We’ve included genre classification with each book: UF is urban fantasy, PNR is paranormal romance and YA is young adult. SEPTEMBER 1 The Kingdom of Gods by N.K. Jemisin (The Inheritance Trilogy #3) Fantasy SEPTEMBER 6 Archangel’s...

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Waiting on Wednesday: The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff

We like dark overtones in our novels. While usually these are urban fantasy, we can’t resist a great horror novel. Brenna Yovanoff creates a creepy world where children may be replaced with creatures from the underworld in The Replacement. She also puts some heavy problems on her protagonist Mackie from the get-go. He is one of those replacement children. He would give anything to stay in our world and...