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Originally Posted by RDaneel54
Wonder why they grouped horror in with science fiction and fantasy. Seems like a different demographic to me (for example, I like SF and fantasy but can't stand horror).
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Horror has become a bit fractured IMO. The original horror, was about horror and terror. However, the recent urban fantasy & paranormal is often also labeled horror because it has vampires, werewolfs, ghosts and more. My opinion, however, is that this newer genre has more akin to superheroes. Yes vampires and werewolves have 'problems' to overcome, but so do modern angst-driven superheroes. In the end the stories are about some more than normal individual fighting evil.
Anyway, I'm not sure these are necessarily fantasy, but they feel more akin to fantasy than to horror. Therefore, I can see the common grouping.
In the titles listed in the imprint, I can see a more than average share of these urban fantasy / paranormal themes.