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Originally Posted by emellaich
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.
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I agree 100%... a lot of popular fantasy these days use a lot of horror genre tropes, but put to a different plot structure. Also, I consider science fiction, fantasy, and horror to be the three main poles that prop up the umbrella of speculative fiction. The line between fantasy and horror is very thin these days.