Shining Moon Episode 12: Contemporary vs. Urban Fantasy

Hello, and welcome to Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction Podcast, Episode 12. Today we’ll continue our series by talking about what differentiates contemporary fantasy as a genre from urban fantasy, and more. 

 My guests this week are Laurence Brothers, Michael Haynes, and Sheila Massie.

Find Michael Haynes at michaelhaynes.info

Find Sheila Massie at sheilamassie.com

Find Deborah L. Davitt at www.edda-earth.com 

Stories in today's episode:

Laurence Brothers:
The Demons of Wall Street, Mirror World Publishing in March 2020
"Captured by the Dragon Cult," https://short-edition.com/en/story/short-fiction/captured-by-the-dragon-cult


Michael Haynes:
“Carolina”  https://www.havenspec.com/carolina
“Scraps” : https://dailysciencefiction.com/fantasy/modern-fantasy/michael-haynes/scraps
“Twenty-Seven Rules for Coping”  http://www.goldfishgrimm.com/back-issues/issue-3-shadow-and-stitch/twenty-seven-rules-for-coping-michael-haynes/


Sheila Massie:
"Fae Magic on a Friday Night,"  https://www.flashfictiononline.com/article/fae-magic-on-a-friday-night/
“Combat by Chocolate,”  https://thearcanist.io/combat-by-chocolate-468fa3f530a4

Kate Heartfield:
"The Morning House" https://podcastle.org/2022/07/05/podcastle-742-the-morning-house/

Josh Pearce :
"Play Devil" https://www.bourbonpenn.com/issue/27/play-devil-by-josh-pearce 

"Don't tell me that the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass." -- Anton Chekov

Piano music for closure

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