{"id":39654,"date":"2021-11-04T06:30:21","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T17:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=39654"},"modified":"2021-11-03T21:34:02","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T08:34:02","slug":"on-supernatural-underground-now-magic-in-fantasy-11-the-magic-next-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2021\/11\/04\/on-supernatural-underground-now-magic-in-fantasy-11-the-magic-next-door\/","title":{"rendered":"On Supernatural Underground Now: Magic In Fantasy #11 &#8212; The Magic Next Door"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The year and my <strong>Magic in Fantasy series<\/strong> on the <a href=\"http:\/\/supernaturalunderground.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Supernatural Underground<\/a> are both rocking on &#8212; and this month&#8217;s focus is &#8220;The Magic Next Door&#8221;, or alternatively, Magic in the Everyday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Yep, I&#8217;m talking the staple of the urban fantasy, paranormal urban fantasy\/romance, and magic realism quadrants of the genre.<\/p>\n<p>The three books I&#8217;m focusing on this month are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Harry Potter and The Philosopher&#8217;s Stone<\/em><\/strong> by JK Rowling<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Sunshine<\/em><\/strong> by Robin McKinley<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The River Midnight<\/em><\/strong> by Lilian Nattel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All three weave their magic through the &#8220;next door&#8221; that is the everyday world, although <em>Sunshine&#8217;s<\/em> world is set post the apocalyptic Voodoo Wars, and <em>The River Midnight<\/em> in a fictional shetl in late nineteenth-century Poland.<\/p>\n<p>To find out more, click on the following link &#8212; and read on!<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/supernaturalunderground.blogspot.com\/2021\/11\/magic-in-fantasy-magic-next-door.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Magic In Fantasy: The Magic Next Door<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15544\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Harry_Potter_and_the_Philosophers_Stone-191x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Harry_Potter_and_the_Philosophers_Stone-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Harry_Potter_and_the_Philosophers_Stone-95x150.jpg 95w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Harry_Potter_and_the_Philosophers_Stone.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8900\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Sunshine-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Sunshine-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Sunshine-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Sunshine.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-39655\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/The-River-Midnight-1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/The-River-Midnight-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/The-River-Midnight-1-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/The-River-Midnight-1.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The year and my Magic in Fantasy series on the Supernatural Underground are both rocking on &#8212; and this month&#8217;s focus is &#8220;The Magic Next Door&#8221;, or alternatively, Magic in the Everyday&#8230; Yep, I&#8217;m talking the staple of the urban fantasy, paranormal urban fantasy\/romance, and magic realism quadrants of the genre. 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