OM DENNE EPISODE
✨🩸 She didn’t just bite — she built a genre.
Hey! Hi! Hello!
In Part Two of our Anita Blake deep dive, we’re stepping out of the graveyard and into the bigger picture: the birth of urban fantasy as we know it. From vampires paying taxes to necromancers testifying in court, Laurell K. Hamilton rewrote the rules of what fantasy could be — and readers have been debating her choices ever since.
We’ll unravel the crime-procedural-to-erotica pivot that divided the fandom, trace how Anita’s legacy shaped authors from Jim Butcher to Patricia Briggs, and pull together a whole list of books, shows, and movies for when you need your next dark, witty, monster-filled fix. (Yes, including my own The Missing Reflection, because Anita made me the writer I am today.)
So lace up those combat boots, sharpen your sarcasm, and let’s talk about the guilty pleasures and necessary obsessions that built an entire genre.
💌 Links & Extras
Looking for more haunted delights? Head to linktr.ee/chicklingchronicles for The Missing Reflection, social links, and more.
💬 Got hot takes? DM me on Instagram, drop a 🩸 emoji in your review, or tag me in your favorite vampire boyfriend debates. I live for it!
📚 Sources I Used & Further Reading/Watching
Laurell K. Hamilton – Guilty Pleasures (1993)
Charles de Lint – Moonheart (1984)
Emma Bull – War for the Oaks (1987)
Charlaine Harris – The Sookie Stackhouse Series
Patricia Briggs – Mercy Thompson Series
Jim Butcher – The Dresden Files
Ilona Andrews – Kate Daniels Series
Kim Harrison – The Hollows
Hailey Edwards – The Beginner’s Guide to Necromancy
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003, TV)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992, Film)
The Craft (1996)
The Craft: Legacy (2020)
True Blood (2008–2014)
Penny Dreadful (2014–2016)
Being Human (2008–2014)
Grimm (2011–2017)
The Witch (2015)
Constantine (2005)
Underworld (2003)
Underworld: Blood Wars (2016)
Doctor Strange (2016)
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
