With the release of Smoke & Demons (order it if you haven’t) I’m proud to say that my Tales of Urban Horror series is the first YA multi-ethnic urban Fantasy effort on the stands
There remains this sentiment that a good story is all that matters, I agree in part because the reader still wants to identify with the character and my series allow readers of diverse backgrounds to do that
Try the light up test

Give a copy of one of my novels to a reader of color that enjoys vampires, werewolves and other spirits that go bump in the night and watch them light up!
In that moment you will understand

http://www.everythingisaremix.info/everything-is-a-remix-the-matrix/

The Matrix still remains one of the most exciting series of all time. Great, yes! Original, n0t so much

Films

0:27 – Fist of Legend (1994)
0:38 – Tai-Chi Master (Twin Dragons) (1993)
0:44 – Fist of Legend (1994)
0:48 – Tai-Chi Master (Twin Dragons) (1993)
0:53 – Drunken Master (1978)
1:02 – Fist of Legend (1994)
1:09 – The Killer (1989)
1:19 – Fist of Legend (1994)
1:21 – Iron Monkey (1993)
1:31 – Once Upon A Time In China (1991)
1:36 – Fist of Legend (1994)
1:41 – Tai-Chi Master (Twin Dragons) (1993)
1:45 – Philip K. Dick Speech (youtube.com/watch?v=jXeVgEs4sOo&feature=related) (1977)
2:18 – Strange Days (1995)
2:24 – Akira (1988)
2:30 – Total Recall (1990)
3:24 – Alice In Wonderland (1951)
3:42 – The Killer (1989)
3:53 – A Better Tomorrow (1986)
4:05 – Ghost In The Shell (1995)
4:32 – Akira (1998)
4:39 – Koyannisqatsi (1982)
4:49 – Dr. Who: The Deadly Assassin (1976)
5:10 – Ghost In The Shell (1995)

Music

(All sourced from The Matrix Soundtrack)

0:20 – Rob Dougan – Clubbed To Death (Kurayamino Variation)
1:44 – Hive – Ultrasonic Sound
2:30 – Lunatic Calm – Leave You Far Behind (Lunatics Roller Coaster Mix)
3:38 – Propellerheads – Spybreak
4:39 – Rob Dougan – Clubbed To Death (Kurayamino Variation)

October 4th

Smoke & Demons is the 3rd book in the Tales of Urban Horror  series and the creepiest. The trailer really captures the feel of the book

buy it, its a good late night read

Why does Urban Lit needs a Supernatural Element?  My answer to the question, is that the supernatural element in urban lit already exists;  just disguised as an over exaggerated reality. I’m not a big reader of urban literature, but from what I have read, urban lit has tried to be boxed off in its own little world and reaches a limited amount of readers. In truth, there are only so many stories that can come from urban lit, and the problem is that once you add on a sliver of supernatural, such as vampires, the urban lit reader is disinterested and turned off. Because the word supernatural brings to mind visions of old reruns of Lost in Space (which was a great show might I add.), some readers of urban lit will not take the chance on picking up a book with an spaceman wearing a gold chain on the cover. What that same reader doesn’t realize is that the supernatural element that they are trying so hard not to be involved in, is in fact in most urban literature. Think about it. Just because the men from mars aren’t blatantly running the hood doesn’t mean that the author isn’t hiding the supernatural element in their storylines. From what I’ve read in the urban lit genre, the main character is always the sexiest, smartest, most cunning guy or girl, who goes from dirt poor to super-duper mega rich. These same characters also have the uncanny ability to stay one step ahead of the cops, and their enemies, just to retire from all of it with a mate that matches their wit and beauty. t that a bit supernatural? If a reader can except that the hood life the author is writing about is a bit supernatural, they will be more than willing to accept that a character named Boss keeps a little alien in the back room, and uses him as his hit man to wipe out his opposition and eventually to take over the world. So, what I’m trying to say is that, the urban lit genre as we know it is slowly dying away; it like gangster rap for the book industry, and if Andre 3000 from Outcast can create an analogy from spaceships and pimping, then whets wrong with an alien hit man, or a down low wolf-man hip hop dj, or a vampire whore . I say that supernatural elements have a place in urban lit; its already in it, we just need to embrace it.

Adenike B. Lucas is the  author of Vampire Whore