A region of this juxtaposition (which seems at days to exist as New York, New York and at other days to become geographically underspecified) is known as a "Borderland" or "Borderlands." A dystopian metropolis that lies along the Border, which combines urban fantasy of various forms with the mistily post-apocalyptic atmosphere, is "Bordertown" or "B-Town." In the liminal environment of Bordertown and its environs, neither magic nor technology functions "normally," & unpredictable combinations of the ii will emerge.

A Border district series focuses primarily but not alone on the disfranchised youth culture of Bordertown, when manifest around gang violence, race relations and miscegenation, impromptu forms of structure, class conflict, generation gaps, and literary criticism. A music of the 1980s is a significant influence.

Anthologies

Marchland, edited by Terri Windling and Mark Alan Arnold (1986) Farrel Din: "Introduction" Steven R. Boyett: "Prodigy" Bellamy Bach: "Gray" Charles de Lint: "Stick" Ellen Kushner: "Charis"

Bordertown, edited by Terri Windling, Mark Alan Arnold and Emma Bull (1986) Farrel Din: "Introduction" Emma Bull & Will Shetterly: "Danceland" Midori Snyder: "Demon" Bellamy Bach: "Exile" Ellen Kushner & Bellamy Bach: "Mockery"

Life on the Border, edited by Craig Shaw Gardner and Terri Windling (1991) Will Shetterly: "Nevernever" Ellen Kushner: "Lost in the Mail" (2) Kara Dalkey: "Nightwail" Ellen Kushner: "Lost in the Mail" (Trio) Midori Snyder: "Alison Gross" Ellen Kushner: "Lost in the Mail" (IV) Charles de Lint: "Berlin" Ellen Kushner: "Lost in the Mail" (V) Michael Korolenko: "Reynardine" Ellen Kushner: "Lost in the Mail" (VI) Craig Shaw Gardner: "Light and Shadow" Ellen Kushner: "Lost in the Mail" (Septenary) Bellamy Bach: "Rain and Thunder" Emma Bull: "For It All" (lyrics) Ellen Kushner: "Lost in the Mail" (VIII-IX)

''The Essential Bordertown: A Traveler's Prescription to the Edge of Faerie'', edited by Terri Windling and Delia Sherman (1998) Terri Windling: "Introduction" Terri Windling: "How to Get There #1: From the World to the Border" Patricia A. McKillip: "Oak Hill" Terri Windling: "How to Get There #2: The Path from the True and Only Realm to the False Lands and the City of Illusion (Translation for Humans: How to Get from Elfland to Bordertown)" Midori Snyder: "Dragon Child" Terri Windling: "First Things First: So You Need a Place to Stay" Delia Sherman: "Socks" Terri Windling: "The Gangs: And Life's Other Little Annoyances" Donnard Sturgis: "Half Life" Terri Windling and Teresa Nielsen Hayden: "What to Eat: A Tasteful Guide to Border Cuisine" Ellen Kushner: "Hot Water: A Bordertown Romance" Terri Windling and Teresa Nielsen Hayden: "The Music Scene: What's Up and What Ain't" Michael Korolenko: "Arcadia" Terri Windling: "Nightlife: Where to Find It" Ellen Kushner: "Changeling" Terri Windling: "So You Want to Be a Star: Get Real" Charles de Lint: "May This Be Your Last Sorrow" Terri Windling: "Uptown: How the Other Half Lives" Caroline Stevermer: "Rag" Terri Windling and Teresa Nielsen Hayden: "The Peculiar Joy of Cooking on the Border" Steven Brust: "When the Bow Breaks" Terri Windling and Mimi Panitch: "Culture Clash #1: A Human Guide to Elvin Etiquette" Ellen Steiber: "Argentine" Terri Windling: "Culture Clash #2: A Trueblood Guide to Human Peccadillos" Micole Sudberg: "Cover Up My Tracks with Rain" Terri Windling: "Famous Last Words" Felicity Savage: "How Shannaro Tolkinson Lost and Found His Heart"

Novels

Elsewhere, Will Shetterly (1991) Nevernever, Will Shetterly (1993) Finder, Emma Bull (1994)