Romantasy: fantasy romance comics and novels
Romantasy is fantasy with romance woven through the plot. Comicwell's romantasy includes a white snake keeping an apothecary in rainy Seattle, a living clerk in an office of the dead and her fox surety, a ferrywoman with a dragon prince bound to her lamp, and a contractor bound to a ghost from the 1870s. Each comic's first 20 chapters are free, and so are each novel's first 10.
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The Rainbound City
In rainy Seattle, an apothecary hides that she is a white snake, and a tired charge nurse keeps coming back.
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A Debt of Foxes
A living clerk in an office of the dead owes fourteen lines, and her surety is a fox with perfect manners.
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A Debt of Dragons
A ferrywoman pulls an arrow from a golden carp and finds a dragon prince bound to her lamp.
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The Unquiet City
A San Francisco contractor who clears out ghosts is bound by a job to one who died in the 1870s.
Guides: The Legend of the White Snake, The nine-tailed fox, The Dragon King, Chinese ghost stories
Questions
- What is romantasy?
- Romantasy is fiction that blends fantasy and romance, with the love story at the center of the plot. The word joins "romance" and "fantasy".
- Is romantasy the same as fantasy romance?
- There is no fixed line between them, and many readers use the two terms for the same books. Some keep "fantasy romance" for romance novels with a fantasy setting that follow romance conventions, such as a happy ending.
- How much of each story is free?
- Each of the four is both a comic and a novel. The comic's first 20 chapters are free, and so are the novel's first 10.
- Where do these stories come from?
- The Rainbound City retells the Legend of the White Snake, and A Debt of Foxes and A Debt of Dragons are drawn from tales by Pu Songling. The Unquiet City is a modern ghost story set in San Francisco.
- Who are these stories for?
- Readers 16 and over. Some of the stories show fights, ghosts and grown-up themes.