Urban Fantasy, From Whence Came You? And Where Are You Going with That Trope?!

(Image taken from this Ecstatic Days post.)

The magnificent Carrie Vaughn, whose writing I really like, posted a timeline of the development (or transference) of the term "urban fantasy". It's an interesting timeline, but as I mentioned to her in an email, I seem to clearly remember around 2007 a couple of publicists or editors at major houses making a concerted and deliberate effort to introduce the term "urban fantasy" in a new context, in place of terms like "supernatural or paranormal...