A. Lee Martinez writes comic fantasy and science fiction with standalone premises that turn familiar genre creatures into practical social problems. Gil’s All Fright Diner brings a vampire and werewolf into a roadside café threatened by zombies and dark magic, while The Automatic Detective follows a robot cab driver trying to solve a disappearance in a retro-futurist city. Too Many Curses centres on a kobold housekeeper managing the enchanted castle of a dead wizard, and Monster follows a professional whose job is removing supernatural pests. Martinez’s books are fast, funny and self-contained, with affectionate parody rather than grim deconstruction. They suit readers of humorous fantasy, monster comedy, light science fiction and quirky standalone adventures. Read more Less