Editing Contemporary fantasy (section)

=== A broad definition ===

[[Camille Bacon-Smith]] uses the term to describe fantasy stories set in the time they were written, and provides [[H.P. Lovecraft]] and [[Fritz Leiber]]'s novel ''[[Conjure Wife]]'' as examples. She states that "contemporary fantasy belongs to the Gothic tradition of Bram Stoker's ''[[Dracula]]'' and Poe's '[[The Fall of the House of Usher]]'", noting also that "contemporary fantasy has been a part of the genre since its beginning".<ref name=Bacon-Smith>{{cite book
	| last = Bacon-Smith 
	| first = Camille 
    | author-link = Camille Bacon-Smith
	| date = 2000
	| title = Science Fiction Culture
	| publisher = [[University of Pennsylvania Press]]
	| page = 250
	| isbn = 9780812215304
}}</ref> She notes that the genre was less popular by the 1960s, considering it supplanted by [[New Wave science fiction|New Wave]] and [[Celtic Twilight]] books. Bacon-Smith credits [[Terri Windling]]'s 1986 introduction of [[Borderland (book series)|Borderland]] as a key event in improving interest in the genre, also noting the earlier influence of [[Anne Rice]]'s ''[[Interview With The Vampire]]'' which she says has a "contemporary background".<ref name=Bacon-Smith/>