The Borderland series of urban fantasy novels and stories were created for teenage readers by author Terri Windling.
The series has spawned fan groups, gaming groups, costumed events (such as the Borderzone parties in Los Angeles), and was discussed in The Fence and the River: Culture and Politics at the US-Mexico Border by Claire F.
The premise of the Borderland books is that the "Elflands" - a realm of magic populated by post-Tolkien elves[clarification needed] have "returned" to "The World".
The stories set in Soho often combine urban fantasy of various forms with a vaguely post-apocalyptic atmosphere.
The Borderlands series, created for teenage readers, focuses primarily but not exclusively on the disenfranchised youth culture of Bordertown, as manifest in gang violence, race relations, and miscegenation, impromptu forms of social organization, class conflict, generation gaps, and literary criticism.