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Urban fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy defined by place ; the fantastic narrative has an urban setting . Urban fantasy exists on one side of a spectrum , opposite high fantasy , which is set in an entirely fictitious world . Many urban fantasies are set in contemporary times and contain supernatural elements . However , the stories can take place in historical , modern , or futuristic periods . The prerequisite is that they must be primarily set in a city . The Colorado Plateau , also known as the Colorado Plateau Province , is a physiographic region of the Intermontane Plateaus , roughly centered on the Four Corners region of the southwestern United States . The province covers an area of ___MASK77___ , 000 km ( 130 , 000 mi ) within western Colorado , northwestern New Mexico , southern and eastern Utah , and northern Arizona . About 90 % of the area is drained by the Colorado River and its main tributaries : the Green , San Juan , and Little Colorado . Most of the remainder of the plateau is drained by the Rio Grande and its tributaries . Shroud usually refers to an item , such as a cloth , that covers or protects some other object . The term is most often used in reference to " burial sheets ", mound shroud , grave clothes , winding - cloths or winding - sheets , such as the famous Shroud of Turin or " Tachrichim " ( burial shrouds ) that Jews are dressed in for burial . Traditionally , mound shrouds are made of white cotton , wool or linen , though any material can be used so long as it is made of natural fibre . Intermixture of two or more such fibres is forbidden , a proscription that ultimately derives from the Torah , " viz .", Deut . ___MASK3___ : ___MASK55___ . Jeanne C . Stein is an American urban fantasy author . She now lives in Colorado , but was raised and educated in San Diego , which is the setting for her contemporary vampire fantasy . Stein ' s novels about vampire bounty hunter Anna Strong are published by Ace Books . She also contributes to a group blog , Biting Edge . The Southern Rocky Mountains are a major subregion of the Rocky Mountains of North America located in the southeastern portion of the U . S . state of Wyoming , the central and western portions of Colorado , the northern portion of New Mexico , and extreme eastern portions of Utah . The Southern Rocky Mountains are also commonly known as the Southern Rockies , and since the highest peaks are located in the State of Colorado , they are sometimes known as the Colorado Rockies , although many important ranges and peaks rise in the other three states . The Southern Rockies include the highest mountain ranges of the Rocky Mountains and include all ___MASK91___ of the highest major peaks of the Rockies . The Western United States , commonly referred to as the American West , the Far West , or simply the West , traditionally refers to the region comprising the westernmost states of the United States . Because European settlement in the U . S . expanded westward after its founding , the meaning of the West has evolved over time . Prior to about ___MASK29___ , the crest of the Appalachian Mountains was seen as the western frontier . Greece (' ), officially the Hellenic Republic ( Greek : ' ), historically also known as Hellas ("" ), is a country in southeastern Europe . Greece ' s population is approximately ___MASK92___ . 955 million as of 2015 . Athens is the nation ' s capital and largest city , followed by Thessaloniki . Albania (; ), officially the Republic of Albania , is a sovereign state in Southeastern Europe . It has a population of ___MASK37___ . 03 million as of 2016 . Tirana is the nation ' s capital and largest city , followed by Durrës and Vlorë . Albania is located in the south - western part of the Balkan peninsula , bordered by Montenegro to the northwest , Kosovo to the northeast , the Republic of Macedonia to the east , and Greece to the south and southeast . The country has a coastline on the northern shore of the Mediterranean Sea , the Adriatic Sea to the west and the Ionian Sea to the southwest where the Albanian Riviera begins . Albania is less than from Italy , across the Strait of Otranto which connects the Adriatic Sea to the Ionian Sea . Mexico (, modern Nahuatl ), officially the United Mexican States , is a federal republic in the southern half of North America . It is bordered to the north by the United States ; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean ; to the southeast by Guatemala , Belize , and the Caribbean Sea ; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico . Covering almost two million square kilometers ( over ___MASK90___ , 000 sq mi ), Mexico is the sixth largest country in the Americas by total area and the 13th largest independent nation in the world . With an estimated population of over ___MASK98___ million , it is the eleventh most populous country and the most populous Spanish - speaking country in the world while being the second most populous country in Latin America . Mexico is a federation comprising 31 states and a federal district that is also its capital and most populous city . Other metropolises include Guadalajara , Monterrey , Puebla , Toluca , Tijuana and León . A vampire is a being from folklore who subsists by feeding on the life essence ( generally in the form of blood ) of the living . In European folklore , vampires were undead beings that often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deaths in the neighbourhoods they inhabited when they were alive . They wore shrouds and were often described as bloated and of ruddy or dark countenance , markedly different from today ' s gaunt , pale vampire which dates from the early 19th century . Although vampiric entities have been recorded in most cultures , the term " vampire " was not popularized in the West until the early 18th century , after an influx of vampire superstition into Western Europe from areas where vampire legends were frequent , such as the Balkans and Eastern Europe , although local variants were also known by different names , such as " shtriga " in Albania , " vrykolakas " in Greece and " strigoi " in Romania . This increased level of vampire superstition in Europe led to mass hysteria and in some cases resulted in corpses actually being staked and people being accused of vampirism . Romania is a sovereign state located in Southeastern Europe . It borders the Black Sea , Bulgaria , Ukraine , Hungary , Serbia , and Moldova . It has an area of and a temperate - continental climate . With ___MASK100___ . ___MASK38___ million inhabitants , the country is the seventh - most - populous member state of the European Union . The capital and largest city , Bucharest , with its 1 , 883 , 425 inhabitants is the sixth - largest city in the EU . Colorado is a state in the United States encompassing most of the Southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains . Colorado is part of the Western United States , the Southwestern United States , and the Mountain States . Colorado is the 8th most extensive and the 22nd most populous of the ___MASK25___ United States . The United States Census Bureau estimates that the population of Colorado was ___MASK28___ , 456 , 574 on July 1 , 2015 , an increase of 8 . ___MASK25___ % since the 2010 United States Census . The ___MASK32___ United States Census , ( known as " Census ___MASK32___ "), is the twenty - third and currently most recent United States national census . National Census Day , the reference day used for the census , was April ___MASK60___ , ___MASK32___ . As part of a drive to increase the count ' s accuracy , ___MASK11___ , 000 temporary enumerators were hired . The population of the United States was counted as 308 , 745 , 538 , a 9 . 7 % increase from the ___MASK69___ Census . High fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy , defined either by its setting in a fictional universe or by the epic stature of its characters , themes , and plot . The term " high fantasy " was coined by Lloyd Alexander in a ___MASK85___ essay , " High Fantasy and Heroic Romance ". Southern California , often abbreviated as SoCal , is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises California ' s ___MASK92___ southernmost counties . The region is traditionally described as eight counties , based on demographics and economic ties : Imperial , Los Angeles , Orange , Riverside , San Bernardino , San Diego , Santa Barbara , and Ventura . The more extensive ___MASK92___ - county definition , which includes Kern and San Luis Obispo counties , is also used based on historical political divisions . Southern California is a major economic center for the state of California and the United States . San Diego ( Spanish for " Saint Didacus ") is a major city in California , United States . It is in San Diego County , on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California , approximately south of Los Angeles and immediately adjacent to the border with Mexico .