Reading over the Tor "Fiction Affliction" site has been nothing short of illuminating. I have to stop myself from reserving/requesting ALL THE THINGS that I have been reading about, especially within the "Genre-Bending" posts. I mean, with a novel titled "Zombie Versus Fairy Featuring Albinos", why wouldn't I reserve it? It features scads of really interesting, quirky books that could appeal to Young Adults and Adults alike.
I could not really find any "cipher thriller" fan sites out there, despite using several variants of the term in engines like blekko and Google. Ah well! Maybe its some kind of cipher itself, involving ancient pictographs, and here I am without the key decoder. A couple of key authors of this genre include Rick Riordan, Diana Gabaldon, and Craig Cormick. The genre tends to be very plot-driven, often fast-paced and dramatic. This particular subgenre tends to favor peppering their stories with historical minutiae, or elements of time travel.
There was a few meager results for "contemporary fiction westerns", including this blog post by Anaya Baker, and a Goodreads list of 20 recommended Westerns. There is a directory of contemporary Western fiction as well. A couple of authors that typify the genre include Zane Grey, Willa Cather, and Thomas Savage - these authors write character-focused works, with interpersonal drama a central facet of the story.
Same story for Christian urban fiction. There are a few sites - including a Goodreads list and several booksellers with that subgenre as a category - on the topic but no particular "fandom" exists. These particular books are defined usually by their dramatic and often moving tone, with engaging writing that is often character-driven. A couple authors include Nikita Lynette Nichols, Victoria Christopher Murray, and E.N. Joy.
A pair of mashup titles I could find were:
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith, where it blends Monster Horror with the (classic) Regency Romance. It takes the classic Jane Austen romance story, and peppers it liberally with zombies/"Dreadfuls" that have infested this particular universe - and the characters are altered to better 'deal' with the world around them while trying to ward off the advances of their suitors.
The Emerald Burrito of Oz by John Skipp and Marc Levinthal is a mashup between the magical fantasy world of Oz and a tense, thrilling standoff with the "real" world. The two universes have begun to "blend" together, and a man is caught in between a brewing conflict for control of the Emerald City - all the while dodging herds of sentient Hummers and dealing with hardbitten warriors Dorothy and Tin Man.
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