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== [[Literature]] ==
* The ''[[Mercy Thompson]]'' series has both friendly and [[Fur Against Fang|unfriendly]] fae, werewolves, vampires, witches, sorcerors and walkers (Native American shapeshifters) so far. Wizards, druids and angels are mentioned, and Charles' mother gave him Native American magic similiar to shamanism. The various species don't ''like'' each other -- we are talking [[The Fair Folk]] and [[
* ''[[Kitty Norville]]'', likewise, features both friendly and unfriendly [[Our Werewolves Are Different|werewolves]] and [[Our Vampires Are Different|vampires]]. As the [[Meaningful Name|ironically named]] main character is a werewolf, you'd expect most of the bloodsuckers to be villains, but she's allied to more than she's made enemies. The werewolf packs and nearest vampire families usually keep a cooperative connection.
** The best example of a [[Monster Mash]] in this series is the latest book, ''Kitty's House of Horrors'', where the premise is a reality show starring all the B-list celebrities who are or claim to be supernatural: Kitty the werewolf talk radio host, a werewolf pro wrestler, a were-seal state legislator, a TV medium and stage magician who are both the real thing, a vampire beauty pageant winner, and a psychic supernatural debunker TV show star.
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* This is basically the entire premise behind the game ''NightLife'', which features a bewildering array of monsters (many of them usable as player characters) trying to maintain a common [[Masquerade]] viz. a humanity that still has them horribly outnumbered while ''also'' keeping themselves both fed and sane.
* ''[[Creature Feature]]'', a supplement for the ''Chill'' RPG, may have been the first to do this for player characters. Unlike WoD or ''NightLife'', it kept the monsters as inherently evil, and gave points for killing heroes and scaring the crap out of hapless human victims.
* ''[[Big Eyes, Small Mouth]]'' had a sourcebook more or less revolving around this; "Cold Hands, Dark Hearts". In a twist rather like [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]], almost all modern monsters are actually 'watered down' descendents of the real big nasties who once dominated the world before being sealed away. Vampires, Ghosts, Oni (the descendents of humans who bred with demons), Nephelim (their angelic counterparts), several types of animal spirit (including Minotaurs and Tengu) and Revenents (basic "dead body walking" type monsters that could, among others, resemble zombies, liches, or [[Frankenstein's Monster]]) are some of the creatures covered. For an extra twist, these were your ''player races''.
== [[Theatre]] ==
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