Narratives often centre on historical epics featuring dynastic royalty, concubines, deities and supernatural creatures.

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Whenever she got bored with the characters and plotlines, Ms. Harris added new supernatural creatures.

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Many Icelanders still believe in supernatural creatures, and if there were a place where elves, dwarves and gnomes surreptitiously roamed, this otherworldly land would have to be it.

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The genders have been reversed but the supernatural, star-crossed teen angst remains firmly intact in "Beautiful Creatures, " which clearly aims to pick up where the "Twilight" franchise left off.

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