Genre Series

The Magic of Urban Fantasy: Where City Streets Meet Supernatural Feats!

Ever wondered what happens when magic spills into our everyday world? Urban Fantasy is where the cityscape is as enchanting as it is familiar! As a vibrant subgenre of speculative fiction, it blends the fantastical with the modern to create a world where mythical beings roam city streets and magic intertwines with the mundane. Sprinkle […]

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Plague, Superstition, and the Supernatural, Oh My: Exploring the Bleak Landscape of Medieval Horror

Superstition and terror filled the medieval world. Brutal events such as the Black Death, frequent wars, and famine only fanned the flames of these emotions. Apocalyptic religious belief found fertile soil in these tumultuous times, and the subgenre of Medieval Horror seeks to capture that sense of bleak despair that encompassed the medieval zeitgeist. Join

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Blurring the Line Between Fantasy and Reality

Speculative fiction is most notable for its extreme divergence from reality. Science fiction amplifies technology to a (currently) unattainable degree, and fantasy eschews the laws of our world for new ones entirely. However, sometimes, this separation between fantasy and reality is almost imperceptible. In these cases, authors might be exploring a subgenre called Magical Realism.

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HERE THERE BE DRAGONS: Join the Fight and Slay Your Way into Classic Dragon Fantasy

There is nothing better than the thrill of the hunt. It gets your blood pumping and your adrenaline pounding. You’re tossed off the precipice between life and death as you fight for your life against a giant, fire-breathing dragon—at least, that’s what I imagine it’d be like. The friendly, helpful dragons are gone, and in

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HERE THERE BE DRAGONS: Take to the Skies and Fly into Dragon Fantasy

For centuries, dragons have been the stuff of myths, legends, and fairytales. It’s no surprise that we’re fascinated with them—huge, hulking beasts that breathe fire and can lay waste to cities in a matter of minutes— and it’s even less of a surprise that they can be found littered throughout fiction for most of our

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Once (or Twice or Thrice) Upon a Time: Retelling the Classics in Fairytale Fantasy

Retellings of fairytales and folklore have found a foothold in modern media. Think ACOTAR, Forest of a Thousand Lanterns, and Cinderella Is Dead. These titles and more prove the lasting power that fairytales hold over our collective consciousness, but we are not strictly confined to retelling tales of the past. Though fairytale and fantasy are

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Infinite Madness Beckons: Plumb the Unfathomable Depths of Lovecraftian Horror

Whispers echo from the dark corners of the page, tugging at your sanity and begging you to gaze into the impossible blackness of the cosmos. Eldritch entities whisper mind-breaking truths that unravel your sense of meaning and importance. Welcome to the world of Lovecraftian Horror, where human insignificance in the face of the universe is

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Grab a Headset and Haptic Feedback Gloves to Enter the World of Virtual Reality

Nowadays, it seems like every tech company worth its salt has a VR headset for sale—haptic feedback gloves, unfortunately, are still working their way into the industry. However, dear readers, you don’t need to fork out a small fortune to experience virtual realities. Long before modern advances made tech wonderlands like the MetaVerse a reality,

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