You’ve probably noticed that in my bio I refer to myself as a speculative fiction writer. To most outside of the industry, this might be an obscure term, but it covers a large variety of genres, including fantasy, science fiction, and horror.
If you check Wikipedia, which I just did, they have a pretty long list of genres included under the umbrella term speculative fiction. Besides fantasy, sci-fi, and horror, they include dystopian fiction, utopian fiction, superhero fiction, alternative histories, supernatural fiction, apocalyptic fiction, and post-apocalyptic fiction. I’d like to add magical realism to that list too. That’s a whole lot of things covered by just one term. That’s why like it. It’s kind of a way of choosing a genre, but not really choosing a genre. [Read more…] about What is Speculative Fiction and Why Do I Write It?