Fantasy

For purposes of this site, SF includes fantasy & related subgenres.

For purposes of defining or categorizing works within particular genres, the term "fantasy" might include:

• high fantasy (Lord of the Rings)
• contemporary fantasy, including urban fantasy, elfpunk, paranormal chick-lit
• dark fantasy
• magical realism
• science fantasy
• romantic fantasy
• alternate history (which can be either science fiction or fantasy or, sometimes, both)
• Bangsian fantasy
• comic fantasy (Terry Pratchett, Chicks in Chainmail series)
• erotic fantasy
• hard fantasy
• heroic fantasy
• historical fantasy
• domestic fantasy
• urban fantasy (two strains: the first, centered around interfaces between urban life and fantasy -- usually fae / faery-related, occasionally witchcraft or some other kind of magic -- and the second more recent genre, drawn from Anne Rice and then related particularly to paranormal romance and to vampire fiction)

with relationships to:

• horror
• myth
• fable
• fairy tales
• gothic
• supernatural fiction
• New Age fiction