What Is Weird Fiction?
Weird fiction is a subgenre of speculative fiction that combines supernatural, horror, magical realist, and fantasy elements. Speculative fiction focuses on stories containing speculative elements that do not exist in the real world. Weird fiction’s roots lie in Gothic fiction, horror, fantasy, and science fiction. It subverts the traditional conventions of these genres, creating a whole new crop of unsettling and sophisticated short stories, anthologies, and novels.
Weird fiction plays to an audience’s discomfort and fascination with the unknown, digging deep into the spiritual, emotional, and existential conflicts of the human condition in ways that traditional horror stories may not. Weird fiction stories may feature bizarre creatures, haunting mythos, or mental disturbances caused by unknown forces.
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