Speculative Fiction

Science Fantasy Fiction

Sci-Fi stories inspired by mythology, folklore, and fairy tales that combine imagined technologies with elements of magical realism. ​

Supernatural Fiction

Scifi stories about secret knowledge or hidden abilities including witchcraft, spiritualism, and psychic abilities.

What if?

Speculative fiction usually starts with the question...

Utopian Fiction

Stories about civilizations the authors deem to be perfect, ideal societies.

Dystopian Fiction

Stories about societies deemed problematic within the world of the novel, often satirizing government rules, poverty, and oppression. ​

Superhero Fiction

Stories about superheroes and how they use their abilities to fight supervillains.

Alternate History Fiction

Stories that focus on true historical events but are written as if they unfolded with different outcomes.

Post-Apocalyptic Fiction

Stories that take place after an apocalyptic event and focus on the survivors figuring out how to navigate their new circumstances- for example, emerging after a global nuclear holocaust or surviving a total breakdown of society.

Apocalyptic Fiction

Stories that take place before and during a huge disaster that wipes out a significant portion of the world's population. The stories center around characters doing everything they can to stay alive- for example, running from zombies or trying to avoid a deadly plague. ​

Science Fiction

Stories with imagined technologies that don't exist in the real world, like time travel, aliens and robots. ​

The Plague

Example of an Apocalyptic Fiction..

The Last Witch Hunter

Example of an Urban Fantasy Fiction..

Ernest Callenbach's Ecotopia

Example of an Utopian Fiction..

Urban Fantasy Fiction

Fantasy stories that take place in an urban setting in the real world but operate under magical rules.

Speculative Fiction

Genres in which is too far from what is reality.

Space Opera Fiction

A play on the term "soap opera", scifi stories that take place in outer space and center around conflict, romance, and adventure. ​

The New Mutants

Example of a Superhero Fiction..

ghost ship

Example of a Supernatural Fiction..

The Cloverfield Paradox

Example of an Alternate History Fiction..

V for Vendetta

Example of a Dystopian Fiction..

World War Z

Example of a Post-Apocalyptic Fiction..

Tomorrow Land A World Beyond

Example of a Science Fantasy Fiction..

The War of The Worlds

Example of a Science Fiction..

Star Wars

Example of a Space Opera Fiction..

Speculative Fiction

a broad category of fiction that forms a theory without a firm evidence.