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Together these stories form The Weird, and its practitioners include some of the greatest names in twentieth and twenty-first century literature. Exotic and esoteric, The Weird plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal monstrosities.
Feb 17, 2023 · Catherine L. Moore, “Shambleau” (Weird Tales, November 1933) Man has conquered Space before. You may be sure of that. Somewhere beyond the Egyptians, in that dimness out of which come echoes of half-mythical names—Atlantis, Mu—somewhere back of history’s first beginnings there must have been an age when makind, like us today, built cities of steel to house its star-roving ships and ...
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Allegories are stories that use symbolic characters, objects, and events to convey a moral or political message. They often have a deeper meaning that goes beyond the literal interpretation of the story. The OED (Oxford English Dictionary) defines “allegory” as below. Allegory: a story, picture, or other piece of art that uses symbols to convey a h...
So this one is a little different, but hear me out! Anecdotes have the potential of developing into any of the other tales in this list, given time (and in today’s context, social media!) So what is an anecdote? By definition, an anecdote is a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. People relate anecdotes in social situ...
Epics are long, narrative poems that tell the story of a hero or group of heroes on a quest or journey. They often feature supernatural or divine elements and convey important cultural or moral values. From Homer’s Odyssey and Beowulf to Valmiki’s Ramayana, the classical literature world is rich in epic stories. However, the modern world has its sh...
A fable is a short narrative making a moral point, often employing animals with human characteristics. Fables are a kind of allegory, and a rather specific kind, where they are often short and end with the moral at the end o the story. Plus, they use personification and mainly have animals as characters. Consider Aesop’s Fables and Vishnu Sharma’s ...
Well, we all know fairy tales! How could we not, right? Very simply, we can say that a fairy tale is a children’s story about magical and imaginary beings and lands. Fanciful in everyway, fairytales transport readers to faraway lands filled with legendary deeds and creatures, princes and princesses, and other magical creatures. Mainly written with ...
Folktales are traditional stories passed down orally from generation to generation, and do not really have a single author. They morph and change as they are passed on over time and place. Storytellers adapt them to their own cultures and to current times, and as such, these tales are creations of “the folk” or “folktales!”
Ghost stories are simply what they say they are, stories that feature ghosts or other supernatural beings, often told to scare or entertain. I am sure many of us have either told or heard ghost stories while camping out in the woods, or during power cuts when our world turns dark for a bit! My collection includes The Ghost Stories of M.R. James as ...
Horror stories are intended to scare or unsettle the reader. They often feature supernatural or monstrous elements and are intended to evoke a strong emotional response. One definition of the horror story – from literary historian J. A. Cuddon: “a piece of fiction in prose of variable length… which shocks, or even frightens the reader, or perhaps i...
Legends arestories that come from the past and are not verified by history. They may include facts but are not factual themselves, and instead are embellished over time with supernatural or fantastical elements. They often have some cultural or historical significance and one use is to explain mysterious events and weird phenomena. Some popular leg...
Myths are stories and beliefs of a particular culture or religion that explain the origins of the world and human behavior. They often feature gods and goddesses, heroes, and monsters, and are a reflection of moral and cultural values of a people. Myths are different from legends in that myths deal with gods, and usually have no historical basis. M...
Sep 5, 2023 · Weird fiction, like much of what it portrays, is a strange and monstrous creature. An odd assemblage of genres, spliced together into new and unsettling forms — a roving tangle of literary limbs, evading the grasp of easy categorization. At the basic level, we can say that weird fiction belongs to the wider family of speculative fiction as it ...
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Weird Literature: For news, reviews, book discussion, and anything else pertaining to weird fiction. We cover everything from contemporary writers of the Weird, such as China Miéville, Kelly Link, M. John Harrison, K.J. Bishop, Eric Basso, and Jeff Vandermeer to foundational authors like H.P. Lovecraft, Alfred Kubin, Algernon Blackwood, Robert Chambers, and Jean Ray, to everyone in between.
Apr 24, 2006 · The license to use the Weird Tales name was terminated with the Spring 1994 issue, instigating the change to the new title Worlds of Fantasy & Horror. Worlds of Fantasy & Horror (1994-1996): After rights to the Weird Tales name were lost in 1994, the magazine altered its title to Worlds of Fantasy & Horror, retaining the same format and style ...
Jan 25, 2023 · Types of Traditional Tales: Fairy Tales, Folktales, Fables, Myths, and more | International Storyteller. Is it a folktale, a fairy tale, a fable, or a myth? With all those different types of traditional tales, it’s no wonder you become confused. So let me clear things up.
