Curated category
Speculative fiction
- FantasyThe Epic of Gilgamesh, preserved in clay tablets from ancient Mesopotamia, contains supernatural encounters that predate modern fantasy by millennia.
- Horror fictionHorror fiction traces its lineage to ancient folklore and religious texts that focused on death, the afterlife, evil, and the demonic.
- Alternate historyThe term alternate history describes a subgenre of speculative fiction where one or more historical events unfold differently than in real life.