My new genre is:
DARK FANTASY
The new title:
Approaching Storm
Dark Fantasy is right at the intersection of fantasy and horror. Some other Dark Fantasy stories you might be familiar with:
- The Dark Tower by Stephen King
- The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
- The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice
- Coraline by Neil Gaiman
- Tales of Elric of Melnibone by Michael Moorcock
- Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos by H.P. Lovecraft
- Pan’s Labyrinth
- The Dark Crystal
- The Crow
- City of Lost Children; and
- Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
Mine isn’t as good as any of these, except for Twilight. It kicks Twilight’s ass. For many reasons, including: (1) my fantasy lover looks like Taemin instead of Robert Pattinson, plus he understands about consent; (2) Twilight’s hero Bella is a clumsy bookworm who mopes a lot and Approaching Storm’s hero Marissa Storm is an active bookworm fighting Qanons and antivaxxers; (3) Twilight is about some people of European descent and some Native Americans who are actually magic werewolves while Approaching Storm is more diverse including quite a few autistic characters; (4) Twilight makes you wait until book four for an actual sex scene, which turns out to be brutal and disgusting, while Approaching Storm is quite the opposite.
Editor Sumiko Saulson has done a fantastic job of turning my pandemic ramblings into an actual novel, and I am very pleased with their genre assignment.
Hey conspirazoids, I've got your storm right here. Coming soon as I get caffeinated enough to finish the final draft.
And take a new author photo suitable for a Dark Fantasy writer. Which is something I’ve never done before. I have no idea what to wear.
No comments:
Post a Comment