tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858006830800930212.post6151161623931033041..comments2023-10-17T02:40:31.174-06:00Comments on Frightening Journeys: Is it paranormal? Fantasy?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858006830800930212.post-90258037541147526172011-11-04T12:17:47.069-06:002011-11-04T12:17:47.069-06:00Hi, Jack.
Sorry. I'm just now seeing your com...Hi, Jack.<br /><br />Sorry. I'm just now seeing your comment. Personally, I'd call it paranormal fiction, since it is missing the elf/dragon element and let the publisher and agents decide for themselves which sub-genre to include it with. <br /><br />BrynnaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858006830800930212.post-84405240957196881272011-04-14T11:42:15.435-06:002011-04-14T11:42:15.435-06:00Hi
I've struggled with this same problem. My ...Hi<br /><br />I've struggled with this same problem. My novel, The Hidden Masters and the Unspeakable Evil is about magicians who have to save the world in an English seaside resort. That means it's not fantasy because it's not in some fantasy land, also there are no elves or dragons or fantasy creatures. The most fantastic entity is, perhaps, a taxi whisperer. It's comedy by the way.<br /><br />There is magic in the story but it's the magic of coincidence, not people riding on broomsticks or pointing wands with sparks spewing out. There is one major supernatural or paranormal event, I won't say what it is because I don't want to spoil the plot, but it is clearly impossible. I've tried to make all the rest of the magic just like normal events but prompted my the magic of ther heroes, which is just like magic performed by members of the modern pagan community. Pagans are my core readership but I get excellent responses from non pagans too.<br /><br />So does that make my work paranormal? I've been using the term Urban Fantasy but I'm beginning to realise that is more about vampires and the like in the modern world. (Why does it always have to be vampires?) So now I'm wondering if I should use the term Paranormal Fantasy?<br /><br />Perhaps I should describe it as a new genre of Comic Pagan Fiction but publishers hate anything they can't put into an existing category.Jack Barrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05426355594223589081noreply@blogger.com