You might be asking yourself what is speculative fiction? Speculative Fiction is a super-genre of fiction. But let’s dive even deeper.
While these titles may be NSFW comic books, they’re actually great works of art worth the read. Just with lots of guts and nudity.
Fiction genres are much debated and revised, but they’re crucial to providing logical order to the storytelling arts.
Mythology and fantasy have never been distant from one another, and the same holds true for Indian fantasy writers.
The Shining and Doctor Sleep are Stephen King’s latest seemingly complete saga, years apart in the making but just as chilling.
In this episode of the Fictionphile Podcast, the crew analyzes why the comic book Preacher is a work of art.
In this episode of the Fictionphile Podcast, the crew analyzes why the Scott Pilgrim comic book series is a work of art.
A new Dune trailer dropped on Wednesday for Denis Villeneuve’s epic reboot of the famous science fiction story by Frank Herbert.
In this episode of the Fictionphile Podcast, the crew analyzes why The Killing Joke is a work of art.
In this episode of the Fictionphile Podcast, the crew analyzes why Watchmen is a work of art.
What better way to learn about writing novels, short stories, or any creative work than from essays on writing from legendary writers.
The 2020 Quarantine Book Club formed just two weeks ago, but it’s already marshaled 1,000 member to read the work of debut authors.
Countless science fiction books, from short story collections to novels, line the shelves of book stores and libraries.
Princess, priestess, and prophetess Cassandra of Troy lived under a curse; she could see the future, but no one would ever believe her.
Proceedings start slowly with Christine, as two high school friends, Arnie the geek and Dennis the jock, navigate life through high school.
Magnificent in decaying splendor, lonely, haunted and windswept, the big old building stands at the center of most Gothic fiction.
Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson is a debut epistolary novel about a farmer’s wife’s correspondence with a Danish museum curator.
Author Rayne Hall delves into the psyche to discuss how and why dreams influence her work and the work of great authors past.
At Fictionphile, we’re pretty big science fiction nerds, so it’s only natural that we keep a close eye on upcoming sci fi across all of fiction’s mediums.
If you ever loved a movie, play, TV show, or book–anything with dialogue–take a moment and thank Aeschylus. Not convinced? Let’s talk.
Disney buying Fox shook up the state of the evolving Fox comic book universe, claiming victims like X-Men. Yet, strangely enough, it seems Deadpool 3 has survived the purge.
The New Mutants movie, based on the X-Men horror spin-off, finished years ago but never released. Now, sources say it’s on its way in 2020 with a trailer in January.
A Carrie limited series just got approved for FX based on the horror novel of the same name by Stephen King.
The trailer for Hulu’s TV series remake of High Fidelity dropped today. The series and the original movie, starring John Cusack, is based on the Nick Hornby novel.
Thanks to various forms of fiction, popular culture is rife with different fictional locations from Hogwarts to the Mushroom Kingdom.
Just like bodies, no two examples of body swap fiction are exactly the same. They can range from the macabre to the quirky or cringe-worthy to brilliant.
If you’re relatively new to Stephen King, you might not know the terms constant reader or the Stephen King Multiverse. That’s why we’re here to break down the fiction universe you simply must know.
The Shining sequel Doctor Sleep is now a feature film directed by Mike Flanagan.
The battles of science fiction usually need heavy artillery. However, sci-fi movies do not all follow the rules of a single universe.
The best sci fi books for teens capture essentials about the teenage years, and they’re often the best sci fi books the genre has to offer.
The British writer Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE, more commonly known simply as Agatha Christie, was a 20th century crime fiction novelist and the best selling author of all time.
With April 14th fast approaching, Games of Thrones theories are getting more accurate and also a lot more weird.
Superhero Fatigue has been discussed for years, but yet the movies (and merchandise) kept on coming. Do other films have a shot anymore?
Watching Altered Carbon, one inevitably asks, would life lose its savor if we lived forever?
MCU phase 4 is just around the corner. After Avengers: Endgame and the ensuing in-world fallout, there’s an approaching need for new properties.
Science Fiction is influential to the world around us, and in turn, short stories are influential to Science Fiction.
Researchers shook the Internet by the brain this week when they partially restored a quadriplegic man’s control of his hand, and we saw a glimpse of a potentially game changing brain-machine interface.
Hearing about new discoveries in science sometimes feels exactly like reading or watching science fiction.
The singularity, otherwise known as Dawn of the Planet of Computers, has been predicted for years. All we’ve received thus far are chat bots.
Before I get jump into my take on the Man of Steel theme and my impressions of the movie, you may want to read my
Everybody Loves Tank Girl, the newest from creator Alan Martin, has a few moments of cutting commentary. And other moments are really quite funny or
The Fictionphile Short Story Review series endeavors to bring you at least one short story review per week. These stories will always be available for
