Sci-Fi/Fantasy Genres
Worldbuilding - Constructing a SF Universe
Bulfinch's Mythology - Full text of the classic mythology reference work online. Searchable.
Science Fiction Writing - An Introduction to Plot, Plot Structure, and the M.I.C.E. Quotient
RPGInspiration.com - the GMs not-so-secret online toolkit! Here you'll find a number of random generators that you can use as inspiration for your campaign or fiction!
SCIENCE FICTION CORNER - Reviews of popular science fiction novels to explore principles of storytelling, beginning with Night of Masks by Andre Norton, including a break down of the first chapter of The Last Unicorn, by Peter Beagle
Critters is a member of the Critique.org family of on-line workshops/critique groups, and is for serious writers of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror.
SFF Net is home to the most interesting authors, publishers, media pros, and consumers of genre fiction today.
The Odyssey Writing Workshops Charitable Trust is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization formed with a simple yet inspiring mission: to help developing writers of fantasy, science fiction, and horror improve their work.
“Pitfalls of Writing SF & Fantasy,” by Vonda N. McIntyre
Locus Online - The Website of The Magazine of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Field
Science Fiction & Fantasy Writing Contests - fantasy, science fiction, and horror writing contests - some are limited to teens, some are limited to college students, others are open to all ages
SciFiConventions.com a general site for finding science fiction, fantasy, and horror conventions
The John W. Campbell Award is given to the best new science fiction or fantasy writer whose first work of science fiction or fantasy was published in a professional publication in the previous two years.
What DAW is looking for: We publish science fiction and fantasy novels. We do not want short stories, short story collections, novellas, poetry, or novels in other genres. The average length of the novels we publish varies but is almost never less than 80,000 words.
Online Writing Workshop For Science Fiction & Fantasy - Peer-review writing workshop for aspiring science fiction and fantasy authors.
Alien Almanac - Information, articles, reviews, new releases, developments, and merchandise for fans of genres.
Great Science-Fiction & Fantasy Works - Lists and discusses fantasy and SF authors and their works on the basis of literary merit, not genre standards.
Aphelion: The Webzine of Science-Fiction and Fantasy - forum for amateur writers to hone their skills and present their work to the public.
What is Cyberpunk? - Cyberpunk is a genre that could be attached to alternatively the Science Fiction side of fiction or the horror side of fiction. Additionally, many people consider cyberpunk culture to merely represent the culture that is attached to the Internet and computers. In essence, there is a difference between the cyberpunks of today and the cyberpunks of the future. This document is an attempt to provide source material for the cyberpunk writers so that readers don't need to read bad technology and also to provide inspiration for cyberpunk writers. It also can help out other Science Fiction writers. Cyberpunk, essentially, is a form of speculative fiction that deals with a high-technology future. Cyberpunk is almost never happy, and usually leaves the reader in a 'life sucks' mood. The reader should not want to enter the little world that you create. Cyberpunk is a warning as to what might happen in the future.
The Magic of Harry Potter - Essays Concerning Magic, Literary Devices and Moral Themes in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter
The Encyclopedia of Arda is a personal project - a tribute to and a celebration of the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. The site is evolving into an illustrated hypertext encyclopedia of Tolkien's realms and peoples. It already contains about four thousand entries, and we're constantly adding new entries and expanding existing ones.
SFF Net is home to the most interesting authors, publishers, media pros, and consumers of genre fiction today. What interests you?
Mind Power - An Introduction An introduction to psychics and mediums – claims of astral projection, telepathy, clairvoyance & other ’psychic abilities’.
The Strange Death of Netta Fornario, a student of ritual magic & member of the occult organisation the ‘Alpha et Omega Temple’.
Astrology & Science - 70 articles with abstracts give the case for and against astrology. Results of hundreds of empirical tests. Historical and philosophical views. Not a pop astrology site.
Space War - Military space news - Spacewar.Com brings you daily news on war in the 21st century - military space news, nuclear weapons, missile defense, ...
Science Fiction Film and the UFO - An Exploration of the Relationship Between Science Fiction Film and the UFO Mythology
The Artemis Project Databook Contents - PRIVATE ENTERPRISE ON THE MOON
Celedriel's Realm - Sightings & Photographs of Faeries and Other Mythical Beasts & Beings
Ebook Heaven - Science fiction and fantasy ebooks
Viable Paradise - Viable Paradise is a unique one-week residential workshop in writing and selling commercial science fiction and fantasy.
Historical fantasy is a sub-genre of fantasy and related to historical fiction, which makes use of specific elements of real world history
Historical fantasy takes a period of history from this world's past and introduces fantasy elements to it. Alternate history or alternative history is a genre of fiction consisting of stories that are set in worlds in which history has diverged from the actual history of the world.
Magic realism is a genre where magic elements are a natural part in an otherwise mundane, realistic environment
The Wild Hunt is an ancient folk myth prevalent across Northern, Western and Central Europe. The fundamental premise in all instances is the same: a phantasmal, spectral group of huntsmen with the accoutrements of hunting, with horses and hounds in mad pursuit across the skies or along the ground, or just above it. The hunters may be the dead or the fairies (often in folklore connected with the dead). The hunter may be an unidentified lost soul, a deity or spirit of either gender, or may be a historical or legendary figure
