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    Fantasy Sub-Genre Guide
    Fantasy Sub-Genre Guide
    Fantasy
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    Fantasy
    Complete
    Complete, First published Aug 08, 2016
    The sub-genres of Fantasy
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    • darkfantasy
    • epicfantasy
    • fantasy
    • fantasy-romance
    • genre
    • guide
    • highfantasy
    • ispiration
    • portal
    • resources
    • science-fantasy
    • steampunk
    • subgenre
    • swashbuckling
    • texttospeech
    • tutorial
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    Table of contents
    • Introduction
      Tue, Aug 9, 2016
    • Allegorical Fantasy
      Sun, Sep 13, 2020
    • Alternate History Fantasy
      Thu, Feb 1, 2018
    • Alternate World Fantasy
      Thu, Feb 1, 2018
    • Anthropomorphic Fantasy
      Fri, Feb 2, 2018
    • Apocalyptic and Dying Earth Fantasy
      Mon, Dec 31, 2018
    • Arabian Fantasy
      Tue, Apr 17, 2018
    • Arcanepunk Fantasy
      Fri, Feb 2, 2018
    • Arthurian Fantasy
      Tue, Apr 17, 2018
    • Assassin Fantasy
      Tue, Apr 17, 2018
    • Bangasian Fantasy
      Sat, Mar 12, 2022
    • Celtic Fantasy
      Mon, Dec 31, 2018
    • Classical Fantasy
      Mon, Dec 31, 2018
    • Colonial Fantasy
      Mon, Dec 31, 2018
    • Coming of Age
      Thu, Apr 22, 2021
    • Contemporary Fantasy
      Mon, Dec 31, 2018
    • Court Intrigue Fantasy
      Mon, Dec 31, 2018
    • Crossworld Fantasy
      Mon, Dec 31, 2018
    • Dark Fantasy
      Wed, Sep 27, 2017
    • Dieselpunk Fantasy
      Mon, Oct 5, 2020
    • Dragon Fantasy
      Mon, Dec 31, 2018
    • Dreampunk Fantasy
      Sun, Jul 8, 2018
    • Environmental Fantasy
      Tue, Feb 5, 2019
    • Epic Fantasy
      Tue, Feb 12, 2019
    • Fable Fantasy
      Mon, Oct 9, 2017
    • Fairytale / Retelling
      Mon, Nov 16, 2020
    • Fantastic Romance Fantasy
      Wed, Sep 27, 2017
    • Fantastic Poetry
      Tue, Jul 6, 2021
    • Fantastique
      Sun, Nov 28, 2021
    • Futuristic Fantasy
      Thu, Dec 17, 2020
    • Gaslamp Fantasy
      Tue, Feb 12, 2019
    • Grimdark Fantasy
      Tue, Dec 22, 2020
    • Gritty Fantasy
      Fri, Jun 11, 2021
    • Gunpowder or Flintlock Fantasy
      Sun, Sep 26, 2021
    • Hard Fantasy
      Tue, Jan 5, 2021
    • Heroic Fantasy
      Sat, Nov 28, 2020
    • High Fantasy
      Mon, Dec 28, 2020
    • Historical Fantasy
      Tue, Apr 27, 2021
    • Humorous Fantasy
      Wed, Aug 31, 2022
    • Juvenile Fantasy
      Fri, Jun 18, 2021
    • Literary Fantasy
      Wed, Sep 8, 2021
    • Low Fantasy
      Thu, Feb 4, 2021
    • Magical Realism Fantasy
      Mon, May 17, 2021
    • Mannerpunk or Fantasy of Manners
      Tue, Feb 12, 2019
    • Media Tie-In
      Sat, Oct 16, 2021
    • Medieval Fantasy
      Wed, Jun 23, 2021
    • Mermaid Fantasy
      Wed, Feb 24, 2021
    • Military Fantasy
      Tue, Jun 1, 2021
    • Multicultural Fantasy
      Thu, Dec 9, 2021
    • Mundane Fantasy
      Sun, Nov 7, 2021
    • Mythic Fantasy
      Thu, Apr 8, 2021
    • Mythopoeia Fantasy
      Sat, Dec 18, 2021
    • Paranormal Fantasy
      Thu, Jan 21, 2021
    • Political Fantasy
      Tue, Jan 11, 2022
    • Portal Fantasy
      Mon, Mar 22, 2021
    • Prehistoric Fantasy
      Thu, Sep 10, 2020
    • Quest Fantasy
      Tue, May 25, 2021
    • Religious and Spiritual
      Fri, Jan 21, 2022
    • Romantic Fantasy
      Thu, Feb 11, 2021
    • Science Fantasy
      Thu, Feb 18, 2021
    • Shenmo
      Thu, Oct 21, 2021
    • Slipstream
      Thu, May 13, 2021
    • Steampulp Fantasy
      Mon, Oct 9, 2017
    • Steampunk
      Wed, Dec 1, 2021
    • Super Hero Fantasy
      Wed, May 5, 2021
    • Swashbuckling Fantasy
      Sun, Jul 8, 2018
    • Sword and Planet
      Mon, Apr 5, 2021
    • Sword and Sandal
      Wed, Jun 30, 2021
    • Sword and Sorcery
      Thu, Mar 11, 2021
    • Sword and Soul
      Sun, Nov 14, 2021
    • Urban Fantasy
      Sun, Jan 17, 2021
    • Vampire Fantasy
      Mon, Mar 15, 2021
    • Weird Fiction / New Weird
      Wed, Oct 6, 2021
    • Weird West Fantasy
      Wed, Oct 21, 2020
    • Werewolf Fantasy
      Thu, Nov 19, 2020
    • Wuxia Fantasy
      Tue, Mar 2, 2021
    • Xianxia Fantasy
      Tue, Jul 13, 2021
    • Xuanhuan Fantasy
      Fri, Sep 18, 2020
    • Young Adult Fantasy
      Sat, Oct 31, 2020

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