In the early stages of his career, Tallahassee, Fla.-based writer Jeff VanderMeer was something of a cult figure. While his ...

Beginning with his acclaimed 2018 debut novel The Loney, Andrew Michael Hurley has spooked readers with his tales of strange ...

None of VanderMeer’s novels is easy to categorize, but many fall within the tradition of weird fiction, a genre that combines elements of fantasy and science fiction while trafficking in the ...

But “Harry Potter” fan fiction writers love to wonder what Harry would be like if he had ended up in Slytherin. The idea is ripe with story line ideas. Snape as Harry's Head of House can lead ...