Fantasy Fiction

Jennifer Pullen is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Ohio Northern University, USA. During her decade of teaching, she has also taught at Eastern Washington University and Ohio University. She has worked on the editorial team of journals including The New Ohio Review (NOR), and Willow Springs, where she was the Assistant Fiction Editor. Her research interests include fantasy fiction, fairy tales and mythology, gender studies, science fiction, 19th century literature, environmental writing, and creative writing pedagogy. She is a founding member of the Creative Writing Studies organization. Her chapbook of fabulist fiction A Bead of Amber on Her Tongue, feminist retellings of Greek myths, won the Omnidawn fabulist fiction award, selected by Lily Hoang. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in journals and anthologies including, but not limited to: Off the Coast, Cleaver, Phantom Drift Limited, Clockhouse, Behind the Mask, Lunch Ticket, and F(r)iction. She has won multiple awards for her teaching.

• Table of ContentsSection 1: An Introduction to Fantasy WritingIntroductionChapter 1: Fantasy and Its EvolutionChapter 2: Fantasy Genres (a mostly comprehensive review)Chapter 3: Fantasy Fiction, Publishing, and Creative Writing in the AcademySection 2: The Craft of Fantasy WritingChapter 4: Character and DialogueChapter 5: Point of ViewChapter 6: Structure and PlotChapter 7: Worldbuilding Part 1Chapter 8: Worldbuilding Part 2Chapter 9: Worldbuilding Part 3Chapter 10: Style and RevisionDiscussion Questions and Writing ActivitiesSection 3: Genres and Styles of Fantasy WritingChapter 11: Epic Fantasy, High Fantasy, and Sword and Sorcery FantasyChapter 12: Historical FantasyChapter 13: Weird Fiction, Lovecraftian Fantasy, Gothic Fantasy, and Cosmic HorrorChapter 14: Contemporary and Urban FantasyChapter 15: Fabulism and Magical RealismChapter 16: Mythic, Fairy Tale, Folkloric, and Fairy FantasyChapter 17: Hybrid FantasyConclusionAnthologyCooney—Martyr’s GemDonaldson—The AlbatrossesGoss—England Under the White WitchJones—The Night Bazaar for Women Becoming ReptilesLe Guin—The Ones Who Walk Away from OmelasLiu—Good HuntingMiéville—The Condition of New DeathMurray—La LloronaRoanhorse—HarvestSamatar—Meet Me in IramSingh—A Handful of RiceUlmer—RedValentine— From the Catalogue of the Pavilion of the Marvelous, Scheduled for Premiere at the Great Exhibition (Before the Fire)Notes and References

A thorough take on the Fantasy genre by someone who clearly loves the genre, and a welcome addition to an academic field that deserves more scholarship.