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    Sci-fi Genre Deep Dive 5

    By Myr,


    Genre Deep Dives
    Top 10 Most Read Science Fiction - Apocalyptic and Post-apocalyptic
    concerned with the end of civilization, either through nuclear war, plague, or some other general disaster. Post-apocalyptic fiction is set in a world or civilization after such a disaster. Example: 2012, The Day After Tomorrow, I am Legend
    Z is For Zombie by Geron Kees Complete Shelter by Comicality Author Passed Away The Falcon Banner by Topher Lydon Complete Hidden Sunlight by Stellar Complete Dawn of Tears by dkstories Complete Sigil of the Wolf by Topher Lydon Complete The Mantis Variant - Book One by Adam Andrews Johnson Complete The Mantis Corruption - Book Three by Adam Andrews Johnson Complete Beyond Imagination by W_L Abandoned Miles To Go by Comicality Complete Top 6 Most Read Science Fiction - Cyberpunk/Tech Noir
    is a subgenre of science fiction in a dystopian futuristic setting that tends to focus on a combination of lowlife and high tech. Ex Cyperpunk 2077, Bladerunner, A.I. Robocop (original)
    Metanoia by Thorn Wilde Long-Term Hold Chase the Morning by Thorn Wilde Long-Term Hold Neon by William King Temporary Hold Threads by Thorn Wilde Complete When the Party's Over by Thorn Wilde Complete This Machine Kills the Machine by Thorn Wilde Complete Top 10 Most Read Science Fiction - Dystopian
    Stories set in a police state or dictatorship. Example: 1984, Clockwork Orange,  Australia in 2021, Bladerunner
    The Mantis Variant - Book One by Adam Andrews Johnson Complete The Mantis Continuum - Book Four by Adam Andrews Johnson Complete Master Dog by Mikiesboy Complete The Mantis Corruption - Book Three by Adam Andrews Johnson Complete Corporate Galactic by astone2292 Complete Beyond Imagination by W_L Abandoned Neon by William King Temporary Hold Reaching Xiava by astone2292 Complete Ten Years After by Mawgrim Complete The Wrong Guy by Kyle Aarons Complete Top 10 Most Read Science Fiction - Hard Science Fiction
    "Hard Science" Fiction. Stories whose scientific elements are reasonably detailed, well-researched and considered to be relatively plausible given current knowledge and technology.  This genre has a very, very strong aversion to anything fantasy or anything that can't be explained directly with ties to known science.  Example: Jurassic Park, The Martian
    Fates Mates & Pirates by P. E. Knapp In Process It All Started With A Shuttle Flight by P. E. Knapp Complete Hidden Sunlight by Stellar Complete Two for One by P. E. Knapp Complete Veil of Shadow by Stellar Complete Lucid Truth by Stellar Temporary Hold Dreams of Humanity by dkstories Complete Beyond Imagination by W_L Abandoned Dreams of a Father by dkstories Complete Our Hopes for Tomorrow Began Yesterday by JamesSavik Long-Term Hold Top 9 Most Read Science Fiction - Libertarian Sci-Fi
    is a subgenre of science fiction that focuses individualism and private ownership of the means of production. Ex:  Atlas Shrugs, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
    Of Pride and Power by W_L Complete A Bad Day to be WET by Myr Complete Psionic Corp – No Return by Myr Complete A Bad Way to Wake Up WET Part 2 by Myr Complete A Bad Way to Wake Up WET Part 1 by Myr Complete Just a Milk Run by Myr Complete The Truth is Out There by Myr Complete A Tempest in a Teapot by Myr Complete Sci-Fi Flash Collection by Myr Long-Term Hold Top 10 Most Read Science Fiction - Military Sci-Fi
    in essence, the addition of science fiction elements into a military fiction story. These stories are told from the point of view of the military, or a main character who is a soldier in the military. It usually includes technology far superior to that of current day, but not necessarily implausible. (Note that some military science fiction stories fit at least somewhat into the "hard science fiction" subgenre as well.) ex - Battlestar Galactica
    Fates Mates & Pirates by P. E. Knapp In Process It All Started With A Shuttle Flight by P. E. Knapp Complete Love on the Rocks by P. E. Knapp Complete Two for One by P. E. Knapp Complete A Bad Day to be WET by Myr Complete Terran Confederation - Jeremiah by Myr Complete Lace & Éclair by Celian Complete A Bad Way to Wake Up WET Part 2 by Myr Complete A Bad Way to Wake Up WET Part 1 by Myr Complete Just a Milk Run by Myr Complete Top 10 Most Read Science Fiction - Science Fantasy
    is a mixed genre within speculative fiction that simultaneously draws upon or combines tropes and elements from both science fiction and fantasy. Ex: 2012, The Day After Tomorrow, Star Trek, Star Wars
    Crave by LitLover Complete Twinks in Space: Fantastic Voyage - Part Two by Adam Andrews Johnson Temporary Hold Peter the Meteor(ologist) by Lee Wilson Complete Kabal by Aditus Complete Goon by dkstories Complete Twinks in Space: Destination Unknown - Part One by Adam Andrews Johnson Complete Caesura by Aditus Complete The Holly and the Ivy by Aditus Complete Who Was That Boogeyman I Saw You With Last Night, Charlie Boone? by Geron Kees Complete Canaan Club by Westley D. Long-Term Hold Top 10 Most Read Science Fiction - Soft Sci-Fi
    stories in which the science involved is not detailed, typically dealing more with cultural, social, and political interactions often set in near future.
    Ancalagon by Cia Complete Denied by Cia Complete The Brotherhood: Awakening Book II by The Writer X In Process The Brilliant Boy Billionaire by Altimexis Complete The Case of the Short, Short Prince by Geron Kees Complete Take me to Your Leader by quokka Complete Journey Beyond the Sea by Geron Kees Complete The Strange Life of Jonas Marks by comicfan Complete Attunga by Palantir Complete Taming Of The Beast by ASH PHOENIX In Process Top 10 Most Read Science Fiction - Space Opera
    Space opera emphasizes science fictional space warfare often with risk-taking space adventures and chivalric romance. Set mainly in outer space, it features technological  faster-than-light travel, weapons, and sophisticated technology, on a backdrop of galactic empires and interstellar wars with aliens, sometimes even Far, Far Away. Ex: Star Wars, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactaca, Babylon 5.
    Fates Mates & Pirates by P. E. Knapp In Process Storm Wolf: Tranquil waters by RedMoon In Process It All Started With A Shuttle Flight by P. E. Knapp Complete Twinks in Space: Fantastic Voyage - Part Two by Adam Andrews Johnson Temporary Hold Love on the Rocks by P. E. Knapp Complete The Falcon Banner by Topher Lydon Complete Hidden Sunlight by Stellar Complete Ark II: Life on Gaea by R. Eric In Process Two for One by P. E. Knapp Complete Veil of Shadow by Stellar Complete Top 2 Most Read Science Fiction - Space Western
    Sci-fi story with western elements Example: Firefly
    Terran Confederation - Jeremiah by Myr Complete Mercy by SteveTrevor Long-Term Hold Top 2 Most Read Science Fiction - Steampunk
    Sci-Fi Historical usually set in Victorian age or 19th century American West and based around steam technology.  Ex: Wild Wild West, Timekeepers
    Fortitude by Cia Complete Run Out of Steam by Brayon Complete Top 0 Most Read Science Fiction - Utopian
    the Idealized "perfect" human society.  Example: Star Trek, 3001: The Final Odyssey
    No stories
  15. Myr

    Poetry Deep Dive 5

    By Myr,


    Genre Deep Dives
    Top 10 Most Read Poetry - Ballad
    a poem that tells a story and was traditionally set to music. Usually follows a form of rhymed (abcb) quatrains alternating four-stress and three-stress lines.
    a Glass Floor Underfoot by AC Benus Complete Love Looked at Me and Laughed and other poems by AC Benus Complete Audre Lorde Knows What I Mean – 2021 in review by AC Benus Long-Term Hold 1940, 1970 and Today – plus other poems by AC Benus Complete Second Sight: Remembering Some San Francisco Neighborhoods by AC Benus Complete June, 2020 – Hell in a Handbasket by AC Benus Long-Term Hold Lyrics for Tony - a collection of poems by AC Benus Complete Lyrics for K. by AC Benus Complete Song of the '70s by AC Benus Complete Bragi's Bagatelles by Parker Owens Complete Top 10 Most Read Poetry - Blank Verse
    a poem with regular metrical but unrhymed lines, almost always in iambic pentameter.
    By Chance or Appointment by Parker Owens Temporary Hold Hymenaios, or the Marriage of the God of Marriage by AC Benus Complete Audre Lorde Knows What I Mean – 2021 in review by AC Benus Long-Term Hold 1940, 1970 and Today – plus other poems by AC Benus Complete Terpsichore Behind the Mask by Parker Owens Complete Second Sight: Remembering Some San Francisco Neighborhoods by AC Benus Complete June, 2020 – Hell in a Handbasket by AC Benus Long-Term Hold Seasoned to Taste by Aditus Complete Haiku, Secret, and Wisdom by Headstall Complete The Foretelling by Headstall Complete Top 0 Most Read Poetry - Cinquain
    a short poem consisting of five, usually unrhymed lines containing, respectively, two, four, six, eight, and two syllables. Cinquains may be paired and manipulated to create longer forms. For example, the mirror cinquain has lines of syllables 2, 4, 6, 8, 2, 2, 8, 6, 4, 2.  Cinquains are often used in teaching schoolchildren early forms of poetry.
    No stories Top 10 Most Read Poetry - Blank Verse
    a poem with regular metrical but unrhymed lines, almost always in iambic pentameter.
    By Chance or Appointment by Parker Owens Temporary Hold Hymenaios, or the Marriage of the God of Marriage by AC Benus Complete Audre Lorde Knows What I Mean – 2021 in review by AC Benus Long-Term Hold 1940, 1970 and Today – plus other poems by AC Benus Complete Terpsichore Behind the Mask by Parker Owens Complete Second Sight: Remembering Some San Francisco Neighborhoods by AC Benus Complete June, 2020 – Hell in a Handbasket by AC Benus Long-Term Hold Seasoned to Taste by Aditus Complete Haiku, Secret, and Wisdom by Headstall Complete The Foretelling by Headstall Complete Top 0 Most Read Poetry - Cinquain
    a short poem consisting of five, usually unrhymed lines containing, respectively, two, four, six, eight, and two syllables. Cinquains may be paired and manipulated to create longer forms. For example, the mirror cinquain has lines of syllables 2, 4, 6, 8, 2, 2, 8, 6, 4, 2.  Cinquains are often used in teaching schoolchildren early forms of poetry.
    No stories Top 1 Most Read Poetry - Confessional
    Features intimate and personal revelations, often drawing on the poet's own experiences, emotions, and struggles.
    The Walled Garden of Enchantment by AC Benus Complete Top 0 Most Read Poetry - Ekphrastic Poetry
    Responds to or describes a work of visual art, capturing the essence of a painting, sculpture, or other visual medium through words.
    No stories Top 5 Most Read Poetry - Epic Poetry
    a lengthy narrative poem, typically set in the far past, involving heroic and extraordinary adventures and dealings of people with gods or other superhuman forces.
    Pride Month, and other Haibun by AC Benus Long-Term Hold Audre Lorde Knows What I Mean – 2021 in review by AC Benus Long-Term Hold The Walled Garden of Enchantment by AC Benus Complete Lorca’s "Love from the Darkness Sonnets" by AC Benus Long-Term Hold Lorca's "Ode to Walt Whitman" by AC Benus Complete Top 10 Most Read Poetry - Free-Verse
    poetry that follows natural speech patterns, but does not rhyme or follow a regular meter
    Headstall's Reflections by Headstall Temporary Hold tim's Bits and Pieces by Mikiesboy Temporary Hold By Chance or Appointment by Parker Owens Temporary Hold Occasional Poetry by Parker Owens Complete timmy's poetry by Mikiesboy Complete Love II by Luc Complete Disasters, Delights and Other Detours by Parker Owens Complete Poems and Short Quips by MacGreg Long-Term Hold Cozy Contemplations by Headstall Long-Term Hold Musings of a Messed Up Mind by Mikiesboy Complete Top 0 Most Read Poetry - Ghazal
    A poetic form with rhyming couplets and a repeating refrain, often exploring themes of love, loss, and longing. It has its roots in Arabic and Persian poetry.
    No stories Top 10 Most Read Poetry - Haiku
    a short poem of three lines with five, seven, and five syllables respectively. While there are several schools of Haiku writing, the most faithful to the original will use some aspect of the natural world as its subject, and will not contain any personal references to the writer/observer.
    tim's Bits and Pieces by Mikiesboy Temporary Hold By Chance or Appointment by Parker Owens Temporary Hold Poems and Short Quips by MacGreg Long-Term Hold Headstall's Poetry Prompts by Headstall Complete April Musings by Valkyrie Long-Term Hold My Twentieth Year by AC Benus Complete NaPoWriMo - 2017 by Emi GS Complete Haiku and Tanka by Lugh Complete JUMP! NaPoWriMo 2022 by Aditus Complete Musings of a Mongoose by Cynus Complete Top 10 Most Read Poetry - Limerick
    a poem that is typically humorous and bawdy, written in five-line, predominantly anapestic trimeter with a strict rhyme scheme of AABBA, in which the first, second and fifth lines rhyme, while the third and fourth lines are shorter and share a different rhyme.
    tim's Bits and Pieces by Mikiesboy Temporary Hold Timmy's Journal by Mikiesboy Complete JUMP! NaPoWriMo 2022 by Aditus Complete Fireworks & Rain by Aditus Complete Kavya, My Poetry by asamvav111 Complete Alex's Little Book of Poems by Alex Complete My Poems, Satires & Other Lyrical Nonsense by D.K. Daniels Long-Term Hold Limerick's loony bin and other crazy sh% by Aditus Complete NaPoWriMo by Mikiesboy Complete Bible Sex Laws - An Exploration in Limericks by Refugium Complete Top 10 Most Read Poetry - Lyric
    a poem that expresses personal feelings or emotions, typically written in first person. There are several general groupings of lyric poetry, including elegies, odes and sonnets.
    By Chance or Appointment by Parker Owens Temporary Hold Marvin B Erotic Poetry Collection by Marvin B Temporary Hold A Man in a Room, and other poems by AC Benus Complete a Glass Floor Underfoot by AC Benus Complete Light & Dragonflies: Nature Poems/Love Poems by AC Benus Complete Love Looked at Me and Laughed and other poems by AC Benus Complete Birds by Parker Owens Long-Term Hold Fireworks & Rain by Aditus Complete 1940, 1970 and Today – plus other poems by AC Benus Complete June, 2020 – Hell in a Handbasket by AC Benus Long-Term Hold Top 10 Most Read Poetry - Mixed Forms
    a mixture of two or more forms of poetry
    By Chance or Appointment by Parker Owens Temporary Hold The Great Mirror of Same-Sex Love - Poetry by AC Benus Temporary Hold Disasters, Delights and Other Detours by Parker Owens Complete Translation Trashbin by AC Benus Temporary Hold The Ultimate Vehicle of Earthly Bliss by AC Benus Temporary Hold The Thousandth Regiment by AC Benus Complete Zero to Hero, a Guide by AC Benus Long-Term Hold JUMP! NaPoWriMo 2022 by Aditus Complete A Man in a Room, and other poems by AC Benus Complete a Glass Floor Underfoot by AC Benus Complete Top 10 Most Read Poetry - Rhyming
    a poem containing two or more words that repeat the same or similar sounds in the final syllable, usually placed at the end of lines placed so they echo each other
    By Chance or Appointment by Parker Owens Temporary Hold Marvin B Erotic Poetry Collection by Marvin B Temporary Hold A Man in a Room, and other poems by AC Benus Complete a Glass Floor Underfoot by AC Benus Complete Love Looked at Me and Laughed and other poems by AC Benus Complete Birds by Parker Owens Long-Term Hold Fireworks & Rain by Aditus Complete Audre Lorde Knows What I Mean – 2021 in review by AC Benus Long-Term Hold 1940, 1970 and Today – plus other poems by AC Benus Complete June, 2020 – Hell in a Handbasket by AC Benus Long-Term Hold Top 10 Most Read Poetry - Sonnet
    a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, typically containing ten syllables per line, traditionally using iambic pentameter. A sonnet must contain a turning point (or, volta), in which the thread of the theme changes direction. There are three main sorts of sonnet: Italian (or, Petrarchan), Shakesperean, and Spenserian; each of these has a different rhyme scheme. The Italian rhymes ABBAABBA CDCDCD or ABBAABBA CDECDE; the Shakespearean uses ABAB CDCD EFEF GG; the Spenserian ABAB BCBC CDCD EE.
    By Chance or Appointment by Parker Owens Temporary Hold The Ultimate Vehicle of Earthly Bliss by AC Benus Temporary Hold The Thousandth Regiment by AC Benus Complete A Man in a Room, and other poems by AC Benus Complete rima fragmenta, Fragments of a Rift: Fifty Sonnets for Kevin by AC Benus Complete Love Looked at Me and Laughed and other poems by AC Benus Complete Fireworks & Rain by Aditus Complete Audre Lorde Knows What I Mean – 2021 in review by AC Benus Long-Term Hold 1940, 1970 and Today – plus other poems by AC Benus Complete June, 2020 – Hell in a Handbasket by AC Benus Long-Term Hold Top 10 Most Read Poetry - Translation
    a poem translated from another language
    The Great Mirror of Same-Sex Love - Poetry by AC Benus Temporary Hold Translation Trashbin by AC Benus Temporary Hold The Ultimate Vehicle of Earthly Bliss by AC Benus Temporary Hold The Thousandth Regiment by AC Benus Complete a Glass Floor Underfoot by AC Benus Complete Hymenaios, or the Marriage of the God of Marriage by AC Benus Complete Light & Dragonflies: Nature Poems/Love Poems by AC Benus Complete Audre Lorde Knows What I Mean – 2021 in review by AC Benus Long-Term Hold June, 2020 – Hell in a Handbasket by AC Benus Long-Term Hold Miracles by AC Benus Complete
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    Non-Fiction Deep Dive 5

    By Myr,


    Genre Deep Dives
    Top 9 Most Read Non-Fiction - Autobiography
    is a self-written account of one's life. Takes stock of the autobiographer's life from the moment of composition. While biographers generally rely on a wide variety of documents and viewpoints, autobiography may be based entirely on the writer's memory.
    An Advent Calendar by Aditus Complete A Summer Happy Place by Lee Wilson Complete It’s Not How I Remember It by paren01 Complete Pride Month, and other Haibun by AC Benus Long-Term Hold Second Sight: Remembering Some San Francisco Neighborhoods by AC Benus Complete Self-help by northie Complete Farm Tales by quokka Complete A Gay Man on His Own at Christmas by albertnothlit Complete My Coming Out Story by LittleBuddhaTW Complete Top 0 Most Read Non-Fiction - Biography
    is a detailed description of a person's life. It involves more than just the basic facts like education, work, relationships, and death; it portrays a person's experience of these life events. Unlike a profile or curriculum vitae (résumé), a biography presents a subject's life story, highlighting various aspects of their life, including intimate details of experience, and may include an analysis of the subject's personality.
    No stories Top 10 Most Read Non-Fiction - Creative Non-Fic
    writing that uses literary styles and techniques to create factually accurate narratives. Creative nonfiction contrasts with other nonfiction, such as academic or technical writing or journalism, which is also rooted in accurate fact but is not written to entertain based on prose style. Many writers view creative nonfiction as overlapping with the essay.
    Headstall's Reflections by Headstall Temporary Hold tim's Bits and Pieces by Mikiesboy Temporary Hold Disasters, Delights and Other Detours by Parker Owens Complete timmy's poetry by Mikiesboy Complete Timmy's Journal by Mikiesboy Complete Boy Story: The Road Taken by Rip Skor Complete Cozy Contemplations by Headstall Long-Term Hold Ravings of a Rabid Werewolf - Poetry by Wolf by WolfM Long-Term Hold One Hundred and Fifty-Five Sonnets by AC Benus Complete Musings of a Messed Up Mind by Mikiesboy Complete Top 4 Most Read Non-Fiction - Letter
    letter is a written message conveyed from one person (or group of people) to another through a medium. [1] The term usually excludes written material intended to be read in its original form by large numbers of people, such as newspapers and placards, although even these may include material in the form of an "open letter".
    Vaya con Dios, Carlos by Bill W Complete Azkarah by Defiance19 Complete Dear Carlos by Mikiesboy Complete Random Musings by Bryson Temporary Hold Top 10 Most Read Non-Fiction - Reference
    books in the reference nonfiction genre contain relevant information on a subject and where you can go to learn more about that subject. The books in this genre can be about anything people might need to know about. They can be marketing guides for writers or lists of travel destinations in a country or area – anything where one can list information in an easy to use way to help people find the information on a topic.
    The Great Mirror of Same-Sex Love - Poetry by AC Benus Temporary Hold Translation Trashbin by AC Benus Temporary Hold One Hundred and Fifty-Five Sonnets by AC Benus Complete WL's Mainstream Gay Book Reviews by W_L Long-Term Hold Zero to Hero, a Guide by AC Benus Long-Term Hold Audre Lorde Knows What I Mean – 2021 in review by AC Benus Long-Term Hold Second Sight: Remembering Some San Francisco Neighborhoods by AC Benus Complete June, 2020 – Hell in a Handbasket by AC Benus Long-Term Hold PIERRE and the AMBIGUITIES – A Filmscript by AC Benus Complete Why Research Is Important To Me by Mikiesboy Complete
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