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15 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.
3 Fantasy World Building - Miscellaneous elements of non-Earth fantasy world that is about the world or things in the world. This genre should not be used on a story located in the Fiction category. It is meant for fragments and miscellaneous extra material located in the World Building category.
9 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.
419 Coming of Age - Follows the personal growth and development of a protagonist from youth to adulthood. "growing up"
389 Contemporary Romance - Set in the present time, focusing on the romantic relationships of characters in modern settings.
57 Action Fiction - focuses on fast-paced action and physical challenges. Often involves a hero or protagonist facing intense obstacles and overcoming them through physical prowess and skill.
14 Alternate History - Story takes place in alternate version of history, such as what if the Nazi's won "The Man in the High Castle" by Phillip Dick. Seventh Son by Orson Scott Card
9 Alternate - Nazi's win WWII, Napoleon win's the Battle of Waterloo, Roman Empire never fell without fantasy/speculative fiction items (other than alternate history). The Man in the High Castle
1 Environmental Thriller - thrillers tied to environmental events that are typically threatening the world. Ex: The Day After Tomorrow, Geostorm
24 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
0 Western - Alternative History - Challenge or subvert the traditional conventions of the genre by providing a more nuanced and critical perspective on the historical events and characters. They might question the morality of certain actions or depict Native American perspectives more accurately.
1 Cryptid - Features creatures from folklore, mythology, or cryptozoology, such as Bigfoot, Loch Ness Monster, or Chupacabra. The narrative often revolves around encounters with these mysterious beings.
0 Body Snatcher - Revolving around the invasion or replacement of human bodies by extraterrestrial beings, parasites, or other entities, body snatcher horror explores the loss of control over one's own body.
0 Buddy Comedy - Focuses on the dynamic between two main characters, often with contrasting personalities, like "Lethal Weapon" or "The Heat."
1 Bildungsroman - A coming-of-age story that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of its main character from youth to adulthood. "Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger is a classic example.
1 Amateur Sleuth - Features characters who are not professional detectives but get involved in solving mysteries due to personal interest or circumstance.
806 Adventure - Adventure stories typically have a journey of discovery and exploration
625 Comedy Modern - Funny and less serious stories set in modern times
2,553 Drama - Stories with serious tone
2,173 General Romance - Stories that focus on relationship
18 Blank Verse - a poem with regular metrical but unrhymed lines, almost always in iambic pentameter.
0 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.
10 Anthropomorphic Fantasy - Animals take on human qualities - The Narnian Chronicles, most animated movies
5 Ancient Greco-Roman - In reference to ancient Greek and Roman times. Cultural, political, societal. Ideas, original Olympic games, orgies, Creaser's, senators.
74 Contemporary Literary - Exploration of the human condition in modern times.
2 Gothic - (aka gothic romanticism; and dark romanticism): fiction mixing themes of horror, romance, and death
4 Espionage - The spy thriller is a genre of literature that centers around a storyline with secret agents and espionage. Part action-adventure and part thriller, spy stories often follow a government agent racing against the clock to thwart a big attack or uncover an enemy's plans in order to save lives—sometimes even the world. Common tropes - agent driven of some agency or another, a feeling of big brother watching, time limits, and possibly deadly love interests.
7 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)
2 Caper - Light-hearted mystery that is easy to read, witty and not too intense. Can also be more comic in nature. Examples: Clue, Scooby Doo, Hardy Boys, or Janet Evanovitch books
6 General Fiction World Builder - World building for general fiction. Including outlines of stories that were intended, but never made it to the page.
0 Crime Western - Combine Western themes with the conventions of mystery or crime genres. They may involve detectives or lawmen solving crimes in a Western setting.
0 Cursed Objects - Focuses on objects with supernatural or cursed properties. The plot typically involves characters trying to understand or break the curse associated with the object.
125 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.
0 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.
1 Science Fiction World Building - Miscellaneous elements of usually future world that is about the world or things in the world. This genre should not be used on a story located in the Fiction category. It is meant for fragments and miscellaneous extra material located in the World Building category.
59 Historical Romance - Set in a specific historical period, often featuring historical events and figures.
16 Experimental - Stories that explore new directions and don't fit into an existing genre or several genres.
9 Comic Fantasy - Unserious stories set in a fantasy world. Example: Terry Pratchet's Color of Magic
1 Arcanepunk - Magic and Science existing side-by-side - The games Torchlight, League of Legends, and Fables 2 & 3 all have Arcanepunk elements
6 Ancient Orient - Near East, Ottoman Empire, Middle East, Mesopotamia. Early, middle, late Bronze Age, Iron Age.
44 Paranormal Mystery - Mystery story with paranormal elements such as ghosts, vampires, werewolves or magic. May also features a detective or investigator who deals with supernatural or occult cases. These protagonists use both conventional and supernatural means to solve mysteries.
7 Historical Thriller - thrillers where the action and intrigue take place in an earlier time period.
13 Dystopian - Stories set in a police state or dictatorship. Example: 1984, Clockwork Orange, Australia in 2021, Bladerunner
0 Disaster - Stories centered around disaster, usually natural but it can be artificial. The disaster itself can be on a global level or extremely localized, imposing peril on only the central characters. Examples from the popularized disaster movie genre include Armageddon, Earthquake, Knowing, The Core, The Day After Tomorrow, and The Towering Inferno
0 Outlaws and Bandits - Focus on the perspective of outlaws or antiheroes rather than traditional lawmen. They may explore the motivations and struggles of those on the wrong side of the law.
4 Cultural - Focused on exploring and celebrating specific cultures, cultural fiction often provides insight into the traditions, customs, and perspectives of different communities.
2 Haunted House Horror - Focused on haunted or cursed locations, haunted house horror plays on the fear of the unknown and the supernatural events that occur within a particular dwelling. Ex: Amityville Horror
3 Classic Mystery - Often involves a murder in a closed setting like a village or a manor, with the crime solved by an amateur or professional detective by the story's end.
304 Horror - Modern - General Horror stories set in modern times
197 Romantic Paranormal - is a paranormal story with romantic elements. If you have a story that is primarily a romance, but with paranormal elements, use Romance -> Paranormal Romance.
2 Paranormal World Building - Miscellaneous elements of Earth, related to how the paranormal functions in your fictional world. This genre should not be used on a story located in the Fiction category. It is meant for fragments and miscellaneous extra material located in the World Building category.
3 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".
33 Paranormal Romance - Involves supernatural elements such as vampires, werewolves, or witches in romantic relationships.
12 Cold War - Stories set in the height of the cold war from 1950-1990. Early Tom Clancy novels
4 Comic Sci-Fi - Unserious stories set in a sci-fi world. Example: Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
1 Arthurian - stories tied to fantastic elements side of King Arthur, Merlin. Ex: The Crystal Cave, The Once and Future King, Merlin
9 Cozy Mystery - also referred to as "cozies", are a sub-genre of crime fiction in which sex and violence occur off stage, the detective is an amateur sleuth, and the crime and detection take place in a small, socially intimate community. This is also a sub-genre with strong tropes that define it
2 Weird West - Fantasy in a Western. (Cowboys and Centaurs)
1 Legal Thriller - is a type of crime fiction genre that focuses on the preceding of the investigation, with particular reference to the impacts on courtroom proceedings and the lives of characters. Ex: Runaway Jury
10 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
55 Family Drama - Focuses on interpersonal relationships within families, exploring themes of love, conflict, and personal growth.
29 Historical Adventure - Takes place in a specific historical period or features historical events. Often includes elements of historical fiction and may involve real historical figures. Ex Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
0 Epistolary - Narratives told through a series of letters, diary entries, or documents, providing a unique and often intimate perspective on the story.
1 Confessional - Features intimate and personal revelations, often drawing on the poet's own experiences, emotions, and struggles.
35 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.
226 Prompt - Flash fiction and short fiction started from a story prompt
6 Regency Romance - Regency romances are a subgenre of romance novels set during the period of the British Regency (1811–1820) or early 19th century. Regencies usually feature a great deal of intelligent, fast-paced dialogue between the protagonists and very little explicit sex or discussion of sex
3 Comic Horror - Strong unserious element offsetting horror. Example: Scream, Cabin in the Woods, The Lost Boys
0 Assassin - sub-genre of fantasy tied to assassin's and eliminating political enemies in generally a non-modern world. Ex Assassin's Creed, Assassin's Apprentice
9 Monster - a genre of literature that combines good and evil and intends to evoke a sensation of horror and terror in its readers by presenting the evil side in the form of a monster. Ex Dracula, Frankenstein
35 Shifters - Stories that feature multiple types or types other that werewolves of humans capable of assuming animal aspects or full changing into animals
2 Western Historical - Classic Old West story. This is an 'old west' story with focus on 'old west' tropes, versus the Historical Western, which is focused on more historical accuracy while being set in the West.
1 Medical Thriller - a sub-genre of mystery novels, and they have mysteries that center around medical procedures, diseases, injuries, and medical facilities.
9 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
19 Detective - stories where the protagonist is a sleuth of some sort, ranging from nosy neighbor to retired detective that is puzzling out the details of why a crime was committed and who did it. More intense than a cozy, more serious than a caper, but not as hard core has hard boiled/noir. Example: Agatha Christie books
0 Martial Arts - Stories centered around martial arts. Also popularized by ‘Kung Fu movies’, the primary focus of martial arts stories are the physical fight scenes peppered throughout. Movie examples include Enter the Dragon, Drunken Master, Mortal Kombat, and The Karate Kid
24 Historical Drama - Features a dramatic narrative set in a historical period, often focusing on the lives of ordinary people or families living through significant historical events.
46 Family Saga - These novels span generations, exploring the dynamics and intricacies of a particular family over time.
0 Ekphrastic Poetry - Responds to or describes a work of visual art, capturing the essence of a painting, sculpture, or other visual medium through words.
42 Western Modern - Set in a more recent time period or even the present day, these Westerns explore the enduring themes of the genre in a contemporary context.
5 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.
47 Rich Boy - A very common early gay fiction trope of gay boy from a rich family does his thing. Common conflict is the lose everything because you're gay. Opposite trope of , can do it because you are rich.
30 Nautical - action adventure with a sea-based setting. Examples: Treasure Island, Pirates of the Caribbean
7 Crossworlds/Portals - characters from the real world find their way into another, magical world, through a portal of some kind and often find themselves involved in a struggle to save this world or characters within it. Classic example would be ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’. and Alice in Wonderland
44 Historical Literary - Exploration of human condition in the past.
18 Psychological - Emphasizing the psychological aspects of fear, these stories often delve into the mental and emotional torment of characters. The horror is often rooted in the characters' minds rather than external threats. Ex: Hannibal Lector novels
7 Historical Mystery - The historical mystery or historical whodunit is a sub-genre of two genres, historical fiction and mystery fiction. Raiders of the Lost Ark
71 Vampires - Stories that focus on Vampires - Example: Twilight
5 Military Thriller - often shares elements with techno thriller, but with a plot that is more focused on military objectives or technologies. Main characters are typically military personnel, and the narrative is often global in scope. Many things Tom Clancy
11 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
1 Historical Thriller - Incorporates elements of suspense, espionage, or political intrigue within a historical setting. Plots may involve conspiracies, espionage, or historical events with a thriller-style pacing.
1 Rock Star Romance - Romantic stories involving characters in the music or entertainment industry.
0 Dark Comedy - Deals with dark, often taboo subjects with humor. Examples include "Dr. Strangelove" or "Fargo," where humor is derived from grim or tragic situations.
290 Light Mystery - Contains light mystery elements such as crimes to solve, but solving a crime is not the focus of the story.
481 Free-Verse - poetry that follows natural speech patterns, but does not rhyme or follow a regular meter
46 Romantasy - Romantic Fantasy (Romantasy) - Combines romantic elements with fantastical settings and magical elements.
9 Spy - lighter-hearted spy - Sort of a Alex Rider and some of the earlier James Bond movies
19 Dragon Fantasy - Stories centered around dragons - ex: Joust, Dragon Riders of Pern
1 Industrial Revolution - Conversion to modern inventions and processes. Not limited to railroad, cotton gin, electricity.
2 Splatterpunk - distinguished by its graphic, often gory, depiction of violence, counter cultural alignment, ex: Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, The Purge
36 Werewolves - Stories focusing on werewolves specifically. Teen Wolf
13 Western Romance - Western with Romantic elements vs the Romantic Western that is a romance story with a western setting.
9 Political Thriller - is a thriller that is set against the backdrop of a political power struggle. They usually involve various extra-legal plots, designed to give political power to someone, while their opponents try to stop them. They can involve national or international political scenarios. Anything Tom Clancy
23 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
31 Slice of Life - Focusing on the ordinary, everyday experiences of characters, slice-of-life literary fiction captures the subtleties of human existence.
0 Fish Out of Water - Comedy where characters are placed in unfamiliar environments, leading to humorous situations. "Coming to America" or "The Martian" (with its humorous elements) fit here.
416 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.
5 Spy-Fi - Spy with Sci-Fi mixed in. This is usually a more technologically advanced situation that most people's every day life. Think Enemy of the State, James Bond Moonraker, Jason Bourne
1 Medieval - Medieval Drama, love, poetry, romance. Think Game of Thrones
7 Weird Science - Weird fiction either eschews or radically reinterprets ghosts, vampires, werewolves, and other traditional antagonists of supernatural horror fiction. Ex: Stories by H.P. Lovecroft
0 Western Sci-Fi - Western with sci-fi elements - think Cowboys & Aliens or Wild Wild West
13 Psychological Thriller - emphasizes the psychological condition of the hero that presents obstacles to his objective, rather than the action. Some psychological thrillers are also about complicated stories that try to deliberately confuse the audience, often by showing them only the same confusing or seemingly nonsensical information that the hero gains
17 Fairy Tales - Typically short stories of folklore and legends featuring fantasy creatures. Often tales of allegory.
6 Satire - Uses humor, irony, or exaggeration to criticize and mock individuals, institutions, or societal norms.
0 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.
3 Romantic Comedy (Rom-Com) - Focuses on love stories with humorous elements. Films like "When Harry Met Sally" and "Crazy Rich Asians" exemplify this genre.
0 Locked Room Mystery - A sub-genre where the crime, usually a murder, happens in circumstances where it seems impossible for the perpetrator to have entered or left the scene.
154 Non-Contemporary - Stories set in previous times
54 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.
35 Romantic Sci-Fi - Blends romantic elements with futuristic or science fiction settings.
20 Super Hero - Emphasis on action sequences, but with a sci-fi or fantasy element and often capes and costumes. (Unless you listen to Edna Node of The Incredibles (No capes!))
6 Surreal Comedy - Using illogic and absurdity for humorous effect - Example: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Independence Day
1 Flintlock - fantasy settings with first gen guns. example - Fable III, Greedfall, Mistborn
8 Zombie - civilization collapses due to overwhelming swarms of zombies. Typically only a few individuals or small bands of survivors are left living. Ex: The Walking Dead, World War Z
3 Noir/Hard-Boiled - (Strong Trope Alert) in noir the protagonist isn't a detective, but a victim, a suspect, and/or a perpetrator of crime. Hard-Boiled is a literary genre that shares some of its characters and settings with crime fiction (especially detective fiction and noir fiction). The genre's typical protagonist is a detective who battles the violence of organized crime that flourished during Prohibition (1920–1933) and its aftermath, while dealing with a legal system that has become as corrupt as the organized crime itself. Detectives of hardboiled fiction are often antiheroes. Notable hardboiled detectives include Philip Marlowe, Mike Hammer, Sam Spade, Lew Archer, Slam Bradley, and The Continental Op.
15 Supernatural Thriller - Thriller using paranormal as the driving fear. Ex: Poltergeist, Amityville Horror.
18 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.
513 Suspense - Stories that provide a bit of mystery action, that doesn't amp it up to 11 as a thriller
17 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.
11 Romantic Western - Romantic stories set in the American West during the 19th century.
12 Swashbuckler - Emphasis on action sequences, but usually with a sword in hand. Tends to cross over with historical nautical action adventures. Examples: Zorro and Pirates of the Caribbean.
4 Tall Tale - humorous story with blatant exaggerations such as heroes that do the impossible with nonchalance - Example: Jack and the Bean Stalk, The Princess Bride
3 Gaslamp - Generally speaking, this particular realm of fantasy employs either a Victorian or Edwardian setting. Same timeframe as Steampunk, but with a focus on fantasy elements. Ex: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Van Helsing
4 Police Procedural - is a subgenre of procedural drama and detective fiction that emphasizes the investigative procedure of a police officer or department as the protagonist(s), as contrasted with other genres that focus on either a private detective, an amateur investigator or the characters who are the targets of investigation
2 Space Western - Sci-fi story with western elements Example: Firefly
0 Victorian - Set during the Victorian era (1837–1901), these novels capture the social, cultural, and technological changes of the time. Dickensian novels are classic examples.
877 General Fantasy - Has fantastic story elements and story has not yet been updated with a more specific sub-genre.
17 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.
9 Western - Places the story in the American West during the 19th century, exploring the challenges and adventures faced by pioneers, settlers, and Native Americans.
6 Techno Thriller - story whose theme is usually technology, or the danger behind the technology people use, including the threat of cyber terrorism such as State of Fear.
3 Steampunk - Sci-Fi Historical usually set in Victorian age or 19th century American West and based around steam technology. Ex: Wild Wild West, Timekeepers
11 Sports Star Romance - Sports star romance features at least one main character who is an athlete or involved in the sports industry. These stories typically combine romance with drama, competition, and passion, as the characters face challenges both on and off the field. Some common themes in sports star romance are enemies to lovers, opposites attract, and second chances.
3 Psychological Mystery - Delves into the mind, exploring themes of sanity, identity, and often includes elements of suspense or thriller.
52 Mixed Forms - a mixture of two or more forms of poetry
13 Grimdark - Grimdark is a subgenre of speculative fiction with a tone, style, or setting that is particularly dystopian, amoral, or violent. Also referred to as "anti-Tolkein" where might makes right. Ex: A Song of Ice and Fire
6 World Wars - Stories set in the time frame of WWI and WWII and in between about 1914-1945
0 Utopian - the Idealized "perfect" human society. Example: Star Trek, 3001: The Final Odyssey
28 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
23 High/Epic Fantasy - takes place in a fictional fantasy world. The future of this world is in the hands of a hero or group of heroes who must undertake quests and battle evil. A classic example of this genre would be 'Lord of the Rings'.
19 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.
13 Historical Fantasy - usually set in a historically accurate period of this world, but where magical creatures or supernatural forces exist. Examples: Clash of the Titans, Pirates of the Caribbean series
19 Translation - a poem translated from another language
0 Lost World - Usually a story where the prehistoric still thrives. Such as King Kong or Journey to the Center of the Earth.
44 Low Fantasy - takes place in a real world setting with magical elements. Though elements such as werewolves, vampires, and ghosts have their own sub-genres in Paranormal. Examples: Harry Potter
4 Magical Realism - Blends magical elements with realistic settings and situations, creating a sense of wonder within the ordinary.
15 Medieval Fantasy - set in a medieval society on Earth with knights, Kings and Queens, epic quests and legendary characters such as King Arthur. May also include wizards and magic.
16 Mythic Fantasy - New spins on old stories - Think Percy Jackson and the Olympians or American Gods
17 Science Fantasy - set after the decline and fall of a technological society, either on Earth or other planets. Often dystopian. May include aliens or remnants of technology the characters perceive as magical.
3 Sword and Planet - Fantasy-like swashbuckling set in Sci-fi worlds. ex Treasure Planet
3 Sword and Sandal - Bronze Age Fantasy worlds that typically have Greek or Roman empire themes. Examples: 300, Clash of the Titans, Gladiator (if it had fantasy creatures or magic)
55 Urban Fantasy - real world and fantasy world collide. Typically full range of magical, vs specific creatures like Werewolves, Vampires, and Ghosts, which are part of the Paranormal genres - Examples of Urban Fantasy: Artemis Fowl, Percy Jackson, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
1 Wuxia - Martial arts focused fantasy, often taking place in alternate history China.

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