Not another genre question!

My first novel was like that. Problem is, I still don't know what genre it is! I list it under fiction, but the last 2 chapters (of 29) take place after the MC bites the dust. I guess maybe it's slipstream. ::shrugs::

I never have a problem there because I think I know what defines each genre. I'd actually like to create my own. I've been thinking about paranormal horror.

Nah,

I think Stephen King does that, eh?

Tri

Pretty difficult to overlook the fact that my novel is set in the early nineth century... So no.

I still have no idea what genre my current WIP is x.x It's not technological enough to be SF, not mainstream enough to be mainstream, not scary enough to be horror... In query letters I'm calling it "dark literary," but I've heard some people say that for something to be literary fiction, the writing itself has to be more important than the story, and that's definitely not the case with mine.

My first novel ended up being a SF time travel romantic thriller. Holy heartburn-inducing. My WIP is urban fantasy. Much easier -- I made damn sure the next book would be easy to catagorize, let me tell you.