I was trying to get a loose categorization on a group of projects I'm working on, and I found it really difficult to find a label. Not an extremely, but something I could use to sum up the general similiarities between the stories. The closest I could come was metaphysical fantasy, which I found on the Fantasy Sub-genres wiki article. It still didn't fit perfectly, but the next closest choices were dark fantasy, which didn't seem to fit the general tone/atmosphere, and maybe gothic, which was a stretch at best.
So now I want to find out more about this apparent sub-genre that I've personally never heard much of. The wiki lists a few books as examples, including Moorcock's "Elric" stories, Fortress of Grey Ice by JV Jones, and some other stuff. The explanation wasn't all that clear, and the examples were not many.
Would anyone care to expand on this term/sub-genre?
So now I want to find out more about this apparent sub-genre that I've personally never heard much of. The wiki lists a few books as examples, including Moorcock's "Elric" stories, Fortress of Grey Ice by JV Jones, and some other stuff. The explanation wasn't all that clear, and the examples were not many.
Would anyone care to expand on this term/sub-genre?