Who here writes in other genres?

I've tried, Kevin. Techno-thrillers, a little fantasy, etc... Seems I always gravitate back to the supernatural/horror stuff. I'm anxious to know more about your "sci-fi/religious type series." Do tell.

Hi, Kevin

I have a horror/supernatural suspense story finished and being shopped. I have an historical coming out in July with a small royalty-paying press. A mystery/psychological suspense pair are also done and being shopped.

Novels (manuscripts), strictly horror so far.

Screenplays: horror, action, comedy, drama, crime, thriller...

Short stories: horror, 2 mainstreams, one dark comedy in progress.

As much as I'm into horror, and fancy myself as a horror writer, it appears my first instance of paid publication is going to be of one of my mainstream stories. fancy that...

Kevin Yarbrough said:

Besides horror that is? I have a few horror WIP's and many, many more to pen but I also have a few sci-fi books and series. I have a sci-fi/religious type series that I am working on now and if I can write it how I envision it then it will be an great series and might end up pissing off some people. I have a childrens fantasy series that I started and then put on the back burner. I also have two mystery series I want to write for wife since she is a big fan of them.

So, does anybody else here hopscoth between genres, or do you mainly stay with horror and (to quote Mike) satisfy your inner chimp?

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I seem to write in every nearly genre there is. Westerns, mysteries, literary, horror, YA. Even romance once, though never again. I'm allso writing a novel best bescribed as magic realism. I haven't tackled SF or fantasy at novel length, but that's about it.

Even though I'm kind of new to the horror genre, I still write contemporary YA short stories. I've thought about trying other genres but I think I'm going to stick with these two for now.

I mostly write horror/suspense and thrillers (non-horror). I'm attempting to branch out a bit with some creative non-fiction--family based events-- but it's a new take on writing for me.

I write whatever feels right. Sometimes it ends up getting labeled horror - I have a story in the current issue of Black October - sometimes it's more SF biased, sometimes more mainstream. Writing to a fixed end product or genre is not something I'm interested in.

I write mainstream, thriller, horror, and sci-fi/horror.

Hi Kevin. Great question.

My first love is horror.
I've also dabbled in mystery/suspense, thriller, mainstream, and romantic suspense.

Mike Coombes said:

I write whatever feels right. Sometimes it ends up getting labeled horror - I have a story in the current issue of Black October - sometimes it's more SF biased, sometimes more mainstream. Writing to a fixed end product or genre is not something I'm interested in.

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I feel the same way, but for some reason my stories usually turn out as horror or thriller.

I seem to end up in the middle, somewhere between horror and mainstream. The supernatural seems to be a recurring element, though, even when not horrific.

I have a confession to make. I've been writing horror shorts and hiding them in my drawer.

Until I joined AW I only subbed a couple out a couple of times. ( Until I joined AW I hid the writing because of all the negative stuff I got from 'friends' and family. I've mentioned it on other threads.)

The general consensus in my 'meat-space' associations is that unless it is a political novel, text book or biography ( or children's book) it is crap.

I started out reading scary stuff. I still have my first 'Alfred Hitchcock' collection, ok. The I got sidetracked into Sword and Sorcery and Science fiction...but I've always been on the dark side of these genres. (Hide the writing hide the writing,must avoid ridicule and hide or evidence of creativity). So Although I've finished 2 Science Fiction novels and I'm trying to get representation on them, I've also been giving the light of day to the horror shorts. (Light of day..lucky for me they don't crumble to dust!.)

Anyway, you folks are forcing me to new levels of creativity, and that creativity involves -unpleasant thoughts-. And since the responses I get on the horror all rejection slips, but nice hand written rejections that ask me to send something different, or to try re-writing and re-submitting... anyway, I think it is time I admitted that I think rather like my avatar looks, and I should write more scary stuff.
I want to invent a new monster.

Thanks, Kevin, for starting this thread.

I write both horror and pyscho-thrillers. I never know which will be making an appearance as a story idea.