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Where do I belong?
The last story I had published was labeled a 'dark fantasy/horror piece' by the editor of Aoiffe's Kiss. Can you see my dilemma? Should I post on the fantasy board or on the horror board?
I was wondering if anyone else felt this odd straddling sensation?
Then I started thinking...shouldn't it all be divided up? Like one board for science fiction, one for fantasy (magical realism, sword and sorcery, dark, light), then one for horror. Or maybe one board called Speculative and all the genres underneathe...? Then I think well, maybe there are others like me but they have already found their place, and I should ask them.
(gonna post this on both boards just to be safe).
*As an aside: Last night I had a dream that Leonard Nemoy and I were a team. We stood upon a spotlighted stage in front of this large and quiet audience. We waited. Someone suddenly shouted "N" and we quickly, deftly used our bodies to form the letter "N". The lights were making us sweat and Leonard was telling me, "Hold it...don't move...hooold it..." and I was thinking "I really need to work out more."* One of those very vivid dreams that you wake up from going...
The last story I had published was labeled a 'dark fantasy/horror piece' by the editor of Aoiffe's Kiss. Can you see my dilemma? Should I post on the fantasy board or on the horror board?
I was wondering if anyone else felt this odd straddling sensation?
Then I started thinking...shouldn't it all be divided up? Like one board for science fiction, one for fantasy (magical realism, sword and sorcery, dark, light), then one for horror. Or maybe one board called Speculative and all the genres underneathe...? Then I think well, maybe there are others like me but they have already found their place, and I should ask them.
(gonna post this on both boards just to be safe).
*As an aside: Last night I had a dream that Leonard Nemoy and I were a team. We stood upon a spotlighted stage in front of this large and quiet audience. We waited. Someone suddenly shouted "N" and we quickly, deftly used our bodies to form the letter "N". The lights were making us sweat and Leonard was telling me, "Hold it...don't move...hooold it..." and I was thinking "I really need to work out more."* One of those very vivid dreams that you wake up from going...