Fan fiction is essentially original writing about existing fictional characters or, sometimes, real people like celebrities. The original medium fan fiction is based on can vary from books, movies, ...

A fireproof edition of Margaret Atwood's prescient and often-banned book "The Handmaids Tale." It is one of the greatest works of speculative fiction. Speculative fiction, often referred to as spec ...

The strangely short history of a publishing niche. Ad Policy The smallest book in the world is on display at the Frankfurt Book Fair, 1961. (Photo by Keystone / Getty Images) As an English professor, ...

Aristotle claimed art had two sources: Our instinct to imitate and our instinct for rhythm and harmony. The aesthetic rendering of reality enables fiction to provide us with emotionally satisfying ...

His name is Moon. He is the youngest member of a K-pop band with a global following. Before the narrator, an American living in Berlin, sees him perform, her idea of transcendence is purely ...