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The Genre of Fantasy

It's darker than you think


Children have been fascinated by the fantastic for generations. In ancient times dark myths were told. Back in the 1800s the Grimm brothers and other fantasy writers wrote their stories as dark tales that were meant to scare children into doing chores and obeying parents. Moving along the timeline brought a change in the fantasy genre to one of happy endings filled with sparkling fae and love that never dies. Lately readers of fantasy works can see a shift from these happy go lucky tales back to their darker counterparts. Today this sub-genre of fantasy is known as gothic fantasy.