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Chessie
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Mythic fantasy is a fast growing sub-genre of fantasy. It's what I write and mostly the type of fantasy I read (the Mythic Delirium anthology is one I get regularly, for example). So in attempting to study the genre more for business purposes, I've noticed that the big thing is that it mostly focuses on mythical gods. That's all fine and dandy, but somehow that specific element is what now seems to define this already tiny sub-genre.
My stories have a strong mythological aspect--Slavic mythology to be exact, and there's a whole lot of fairies, witches, spritely sort of business going on in them. I have a string of short fiction that I want to self-publish under this genre but it doesn't seem to match very well, although there is one wicked goddess that's the source of trouble across the world/stories. I'm just wondering if there's another sub-genre this sort of fiction would fall under, because it certainly isn't epic, historical, or necessarily sword and sorcery. Thoughts anyone? Does this sub-genre specifically have to be about gods?
My stories have a strong mythological aspect--Slavic mythology to be exact, and there's a whole lot of fairies, witches, spritely sort of business going on in them. I have a string of short fiction that I want to self-publish under this genre but it doesn't seem to match very well, although there is one wicked goddess that's the source of trouble across the world/stories. I'm just wondering if there's another sub-genre this sort of fiction would fall under, because it certainly isn't epic, historical, or necessarily sword and sorcery. Thoughts anyone? Does this sub-genre specifically have to be about gods?