Speculative fiction

Margaret Atwood, Booker Prize-winning author of *The Blind Assassin*, *The Handmaid’s Tale*, *Alias Grace*, and *Oryx and Crake*, is a master of [speculative fiction](https://www.masterclass.com/classes/margaret-atwood-teaches-creative-writing/chapters/speculative-fiction). She offers the following seven tips for developing compelling [speculative fiction](https://www.masterclass.com/articles/what-is-speculative-fiction-defining-and-understanding-the-different-genres-of-speculative-fiction)…

As most of you may know, I’m a speculative fiction writer. You’ve probably seen my tagline. It says that I write about dragons, ghosts and spaceships. Sometimes I write about the ghosts of dragons …

Worldbuilding might be a crucial part of your story, but it doesn't have to be hard. Good worldbuilding starts these six basics.

We live in unreal times. I wake up in the middle of a global pandemic to watch a reality-TV president spout conspiracy theories while dystopian corporations enact new science fiction tech. In this …

Seeking the strange and unusual? Look to these structurally unconventional speculative fiction novels that diverge from the familiar.

Everyone knows of the horses of Iceland, wild, and small, and free, but no one really knows their story… We’re thrilled to share the cover of Sarah Tolmie’s All the Horses of Iceland, a fantastical mythic history of the origins of Icelandic horses. Tolmie’s tale takes readers across Eurasia, visiting ancient Khazaria and the steppes […]

Read EMERGENT PROPERTIES by Aimee Ogden if you love climate change, the moon, speculative fiction, sentient technology, messy breakups, strained family dynamics, investigative journalism, spiders, neo pronouns, space travel & connections. I received an advance copy for review from the publisher, through NetGalley.

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Need some speculative fiction writing prompts to give you some ideas? Check out this post!