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A BRIEF GLOSSARY OF SOME IMPORTANT LITERARY TERMS

Some Common Terms of Prose Fiction, with an Emphasis on "Exceptionally Imaginative" Literature

Allegory

Didactic Fiction

Fantasy Adventure
See High Fantasy & Sword-and-Sorcery

Fantasy Fiction

Flash Fiction
See Short-Short Story

Frame Story

Genre

Heroic Fantasy
See High Fantasy & Sword-and-Sorcery

High Fantasy

Novel

Novella

Science Fantasy

Science Fiction

Short-Short Story

Short Story

Sword and Sorcery

Some New Terms Used that are in the Pages of Startling Visions Publications Volumes

All following terms are designations newly-coined by Andrew Marini
for use in works published by Startling Visions Publications

EVERYDAY LIFE FICTION
        COMMON LIFE FICTION
        UNCOMMON LIFE FICTION

UNEXPLAINED PHENOMENON FICTION

PROVISIONAL SPECULATION FICTION

STARTLING VISION FICTION
        INCREDIBLE SPECULATION FICTION

ARBITRARY WONDERMENT FICTION

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