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Speculative Fiction

I have decided that my NaNoWriMo writing effort is actually a work of "Speculative Fiction". This is a form of writing that encompases traditional aspects of science fiction, but allows a more focused idea of my emphasis. Here is the Wikipedia definition of speculative fiction:

Speculative fiction is a term used as an inclusive descriptor covering a group of fiction genres that speculate about worlds that are unlike the real world in various important ways. In these contexts, it generally includes science fiction, fantasy fiction, horror fiction, supernatural fiction, superhero fiction, utopian and dystopian fiction, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, alternate history, and magic realism.

The term is used this way in academic and ideological criticism of these genres, as well as by some readers, writers, and editors of these genres.