Speculative Fiction: A Writer's Guide and Anthology

In a time defined by uncertainty, change and inequality, speculative fiction is fast-becoming the genre of the 21st century. Straddling genres such as fantasy, science fiction, dystopia, alternative history and horror, this book is a comprehensive introduction to the art of writing in this imaginative, fluid and inclusive mode. An all-in-one textbook combining a craft guide with an extensive, diverse anthology, it explores the multiplicity of influences that speculative fiction has consumed and incorporated, digs into the techniques specific to speculative writing and gives writers exercises and prompts to begin their own works.

In addition, Speculative Fiction features:
- Annotated stories to showcase speculative techniques in practice
- Interviews with authors about their use of subversion of speculative craft in their work
- Detailed exploration of techniques from estrangement and world-building to creating characters, plots and conflict in a specifically speculative mode
- Exercises engineered to allow readers to master the technique under discussion
- 'Reader response' sections from speculative writing students with critical feedback
- A whole chapter on writing novels, the primary genre for speculative fiction
>Featuring the works of such authors as George Saunders, Helen Oyeyemi, Nalo Hopkinson, Sofia Samatar, Vandana Singh and many more, this book gives writers the resources to write boldly, differently and freely as they embrace stories that defy, undermine and subvert reality to welcome hitherto censored or silenced voices, visions and points of view.