Description: An accessible and wide-ranging all-in-one craft guide and anthology to the mode of speculative fiction writing, featuring author interviews, exercises, and annotated stories.
Brief description: Benjamin Warner is a Teaching Professor in the English Department at Towson University. He is the author of speculative novels Thirst (Bloomsbury, 2016) and Fearless (Malarkey Books, 2023) and his fiction and nonfiction have appeared in Salon.com, The Washington Post Magazine, and Punchnel's, among others. His website is www.benjaminwarner.net.
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"Benjamin Warner and Ron Tanner's Speculative Fiction: A Writer's Guide and Anthology is an accessible and charming student centered introduction to the pleasures and possibilities of both the creative writing workshop and genre bending fiction.This book is sure to find a place in many classrooms and bookshelves." --Jennifer Pullen, Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Ohio Northern University, USA; Author of Fantasy Fiction: A Writer's Guide and Anthology.
"Weaving together an excellent selection of modern and cannonical stories with thoughtful discussions of genre and go-to exercises that students can put to use in their own work immediately, Speculative Fiction presents a perfect opportunity for teachers and learners of all ages to enter the larger classroom that speculative fiction offers. I'm very glad to see this in the world!" --Fran Wilde, two-time Nebula-winning author of Updraft, Riverland, and A Philosophy of Thieves