To quote a Prosps hows about Twiglet Zone.

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Or even Twi-lit zone.

Just call it The Twit Zone and have done with it?

JB

What about Twi-lite, or Twi-zero? Actively promoting a healthy fantasy?

Joolz

No copyright in titles, so you can call it the Twilight Zone if you want to - I think you should, it's just right. (Tho' The Twiglet Zone is good too, though might need explaining to newbies, like the Lifeboar.)

Emma

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Mind you, anyone under the age of 25 will thing the Twilight Zone is dedicated to worship of the works of Stephenie Thingy

oh, bugger.

That's torn it!

I say we keep it prosaic, for the benefit of newbies and for professional form. Horror died a gruesome death, Science Fiction looks about ready to 'beam up', yet Fantasy is still quietly bubbling away like a rather small, dented, copper cauldron. The kind you might find in Cornish gift shops, perhaps. I say we pool everything and everyone in Fantasy and rename it with the daringly original title 'Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror'.

JB

Is there room for strange, a bit of weird in amongst all those rigid genres?

Signed.

The Twit.

No, no, no, I didn't mean to imply that you were a twit choille! Apologies if you got that impression.

I loved the idea of Weird/Strange Fiction. Weird Fiction is what Lovecraft called his work, and his work really did incorporate all three genres, although Horror kind of nicked him. Not everything he wrote was scary. Some was quite mystical and airy. Anyway, I digress. I just have to agree with the Powers That Preserve on this site that newcomers might get a bit weirded out (ha ha) by non-clear designations for groups. Like calling the stairs 'The Two-way Directional Steps' or something, I suppose. We need new blood. We can't afford to be confusing?

JB

We need new blood.

Well it is in keeping, I have to say.

Complete tangent here - but anyone watching 'Being Human'? I rather love it.

Sarah

I think a merged group would be a great idea! Why not call it "Genre writing." I think everyone would know what that meant.

The Pigeon Hole Group

That's just rude!

Pigeonholing is one way to see it. Another is that readers love these genres and like to be guided toward them by clear and definite signs. For all the happy hippy view of 'free literature', I for one know I'd be confused and annoyed if I walked into Waterstones and all the books were jumbled up together. Does it never occur to people that to have resistance and movement, you need something to push against? The loose definition of genres have provided writers with that barrier for years!

Let's not gild the lily here? Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror?

JB

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Bazz - genre writing could cover any of the following: Crime, Romance, Chick Lit, Paranormal, Suspense, Horror, Historic, Action, Thriller...need I go on?