Questions

I usually like horror, science-fiction, and mystery, but I’ll also be open to anything else if there is a must-read book out there.
- Nooooooooooo

I have quite a few short stories I would like to sell. However, I have no idea how to go about doing so! The pieces span several genre’s including horror, mystery, romance, and science fiction. Should I get a literary agent for this (keep in mind they are all short stories)?
- Sincerely Yours

I am looking to submit work to possibly be published and wanted some names of magazines or journals that are reputable. Thank you for your time and assistance.
- Gabrielle

i dont want twilight or harry potter or the golden compass. something that will take me a long time to read.(i read really fast)
- Kai

no horror, no fantasy,
a bit of thriller is ok.

thnx
- yum.lollypop

I am creating a website for writers and would like to start off with a good list of genres to classify the stories. I am looking for ones like, “Science Fiction”, “Crime Drama”, “Horror”, etc. I would like the list to be comprehensive without being overwhelming.
Perhaps I have been unclear, this is NOT a publishing related site, it is more like a community based fun site, where writers can share and add to each other’s stories.

What makes me qualified to build this site is that I am a website coder and designer. All I am looking for are lists that may include genres that, in my planning and research, I have missed.
- egoant

drama, horror, mystery, romance, non-fiction, sports, biography, etc…
- trixysspurlock

It is similar to some of Christopher Pike’s fiction. The plot involves a group of high school students taking a weekend retreat SAT prep course. People in the group are murdered, and then it is a whodunit type of story. The retreat itself is at a lake. Unfortunately, this is all I can really remember, save for a few half formed details (one of the male characters had a white sports car that got like 12-16 mpg). I would like to read it again, so any help would be appreciated.
- Staci T

Practically everything out there is Harry Potter, Eragon(sp) or something about dragons, wizards, pirates, etc. He’s into sports and also likes non-fiction. The Twilight series was mentioned several times when I did a search on this site, but when I went to book store to make purchase, they tell me it’s usually read by girls. Can someone please make some suggestions.
Forgot to add that he loves comedy and horror, too.
- J T

I want to do a prose or prose poetry (1 page) for my poetry class but I want someone contemporary and someone that normally writes short stories or short short stories. Does anyone have a poet/author or prose/prose poetry that does this?
- mixeddudetx