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  2. Fairytale fantasy - Wikipedia

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    This genre may include modern fairy tales, which use fairy tale motifs in original plots, such as The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and The Hobbit, as well as erotic, violent, or otherwise more adult-oriented retellings of classic fairy tales (many of which, in many variants, were originally intended an audience of adults, or a mixed audience of all ages), such as the comic book series Fables.

  3. List of science fiction short stories - Wikipedia

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    Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 1 (1939) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg: 1979 Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 2 (1940) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg, 1979 It's a Good Life: Jerome Bixby: Star Science Fiction Stories No.2: 1953 It's Great to Be Back! Robert A. Heinlein: 1947 Jack-in-the-Box ...

  4. List of works based on Arthurian legends - Wikipedia

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    King Arthur: Knight's Tale (2022) by NeocoreGames is a tactical role-playing game with a dark fantasy version of Arthurian legend where King Arthur is mad and you play as Mordred trying to stop him. King Arthur: Legion IX (2024) - a turn-based TRPG with a Roman theme, set in the universe of King Arthur: Knight's Tale.

  5. Category:Tall tales - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to tall tales, stories with unbelievable elements, related as if they were true and factual. Some tall tales are exaggerations of actual events, for example fish stories ("the fish that got away") such as, "That fish was so big, why I tell ya', it nearly sank the boat when I pulled it in!" Other tall tales are completely ...

  6. List of coming-of-age stories - Wikipedia

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    Into the Widening World, a collection of 26 short fictional coming-of-age stories by 26 notable authors (published 1995) Harry Potter, by J.K. Rowling (1997–2007) The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky (1999) Alex Rider, by Anthony Horowitz (2000–till date) The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, by Ann Brashares (2001)

  7. The Seven Basic Plots - Wikipedia

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    The third event in a series of events becomes "the final trigger for something important to happen." This pattern appears in childhood stories such as "Goldilocks and the Three Bears", "Cinderella", and "Little Red Riding Hood". In adult stories, the Rule of Three conveys the gradual resolution of a process that leads to transformation. This ...

  8. Politically Correct Bedtime Stories - Wikipedia

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    Based on the popular fairy tale of the same name, this parody includes as its main themes mocking the idea of anti-"speciesism" and the more radical branches and concepts of feminism (such as using the spelling "womyn" instead of "women" throughout, a pattern that is repeated in other stories in the book), and is one of the several stories in which the ending is completely altered from the ...

  9. Tall tale - Wikipedia

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    A tall tale is a story with unbelievable elements, related as if it were true and factual. Some tall tales are exaggerations of actual events, for example fish stories ("the fish that got away") such as, "That fish was so big, why I tell ya', it nearly sank the boat when I pulled it in!"