Sub-Genre Descriptions

Dark Fiction (Dark Poetry and Special Themes) - Stories that fit into one of the special categories.
Ghost Stories (Ghosts, Haunted Houses) - Stories that feature a ghost as a central character.
Gothic - Stories that use one of the classic Gothic themes.
Monsters (Animals, Mummies, Other Creatures, Scientific Horrors, Vampires, Zombies) - Horror stories in which a main character, and usually the main threat, is from a powerful non-human antagonist.
Occult (Satanic, Séances, Witchcraft) - These stories feature Satan (or the worship of Satan), talking to the dead, or the practice of black magic.
Psychological Horror (Killers, Mental Powers, Psychological Disturbances) - Are stories that involve spree/serial/other murders, people with special mental powers (like telepathy), or protagonists that are somehow psychologically disturbed.
X-treme (Early Decadence, Goth, Splatterpunk) - No rules other than these should be profoundly shocking to the average reader.

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