One of the buzziest internet stories of the week sounds like a digital-age Mad Libs: Fan fiction website AO3 was taken down by a hacktivist group in a DDoS attack. As they say, sometimes truth is ...

Andy Weir is an unashamed lover of science-fiction, especially this long-running series that inspired him to write fan ...

Fan fiction — unsanctioned, unofficially published works based on popular novels or films — was intentionally never mainstream. The coming... Fan fiction — the creation of unsanctioned, unofficially ...

It's no secret that some authors start their careers by writing fanfiction, but sometimes those fanfics become new stories in ...

A humanoid robot works in an office on a laptop to listening Music in Headphone, showcasing the utility of automation in repetitive and tedious tasks. The advent of Generative AI (GenAI) in the realm ...

Actors Emma Watson (L) Maggie Smith (M) and Daniel Radcliffe (R) on the set of the film "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix." Harry Potter is one of the most popular subjects of fanfiction. The ...

Fan fiction may not command the same respect as other literary pursuits, but it's a rich mode of expression, says one author who mounts a passionate case for the style. Who is she? Esther Yi is an ...