->''"It's all lies. But they're '''entertaining''' lies. And in the end, isn't that the '''real''' truth? The answer... is no."''
-->-- '''Creator/LeonardNimoy''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''

Fiction, simply put, is stories told about subjects that do not exist. Character, locations, and events may be real within fiction or may be entirely made up, but some element of the unreal will be present. Nearly all the media found on Website/ThisVeryWiki are fictional to some degree, so we won't go to the effort of listing them here.
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+ LiteratureGenres
+ FilmGenres
+ ShowGenres
+ WorksBySubject
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'''Literary Fiction Genres:'''
[[index]]
* {{Adventure}}
* AlternateHistory
* CrimeNovel
* {{Fable}}
* FairyTale
* HistoricalDetectiveFiction
* HistoricalFiction: Fiction set in a distinctive historical period, different than the author's present.
* MagicRealism
* MysteryFiction
* PhilosophicalNovel
* RomanceNovel
* SeaStories
* SpeculativeFiction
* SpiritCultivationGenre
* TallTale
* {{Thriller}}
* {{Tragedy}}
* {{Western}}
+ LitFic for 20th-century {{Realism}} and non-{{Genre}} literature.

'''Film Fiction Genres:'''

* BMovie
* ChickFlick
* ChildCareAndBabysittingStories
* MartialArtsMovie
* DisasterMovie
+ EpicMovie
* ExploitationFilm
* FanFilm
* FilmNoir
* FoundFootageFilms
* GenreThrowback
* {{Giallo}}
* HeroicBloodshed
* {{Horror}}
* HillbillyHorrors
* ItalianNeorealism
* KidsWildernessEpic
* MusicStories
* PeriodPiece
* RoadTripPlot
* RomanticComedy
* SeaStories
* SlasherMovie
* SliceOfLife
* SportsStories
* StonerFlick (aka THCTheater)
* TheWestern
* {{Wuxia}}
* WarMovies

'''Show Fiction Genres:'''
* ActionSeries
* AdventureSeries
* {{Animesque}}
* AnimatedAnthology
* AnimatedSeries: A series that is animated.
* BlackComedy: The humor revolves around jokes about death and other serious subjects that aren't usually considered funny.
* BritCom
* BritishConspiracyThriller
* ChristmasSpecial: A television special about Christmas.
* {{Claymation}}
* CopShow
* CostumeDrama
* DocuDrama
* DocuSoap
* DomCom
* {{Dramedy}}
* EdutainmentShow: A television series that is intended to teach its audience practical information.
* FamilyDrama
* FightingSeries
* FinaleMovie: A feature-length film that is intended to serve as the conclusion to a television series.
* ForensicDrama
* GagSeries
* GameShow
* GovernmentConspiracy
* GovernmentProcedural
* SugarWiki/AHallmarkPresentation
* HistoricalFantasy
* HeroicFantasy
* HeroicPetStory
* {{Horror}}
* JiggleShow
* KidCom
* LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek
* MedicalDrama
* MindScrew
* {{Pantomime}}
* ParanormalInvestigation
* TheParody
* PilotMovie: A feature-length film that is intended to serve as a pilot for a potential television series.
* PoliceProcedural
* PrimeTimeSoap
* QuirkyWork
* RealityShow
* RealityTV
* {{Rescue}}
* ReunionShow: A TV special of a television show that has ended its run that brings back all or most of the original actors.
* RomanticComedy
* SadistShow: A series where the bulk of the humor relies on the characters suffering.
* SeriesFranchise
* SoapOpera
* SpyFiction
* SuperheroStories
* SupernaturalSoapOpera
* TeenDrama
* {{Telenovela}}
* TweenDrama
* TwoFistedTales
* {{Toku}}
* TheWestern

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