Supernatural Fiction versus Fantasy

What's the difference between Supernatural Fiction and Fantasy in general?

IIRC based upon some books of gothic and horror fiction I've read, supernatural fiction is Like Reality, Unless Noted, but with weird stuff going on that departs from that, whereas fantasy is set in a different world where different rules apply.

It's not a perfect separation though- for instance, Urban Fantasy is more like supernatural fiction than the traditional definition of fantasy.

Edit- reading the Supernatural Fiction page and I see some of it bears out what I've read. The idea of it being based on Catholicism also squares with what I've read about Gothic fiction (iirc it's discussed in the Oxford Book of Gothic Stories)- Gothic works often use pre-Enlightenment settings and traditions, whereas ghost stories are more often "real world but with weirdness". Both of them differ from fantasy though, since they are set in "our world".

edited 19th Jan '12 10:42:26 PM by Jordan

Okay, so when is a work Supernatural Fiction rather than Urban Fantasy, and vice versa?

edited 5th Feb '12 3:29:34 PM by MarqFJA

Bump.

I would say Urban Fanasty is basically a fantasy world, but modern day in a world very much like our own. Supernatural Fiction is more like the real world with supernatural elements.

Genres aren't always that specific, though, so the definition isn't clear cut.