I'm specifically thinking of speculative fiction, that is not specifically technical in nature. Yet the phenomenon within the story is less fantastical in nature than being explicitly magical.
The plot exists within the context of the present day, where events that are unexplainable could be explained if more information were available about the event in question.
For example if someone woke up, and they found it's 3:36 A.M. They go back to bed, wake up again and it's 3:33 A.M. They go back to bed, then wake up and it's 3:45.
There are other examples, but this is the main example I'm thinking of. Not natural, but not supernatural either. It could have a natural explanation, but because of the unavailability of specific information leaves the reader feeling strange, with an eerie ghost like feeling.
I'm trying to find a word, to explain a recent style turn in my short fiction.
Stories that hint at a slight fragility of time.
Edit: Accidentally posted it in wrong section, can it be moved to interstitial? Thanks!^^
The plot exists within the context of the present day, where events that are unexplainable could be explained if more information were available about the event in question.
For example if someone woke up, and they found it's 3:36 A.M. They go back to bed, wake up again and it's 3:33 A.M. They go back to bed, then wake up and it's 3:45.
There are other examples, but this is the main example I'm thinking of. Not natural, but not supernatural either. It could have a natural explanation, but because of the unavailability of specific information leaves the reader feeling strange, with an eerie ghost like feeling.
I'm trying to find a word, to explain a recent style turn in my short fiction.
Stories that hint at a slight fragility of time.
Edit: Accidentally posted it in wrong section, can it be moved to interstitial? Thanks!^^
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