FanFiction

Harry Potter Alliance campaign celebrates fanfiction awareness

Fanworks aren’t only protected in the U.S.—they’re a vibrant part of modern-day creative culture.

On Aug 26, 2015 by Aja Romano

Meet Krashlyn, the fantasy romance that has soccer fans obsessed

They may have won the World Cup, but they also won our hearts.

On Jul 13, 2015 by Mary Emily O’Hara

Fanfic panel at Comic-Con explores the genre’s layered history

IRL is fanfic.

On Jul 9, 2015 by Aja Romano

10 fanfiction crossovers we really didn’t see coming

It’s mashup culture gone mad.

On Jun 9, 2015 by Luke Winkie

British newspaper publishes ‘Sherlock’ fanfic as a missed connection

An origin story gets a romantic rewrite.

On Mar 1, 2015 by Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

What not to do when teaching a class about fanfiction

Fanfic may be publicly available online, but that doesn’t mean the authors are inviting public criticism.

On Feb 23, 2015 by Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

In defense of Gyllencest and incest fanfiction

Ignore the media, fans. Incest fanfiction is motherf**king great.

On Jan 14, 2015 by Aja Romano

NBA great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is writing Sherlock Holmes fanfiction

The former NBA All-Star and current U.S. cultural ambassador is writing a Sherlock Holmes novel.

On Jan 9, 2015 by Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

The Black Lips are America’s hardest-tweeting band

From flirting with Boy George to Madonna beef, the Black Lips got wasted and woke up Twitter pros.

On Jan 3, 2015 by [email protected]

Here’s a Marvel and ‘Downton Abbey’ crossover from a ‘Star Wars’ screenwriter

Imagine what would happen if Howard Stark entered the world of Downton Abbey.

On Nov 25, 2014 by Lisa Granshaw

One Direction fandom heaps sexist backlash on one of their own at AMAs

She was a major fanfic writer, but now the fandom hates her.

On Nov 24, 2014 by Aja Romano

Robots are writing erotic fanfiction about Taye Diggs as a space dinosaur

Here’s the amazing saga of how this came to be.

On Nov 21, 2014 by Aaron Sankin

Supernatural’s 200th episode is a fitting tribute to its fangirls

It’s taken this long for ​SPN’s legions of fangirls to get an episode that didn’t mock them for what they love—and it was more than worth the wait.

On Nov 13, 2014 by Aja Romano

British politician Douglas Carswell stars in this sexy dinosaur fanfiction

Warning: It gets a little NSFW.

On Oct 14, 2014 by Ned Donovan

Follow the daily travels of Captain America’s best bud with ‘Life of Bucky Barnes’

The Avengers are perfect for social-media-based fanfiction.

On Oct 8, 2014 by Gavia Baker-Whitelaw