New Weird

English Etymology From en new weird fiction weird (fiction), attributed to M. John Harrison (2002). Noun - New Weird A literary genre that began in the 1990s, influenced by horror and speculative fiction, but often crossing genre boundaries. en slipstream en Ken Gelder New Directions in Popular Fiction 2016 Springer 184 https://books.google.com/books?id=jxSRDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA184&dq=%22New+Weird%22&hl=&cd=4&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22New%20Weird%22&f=false 978-1-137-52346-4 The most detailed response to Harrison's set of questions came from Stephanie Swainston, an author who has described New Weird fiction as exercises in world building characterised by a heterogeneity of sources, genres and details. Usage notes Sometimes applied to works in other media sharing similar characteristics, such as video games or films. Further reading New weird en Literary genres