Types of Fantasy

1. Epic Fantasy are long stories that take with epic battles, quests, multi-themed and with many cultures and magical systems.
2. Mythic Fantasy has a supernatural causality and usually involves mythology.
3. Fairytale Fantasy are stories based on fairy tales that involve a magical causality.
4. Gothic Fantasy explains strange (weird) events. It has the Gothic elements of human fascination and fear of unknown, suspense and tension, mysterious settings and twisted plots.
5. Science Fantasy offers a scientific explanation for other world and treats magic as a science.
6. Heroic Fantasy (Sword and Sorcery) deals with a totally invincible hero or one that fights as a mercenary. The hero is proficient with a weapon and has no special abilities except strength and courage. The plot is purely entertainment with no major themes.
7. Historical Fantasy use a historical period or event that involves magic or other fantasy elements, which takes place in our world in the past.
8. Mythopoetic Fantasy involves good and evil locked in a struggle that is waged with supernatural powers. It deals with events that, however important they seem to the participants, are but a skirmish in the eternal conflict. These stories usually take place in a modern setting into which intrude Arthurian characters or relics such as the sword Excalibur. These fantasies lead their protagonist on a journey of self-discovery that brings pain as well as joy.
9. Ghost Fantasy are fantasies in which a ghost takes active involvement in the story.
10. Modern Fantasy are those stories in which magic and supernatural creatures exist in our modern day world.
11. High Fantasy seems to be the combination of stories of magic, elves, scorcerors and dragons, usually set in a medieval era.
12. Dark Fantasy usually includes vampires, werewolves, and other stuff to do with blood-letting.