Online fan fiction has proven a godsend for hard-core entertainment aficionados, giving them a rare opportunity to create and experience, say, a Xena and Captain Kirk encounter that previously could ...

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So Robin the Boy Wonder and Professor Minerva McGonagall walk into a bar … Hey, it could happen. Not in any official capacity from DC Comics or J.K. Rowling. But in the imagination and online ...

Fan fiction writers aren’t just penning alternate universe reimaginings of the Barbie movie, or steamy scenes featuring Marvel superheroes. This week, they’re writing letters to their senators, ...

What if meth superstar Walter White on “Breaking Bad” brought his son into the business, while Jesse Pinkman retired to upstate New York, got married, and had three wonderful kids? What if Jane Austen ...

Once a quasi-underground activity carried on in a handful of 'zines, fan fiction exploded when it hit the Internet. Suddenly, fans wanting to continue the adventures of their favorite fictional ...

When Anna Todd started posting fan fiction stories online, she never expected that her love of boy band One Direction would turn her into a sensation with a reported six-figure publishing deal. But it ...

I am in my 30s, finished my Ph.D. dissertation recently, teaching classes at universities, applying for jobs, and have two kids under 10 years old with my husband. In fact, I should be too busy to be ...

The enormous amount of fan fiction being generated calls into question issues of authorship, ownership, and appropriation.

This week, BookTok creators shared their thoughts on the potential positives and concerns around publishing reworked fan fiction. Fan fiction, Suraka (@surakajanebooks; 17,000 followers) wrote, is ...