We may earn a commission from links on this page. Fanfiction is hardly a new phenomenon, but that doesn’t always mean it was safe to write. For a time, in certain fandoms, writing fanfiction could get ...

Star Trek fanfiction is nothing new. Since the original series began airing, aspiring and often talented writers of all ages began contributing their works to fanzines, which were originally printed ...

The Outsiders. Photo: Jed Egan/Photo: Nancy Moran/Sygma/Corbis, Warner Bros. We tend to think of the fanfiction writer as an obsessed amateur, pounding away at the keyboard for sheer love of the ...

“Bella Swan is drafted in to interview the reclusive enigmatic Edward Cullen, multi-millionaire CEO of his company. It’s an encounter that will change her life irrevocably, leading her to dark realms ...

N. K. Jemisin, the only author to win the prestigious Hugo Award for best science-fiction or fantasy novel three years in a row, partly credits fan fiction for her ability to draw in readers. Jemisin ...

If you avoid certain areas of the internet and didn’t catch the long-form Vulture article on the subject two years ago, then you probably have never heard of the Harry Potter fanfiction My Immortal.