Fantastique -

The Fantastique genre is defined by a sense of —the moment when a character living in a rational world encounters something so strange that neither they nor the reader can decide if it is a supernatural event or a trick of the mind. Unlike High Fantasy, which features entirely magical worlds, a Fantastique story is rooted in the everyday. The Clockmaker’s Shadow

When he woke, the ruby heart was gone. In its place sat a small, obsidian mirror. Elias peered into it and saw not his own reflection, but the shop behind him—empty of clocks, filled instead with rows of beating, translucent hearts hanging from the ceiling. He spun around, but his shop was exactly as it had always been, filled with brass and wood. Fantastique

As he looked back into the mirror, he saw a hand—veiled in black—reach out from the glass toward his shoulder. Elias felt a cold touch on his skin, but when he looked at his shoulder in the physical world, there was nothing there but the settling dust of his workshop. He remained caught in that shivering gap between what he knew to be true and what he could no longer deny. Fantasy Sub-Genre Guide - Fantastique - Wattpad The Fantastique genre is defined by a sense